The Wizard Magic Review 3/7/24 | Akronym , SPARKLING+, Zircon,Tic Tac Toe Lite, & Much More

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@Kendrix1 3 ай бұрын

Dave and Paul: this was an incredible show with reputation building effects. Great job ...

@randynaviaux7490 3 ай бұрын

Great show as usual. A short comment about that table. Many years ago I played with something like that. Here is what it needs. A little horizontal tab at the bottom of one of the legs you can step on to stabilize the table and prevent a tip over. (Speaking from experience.)

@eddiehewitt5529 3 ай бұрын

Great products, great show... Paul comes across as a really nice guy and a great magician, but I wish I knew more about him! Was interesting to hear he did talks/presentations in schools - would love to hear more stories about his career, favoured style of magic/mentalism etc. Maybe just by throwing in some more stories/what you've each been up to that week? Cheers Eddie

@veganbadass 3 ай бұрын

The Sixth Sense 1999. M. Night grew up in my county and films all of his movies in the Philadelphia area. His daughter just directed her first film "The Watchers" Galaxy Quest is an excellent Sci-fi comedy and a bit underrated

@veganbadass 3 ай бұрын

Akronym smashes parties. I like to have one of the spectators write the words out as it gives them an even more interactive experience. Let's say a boyfriend and girlfriend, have the girl choose the words and the guy write them down. A joint effort for the couple. 💫

@bxlawless100 3 ай бұрын

I think a name peek of a spectator’s friend might be powerful as well for akronym. They write an unknown name of a friend who isn’t there. It’s hidden from the crowd, etc. After the Akronym process, reveal the name to everyone. More spectator involvement. Greater impossibility still within the context of the effect

@ClawedMagicman 3 ай бұрын

Cool story about AKRONYM from my perspective. I was also part of the "original underground" of owners and I've been doing it for a while now. Love it. Agree with David on the reactions it gets. My personal favorite reaction though was someone who had previously seen me do it was in a group watching me perform it on someone else. The name we were spelling was a 5 letter name and when we got to like the 3rd letter and beyond, this spectator who previously saw the effect kept reacting "Oh come on..." "how the hell"... every time they heard my spectator say the word they were choosing. The audience had no clue why they were reacting this way. Was a blast watching them from my side literally SEE the word come together with free choices. :)

@Moviemaniac221 3 ай бұрын

i love it but do the really outta place Hyperlinks that seem completely irrelevant to the article at hand REALLY fly by the specs you've performed it to?

@jeangriffin8015 3 ай бұрын

⁠@@Moviemaniac221Lickily the process is so boring it benefits you because they are not curious enough to really pay too much attention to the context of the words.

@ClawedMagicman 3 ай бұрын

@@Moviemaniac221 yes, the way I present it I prep the spectator to be making gut reaction choices, no thought, just pick as a "your gut is more right than you'd ever believe" type thing so we're clicking quickly.

@ClawedMagicman 3 ай бұрын

@@jeangriffin8015 HA! To be fair, you're not wrong in certain settings. It 100% isn't a thing I do for every crowd or every show. Yes, there are certainly times when it is a bit too slow or nebulous to include in the set.

@PigCake 3 ай бұрын

Akronym looks absolutely fantastic. You can play the Degrees of Bacon with it or the Wikipedia Hitler game lmao

@stevendl7879 3 ай бұрын

It's is superb and kills ever time

@Moviemaniac221 3 ай бұрын

@@stevendl7879 i love it but do the really outta place Hyperlinks that seem completely irrelevant to the article at hand REALLY fly by the specs you've performed it to?

@yeb0i Ай бұрын

That dang bottle trick is easy to figure out.

@jday4217 3 ай бұрын

That table looks like it would fall over in a slight breeze

@paul_longhurst 3 ай бұрын

I don't think we did it justice if it looks like that. It's really solid enough for most clouded up performances indoors I would say.

@paul_longhurst 3 ай бұрын

If it looks like that we didn't do it justice. it's strong enough for most close-up performances indoors I would say.

@Theponderpond 3 ай бұрын

24:20 Who was it that said as soon as an audience see a wobbly table they become unconsciously on edge?

@rainer4797 3 ай бұрын

With "Akronym" you have the problem you have to take the spectators phone to type in the fake URL. That feels weird to the spectator everyone can type Wikipedia by themself. Furthermore the fake Wikipedia text makes no sense and some people recognize that. With these limitations it can't be 100% It can't be you never had trouble with sparkling. When the cork shoots out and falls to a bad place, happens to everyone at one time, you have to seek it on your knees. All I ask for is a little more honesty.

@paul_longhurst 3 ай бұрын

Hi. No one tells us what does score things and what to say about them. At the end of the day this is our personal opinions but we do try to cover the positives and negatives. I do completely understand that with different people, different personalities and different performing styles, taking someone's phone and typing the URL could be seen as suspicious. This is my currently most performed magic effect and no one has questioned it to my face. Some magic tricks you get a while and applause and some magic tricks live with people for a long time. Acronym gets by 100% because it lives with people a long time. It affects an audience in a deeper personal level.

@rainer4797 3 ай бұрын

@@paul_longhurst at least you agree it's an awkward moment when typing the URL and see someone's browser history. It's a very private information. No one questioned it to your face is no argument. I don't tell you what to do but give my personal opinion. No question the trick is great and personalized effects always give huge reactions but I wonder how a product with downsides can get 100%.

@paul_longhurst 3 ай бұрын

@@rainer4797 it's a fair question. I guess it's never been a downside for me but I do take your point. I'll try and think of things like that in future.

@bxlawless100 3 ай бұрын

Some effects require presentation skills and tons of audience management. Akronym hardly requires any skills to be honest. Plus, the impact is worth any slight discomfort for the magician. PS- You should have the spectators phone in your hand from another phone effect. Grabbing it awkwardly to do the effect would be amateurish.

@steveblack7552 3 ай бұрын

I just never know which way to jump with AKRONYM. This was a great review but Mr Petty said it too easy to spot that the sites below the relevant page were unrelated and gave it a resounding NO. This is not cheap so am left confused.

@stevendl7879 3 ай бұрын

As a family/friends magician I love it and the reactions it gets is fantastic

@dmr778810 3 ай бұрын

To me it's similar to the "problems" with Inject, or other effects that simulate "real webpages." (I name Inject because it's the most popular.) The URL isn't perfect, and someone _can_ notice it. Before they had a better URL, it wasn't remotely similar to what it's supposed to be, and yet many magicians had zero issues. The trick comes down to spectator management. It's possible for Dog to have the word "Zirconium" and a small blurb about it, but not how it relates to Dog. Realistically, it's weird to see something about that. However, I feel like if you can get someone to click the word first without reading it at all, you wouldn't have that same issue. It's a good effect. However, you need to know how to pick a decent spectator.

@steveblack7552 3 ай бұрын

@@dmr778810 Thanks for taking the trouble to explain !!