What da reason for this?

Albert · 04-23-2011, 06:16 PM

Repeating ticks, like what David said, is most likely due to him either lacking material to perform or lacking the confidence to perform other tricks.

I don't remember what I was like when I started out magic, but when you first learn it, you want to perform it for someone so badly because you are excited about learning something cool you can showoff. That is also probably why he isn't patient enough to refine his moves before showing off.

A good alternative may be for you to show something so good to the usual crowd your friend attracts. Something so good that without practice, your friend can never ever surpass you. This builds up reputation of who you are and what you are like. You are also in a good situation to do so since people can compare you to him.

I had a good friend named Shane once, and he was a hardcore Criss Angel fan: dressed like him and did black magic stuff (with fake blood, etc.). Although he took more initiative to perform to people, one of the big reasons why he wasn't as well known in school as a magician compared to me was that he lacked the presentation and the practice to really pull off his tricks. To the spectators, it was cool, but that's all that was. It wasn't magical enough to make people ask him for more and more and more.

I hope that sort of answers your question.

la0o9 · 04-24-2011, 01:11 AM

Albert and David already said it, but i'll say it again. Mistakes like the ones you named( giving weird instructions, emphasizing on unimportant things...) are due to:
1) lack of material( so he uses the same technique over and over again)
2) lack of preparation( so he don't have anything to say, just simple: "watch me as i do magic")

get your friend to write a script at home for his tricks before performing( since he can't improvise), or take turns to perform with him, helping him mask the little problems by distracting them( not verbally, but through your performance), after a while you'll both be better and both will gain certain skills

04-23-2011, 06:16 PM	#1
Albert DarkSleightZ Artist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 671 Donor Score: 110	Repeating ticks, like what David said, is most likely due to him either lacking material to perform or lacking the confidence to perform other tricks. I don't remember what I was like when I started out magic, but when you first learn it, you want to perform it for someone so badly because you are excited about learning something cool you can showoff. That is also probably why he isn't patient enough to refine his moves before showing off. A good alternative may be for you to show something so good to the usual crowd your friend attracts. Something so good that without practice, your friend can never ever surpass you. This builds up reputation of who you are and what you are like. You are also in a good situation to do so since people can compare you to him. I had a good friend named Shane once, and he was a hardcore Criss Angel fan: dressed like him and did black magic stuff (with fake blood, etc.). Although he took more initiative to perform to people, one of the big reasons why he wasn't as well known in school as a magician compared to me was that he lacked the presentation and the practice to really pull off his tricks. To the spectators, it was cool, but that's all that was. It wasn't magical enough to make people ask him for more and more and more. I hope that sort of answers your question. __________________ "Bluffing is an important act to all strategies." - Lelouch Lamperouge

04-24-2011, 01:11 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	Albert and David already said it, but i'll say it again. Mistakes like the ones you named( giving weird instructions, emphasizing on unimportant things...) are due to: 1) lack of material( so he uses the same technique over and over again) 2) lack of preparation( so he don't have anything to say, just simple: "watch me as i do magic") get your friend to write a script at home for his tricks before performing( since he can't improvise), or take turns to perform with him, helping him mask the little problems by distracting them( not verbally, but through your performance), after a while you'll both be better and both will gain certain skills __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"