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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts 
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I am very cautious when it comes to ACAAN effects as I, along with many others, have been stung in the past, when it comes to the description. Either many people have purchased this but have declined to review for whatever reason, good or bad, or members are being over cautious. I would like to see a real world demo, to be honest.
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Russell Scoggin Loyal user Lubbock, Texas 257 Posts
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I don't think any of the ACAAN effects will ever be "Perfect". If you're looking for real magic as far as this effect goes, it's never going to happen. Therefore you look at the very best options. If you like this type of effect, then with the reviews and comments from people like Cody Fisher, Danny Archer, Ben Harris and Paul Hallas being good reviews, I would suggest making an investment. If you don't like the effect, then simply don't purchase it. But if you're waiting for the perfect one to come out, then you'll more than likely be waiting forever. Still the question is: "Is this a 'hit em over the head' type effect or not?" Well, that will all depend on how you present it. It's all in your presentation and showmanship just like it is with just about any other type of effect.
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Russell Scoggin Loyal user Lubbock, Texas 257 Posts
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Forgot to say what I was going to say at the end. LOL! Anyway, don't ever expect an effect itself to be the knockout trick of your repetoire. If it were just the effects themselves, then the old saying "One magician's trash is another one's treasure" wouldn't be true now would it?
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12967 Posts
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It's not possible to do an ACAAN as everyone wants. Deck on table, spec says card and number and deals to that card. That's just NEVER how it is. It's how they might want it to be but it's an impossibility for it to happen like that. It would be real magic if it happened that way for real, and there's no such thing as ... well I'll leave that alone.
There will always be something "left out" of a description or video. Is that misleading advert ... or is it a, well that's what the audience sees/remembers thing? I am done with ACAAN for this very reason. I will buy them to collect. But not in search of grail. Too much moola for this one though. May be the grail but over my impulse, even collector's price. J |
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Exitmat Special user 641 Posts
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Anyone ever notice magicians are in love with ACAAN WAY more than laymen ever are?
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rockthemike Special user Seattle 695 Posts
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Exactly. I was infatuated with the plot for a while, then I realized that it's not really that great of a plot to see for a Muggle after all. It's not a miracle. Then again I feel the same way about ace assemblies.
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts
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Very true exitmat.
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edh Inner circle 4698 Posts
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On 2010-02-09 10:18, pegasus wrote: I wouldn't say this is the "ultimate"
Magic is a vanishing art.
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mattjohnson Elite user Canada 451 Posts
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Hi All,
Thanks for the emails, PM's and continued purchases. Russell I could not agree more. Many people I respect have been kind enough to review my work and have given it great reviews. I have never and will never force anyone to buy my work. If you are interested invest and if you are not don't. I stand behind my work and am very happy at the HUGE body of work my ACAAN represents. By the way, the PDF has been updated and has now grown from 47 pages to 56 pages. New contributions and ideas have been added from Bill Fritz and Eric Gretencord with their permission, great stuff! Those that have already purchased my ACAAN PDF will get these new additions emailed to them as a 9 page Bonus Material PDF. For those of you that may still be on the fence, the extra material will be included in your PDF. Thanks again everyone! Matt Johnson http://www.thecorporatemagician.com/magicstore.html |
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mattjohnson Elite user Canada 451 Posts
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Bonus Material PDF's were sent out today to all the people that have purchased my ACAAN PDF/Video system.
The extra material is included in the PDF for any new ACAAN customers. Cheers, Matt Johnson |
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jeremysweiss Special user 742 Posts
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Hey, I just picked up Matthew's ACAAN. It is very good. I am bummed that I didn't get to see it live at Mindvention. It is excellent--and that comes from me, the guy who Jamie D. says has the greatest ACAAN of all time! You have some nice work! Well done
The Shock Doc
<BR>www.TheShockDocShow.com <BR> <BR> <BR>http://ballycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/ballycast-024-2009-03-21.mp3 <BR> <BR>"....Jeremy Weiss has the greatest card trick of ALL TIME!"--Jamie D. Grant. <BR>Start listening to iTricks 11/12/09 |
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Michael J Veteran user UK 334 Posts
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Picked up ACAAN a few days ago and thought it was an excellent version of ACAAN. I also received yesterday a follow up PDF of exra thoughts from Matthew which contains additional good ideas.
I like very much Marc Paul's idea noted in his forward to Matthew's ACAAN. I'm working on the suggestion of Marc's using Matthew's method. I'm not a newbie to magic but am a newbie to The Magic Café and I'm enjoying the wealth of information that is around the Café. Thanks everyone. Mike |
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lil_magic Loyal user 249 Posts
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Does it use more than one deck?
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Daren Inner circle 2051 Posts
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There is only one deck on the table when the card and number is named, I love it!!! by far the best version out there, but that is my personal opinion.
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magicmalk New user Northern California 73 Posts
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I think you might need a jacket that holds many decks.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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On 2010-02-12 18:24, magicmalk wrote: An earlier post said this can be used in walkaround and parlor gigs. That means almost no reset and ... practical. 
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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magicmalk New user Northern California 73 Posts
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Jonathan, there is "only one deck on the table". The problem is where do you get that deck from. My guess would be from one of many pockets.
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Jv Regular user 136 Posts
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Daren says: "There is only one deck on the table..."
But, cardbiker says: "suit named then the deck is bought out..." Hopefully, you don't have to carry with you 4 deck of cards in each pocket... still on the fence about this one. Jv
Guillotine+ASYLUM
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Daren Inner circle 2051 Posts
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There is a version in the pdf notes where there is only one deck on the table before the card and number is named, it is the method I personally am leaning towards, this is true, one deck on the table before card and number named, cards pulled from deck spectator counts down to there chosen number and voila there is there card.
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Gaz Lawrence Inner circle 5991 Posts
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I have seen this as a fellow magician friend bought it. It is an absolute waste of money IMO , nothing new here at all. Supposed to be magicians helping magicians but with advertising worded to mislead the naive magician , I think its totally wrong. Ok there maybe another version as Daren points out but it is poor one IMO. I know you shouldnt be so gullible, as we all know the statement about the deck on the table before card and number named cannot actually happen in the absolute true sense of the words that we all want , but some people do believe it and waste their money.
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