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Magician to Rival

6/24/2012

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I have a new effect: Magician to Rival.

I'm just going to lay this out there, for all the magicians who have thought of, secretly are, or are planning to in the future, provoke me into competition. I am a naturally peaceful soul, and despise contests that determine who is the best, because for me, there is no "best": one color isn't better than the other, only truer to its essence. Light moves just as fast, be it coming from a candle or from an explosion. 

But in case you have been wanting to call me out and cross blades, I'm actually pretty proficient at what I do, and most likely am sitting on presentation and patter concepts you and a good percentage of the magicians in this consumer-like, commercialized scene are mind-moves away from thinking of. 

So here are my stat lines for the competition seekers and approval needers: knock yourself out in stacking up your power levels against mine. 

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Performing experience: 13 years
Performing style: Nitenichi (two heavens as one)
Companion sword: Original routines and effects mixed with mainstream crowd-pleasers
Long sword: Original poems (none of that sex-joke comedy bullshit get out of here with that there's enough of it on TV)
Strength: Street show and parlor show
Weakness: Walk-around and table-hopping
Purpose: Hagakure (hidden beneath the leaves/you don't even know) 
Gigs per week: 2-3
Regular Venues (at present): 4
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Street show: SWORDS
Props: 1 Pen, 1 Sword, 52 Cards, 3 Poetry Books
Setup: None
Gimmicks: None
Running time: 10 minutes
Average hat per show: $15-$25
Highest single hat: $80
Highest single tip from one person: $100
# of effects in show: 4
            Leaping Wave (Variation of Mark Espinosa's ACR): 6 years experience
            Freecap (original): 6 years experience
            Book Werm (Varition of Remy Connor's Book Worm): 5 years experience
            Laido (original): 4 years experience
# of poems in show: 4
Experience: same show, 1-2 gigs per week, for the last 5 years
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Parlor Show: S.O.L. (streaks of light)
Synopsis: My unwritten legend challenges me to rise above the things people normally say and do in order to fill its pages, in a magic show that blends visually compelling demonstrations with original poetry
Setup: 10 minutes
Running time: 1 hour 
# routines/effects in show: 10 (5 original)
# of poems in show: 10 (10 original)
Average compensation per show: $150-$200 
Experience: same show, 1-2 gigs per week, for the last 5 years

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Newspaper Articles: 7
TV Appearances: 5
Continents performed on: 3
Contributions to the magi community: 1 magic club (founded 2005 at the University of Florida)

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I hate to do this, but sometimes closed-fist is needed. Magicians are such ego-slaves, and sometimes they crave competition with the restlessness of a drugee, so if you want that from me, stop hiding it: be real with yourself and ask me and every other mage you know to provide you with competition! 

I'm calling you out before you can: come at me with your best street and/or parlor show. I am pretty confident I've done enough time in this art to have a Bboy moment and smoke you. I can probably take you out in basketball, Soul Calibur, and Ninjump on the cellphone as well. 

Keep competing, and may God bless you with smiles on your journey to be the best. 

-antidote 
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PS Florida State Magic Close-up Competition here I come
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7/28/2013 03:33:06 pm

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