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by **Figaro** » Aug 30th, '08, 08:36

thanks guys, great ideas

queen of clubs, you just made my day.

that routine is really what i was looking for.

involving more people.

its cool to make it into a psyochological effect. like say you would have 3 or 4 people. and you just influence their choice by asking them 2 answer questions. in that way you got it right 4 times in a row. and you reveal their card. they really think you influenced every one of them.

nice queen. thank you

by **queen of clubs** » Aug 30th, '08, 19:08

Figaro wrote:queen of clubs, you just made my day.

Thanks, hun!!!

You mean my post didn't insult and infuriate you? I must be doing something wrong!!

by **Figaro** » Aug 31st, '08, 16:10

queen of clubs wrote:
Figaro wrote:queen of clubs, you just made my day.

Thanks, hun!!!

You mean my post didn't insult and infuriate you? I must be doing something wrong!!

a Queen could never do something wrong.

by **Ian The Magic-Ian** » Aug 31st, '08, 16:50

You big suck up you.

by **Strep** » Aug 31st, '08, 17:31

I sense a wedding gig coming up. :wink:

by **Figaro** » Sep 1st, '08, 16:15

well, i always knew i was going to be a king one day.

by **TheAlkhemist07** » Sep 2nd, '08, 11:33

Tomo wrote:Found it! Here's what happened to me on the way to Bristol in June last year, which I originally posted to the Mentalist's Only area:

I've been in Bristol this weekend, gigging. To get there from here, it's necessary to change at Birmingham New Street. When I booked the tickets, I specified a table seat in the quiet coach so I could practice a few things. So, I got on and sat opposite a girl. Here's a rough transcript of the conversation:

Me: Excuse me, can I ask why you chose to travel on this train today?
Her: Eh? I just caught it.
Me: And why did you choose to sit in that exact seat, 35 A in coach F?
Her: Dunno really.
Me: Okay, one last question. A strange one. Can you name a card for me?
Her: A what?
Me: Odd, I know, but can you give me the name of a playing card?
Her: The nine of clubs (or whatever it was)

I pulled out my ID and did the usual

Her: Oh my God! That's amazing! How did you know that?
Me: because you're sitting in my @&%$£!# seat!

She got up and left the coach!

Any road up, the gig was great and I was kept up until 5am in the hotel bar swapping performance for gin.

Tomo, that is awesome!

Gotta try that sometime!

by **El Satanico** » Sep 3rd, '08, 12:09

When performing for corporate clients I routinely post a "sealed prediction" to the CEO and ask him to bring it along still sealed stressing it's importance. Inside the pachage is an Invisble Deck and I am able to prove that I reversed a the single card the CEO freely named. Set up is simple, USPCC deck seals are now freely available and I advise everyone to use them at gigs, the reinforcement of "unhandled" cards they give is priceless.

I have been using this as a close on my Mental Epic for a while now and it kills. Too often we see magicians reveal impossible information twice only to fall down for the final revelation as they've had to rely on a force, in using an ID as the necessary "known" bit of information it seems as free and fair as the other pieces of information.

Matt

by **Jobasha** » Sep 3rd, '08, 16:47

Surely deck seals on an ID is a bit redundant where the trick lies in that you've had access to the cards and turned one over. Just wondering how having the sealed deck makes sense here.

by **queen of clubs** » Sep 3rd, '08, 23:10

Jobasha wrote:Surely deck seals on an ID is a bit redundant where the trick lies in that you've had access to the cards and turned one over. Just wondering how having the sealed deck makes sense here.

That's an effin' good point, Jobasha. Additionaly, even if you used a deck seal on an ID to make it appear brand new and insisted that one has turned over "by magic" in the sealed box then how would you explain why the rest of the cards are not in new deck order?!

It's a noodle-scratcher.

by **RiaX** » Sep 7th, '08, 18:16

A bit of a noob thing ..... but lets say you hand the ID to a spec and let them shuffle wouldnt they disturb the nature of the deck? especially if they rifle shuffle it ?

by **queen of clubs** » Sep 7th, '08, 19:05

RiaX wrote:A bit of a noob thing ..... but lets say you hand the ID to a spec and let them shuffle wouldnt they disturb the nature of the deck? especially if they rifle shuffle it ?

You can never let the spec handle an ID!!

by **Lenoir** » Sep 7th, '08, 19:06

queen of clubs wrote:
RiaX wrote:A bit of a noob thing ..... but lets say you hand the ID to a spec and let them shuffle wouldnt they disturb the nature of the deck? especially if they rifle shuffle it ?

You can never let the spec handle an ID!!

I was about to post the same thing, but I thought maybe I had been doing it wrong all these years! (no innuendo)

by **RiaX** » Sep 7th, '08, 20:44

But is there a special way that you can use to shuffle this deck cause everybody tells me NOT to disturb the deck

by **Jobasha** » Sep 7th, '08, 20:50

Shuffling the deck is kinda contrary to the effect. It would be adding an extra layer of suspicion that isn't necessary. Without the shuffle there isn't any obvious way the card can be turned over. The most you might do is cut the deck if you wanted the turn over to be in the middle.

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