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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: The System, The Trilogy, or Papercuts
« on: February 17, 2013, 11:49:03 PM »
Well, I started off directly with the Trilogy and never really had any discouraging moments. Whenever something would be slightly out of my reach, I'd just watch YouTube videos of people doing it and learned other moves in the meantime. And the tutorials are super easy to follow so it's not really that bad.

As for people not being able to learn from the System, you're not the first to try. Before Papercuts and Genesis, people still learned flourishes just fine. Did they have to try a little harder? Sure. But by forcing you to work harder, you get so much better at the things you do. Because you have to focus so hard to just understand the moves on the System, you'll see nuances that you really won't in things like Papercuts.

Either way you go though, it's not about the individual difficulty level. Practice hard and it really doesn't matter what you get.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: URGE - Cardistry
« on: June 23, 2012, 04:17:31 PM »
Hey there,

I certainly liked the idea of the video (the "story" and all) but I can't say that I found the flourishes very smooth. There were quite a few moments in there where it seemed like he messed up a bit, tried to compensate, and then just finished recording anyway. The way I see it, because it's not an uncut routine, the things in there should have been much cleaner.

It's possible that I'm just very over critical but I like to see finesse within videos and the only flourish that I saw that was pretty well polished was Sybil.

Just my thoughts.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Re-Start
« on: June 19, 2012, 12:28:40 PM »
Quote from: Jin Jian on June 19, 2012, 11:36:55 AM
i think the video is pretty smooth ..  you being so humble just make me more jealous of your skills  :-[

Haha, thanks man! I'm not sure how good you are (I've never seen a video :P) but if you're not this good, it won't take you very long to get "here".


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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Re-Start
« on: June 18, 2012, 09:42:48 PM »
Quote from: NathanCanadas on June 18, 2012, 09:15:56 PM
How is it sloppy? It's perfect! Would have loved to see a bit more angles and different styles and moves, but very nice job!

Hey, thanks man! It means a lot.

But yeah, I haven't made a video in a while so I was reluctant about using more camera angles. I didn't think I could edit those very well. Even as it was, I didn't think I did a very good job on the editing. I plan on making more videos throughout the year though, so hopefully I get better.

And as for the different styles, I'm not sure I can do that. :P But I'll try and have a few more moves in there next time. I generally tend to spend a very long time on moves before I make a video of them because I don't like unpolished videos. Well, not generally anyway. :)

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re-Start
« on: June 18, 2012, 03:14:46 PM »
Hey Guys,

I know it's a little sloppy but I made a new video. Please excuse the terrible editing skills as that is something I need to work on.

Please give me feedback as I take almost everything into account and I like getting better.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbv8ezdL5ys

Info:

Song: Grand Lux by Tours
Camera: Canon 7D with 28-135mm kit lens
Cards: Smoke and Mirrors v6
Credits: Dan and Dave, Tobias Levin, Hector Garcia, BasJohn.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: What good materials to start learning Gambling Cheats
« on: March 21, 2012, 01:26:08 PM »
Quote from: Kanped on March 08, 2012, 02:15:15 PM
http://www.danielmadison.co.uk/HTCAC.html

Very well written material from possibly the best well-known card cheat alive today.

http://www.magictricks.co.uk/products/1-STREET/4595-Weapons-of-the-Card-Shark-DVD/

This has just about everything that could be of use to you in it; very comprehensive, very good.

No offense bro, but Daniel Madison is NOT an expert on gambling. Maybe at playing off actual cheating but that's his character, not something he can teach you. In the way of actually doing sleights, he is just average.

Although written material is absolutely phenomenal, in order to get a firm base and see what you are throwing yourself into, I suggest getting Jason England's downloads on T11.

I started with those and I think I'm making good progress.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: inspiration
« on: March 17, 2012, 02:02:37 PM »
Basically anything by Tobias Levin. Or Henrik Forberg. Or the Virts.

All of them are basically legendary now.

Dimitri Arleri as well. And Spencer...Clark?

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Solo
« on: February 04, 2012, 08:49:28 PM »
I don't really care about the flourishes as I am sure they will be phenomenal but the trailer sucked. Did it look cool? Yes. Did it show us basically any of the flourishes? No.

So, it failed as a trailer. I would have appreciated it if T11 could have made a decent one.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Top retention... Scissor cut?
« on: February 04, 2012, 08:46:49 PM »
It seems rather simple in concept to me. Just need like 2-3 days of practice.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Camera Test: Thoughts?
« on: January 26, 2012, 07:35:00 PM »
Quote from: MrLukeCarroll on January 25, 2012, 02:14:03 AM
Yep looks nice sharp and clear to me :)

Though for a $1500 camera you would hope so :P


Yeah, I would have returned it had I not been satisfied with the quality. That would be a huge waste of money.


But I will most likely be making and actual video sometime in the next few months so keep your eyes peeled! By the way, what did you guys think of the flourishing? Was it smooth enough or does it need more practice?

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Camera Test: Thoughts?
« on: January 24, 2012, 07:02:30 PM »
Hey there! Sorry for the late reply but this is a Canon 7D with a 28-135mm Kit Lens.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Re: Camera Test: Thoughts?
« on: January 08, 2012, 02:05:45 PM »
Thanks for the reply! I was really happy when I got the camera so I'm glad the quality was worth the price.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello
« on: January 08, 2012, 02:03:38 PM »
Quote from: Lushbob on January 08, 2012, 12:57:14 PM
Welcome to the Discourse! Do you collect cards aswell?


Hey! Haven't seen you in a while!


And yeah, kinda...not really. I like cards but never buy any because my parents don't let me. Honestly though, I only enjoy using certain types of cards so no, I don't collect cards.

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Magical Cardistry Bonanza / Camera Test: Thoughts?
« on: January 08, 2012, 12:07:20 PM »
Hey Guys,


I recently got a new camera and would like to hear your thoughts on the quality. Please respond here or to YouTube if you can. Please watch in 720p!


Thank you for your time!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQAOJPHDIcs




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Introduce Yourself / Hello
« on: January 08, 2012, 12:05:52 PM »
Hey Guys,

I'm new here (obviously) but I'm on quite a few other forums. I was a mod on DnD before they took their forum down and I am on UC, T11, and others.


Seems like a great, active place and I hope to make some meaningful contributions to the community!


I have been flourishing for about 2 years and I just got a new camera so I hope to make more videos in the near future. Here is my "Camera Test video" so please let me know what you think.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQAOJPHDIcs


I also do a tiny bit of card magic and would like to get into rubberband magic.


See you all around!

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