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innercirclewannabe Inner circle Ireland 1597 Posts |
Not sure where the original Kismet thread went? Nonetheless an effect this GOOD deserves a new thread time and time again. First off, I am not into hyperbole, in fact I rebel against those that I think are only engaging in that type of hype just to sell a second rate effect. Sudo very kindly sent me this and as of yet it is not for sale. Notwithstanding that, I can categorically state that this latest offer from Sudo Nimh is outstanding! To borrow a phrase, it is a thing of beauty. I am not even sure how it works, but man does it work! It requires a couple of dice and two other things that every magician owns. I am being purposely vague with my last comment because I haven't read the official blurb on this. Essentially it is a mind baffling effect that can be presented as a prediction,synchronicity,or even an influence effect. There is a load of other possibilities with this once you give it some thought. Mind you, Sudo has done ALL of the thought with this. It is perfect as is. It is one of those effects that you actually get some fun performing for yourself. I can only imagine the impact it has on non magi's or magician's themselves for that matter. It all looks and feels so free that there can be no back tracking or 'clever fellows' working it out in real time. This is a killer effect with dice. Thanks again Sudo for sending it to me. It is superb.
Tá sé ach cleas má dhéanann tú sé cuma mhaith ar cheann.
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
Thank-you for your enthusiasm, and I'm pleased to hear that you enjoy this.
** I decided against it - this will never be made commercially available. My very soul is in this piece and dollars don't do anything for me if I have food in the fridge. You can't buy happiness - unfortunately. |
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Newsround New user UK 82 Posts |
A superb addition to Sudo’s work that he so generously produces and gives away. Money may not buy happiness Sudo, but I’d place a fair sum on the fact you’ve brought happiness to a number of people with you’re sharing. Something you should be immensely proud of. Plough on, hopefully the light at the end of your tunnel is not far away
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Shaukat Regular user 123 Posts |
Sudo... Please do as you please. You have already shared way too much with the community. Please take care of your health.
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Pit Boss Special user 573 Posts |
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On Feb 24, 2019, Shaukat wrote: Absolutely. As fantastic as this routine is (and make no mistake, it's absolutely awe inspiring), it's importance pales in comparison to real life. Take all the time you need and then we'll come back and revisit things. |
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Waters. Special user 703 Posts |
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On Feb 23, 2019, Newsround wrote: Well said. Kismet is yet another example of Sudo’s wonderful thinking. I love that this leaves room for Fate and features another devious and subtle method. I had to work through it cards in hand to watch this work. Truly fantastic work again. I hope one day, you will produce the physical book all of your work deserves. Thank you for the generosity. Take the break you need. |
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
A room full of people and not one person can hear me.
Real life? My real life consists of my mother driving my little sister around (in exchange for pay) to house calls at night so that she can prostitute herself - completely oblivious to the fact that she's the one that made my sister this way. My real life consists of being horribly punished as a child for finally speaking up at age 12 about the sexual abuse I went through at the hands of some dude who my mother had sleeping on our couch who lived with us for a while. There was no justice for me. You wanna know real pain? Real life? That very person was also the person that introduced me to magic at age 6. This isn't even beginning to scratch the surface. I have no family. I have no loved ones and no one loves me. I became homeless at 14 and was (and still am) a street kid. Abused by many in so many different ways, kicked around, taken advantage of, and unloved or unwanted. I will never know true love or ever able to trust anyone or let anyone actually get close to me and I wear a thousand different masks. The world only cares about you if you have something they want and they will take it. The world looks so lovely on the surface but it's all just an illusion. That well dressed businessman on the corner? All he wants is to take you home and fulfill some sick perversion. No one cares about you. And people wonder why I became the way I did... Asking me to take care of my health is like asking a man who's dying a slow painful death to "live longer so you can suffer a little more". I'll take care of my health alright...if that's what you what you really want....because there's only one way out of this mess and it's beyond any help. Or, you can just accept that my sharing with you all is all that I have left and the only thing keeping me alive. |
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Waters. Special user 703 Posts |
Sudo,
I think people are just trying to express their sincere concern for you. It’s hard for people to know what is the right thing to say. It sounds like you’ve dealt with a lot of challenging things. We just want you to see your life has value and that is far beyond any creative contribution you can make (which has been substantial). Please don’t take offense. I don’t think anyone means to minimize your challenges. You and your life have value. Sincerely, Sean |
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
I know Sean. And no offense was taken.
