Before I go off in to never never land, let me give everyone the back story..... Last week the Pressure teaser came out and in the teaser you could see the effect for a brief second. A few minutes after watching the teaser, I was able to do the effect (or what I believed to be the effect at the time because it was extremely easy to figure out). There was one caveat, the method that I was using, although looked cool didn’t fit the description that theory11 put out. So I scrapped it and waited for Pressure to be released.
Finally it was Friday night and the effect we have been waiting months for is out and about. I downloaded the video watched it and I was furious because it was the same exact trick I was playing with a week before Pressure was released. So very flustered that I had just wasted $20 of my hard earned money, I told 1 or 2 people on aim and tokbox about what happened. Then all of a sudden I was flooded with im’s asking why I hate Pressure and theory11. And I told everyone that im’d me instead of wasting my time telling each individual person I would make a thread about it, and so I have...
Okay had a pack of cigs and am cool now,
I understand that you are angered that you scraped your idea thinking that you would be getting something different.
SInce you were able to see the trailer and from what it sounds like you figured out the first part of the effect, you should have been able to compare notes. You were so close to figuring it out for yourself but you were missing a vital piece of information.
You bought the effect expecting something different, but to your surprise it was the same method as your own except for that move.
To say that it was false advertising isn't true. You can hand the spectator the cellphone in the balloon after you are finished performing the entire effect.
So technically they didn't lie they played it as a marketing thing. It is called Hype.
Go to the magiccafe y'll learn all about Hype.
I do not believe that the fact that you have to make a hole in the balloon lesson the impact of the trick. You can play it off, if you know how.
You where so into trying to figure out how the trick was done that you forget that it is just a trailer, like a movie if they show you all the good stuff then what is the point?
I can see where you are angered by paying 20 dollars for one move that was overlooked, and to blame it all on theory and calling them dishonest isn't the most flattering thing to say. If you are going to call theory on there bluffs, you need to call out every magic dealer out there on theirs.
Peace,
Nexus