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Gaz Lawrence Inner circle 5991 Posts |
Yes Neil changing the numbers to letters is easily doable.
Best wishes my friend. Gaz 😊 |
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Ron Timmer New user The Netherlands 51 Posts |
Hi All,
Thank you so much for your support and kind words. If you want to share an idea you have with Awe-sum with the rest, you can also drop me an email at info@magicshop.nl and I will add the routine to the tutorial. As we mentioned, there are lots of ideas and routines possible with this cube. Again, thanks all for the kind words and support
Ron - MagicfromHolland.com
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Fire Starter Inner circle 4809 Posts |
Been having a lot of fun with this and although the Cube is made really well and very smooth to operate,I have chose to just use an ordinary Rubik Cube.I have stuck on white stickers and the appropriate Numbers are written on in place,to make it more interesting I have also just put other random numbers on all of the Cube.I go into my spill ,Well there are so many Mathematical combinations here on this cube, and well will just use the 4 numbers in each corner ,saves us being here all day ,lol.
I have performed it this way exactly 5 times so far and absolutely fried them.I believe it adds to it with SEEING all those other Numbers and after all it is only a Rubik Cube.just thought I would Share,won't be every ones cup of Tea and bound to be some who want to knock it,it works for me,anyway. Good Magic to ALL Shane |
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JuanPoop Loyal user Luckily for you, I only have 210 Posts |
I have been thinking about how best to used this in conjunction with a stack (I use Mnemonica).
The included tutorial outlines a fairly simple card at number process. It talks about using the total of the top and bottom faces to force 2 x stack numbered cards (first card changes, depending on top face, but the second card is always the same). It was evident that repeated performances might be an issue if the second prediction card comes up every time (particularly in a table-hopping scenario). A work around for this is to cut the stacked deck between performances (tables) and glimpse the bottom card. Once done, then add the relevant top face cube total to the glimpsed card stack number to get the first card - and then add the bottom face total to determine the predicted second stack number. For example . . . First performance - use the standard method - if the top face totals 12 (you can predict 3D - stack no. 12). Before the bottom face is lifted, you can predict the second card (3H - stack no. 28) - use a billet, card from another deck, etc. Second performance - with the stack reset, cut the deck and glimpse the bottom card. Let’s say you glimpsed 8D (stack no. 29). Once you see the top of the cube (let’s say it totals 13) - you add 13 to 29 and predict stack no. 42 (4D). Once you have done this, you can then immediately predict the second card (42 + 15 = 57, which means it will be 4H - stack no. 5). Obviously, once you go past 52, you need to deduct 52 from the total to calculate the target stack no. Third and subsequent performances - cut the deck to a different card and repeat the above. Every time a cut is completed, a different set of predicted cards will be the result. I hope I have explained this adequately. I understand that mental arithmetic, on the run, isn’t for everyone, but anyone who is doing stack calculations (within the method) for other stack tricks, should be able to digest this. I would be keen to hear if anyone has come up with anything else for this excellent tool.
aka Lucky John
Sydney, Australia |
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Golem13 New user 21 Posts |
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On Sep 4, 2022, JuanPoop wrote: I like this idea - yes a bit of math involved but workable if you know your stack well. A further layer could be added by using a marked deck in a stack order. Then by glimpsing the mark of the top card after the cut, you just work out the position by Awe Sum cube number minus one. e.g. if the cube calculates to 12, and mnemonica is used (let's say the top card is 10 of Diamonds which is 24), therefore 24 plus 11 is 35 (i.e. King of Hearts). The spectator counts 12 cards from the top of the deck and the 12th card will be KH. Of course, if you are predicting two cards (from top and bottom of cube) then the second card is just 35 + 16 = 51 (i.e Ace of Hearts) In this case there is no need to touch the deck or cube at all! Aside from maybe a couple of false shuffles or cuts beforehand, the spectator cuts to wherever they like, shuffles the cube to wherever they like, and it's just a matter of calculation on your part. Can be more impressive if they deal face up as there's no obvious pattern to the cards. |
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Golem13 New user 21 Posts |
For those who don't want to deal with the math, here's an easier routine I came up with, using the Si Stebbins deck:
This routine is similar to the first one in the tutorial, where the magician demonstrates the counting down to the face-up cube value first, however here the magician has to false cut/shuffle the deck rather than giving the deck to spectators to shuffle. Get the spectator to cut and complete as many times as they wish. Secretly glimpse the bottom (face) card of the deck. Whatever they shuffle the cube to, the second count will always end on a card of the same suit as the glimpsed card, but with 6 added! e.g. if the bottom card is 7H, the card dealt to after the second count will be the KH (7+6=13). So once the spectator has shuffled the cube and put it on the table, I write my prediction down (in this case KH), fold it over and hand it to a spectator. (In fact, the prediction can be done while they're shuffling the cube, which gives a good distraction to do a square-up glimpse of the bottom card first). I then demonstrate counting down to the top number. Using the above example and say the cube totals 11 on top, I count down 11 cards as a demo, then place those cards underneath the deck. Do the spiel about nobody knowing the number underneath the cube, get them to turn it over, calculate the number and deal down to that number. Do the big reveal of the prediction matching the card! The advantage of this routine is that it can be repeated to different groups (tables) in one performance and the prediction will always be different whereas the tutorial routine relies on the same force card (unless you swap them out between performances). |
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JuanPoop Loyal user Luckily for you, I only have 210 Posts |
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On Oct 23, 2022, Golem13 wrote: Quote:
On Oct 23, 2022, Golem13 wrote: Thanks Golem. Both very good variations. I will certainly give both of them a run, as I like the hands off nature they offer.
aka Lucky John
Sydney, Australia |
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Gaz Lawrence Inner circle 5991 Posts |
Yes great thoughts Golem and thanks for sharing Gaz:)
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RNK Inner circle 7493 Posts |
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On Oct 24, 2022, JuanPoop wrote: Thanks for sharing Golem! Very nice ideas.
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magicogreg New user ITALY 10 Posts |
I find the product to be very deceiving! But only for magicians!!!!! :-(
The advertising is also misleading as the numbers on the actual cube are not arranged as shown in the packaging image ((on the three faces of a corner cube the figure is always the same, while the image shows different values): https://www.magicshop.nl//Files/5/19000/......1494.png In the end, the concept is simple and has nothing to do with the property of dice (that is, the sum of two opposite faces is always 7). This is another deception (again for magicians!). The concept is trivial and it is simply a question of always adding the same 8 numbers (due to a primitive property of addition, the sum does not change even if the order of the addends is changed) |
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