Well, even given what's taught, it's not really a CTW in the traditional sense of the word. The tape really does ruin the magic of the effect.
However, with that said, there are ways you can make it into a CTW. It just...you know...takes some thought. A bit of effort, ya know? Creativity? It's nice to be handed completed works of art...but it's a lot more fun to tinker with something and create your own work of art with it.
I was thinking of ways to make the effect truly a CTW effect...and while brainstorming, I thought of a humorous way to accomplish it, almost as a satire of the idea of using WINDOW as a typical CTW effect. However, it does solve the problems of the tape (although, it opens up the issue of possibly breaking windows, depending on how hard you throw the objects). In a classic version of the CTW, one flings the cards at the window, and the card appears on the other side. However, with WINDOW, that isn't possible. Or is it?
What if you threw the deck of cards and a roll of tape along with it? Assuming you could come up with some suitable patter, that would be a humorous and magical effect for the spectator. You throw the cards and tape, it appears stuck to the other side of the window with a piece of the tape--however, it's the wrong card. So you go and fix your mistake, never even touching the card, as it's on the other side of the glass. Seems like a nice routine, to me.
That's just one idea. I'm sure you guys/gals could come up with many more, if you put a little bit of effort into it. For example, if you're scared of the roll of tape breaking the window, perhaps you could just put a piece of tape on one card, to "mark your prediction", and then to reveal it you fling it, with the deck, against the window, again resulting in the situation above (card attached to the OTHER side of the window--the wrong card, though, of course. Again, you fix your mistake through whichever magical gesture you choose).
For those who like Kaos, perhaps you could proceed through the effect like usual, except with a force (forcing whatever your WINDOW card is). When you get to the other side and pull their selection through the glass, you tape it to the window, kind of like a little victory display. It would be funny because, of course, it would be the WRONG card. So when you come back around and they let you know it's the wrong card, again you fix your mistake like above.
Hopefully you guys don't dismiss the effect as an unusable one...it obviously has some potential if you put a little bit of thought into it.
Actually, until now even I was in the camp of dismissing it as useless...but seeing so many take that stance, I decided I'd put a little thought into how it could be used, and came up with the above. I think I'll now be asking for this for Christmas (yeah, I'm patient, I can wait).
However, with that said, there are ways you can make it into a CTW. It just...you know...takes some thought. A bit of effort, ya know? Creativity? It's nice to be handed completed works of art...but it's a lot more fun to tinker with something and create your own work of art with it.
I was thinking of ways to make the effect truly a CTW effect...and while brainstorming, I thought of a humorous way to accomplish it, almost as a satire of the idea of using WINDOW as a typical CTW effect. However, it does solve the problems of the tape (although, it opens up the issue of possibly breaking windows, depending on how hard you throw the objects). In a classic version of the CTW, one flings the cards at the window, and the card appears on the other side. However, with WINDOW, that isn't possible. Or is it?
What if you threw the deck of cards and a roll of tape along with it? Assuming you could come up with some suitable patter, that would be a humorous and magical effect for the spectator. You throw the cards and tape, it appears stuck to the other side of the window with a piece of the tape--however, it's the wrong card. So you go and fix your mistake, never even touching the card, as it's on the other side of the glass. Seems like a nice routine, to me.
That's just one idea. I'm sure you guys/gals could come up with many more, if you put a little bit of effort into it. For example, if you're scared of the roll of tape breaking the window, perhaps you could just put a piece of tape on one card, to "mark your prediction", and then to reveal it you fling it, with the deck, against the window, again resulting in the situation above (card attached to the OTHER side of the window--the wrong card, though, of course. Again, you fix your mistake through whichever magical gesture you choose).
For those who like Kaos, perhaps you could proceed through the effect like usual, except with a force (forcing whatever your WINDOW card is). When you get to the other side and pull their selection through the glass, you tape it to the window, kind of like a little victory display. It would be funny because, of course, it would be the WRONG card. So when you come back around and they let you know it's the wrong card, again you fix your mistake like above.
Hopefully you guys don't dismiss the effect as an unusable one...it obviously has some potential if you put a little bit of thought into it.
Actually, until now even I was in the camp of dismissing it as useless...but seeing so many take that stance, I decided I'd put a little thought into how it could be used, and came up with the above. I think I'll now be asking for this for Christmas (yeah, I'm patient, I can wait).
