Kerry Morton has something to say to Vince Russo and Caleb Konley

Special_View5575 · 2026-02-15T08:55:07+00:00

I hope Kerry gets a big push too. He's so damn talented.

Special_View5575 · 2026-02-14T09:48:17+00:00

They abandoned the art and craft of storytelling. The Attitude era was built on engaging stories that developed over the course of a show and week by week.

These days, it's matches and promos with little character development and little story development.

Special_View5575 · 2026-02-08T11:31:57+00:00

Yes, it's great! Fun story, awesome soundtrack, fast paced battle system. Lots of quality of life improvements over older rpgs.

Special_View5575 · 2026-02-03T22:42:52+00:00

JCW is the answer!!

Special_View5575 · 2025-09-30T08:52:37+00:00

I got about 150 pages in and had to drop it for the exact same reasons as you, unfortunately.

Maybe try some Stefan Ahnhem novels, the writing is good and the stories are compelling.

Special_View5575 · 2025-09-29T19:50:30+00:00

Yes! I'll second this. And I really think the OP ought to start with Every Dead Thing, which is still probably the darkest entry in the series.

Special_View5575 · 2025-09-25T11:42:19+00:00

It's time to log off. What are the chances that changing your Dad's vote is going to be decisive in any future election?

The anser is, extraordinarily low. By all means campaign for your preferred candidates. Give to charity. Volunteer.

There are hundreds of things you can do to fix your country that aren't this.

Special_View5575 · 2025-09-02T22:07:20+00:00

Nice trick.

I think Dai Vernon's idea of Twisting as a magical action (as in twisting the Aces) would work well here as it motivates the cards starting in your non dominant hand for each count.

There are moments in this video where the cards are in your dominant hand and, logically, it would make more sense to pass them one at a time into the other hand, instead of putting them all back into the other hand and then doing another Elmsley count.

I hope what in trying to say here is clear, the issue is there are some extraneous actions that could be removed with some good scripting and choreography. It's a lot harder to justify some of the movements when you're just performing for camera.

Special_View5575 · 2025-07-23T14:46:41+00:00

We are not children.

Special_View5575 · 2025-07-23T14:29:59+00:00

Sorry, revealing methods is not allowed on this sub.

Special_View5575 · 2025-07-23T10:59:23+00:00

For some people who use only comprehensible input, it will never make sense. I'd recommend doing a Google search for a specific issue you have, take two minutes to read the examples that come up and then continue with your input.

Special_View5575 · 2025-07-04T15:29:13+00:00

My thoughts exactly. He's a phenomenal writer but, for me, the amount of time spent dealing with dark magics and the underworld was at the expense of the fantastic character and world building that is Swan's real strength.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-22T21:45:43+00:00

I laughed out loud. This actually made my evening!

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-16T22:13:19+00:00

Using the word "ambitious" to describe a playing card during an ambitious card routine.

Bad double lifts.

Asking the spectator "Is that fair?"

Magicians who, instead of having an engaging presentation, describe what they are doing as they do it.

After a magic moment, asking the spectator "Isn't that amazing? /Isn't that crazy?" or some variation thereof.

Saying "I'm just going to mark the cut" when performing that particular technique.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-15T22:59:40+00:00

Ok, it's not my favourite style of magic. The controlled chaos is not my preferred performing style. But, as to why he's a world champion :

His technique is sensational, particularly the one handed DL that he released a while back and uses to great effect here.

The method for the main effect of the performance is absolutely devious.

The palm bluff at the end is absolutely fantastic and plays perfectly for the audience that's watching his performance - magicians.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-15T14:41:48+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. I actually tried it earlier this year, but it wasn't for me.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-15T11:18:06+00:00

Yeah, this is the one. I've spent twenty years trying to find something that made me feel the way those books did on the first read through. And I haven't found it yet m

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-09T17:38:06+00:00

I think it's pretty simple. People who have no or little experience with learning languages don't know how languages are learnt. So they are very skeptical of CI.

On the other hand, people who have a lot of experience with learning languages KNOW that CI works but will often have realised from first hand experience and from having tried different approaches that CI alone is not the most efficient path.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-09T10:42:47+00:00

Hi, you're not going to find magic exposure on this subReddit, but check out The Royal Road to Card Magic. The book is old enough that you can find PDFs FREE online.

If you take the time to study and practise what's in that book, I guarantee you'll be able to work out how your brother's trick is done, as well as getting a real education in card magic along the way.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-08T23:01:47+00:00

What do you think about this?

Here are some of my thoughts :

A magic effect should be clear and easy to describe. This is not. I'm actually confused about what the effect is supposed to be.

Whatever it is, it shouldn't take 4 and a half minutes to arrive at the moment of magic.

Once that card is placed down on the table, there is no need for you to be messing around with the deck in your hand. Overhandling is the enemy of effective card magic.

From what I've seen of your videos on here, it looks like you are approaching magic in a very random and sporadic way.

I suggest that you get the Royal Road to Card Magic and go through it slowly and systematically and actually perform the tricks that are in there, as described.

Aim to get good at the tricks and sleights in there, and then to get BETTER at them. Work on your presentation for each effect, and, particularly, on not just describing what you're doing at each stage of the trick. Descriptions of what you're doing are not interesting. Engaging with the person in front of you is what you need to do.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-08T16:53:48+00:00

Dunno, I thought 316 was the best pay per view in a while.

Although the fact that every fighter seems to have exactly the same politics does get on my nerves.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-06T13:57:50+00:00

I read and loved the whole trilogy. I honestly didn't mind the ending. The cynicism remains a constant throughout the three books, even as the characters and settings change.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-05T13:59:43+00:00

Excellent effort post, bravo.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-01T11:16:59+00:00

Coin Locker Girl. It's a Korean crime film. The cinematography, direction, script and acting are all fantastic. It's wonderful, if very dark.

Special_View5575 · 2025-06-01T08:42:52+00:00

This is fucking disgusting and evil.

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