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I have uploaded my performance of my favorite Ace assembly.

http://www.magicbycardmaker.com/mediapo ... online.wmv

Tell me what you think please.

I enjoyed that a lot. Well done. The music went well with it.

However, TWELVE jokers, I think you should change that part of the routine to court cards and the 4 tens. 12 jokers just seems a bit odd

Work on your Elmsley (sp?) a little. It looked a bit scruffy.

At first i thought you would end very dirrty on the final phase...but on second thoughts I'm stuck

So good job!

The performance was great from the top view used in the video.... I wonder if a slightly more angled view would look as good? Maybe the final spread might not look that good from an angle? I'm not saying I caught anything, just something I would suspect...

I might agree with the above argument against the use of jokers... something about jokers just screams "trick". The "magic" would probably be more powerful if the other cards were random cards from the deck.

I personally use jokers for some more "fun" effects where I don't mind that the "magic" is less impressive - anyways - I understand we all have a hell of a lot of jokers lying around!! So it's best to put them to some use!

I liked the routine, but I agree with the above comments saying the jokers are a bit superfluous. You could easily do the trick with random cards. That being said, I will say again that I really enjoyed the trick.

That video was very nicely put together and I rather enjoyed watching it. Once again, I would have to agree with the others in that the use of jokers just doesn't seem right somehow. Work on your Elmsley count to get it looking more natural and genuine. That was a good routine and the top view was nice and clear, too. And the music goes very well with the routine and compliments it nicely.

Thank you for taking your time watching this performance!
And thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Why did I choose Jokers?
1. the very special gaffs I use are made with Jokers. It is simple for laymen to concentrate on the cards since these are (seem to be) all the same.
2. I find it a nice last impression with all the Jokers laying around and all the four Aces reassembled.
3. I do this before or after performing "NFW", which is done with Jokers and Aces too.

My Elmsley count is for sure not perfect .... but really that bad?

I'll work on it and will post when I have uploaded an improved version. NIce to have you around!