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    What is this trick called?

    Jenaj, The point is that you are using someone else to find your tricks for you. You are taking advantage of their work, research and vision and offering them nothing in return - not even a 'please" or "thank you'. Perhaps you have never invested thousands of dollars or hubdreds of hours...
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    Read This

    Kim Kardashian is a celebrity and financially successful. She got there because she had sex on video tape. Just because someone is a celebrity does not mean one must respect what they've done or how they got there.
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    What is this trick called?

    Labeling people jerks does no good. It is also innacurate. Being ignorant of the consequences of one's choices doesn't make the person a jerk - just ignorant of the consequences of their actions. We can throw our hands in the air OR we use opportunities like this to educate them as to better...
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    What is this trick called?

    Descartes, let's take the issue a step further; Let's say you have spent thousands of dollars building a magic library, you have spent hundreds of hours searching through old books in a quest to find material that is unique. You take an old idea and hone it into a successful performance piece...
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    What is this trick called?

    Does it really matter??? People use guns and knives all the time to murder and steal. Just because people do bad stuff all the time, does that mean the bad stuff they do doesn't matter?
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    What is this trick called?

    Do you really think picking through someone else's act (work) as a smorgasboard for your own is the right thing to do? Seems to me that if you want to use an idea you saw someone else use (regardless of where they may have gotten the idea) that you should ask THEM, not come online and engage in...
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    Casino Failed

    While dealers have been known to cheat, established corporate casinos would not tolerate a cheating dealer in any context. The reputation of the casino would be destroyed and that would do far more damage than any one player could muster. Yes, dealers will sometimes be employed by outside...
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    Casino Failed

    dealers are expected to keep the games moving. Many players hate those who slow it down. The more hands played, the more odds are actualized. As all games favor the house, this is to their advantage. The dealer was not cheating you. The dealers rotate on a regular schedule. The house...
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    Move Your Feet

    Too many magicians believe that every approach is the right approach and no opinions are better than another. This is utter nonsense - I posted about this in another thread. It's called a performative contradiction. More importantly though, I do not see how honesty has anything to do with...
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    Move Your Feet

    Chris Kenner published his post and has spoken about it publicly, specifically at Magic Live. It is part of the published record, and play coy only serves to inflate this into something much bigger than it is. Many people do not want to know what someone really thinks. What they want is...
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    Essential Reading on Presentation

    Professional Secrets by Geoffrey Durham
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    What t11 Has Become

    E made a huge mistake early on releasing tricks without credit or permission. Likewise, the approach of piggybacking the sales of (others;) secrets on the david blaine specials may have been smart business but ethically predatory. Many magicians in the established community look upon them with...
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    What t11 Has Become

    What did this site promise you that actually could be delivered by a site, or a product sold on a site? Seems to me improvement requires thought and work. That means time alone - not buying things, not talking about things.
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    Signature Card Trick Name?

    Look at the post above yours. I just gave you the answer.
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    I have a question ^_^

    Assuming that the people who sell tricks are professionals with acts who regularly perform for real people might be a mistake. As my friend norman put it, there is a difference between making your living WITH magic and making your living FROM magic.
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    Why are Jason England's downloads so expensive?

    Are they? Maybe they are the same, but because of where you are standing, you just can't see it. This is a discussion about the value of information. How can you divorce the value of that information from the cost required to obtain it? This isn't a case of someone watching someone...
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    Research

    Conjuring arts research center. Had you attended magiccon you would have received a month of free searches. Joining at the lowest level will give you an amazing journal on magic history and access to magic sources than you can probably imagine.
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    Signature Card Trick Name?

    First, I commend you on caring. There is a reason magic history is important, and we will get to that. I pulled the above quote because it frightens me. Looking to these people as research - let alone research far and wide - is like saying, 'I'm looking for a rare breed of fish, but I've...
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    Magicians from the 60's-90's

    If we were talking about magic on tv, specifically in Great Britain, David Nixon would be a good choice, as would Tommy Cooper. I thought Nixon was late 50's though - but I could be dead wrong. To me, the issue is one of changing the face of magic (either from within or without) and in my...
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    Magicians from the 60's-90's

    Not sure if I would agree with this, especially with the date restrictions. Henning unquestionable ushered in the modern Golden Age of Magic (that was a term used repeatedly in press articles during the time.) Henning took something that was relegated to afternoon kid's programs and made it...
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