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Riot by Dan Hauss

Discussion in 'Product Questions and Reviews' started by Sinful, Nov 2, 2008.

  1. #1 Sinful, Nov 2, 2008
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    For this review, I will go through each major area of the video and post my thoughts. I will then put my personal thoughts about the effect as a whole at the end.

    Preview
    The video first shows the preview you saw on the page. Awesomeness at it's best.

    Intro
    Dan shows his love for Myspace angles. (No he does not mention Myspace. I was kidding. However, the this section and the constructing gimmick section resembles Myspace angles. I dunno... I found humor in that. Yes I am weird.)

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    Dan reveals the effect by showing the gimmick. Awesomeness. When seeing this, you won't slap yourself in the face like most effects and think "Why didn't I think of that?!". You'll actually slap your monitor pretending its Dan Hauss's face and say "How in the heck did he think of that?!" Very awesome.

    Constructing the Gimmick
    Not hard at all. You'll follow along with him the first time. Then you'll be able to make the gimmick yourself in 5 minutes tops. Very easy to do. I'm NOT AN ARTIST AT ALL! I'm terrible with projects and I was a bit scared when I saw the gimmick. I thought to myself "Oh boy... I'm done..." Luckily, this gimmick is very easy to make and you'll be up and running in minutes.

    Presentation
    Hauss shows how to get in position to the rise and how to end clean. If you have been in card magic for more than a week you should be able to do this. Very good. Card is signed and visually rises. Great stuff. Alternate handlings are also shown. Also, some people have complained that Hauss doesn't show how to end clean... Not true. There is an entire section in the video just for cleaning up.

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    Special Thanks
    Hauss gives credits.


    My overall Thoughts of the Effect
    Buy it. My first thoughts after watching the preview were:This is Fallen, but done with one hand, no cover, and angles are 99999x better.

    Is this a replacement for Fallen? No. Its more than possible you won't be with this gimmick and you'll want to do this effect. Then... do Fallen. However, I plan on using this a lot. The gimmick is AWESOME!!!! I'm trying to think of some other ways to use it. I'm creating a routine where I actually make an entire deck disappear except the chosen card. (I'm very close.)

    Its a great gimmick. Everything is taught in great usual Theory 11 HD goodness.

    Also, I have seen some complaints of people saying that shaking the deck makes the rise look unnatural. While I 100% disagree with this, you can still do the rise without shaking the deck. Click here
    to see a web cam video I made of the rise. My hand doesn't shake at all.

    I would say buy it. If your a purist, don't get this. The effect does use a gimmick. This is a creative one though. So creative its scary... Dan Hauss is not human. I am in LOVE with this gimmick. Its so simple to perform as well. Many people have complained about Riot, but I don't see why in all honesty. The effect is awesome. It takes the card rise to a new level.

    Buy it.

    One last thing to point out. You can control the speed at which the card rises. (I saw someone asking that somewhere at some point.) You can go very slow or make the card rise very quick. Its up to you.

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    -Doug
     
  2. #2 Sleight_of_Hand, Nov 2, 2008
    Its too gimmcked for my use...
     
  3. #3 The Tumbleweed, Nov 2, 2008
    Well someone put some work into his review.
    Good to see, although I might pass this effect, I like it but I'm not sure if my audience will.
     
  4. #4 Webby, Nov 2, 2008
    I think your mistaken here. People aren't complaining, they are voicing their opinions! You can't complain about something if you don't know how it is done! I haven't seen a review from someone that has purchased Riot yet with any complaints. I haven't seen many reviews at all actually. The popular conjecture here is that this may be too "gimmicky" for the liking. I think we would all prefer a Q & A included in the marketing of these effects. Not just for this particular trick, but by all tricks sold here. We just wanted some questions answered to make an educated choice in purchasing this effect. In essence, people just don't want to get burned, and we all have in the past. Not necessarily by T11 mind you. These are tough economic times!
     
  5. #5 Cliff|Bumgardner, Nov 2, 2008
    In my opinion, and others, Riot is just an idea that anyone who has spent time on the rising card has probably thought of, and an incomplete one at that. While it might be a great looking effect on camera, the practicality is horrible (for my performance needs, that is).


    I did walk-around for 2 hours the night I bought this effect, there is no way it would have worked well in those situations, which makes it a null effect for me.

    C
     
  6. #6 praetoritevong, Nov 3, 2008
    Well I've mentioned my feelings elsewhere - but very nice review Doug, thanks for that :)
     
  7. #7 The Royal JRA, Nov 4, 2008
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    Removed due to exposure.

    I agree its an effect that looks good on camera with the perfect angels but def not in real life situations thats just me though
     
  8. #8 sky_lark, Nov 5, 2008
    Thank you for the review.

    Without exposing the method, how good are the angles? Can it be done surrounded?

    Thanks again!
     
  9. #9 Dylan P., Nov 5, 2008
    I have to ask something. This gimmick... Is it made with items that will just be lying around my house or do I have to buy some stuff?
     
  10. #10 The Royal JRA, Nov 5, 2008
    I personally think this trick sucks. It looks good on video but thats about it
    The gimmick is eh, and the angels are just terrible.
     
  11. #11 praetoritevong, Nov 5, 2008
    Well what made it look good, what made you buy it?

    An "eh" gimmick is a perfectly legitimate opinion to have, but it definitely shouldn't be a measure of whether or not an effect is good or not. Many good effects have angle challenges. Again, it doesn't and shouldn't make an effect terrible.
     
  12. #12 The Dark Angel, Nov 6, 2008
    How impromptu is this fella?

    TDA
     
  13. #13 clllllust, Nov 6, 2008
    You'll need to make a gimmick and swap it in and out if you want to performance.

    It's also not difficult to swap in and out I might add, just basic sleight of hand and/or misdirection.

    -RA69
     

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