Happy Holidays - Free Holiday Giveaways!

[Alex Hess]

Happy Holidays everyone! (if you're out there)

In celebration of the holidays I'm giving away prizes on behalf of ExoMagic. The prizes will begin small and slowly get better until the new year. This post will be updated throughout the entirety of the year.

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Promotion Period: December 19, 2011 - January 1, 2012

Prizes - Chosen by ExoMagic staff, to be announced

How to participate: Post, in this thread, your most influential moment in magic. Whether it was yourself influencing another or someone who has influenced you.

How to win: We're trying to get people a little more active around here. In hopes to bring some of you lurkers out of the woodwork, ExoMagic staff is choosing randomly from everyone who enters.

Who can join?: Anyone, even staff.

If anyone has any questions please ask in this thread. This post will be updated periodically with contestant winners and important information.

When will my prize ship?
All prizes will ship out within the first week of the new year.

Winners:
haroldross: 2x Massa Decks (new)
Lyle Borders: 1 De'Lands Deck, 1 DVD Justin Miller Captured, 1 RJRTC deck, 1 Brainwave Deck

Eoin:
1x White Centurion Deck (WHITE) - opened less than a dozen times.
1x RJRTC deck (color tba)
Seven Deadly Sins

Lyle:
x2 Massa playning cards
4x random selection of specialty decks
1x bottle of fanning powder

Harold Ross:
1x Knockout Deck
1x De'Lands $100 deck
1x One way forcing deck (color tba)

[haroldross]

Probably the moment that had the most effect on me was simply seeing Uri Geller bend a spoon with his mind (at least that is what it looked like). I was in high school at the time. This had a profound influence on me. I just had to learn to do that. This was so different than magic with cards or coins. Now that I can bend spoons and forks, I rarely do. Uri's performance caused me to want to know more about magic beyond cards, especially 'mind magic.' Now you know the rest of the story...

[Eoin Lavery]

That's a really cool story Harold, It's great to hear how one person can influence someone to try something different, and many people make a life out of it!

[Alex Hess]

So far Harolds the only one qualified.. and since he is the only one it looks like he will be winning everything

First giveaway....
2 Massa decks of playing cards (NEW)

[Eoin Lavery]

Everyone come on! Get into the holiday spirit and post your most influential magic moment, and be in with the chance of winning a few prizes!

[Lyle Borders]

Oh, heavens. I haven't posted here in ages. Might as well.

My most influential moment was probably when I first performed Morgan Strebler's Liquid Metal for a crowd. I am a big fan of Morgan, as many of you know. I bought LM before I ever really performed magic for anyone besides close friends and family. After playing around with it long enough to be confident, I busted out the forks at a big get-together and blew people away. The simple power of confidence I gained from that day is what has kept me in magic as involved as I am to this day. People screamed and cheered. The wanted to see more. I had never seen my magic have that kind of effect. I have since learned how to create that kind of reaction, but it was that single performance that opened the door for me.

Keep it real everyone.

L

[Eoin Lavery]

I like how it managed to open you up to a wider audience, which is very important when performing, especially if word about you begins to spread!

[Alex Hess]

Again, since the lack of selection I have slim pickings lol. Congrats Lyle Borders on the second winner of this giveaway.

Happy Holidays everyone I'll see you tomorrow

1 - De'Lands Deck


1 - Captured by Justin Miller


1 - Brainwave Deck


1 - RJRTC (color tba) deck

[Eoin Lavery]

Congrats Lyle! I might just share my most influential moment!

When I first came to ExoMagic, I used to perform tricks to people in my house, usually straight after i learned them. So once I performed for a few friends at my school and i messed up a few tricks. You may ask how this is influential, well I find it influential because I realised that I do not practice a trick until I can do it, but to practice it until I can do it without fail. This experience was a real eye opener to me, and from this I learned more about showmanship, and this little failure has led me to become, in my opinion, better at magic than before.

[haroldross]

That's right, practice until it becomes as natural as breathing. That way you can focus on the performance. I always practice all the conceivable ways that a trick can go wrong so that I can pull it off anyway.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Merry Christmas!!! In my old age I don't care much about being politically correct.

For the politicallly correct, here you go.....

Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all;


Additionally,
a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2011, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes.

(Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.)

[Eoin Lavery]

Someone's in the holiday spirit!

Happy holidays everyone!

[Alex Hess]

Thank you everyone who has participated so far

Merry Christmas everyone!
Everyone wins today!

*scratches head* I wonder where Misjief has been lol, he's missing out!



Eoin:
1x White Centurion Deck (WHITE) - opened less than a dozen times.
1x RJRTC deck (color tba)
Seven Deadly Sins

Lyle:
x2 Massa playning cards
4x random selection of specialty decks
1x bottle of fanning powder

Harold Ross:
1x Knockout Deck
1x De'Lands $100 deck
1x One way forcing deck (color tba)

[Eoin Lavery]

Yeah, Misjief seems to be missing out on getting rewarded for what he loves, posting!

Thanks Alex, looking forward to the DVD

[haroldross]

Alex-

I sense your prediction about many playing cards being given has come true.

I wonder how many trees were chopped down just for the ones I received?

Maybe misj got mistaken for the dummy he was making and cannot get to a computer. I'm waiting for the pictures.

[Misjief]

Marry Christmas to you too... LOL

I saw this but I had no idea what to write about. Imagine me with a loss for words. True enough though... I really like stuff I can build and make myself and cards are not it. I went through my phase of making gaf cards and svengali decks.

I am still working on the dummy - getting rather frustrated with it but it is coming along great. I still can't figure out the controls at the stick end of things. I got the jaw working and the bird moves up and down and swivels.

I really miss you guys so I wish things would pick up around here. *Sniff*

-misj-