Jeopardy

Alright, I know I promised to find out who created the original effect of this trick BUT, the internet really has me puzzled on this. I mean, I even went through Dariel Fitzkee's trilogy again just to search but nothing came up.

So anyways... as usual, I would like it if anybody could tell me the name of the creator of the trick without putting me down too much for being the biggest noob at magic.

Anyways, a little history on how I came about this effect. I first watched it performed by Lu Chen on one of his weekly shows. I was so confused at that point that my entire head was probably in a state of 'dough' (yes, that is a new state outside of singularity, gas, liquid, solid and plasma). The tirck itself is amazing and the presentation was even better!

SO, being the ultra awesome gentleman that I am, I stole the routine...

I'm being quite honest here. I pretty much just copied him. I simply can't get any new ideas... or, more to the point, all my new ideas sucks and I don't like them.

Now, I WILL be performing this again under a new patter soon under the theme "Miracles from Hope". It's a donation event that both the Magic Society and the Red Cross society are co-hosting. Hopefully I can find enough inspirations after my small exams to figure out the details and find enough time to practice.

Now, you're probably bored by my ranting. So without further annoyance from me...


Effect: The effect is simple. The magician would first present his predictions and places it at somewhere that is visible the whole time. The magician then asks the AUDIENCE to mix up his cards in a fashion that completely messes up the order of the deck as well as the direction that the cards face. Afterwards, he then opens up his prediction and matches the conditions of the cards that the audience messed up.

Now, this is actually a 3 part performance. It's a routine that I called 'Destiny' due to the heavy prediction nature of the routine. I'm still working on the exact patters and the actual tricks itself. (The last one isn't as strong as I want it to be)

Anyways, I hope that you will have fun watching this. I most certainly had fun performing it. I still think that it's one of my best close ranged performances so far.


Spectator's View: Now, the interesting thing is that people often ask me to perform it again afterwards...

If you ever hear that. RUN! Because it will definitely work again! And that would freak the shit out of the audience.... so seriously. For once, I am not concerned about your safety (well... I never did concern myself with that... I was always concerned about exposure in magic).



Angles: This is 100% angle proof. IN fact, so angle proof that the spectators are going hands on! Now, you may wonder how this trick works... and I must say now that it's not all that easy... BUT it's not all that hard either... but I'll discuss that later.


 Overall: Now, the trick's difficulty, I would give a 4/10. There's really no sleights. You just need to make sure that you don't screw up the fundamentals. There's a bit of misdirection involved as well so yeah...

Now, for this trick as a whole, I give a very solid 90/100. I strongly recommend you go buy the trick somewhere and practice practice practice. This is DEFINITELY a reputation maker. I know that I personally LOVE this trick!


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