I'm not tryin to hate on anybody, I was just bored last night and thought I'd try to raise my self-esteem
Then again, I met a kid while I was in MIchigan, his parents bought him like $50 worth of magic every week, he returned most of the material for store credits because it was "too hard"... Me and a buddy showed him some stuff from the trilogy, and he was amazed, he bought it.... thought the flourishes were crap, and thought the tricks were crap... Funny eh? And he HATES books.... He's beeen "into" magic for like 3 years.... and he is amazed at a basic ACR...
Next time I see this kid, I'm gonna show him all the stuff from By Forces Unseen and tell him its from that book, and tell him it's really easy and stuff, just to see his reaction....