Over the 20+ years I have been doing magic, I never really ran into so many people (fellow magicians) intent on being rude and bringing down fellow magicians as I do these days.
I used to be a member of various groups and the people in them were always very helpful to others, very supportive of others, and polite to fellow magicians. That seems to be changing these days. As I have become more and more involved with magic communities lately, I have realized that there are at least a few (sometimes more) fellow magicians that just look for ways to argue with people. Granted there are times that I come off as someone like this but that is never my intent. I simply try to share my knowledge where I think it will fit. Sometimes people see that form of help as having a superiority complex, but to know me, they'd know that I'm genuinely trying to be helpful and try to spark conversation by explaining my views on things, etc.
That being said, in the past few days, I have legit had one magician chastise me for implying a different method for marked cards, rather than purchasing them all the time. When I said "Wish I could help (referring to info on commercially marketed marked cards), but I generally mark my own." (this was added to imply that they could do the same instead of spending a ton of money all the time)....I was replied to (from someone that had nothing to do with the conversation) with "Then why did you even bother to comment?"
In another instance, regarding my new Patriot deck, I have a fellow intent on tearing it apart for literally no reason. Not sure if he's bitter and maybe tried his hand at it previously and didn't do well, etc but I can say I have never really faced such douche like behavior from people in the magic community in the past. It's odd.
I used to be a member of various groups and the people in them were always very helpful to others, very supportive of others, and polite to fellow magicians. That seems to be changing these days. As I have become more and more involved with magic communities lately, I have realized that there are at least a few (sometimes more) fellow magicians that just look for ways to argue with people. Granted there are times that I come off as someone like this but that is never my intent. I simply try to share my knowledge where I think it will fit. Sometimes people see that form of help as having a superiority complex, but to know me, they'd know that I'm genuinely trying to be helpful and try to spark conversation by explaining my views on things, etc.
That being said, in the past few days, I have legit had one magician chastise me for implying a different method for marked cards, rather than purchasing them all the time. When I said "Wish I could help (referring to info on commercially marketed marked cards), but I generally mark my own." (this was added to imply that they could do the same instead of spending a ton of money all the time)....I was replied to (from someone that had nothing to do with the conversation) with "Then why did you even bother to comment?"
In another instance, regarding my new Patriot deck, I have a fellow intent on tearing it apart for literally no reason. Not sure if he's bitter and maybe tried his hand at it previously and didn't do well, etc but I can say I have never really faced such douche like behavior from people in the magic community in the past. It's odd.