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Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
Tony and I were posting at the same time so I didn't get to read his great idea before responding to Jim's. Keep this stuff coming; I love it!
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Joshua Quinn Inner circle with an outer triangle 2054 Posts |
More off-the-top-of-my-head musings...
Like Jim, I had been playing with ideas about letting them choose freely. I was thinking that a good lead-in would be to do some sort of 50/50 prediction test with both of them, to gauge them. Like, try to guess whether each of them will choose red or black, two or three times in a row. This could use any number of different forms of subterfuge, depending on how involved and how non-impromptu you want to make it. Or, since it's nothing but a preliminary test, you could keep it simple and just do it for real, let it turn out however it does, and make note of the results for future reference. Then have them do it against each other. After they're done, write a prediction based on what you've seen, and go into the full "game."
Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution. Unfortunately every problem also contains the seeds of an infinite number of non-solutions, so that first part really isn't super helpful.
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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts |
Here are a two twists with which I have been playing around:
1. Allow the spectator to have the "one-time" option to exchange his remaining undealt packet with the other person (for his packet). If being performed with two spectators, they each have this "ont-time" option. 2. Allow the participants to, at any time, reach into the other person's packet and remove any card--and then have the other person reciprocate and reach into the first person's packet and remove any card from that other person's packet. (Or, to simply remove any card from his packet and not necessarily remove the current top card.) While I really like Mirabill as a stand-alone effect, I've also been playing around with ideas of being able to incorporate Mirabill into a two or three phase routine. Since the Royals are "just sitting there", I wanted to attempt to incorporate their use into a routine so as to tie the entire "thing" together like a big Tootsie roll. Right now, I'm toying with following up Mirabill with John Bannon's "Degrees of Freedom" effect. Mirabill applies to colors; Degrees of Freedom applies to a favorite suit within a certain color. One of the other reasons I am considering incorporating Degrees of Freedom into the effect is because Degrees of Freedom passed the "wife test" and because, like Mirabill, there is a huge amount of audience involvement involved in the Degrees of Freedom presentation. And finally, the methodologies are completely different and tend to cancel each other out in the minds of the spectators. All told, you should be able to easily get approximately 10+ minutes out of such combined presentation. And all of it impromptu and with a borrowed deck (if required). BTW, with the "Rule of Threes" always in the back of my mind, I'm also trying to think of a 3rd similarly related effect that can be performed with Mirabill and Degrees of Freedom. Any ideas in this regard would be greatly appreciated. Then again, maybe I should just leave well enough alone and perform Mirabill alone and by itelf. Your thoughts greatly appreciated.
Magic is a vanishing Art.
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
Turk
I am using OOTW as a follow up and closing. This puts all emphasis back on the participant, and is in my opinion is a great way to end. Tony |
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Necromancer Inner circle Chicago 3076 Posts |
On a sidenote -- Bill, have you tipped off Barrie Richardson about this? I think it's right up his alley.
I've said it privately and I'll say it here: well done. Best, Neil
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bevbevvybev Inner circle UK 2672 Posts |
I would play it as the game of war
And I would have the second prediction already written and bring that in to play first - it would have written on it 'the second game will be won by...' etc Then for the second game I would have seen quite a lot farther into the future However, I concur with the idea of basing it around reading people and not getting into the prediction malarky, but basing it on some other skill |
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deputy Inner circle USA 1041 Posts |
I just read this and love it as well. Very easy to do and I think could be very fun to do and you can use a lot of presentation angles as a few have come up with. This will be used at an upcoming gig to test this out. Great job Bill
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JohnWells Inner circle The Southern Wild 1791 Posts |
Great stuff indeed Doctor.
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Nathan Pain Inner circle iowa 2825 Posts |
I ordered it...I will read and post!
Nathan
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evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
I thoroughly enjoy the Mirabill!!! Excellent thinking, Dr. Bill.
I have a small problem though - I never get a tie in the 2nd round; instead I always win!
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
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Nathan Pain Inner circle iowa 2825 Posts |
Yes...very good...a quick read and a quick learn...but take the time to have a good presentation.
Nathan
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Mr eye - may I also recommend Worlds Apart by Pete Duffie as an inbetweener from this, to OOTW...it can set you up for OOTW too...
anyway - MIRABILL is a lovely piece of work...
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
Abraxus
Thank you Sir. I have not had the pleasure to read that routine, and will look it up. Hopefully it will play well with Old Maid cards as well. Tony |
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
I've just checked - its in Inspirations, the Duffie and mighty Sadowtiz combo...
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
Thank you again, it is not in my library, but I just located where I can get it.
Tony |
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Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
I love all of this brainstorming, creativity, sharing and general good will on the Mirabill threads! You folks are wonderful and I appreciate all the feedback and support.
By the way, a Mirabill banner and direct link is now right next to the Luna banner when you open up the Penny forum. |
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jquackc Loyal user JC - Denver 218 Posts |
I just recently bought this puppy and am very happy with my purchase. I don't really have any thoughts to add (right now) but I just wanted to give a mention to how clever I think this routine is. I'm new to the principle at hand so it's very exciting for me to have this little bit of information. This is a cool routine and the handling (if you could call it that) couldn't be easier giving a lot of room to focus on presentation.
By the way, Bill, $15 for any ebook these days is rare. You could've easily charged much more (but don't!). Thank you for your fast delivery too.
JC
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coupcoupdaddy Inner circle 2466 Posts |
We love your new work with our old friend, Dr. Bill. Thank you. Were James' familiars with you?
foreign correspondent, z and lt
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Waters Inner circle 2508 Posts |
All,
I posted this elsewhere, but I realized my comments were not on the "primary" thread. I really have enjoyed Bill's developments here. My comment was: I buy for a number of reasons: 1. A great routine/presentation 2. A streamlined or improved methodology 3. Simply for knowledge (to inspire and develop myself) In my opinion, all are worthy reasons to buy. You never know when an idea or two will finally spawn a new idea or, when an "epiphany" may occur. This can't happen if I don't develop a base of knowledge and immerse myself in the ideas of others. Biil's routine, "Mirabill" is one such example. I honestly have never investigated the "Miraskill" effect or method. I owe Bill a lot for introducing me to the plot/routine and providing a great (and improved) method to accomplish it. He has also included a number of presentational possibilities to help us blend this into current work (and our subtexts). This is very clear and concise and the method has been carefully woven together. Very nicely done. This was a great purchase and I look forward to working more with it. Great! Sean |
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John Smetana ???? - 2009 499 Posts |
I bought it..I love it..I'll use it...It's an elegant presentation for a true classic...Thanks Bill
all the best, John AKA Doc Jakson |
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