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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I don't think it's going to make much of difference Dave.
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
Mandrake01.. Porper's dice cups are great for FIVE stacks.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2004-12-11 13:10, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Yeah, it worked fine on the library computer too. Maybe it's Verizon screwing up or maybe it was just a glitch! Quote:
On 2004-12-13 12:19, Pete Biro wrote: I don't do dice stacking... I was just thinking you could do a cool "Yahtzee" story with five dice.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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cstreet_1986 Loyal user 263 Posts |
Kinda long post about my progress with dice stacking through the past month, followed by an idea I have had for a new dice-stack
Here I am again. I started dice stacking about a month ago, when I bought my props from the ever so kind Frank Starsini (who, by the way, also threw in a free plastic cup to help me on my way). I tried non-stop for the first two days with about 1 in 100 chance of stacking two dice. I decided I would give up, but about 3 weeks later thought about picking it back up. Today I decided that I would try again and now I can stack four dice! Great! Thanks for everyone's help here. Frank, cheers for the plastic cup, but I'm afraid it hasn't arrived yet. Already I am trying to think of new things to do, and this is as far as I have got: I thought that I could do the arm-swinging motion in the air and throw the dice towards the cup. I can currenty get two dice in the cup and stack them (by bringing them down to the table, giving it a few more swings, and then stopping). I don't know if that already exists out there, but it's just an idea for anyone interested. Chris |
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
The cup is on it's way Chris. I'm hoping to supply a lot more of them for beginners.
Stopping for a while always helps. You did the right thing. And congratulations.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Congratulations! I'm still struggling, but getting there. There is a stacking book by Todd Strong that has your "in the air" stack. He holds all four dice horizontally in his left hand, tosses them and sweeps all four into the cup. I'm not ready to even attempt this one yet.
Maybe when Frank's stuff arrives...
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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cstreet_1986 Loyal user 263 Posts |
I just realized I forgot to add to the end of that message what was wrong with my technique. I am not absolutely sure, but I think it was when I stopped. What I do now is when I want to stop have the cup to the left (about to swing right) and at this point put the cup flat. I then swing the cup to the right and back to the left - then stop.
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
You got it!??!!
Very cool!!! -=tabman
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
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cstreet_1986 Loyal user 263 Posts |
Cheers. That's to everyone who helped me get here today (cue operatic emotive music). I want to thank anyone who took the time to type something under this topic. Cheers Frank for the supplies (which were on at a great price) and even sending another plastic cup to help. I don't want to use a collective noun to group you all, but I am not going to type out everyone's name either because I'm lazy.
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
Yes, Chris. That is absolutely a correct way to do it. I do it that way as well.
By the way, I just ran out of videos to supply with the cups. I'm working on finding a way to get more cheap dice stacking media to sell with the cups. I'm very close to being OUT of the suede-lined stacko cups. Once they're gone, they're gone. No more of those. About a dozen left. Chris, I'm glad it is going well for you. Keep up the good work. If the truth be known, the new Black/Red cups (with white dice) were made in honor of Dean Dill's Barber shop decor. I've never been there yet but I've seen pix of it on his website. Once you see the pix you'll know why I made them the colors I did. Very elegant, magical, colorful, inviting, exciting. So I asked myself.. If Dean had a cup at his shop for people to test drive, what should it look like.
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Magicmaven Inner circle 1235 Posts |
Wow, there are some great things on this thread!
Anyway, I learned (still learning) from a small book (Todd Strong's) that came in the dice stacking pack. From that book, I learned how to stack and decapitate. It is one of the only tricks that you can do over, and over, and over, and over again, and there is no "trick" to it, besides skill. I have gotten great responses without even having a "rap" or story, or any of that. Get that book by Todd Strong, and in a day I could stack dice, and in a year, I was able to decapitate. It is a very good trick, and skill to acquire.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Decapitate in a year? Geez, I guess I'm just impatient.
Back to stacking...
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
If you ever get to see Camillo, from Spain, dice stack you will throw all your dice stacking stuff away.
He is not only unbelievably skilled, but he fools the hold whatever out of you with color changes and loads and switches, literally undetectable!
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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implicit New user 46 Posts |
Anyone else seen Camillo?
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Magicmaven Inner circle 1235 Posts |
Dave, some things just come easier to some people, than others. I have been trying to do the Manipulating Billiard balls for a while now (4 years), and it is quite difficult for me. And Card productions, whooo, that is very difficult for me too. Don't think that I can do it 100% of the time either, lol.
I really want to see this Camillo guy, he sounds amazing. Is he coming to the Castle anytime soon?
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garyanimal Regular user UK 136 Posts |
Stacking is a walk in the park- very easy. Unstacking one by one is a lot harder, for me anyway.
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