Complaints about Andrei Jikh and Theory11

Mark · 08-20-2011, 10:11 PM

After some research on the word 'cardistry', I figured it wasn't actually Andrei's idea to distribute this term thus the explanation De'vo shares on his board is incorrect. Seems like he is just upset with Andrei cheating at the tournament. Blowing up stories like that only seems to be part of some anger management issues.

The term 'cardistry' (magical card artistry) was first used by Rusduck in the mid-20th century, but it wasn't used any often at all, only by Rusduck in his releases and around the same time it appeared in the Genii magazine. That seems about it. The only people that used it in the 50 following years were magicians who either knew the term from Rusduck or who read it in Genii. They passed it on, but because it was barely used, it never took off.

Richard Z from Decknique seems to be the first one who used the term 'cardistry' with another meaning. This took off like crazy thanks to the internet and the popularity of Decknique at the time. And here comes the fun and obvious part: he (like most others) did not know about the earlier publications with the term. He just reinvented it.

In March 2006, Decknique turned their 'Card Technique' forum into 'Cardistry'. In 2007, Paul Gordon released a book called 'Cardistry' too, over a year after the Decknique forum change. It's worth mentioning that the term with its new meaning was already widely used in 2006, before Theory11 even existed, let alone that Andrei was even part of Theory11 at the time.

So, since that part is out of the way, the only things remaining is Andrei cheating on the XCM tournement (I guess we'll have to take De'vo and the Handlordz their words for that) and Theory11's false advertisements (which we all disagree with).

08-20-2011, 10:11 PM	#1
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	After some research on the word 'cardistry', I figured it wasn't actually Andrei's idea to distribute this term thus the explanation De'vo shares on his board is incorrect. Seems like he is just upset with Andrei cheating at the tournament. Blowing up stories like that only seems to be part of some anger management issues. The term 'cardistry' (magical card artistry) was first used by Rusduck in the mid-20th century, but it wasn't used any often at all, only by Rusduck in his releases and around the same time it appeared in the Genii magazine. That seems about it. The only people that used it in the 50 following years were magicians who either knew the term from Rusduck or who read it in Genii. They passed it on, but because it was barely used, it never took off. Richard Z from Decknique seems to be the first one who used the term 'cardistry' with another meaning. This took off like crazy thanks to the internet and the popularity of Decknique at the time. And here comes the fun and obvious part: he (like most others) did not know about the earlier publications with the term. He just reinvented it. In March 2006, Decknique turned their 'Card Technique' forum into 'Cardistry'. In 2007, Paul Gordon released a book called 'Cardistry' too, over a year after the Decknique forum change. It's worth mentioning that the term with its new meaning was already widely used in 2006, before Theory11 even existed, let alone that Andrei was even part of Theory11 at the time. So, since that part is out of the way, the only things remaining is Andrei cheating on the XCM tournement (I guess we'll have to take De'vo and the Handlordz their words for that) and Theory11's false advertisements (which we all disagree with).