But the truth is, this really is all I have left. When I went through addiction, it was the drugs keeping me alive - it was the only thing I had to live for. Now that I am clean, all I have left is this art to live for. It's been my only true friend and constant companion throughout my entire life and I have a deep relationship with it that I doubt anyone could ever understand. Without it, there's nothing left here for me at all... I see through the cheap veneer and illusions of this world. And it is a world run by madmen with sheep that follow blindly along. With the Mystery Arts, I have something that no one can take from me. |
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Station10 Regular user Indiana 198 Posts |
Sudo,
Your work is fantastic but perhaps the best gift you have given me is the conversations we have had. You have given me new insight into a world I would never know otherwise and you have allowed me to share my little corner of the world. Being able to see and use some of your work is just the icing on the cake. Thank you my friend.
John Gilmore
www.blindeyemagi.com "I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic." ~ Harry Houdini "To Strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield!" ~ Alfred Tennyson |
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Not meant as advice in any way shape or form. Writing as I'm sure you know is very beneficial in many ways.
Go write your opus, write what you want how you want and release "yourself" - I don't mean go to the toilet, I just mean write more, release less for free, but maybe share what you are writing with the few you trust as you go along. You will have less aggro to deal with on here, can release little nuggets (again, non toilet related) and then... Then you release that opus, whether it's self published, a deal with someone like vanishing Inc, whoever and whatever works for you... That why, you get to write about what you love and it can be almost a regular routine, but it's also something you can leave and come back to when you need to... And then there's some financial stuff too, and zero shame to ask to be paid for a skillset... What you do with that money is up to you, but at least it may give you options... Again, not advice, I'm merely brainfarting...
I've asked to be banned
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
I have respect for you John.
You're a good father and family man - something I never had growing up. You're a firefighter, an EMS, and a 911 dispatcher. And I admire your deep commitment to serve your community because all of those things take hard work, dedication, and personal sacrifice. I know that there are unspeakable horrors in those jobs too. I only wish I had grown up with a sense of community and some sort of sense of normalcy so that maybe I could be an asset to my community too. But we moved two - (and sometimes three) times EVERY school year to a new town. As a result, I have no real or proper sense of community or belonging. No concept at all of what that truly means. This is the only community I have. Doing what I do here is the only way I get to have any feeling of belonging or a sense that I am an asset to a community. Out of all the communities to belong to, I had to choose one that is one of the most dysfunctional. Go figure. |
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Pit Boss Special user 573 Posts |
I'm truly sorry if my remarks upset you in any way. I wish you nothing but the best.
P.S. And, Kismet, again, is fantastic. |
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
Thanks for the input Iain.
