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Off Topic Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Mystery on December 16, 2011, 07:36:27 PM
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Those who have watched my magic videos probably know the following word. For those who haven't: Hey! Nice to meet you. I am Mark a.k.a. Mystery Mark.
I'm a professional entertainer and producer in the arts of music and magic, as well as a designer, YouTube expert, upcoming filmmaker and other things I really don't have time for (if anyone wants and is capable of being my twin brother, let me know. I need you!). Anyhow, I'm here because as some of you know, I recently started to take on a profession in the field of playing cards, and at this board there are people who seem really interested in that.
A little summary
In April, I've had a very successful prank regarding so called New Jerry's (http://newjerrys.com (http://newjerrys.com)). Believe it or not, there were a whole lot of people that actually fell for it, and a bit too many to be good so I figured something had to be done about the overly commercialized world of playing cards and I started the Art Fighters Playing Card Company (which really didn't take off yet but we got something on the way that will certainly take off... which funny enough isn't one of our own productions). I got laughed and cursed at by some of you (no worries, I suppose I can forgive those who called me really bad things. What a crazy magician I must be for thinking I could walk into the world of playing cards thinking I'm an expert). And I know those same people may not be appreciating the following, but I recently started doing playing card reviews too, as DarkReviewZ (based on DarkSleightZ, which is the name of my magic company) with a unique format called the GMFDC.
Hereby the link to the playing card reviews: http://youtube.com/cards (http://youtube.com/cards) (indeed, I couldn't think of a username that would suit it better)
And for magic: http://youtube.com/MarkHilkemeijer (http://youtube.com/MarkHilkemeijer) (it may be my name but it's a company channel with more artists)
Cheers!
-Mark
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HEY MARK! love your change, i cannot figure out any of your tricks!
have fun here
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Hey Mark! With our Deck Review board coming soon, I hope you take advantage of what it has to offer. I love your format you created, and I had been wanting to do something similar for DMC, but opted out because of the low production value for my reviews.
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HEY MARK! love your change, i cannot figure out any of your tricks!
have fun here
Thank you! Always glad to entertain others!
Hey Mark! With our Deck Review board coming soon, I hope you take advantage of what it has to offer. I love your format you created, and I had been wanting to do something similar for DMC, but opted out because of the low production value for my reviews.
I was actually considering waiting to post anything when I saw you were working on that section. Glad you like it, means a lot!
I've been thinking of this ever since I saw deck reviews on YouTube -which has been quite some years now- because I personally got a bit tired of very non-structured reviews and/or everyone having their own opinion. Of course there is nothing wrong with that because if you find the person with a similar taste as yours, you're set for life, but I figured it was time for a format for pretty much everyone. Took some time to make a complete, solid and therefore very long checklist to rate all the decks with but it works. :D
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Welcome Mystery, hope you enjoy it!
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Welcome! I just recently fell in love with your channel. I love how all the reviews are factual, and not opinionated or bias, which I really enjoy!
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I LOVED that prank site - I just finished watching again and still had to laugh. Welcome to the motley gang of card tossers, flingers, hoarders and vanishers...
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