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svengaliposeur wrote:Thanks for the responses guys. It seems most think it best to choose an effect and perfect that. My only concern being when would you call yourself a magician?

you dont call yourself a magician.

other people do that for you, when they see you perform magic.

and to answer the original question,the most important thing is, what ever gets the job done.
sometimes it's a slight, sometimes its a gaff, usuaky it's a bot of both.

TonyB wrote:I think you are getting things backwards. Start with the effect and only learn what you need to acomplish that effect. Then spend all that time you have freed up learning to make it entertaining. If more people thought this way we would have less boring magicians.

Amen!

The egg.

When you are not bothered about how many slights you can do and are not intretsted in the effect your stuff has on other magic club members. I think you are well on your was to becomming a magician.