On Oct 16, 2015, GAMJoker wrote:


Yes that's exactly what I mean. I don't even like any p**ks like a c***er t**r where they draw something and have to give you the piece of paper, because I mean when they only have to draw it to "proof" at the end what they were thinking of, why they can't just hold it when you are a "real" mentalist.
Many teens today already know that you can do many stuff and tricks with a calculator even if they are no magicians. When I have to type anything into a calculator and give it to the magician, the magic would be over for me at this point.
But well I guess everyone have another point of view about stuff like that.

On Oct 17, 2015, Robvs wrote:
Well...it's cheaper than iunlockyourmind, which Apple just made obsolete with a 6 digit code.

On Oct 17, 2015, Robvs wrote:
Myke hasn't updated the app in years, and he's stated finances as a reason for not updating despite requests. Let's take this conversation to that thread in order to not hijack.

On Oct 16, 2015, Mark_Chandaue wrote:
If you simply say "type something in here .... It's 1234" of course it's not going to fly. Mentalism is far more about how you reveal the info than how you get it. I guess it's those things that Pete calls sprinklers in his ATT lecture. Watching Michael perform his Calculated Risk that uses a similar method at minds was a joy. Michael's genius isn't just in the methods he comes up with but the way he structures the routine, it's not about how he operates the phone it's about how he operates the spectators. Same is true of most of those that rise to the top.

I wish I'd filmed Pete Turner performing to a group of laymen when I was out with him a couple of weeks back. The core of what he did was his iPhone unlock which uses a similar method, isobella's star using the cal-ender peek and they were absolutely blown away. Sure he also threw in his billetless name guess (alongside a billet name reveal) and his star sign pa and a lie detector routine where they merely think a truth or a lie and his bold phone unlock from When in Rome, but most of what he did boiled down to revealing info they had basically given him. He had them eating out of his hand. Pete is also a master at creating false memories, I doubt any of those spectators would mention the calculator if you asked them to describe what Pete did. I learned more from an hour of simply watching Pete work to laymen than I would learn in a month of studying methods.

That's the kind of thing you are getting with this, not just the method for getting the phone to unlock but the benefit of seeing how someone like Gregory Wilson applies a presentation to that method to create something magical.

Mark

On Oct 17, 2015, Michael Zarek wrote:

If you can't fool a person with a p*** or a T*** than you're a bad mentalist... simple as that. (not necceserly directed at you as I'm guessing you're not a mentalist)

In Mentalism P*** and T**** aren't the method.

The real method in mentalism is acting, and if you can't convince someone that you're reading his mind, than your acting sucks and you should work on it instead of saying that methods we've been using for (quite possible) over hundred years, don't work.