Blimey
I have to agree he is a good teacher and he even names the guys that invented the moves these days.
Brad produces stuff for people that really don't know much if anything, if you start at his first video and work your way through he starts from how to hold a deck through OOTW to the AC routine, not earth-moving stuff possibly, but to a new guy this IS earth-moving.
I have to have respect for the guy as he has enough skills to be able to do what he does and do it well. Yes it costs a lot, they all do, for the reasons mentioned in this thread.
There is also an issue with the renaming, maybe, but all the effects are decribed on the site so there is no dishonesty, just some clever marketing, something we can't escape much these days.
I think the most important thing is this, if you were in his position, would you turn the money down for the chance to do a 9-5 job, come home and do your magic video stuff in your spare time for free, pay for the DVD production, web space, web design and postage yourself, just so you didn't have people saying .con?
I would take the money every time.
So would the starter of this thread, he would also get very upset when he found a fileshare club not only spreading his work around free but then making a hobby out of sitting in a circle and talking about why he is a joke.
If you don't like it, the way to say so is do a review and say why you don't like it, giving us the chance to form our own view.
I am afraid that the view givien in the first post was always going to hit nerves here, we have pros and people creating some very good magic that they do indeed give away for free.
This board respects that, we wouldn't then spread that around the net and tell everyone it's rubbish. Neither would we want to join in when this is done about others.
Anyway, I shall now get back off my box
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by seige » Mar 17th, '04, 11:15 
