Really guys? This bothers me. Now this might partially be the move monkey in me, but I think every move should be worked until its the best it can be. You guys are essentially telling him it's ok to do a half-assed job and not work on a move, so long as it flies in performance.
Yeah it is the move monkey (as you called it) talking. Besides there are better moves out there that are better to work on then the pass. Top change, bottom changes, side steals, are more useful IMO then a pass.
Now I don't know about you, but I try and push myself to be the best I can be, not to just be passable in performance.
Give yourself a pat on the back for projecting the idea that I meant it is okay to be half assed.
Yeah sure, you COULD do the pass slowly, just in the same way you could perform a ****ty DL and get away with it 80% of the time. Instead, a lot of us put hours, days, years into perfecting a good, authentic, single card-looking DL. Why would you ever use a no get ready DL when you can just thumb count? In fact, why pinky count if you can thumb count?
You missed my point, the only reason why most magicians strive for move cleanliness is because they want it to pass by other magicians or personal reasons (which am fine with), I believe magicians want everything to look clean because they do not know how to properly manage the attention of their spectators. Also I have to say, *Sarcasm* You really sound intelligent using Sh***y in your word structure. High Five *End Sarcasm*
Its terribly hypocritical to talk about why he put so much work into the move when all we do is preach about practice practice practice.
I could care less about what people do in there free time, they can go choke their chicken for all I care.
What my point was, there are better things then to do other making a move flawless. You can have flawless moves but have a sub-par presentation, and basically ruin all of your hard work. Not saying the Op is not talented in his passing abilities, but with the focus on the mechanics you may tend to pass on other parts of the formula to the entire magical experience.