The Opus will never happen. I have tried countless times to do this. Every so often that foolish thought enters my head again and I start back at it - but it always ends the same. I call it "foolish" because I already know I can't do it. I'm too much of a perfectionist. Take for example cd's and dvd's. Back when I used to collect such useless things, if a disc got even the tiniest of fingerprints or scratches - no matter how small, I would literally have to gift it to someone because I couldn't even look at it or think about it any more. It bothered me to the point where I had to get it out of my house. My solution? No discs allowed. Ever. Same with my posts. One little tiny error...if I can't go back in and correct it, it will bother me all night long. I must edit my posts dozens of times sometimes. With the written work I've shared here, even those are tremendously hard for me to finish. I don't like writing and I left school in grade 9, so I have had to really work at it to bring it to an acceptable level that I can live with. Having to format and stylize a monumental book so that everything fits the same formatting and style is boring to me and I lose focus. Why endure something I don't find interesting if there's no reward for doing so? What's the reward? Money? If that's the reward - forget it. The only time money has ever really mattered to me in my life was when I was an addict. Now all I care about is having just enough money so that I have food in the fridge and can purchase any new releases in this art that interest me so that I don't have to pirate them. That's it. Since I've opened up a can of "Heinz Brutal Honesty" - there's another for you all. I lead a very minimalist lifestyle and don't like owning things as much as possible. Money is worthless for me along as I have food and content to study. I live simply and not extravagantly - everyone has too much "stuff" they don't need - and yet, it is never enough for them. Consumerism at it's finest. My life is dedicated to this art 24/7 at the cost of all else and I don't care about the personal toll it takes on me. I've also said it repeatedly...but I absolutely HATE the commercialization of this art. Maybe one day that will sink in. If you don't want youtube kids exposing material, then don't give it to them by trying to make a buck whoring out the art. What's your motivation? Oh right - it's MONEY. That's why I share so much here. Sure I gave Penguin a few things recently to help ensure I have food and can study what I wish, but that's it. I never handed over my back catalog and they're priced to keep them out of the hands of the youtube kids. It's not like I'm making a fortune - despite what some people might believe. I prefer sharing my work with others here instead without requiring compensation. Why? Well,...why not? Why does everything in this stupid world have to be ruled by the almighty dollar? Do you even know that the entire monetary and banking system is a scam designed to corrupt and enslave? Why people still continue to support such garbage is beyond me. I want as little to do with it as possible. No. I share for the pure love of sharing and because I am fortunate to have people who love my work. So I write for them. It helps me to feel a sense of community and that I have some value. It also helps me to feel better about my past sins because I'm doing something positive. Also, look at my work - it's all based on my constant search for perfection. I simply take stuff that is flawed or broken and then make them as strong and perfect as I can. I can't do that for myself, but I can do that in this art. Finally, I like that NO ONE else is doing what I'm doing. If you really love this art and have a creative gift, then share your work (with discretion) with your brethren and stop whoring it out for money to the larger masses. I don't expect anybody to follow my lead or to even understand any of it because I don't think like most people do. But at least I can genuinely say: "I did it my way". |
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
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On Feb 24, 2019, Pit Boss wrote: No my friend, you didn't upset me. I was simply trying to explain to anyone following the thread why I am so frustrated. I can't explain the complexities of my life to anyone or fix any of these things and there is no solution. The only solution for me is to continue to try and do what I do best until the end comes. It is the only form of satisfaction or joy I find in life. I will always be up and down. In addition to the life I've had, I have bipolar disorder and severe PTSD as well and that only serves to make things even more fun and interesting. Yeah, right. On another note: Super happy you find Kismet to be "fantastic!" The only thing that would make me happier is if you started using it to provide a little wonder for others. |
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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts |
You are unique Sudo. If nothing else, that is a tremendous victory.
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Matt Pulsar Inner circle 1130 Posts |
Thank you Sudo for sharing this beautiful piece with me. I highly recommend it to all. And having tried it out now I get the dice thinking. There are multiple ways that this can be performed and they are all great. Blessing to you and your continued work.
Belief Manifests Reality.
Nebula CT: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/8517 |
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lin Special user California 876 Posts |
Thank you Sudo, for sharing your work. It's a joy to read. I love how you explain the origins of your effects, your goals, and your thought processes and solutions. For me, it's like reading a mini-masterclass, and I learn something with each piece.
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Sudo Nimh Inner circle 1866 Posts |
Thanks for all the words of encouragement and kind thoughts. I'm sorry - I don't mean to get so overcome with emotions sometimes. I'll be fine one way or another as long as I keep focused on my work. I know I'm an odd duck. It is a blessing and a curse.
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rmorrell Loyal user 262 Posts |
Sudo thanks for sharing Kismet, but also a bit about your situation, I hope your creative output continues, Kismet is an amazing routine, it combines deviously free dice rolls with a brilliant prediction tool, that can and will be used for other things as well, the two ideas together make for a strong routine. Thank you for sharing.
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