What da reason for this?

Kieran Oloughlin · 04-29-2011, 05:58 AM

I know it is not meant to be a cmpetiton but when I started magic I read stuff on the internet about it and what I saw a lot of was people tlaking about friends they had that also did magic and by the way they sounded there levels where pretty equal. SOmetimes while watching magic vidoes also people credit theri friends for teaching them stuff that helped with the trick so when my freind decided he was going to start magic I was happy. I was hoping that we would be able to discuss sleights ad tricks and teach each other stuff but it has not looked that way. But when he did little practice I got annyoed about this so I stared to practice more and push him to rpactice more and but he didnt and when people thought that he was equal to me like when I did a trick none of my friends said aything and I aksed why one of them said "Thats because we know (friends name) can do everything you can" and thats when it became a competition but insetad of my friend denying it he said "Only about half" WHICH IS WRONG! So I got annoyed tht people thought we where equal when he only did 30mins practice a week while I did an hour so I started doing evrything I could to show I was better (I may sound evil but you may of possibly do the same if in the same sitiuation)

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My motivation to do magic and to become better is not the fact due to my firend but because I love magic and I love seeing what I hope one day I will be able to accomplish

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Another reason for the competivness with me and my friend is that he is very competative with me in evrything. He is always like what did you get in in your prac report and what grade did you get if I beat him (which is most of the time) he is like Damn and then starts thinking about how his moither is going to be angry about how he did not get an A if he beats me he brags. He is better then me shooting games I used to be a gammer but mainly played games like the 2d sonic games and pokemon I still play games just not as much and whenver I am at his house and we are playing Cod or Halo I die a lot and he laughs and say u suck and stuff (even though he would fail at stuff like sonic) so now that I have something we both do I wanna keep ahead of him so that he can never brag or laugh at me.

la0o9 · 04-29-2011, 05:59 AM

so you're saying you think you're underrated? it does kinda suck if your specs doesn't react to what you think is a good trick... simply walk away with a smile and stop doing tricks temporarily, brush up your skills and go back to performing, with a style that will relate to your specs, making them think it's all about them, not about you. the only reason why there would possibly be any comparison between magicians made by laymen is because they think they're suppose to be judging you guys, and that only happen if they are made to think, by you, that magic is about the magician

the thing about games, he probably have a superiority complex, just ignore the side comments, admit that you're not that good with that, he'll stop pestering you about it when he gets bored by your indifferent attitude( that's what i do all the time with that type). The way you talk, you seem to have a small case of superiority complex as well... make sure you don't show it outwards or you might fall deeper into your current situation( believe me, i have superiority complex as well, and i was a horrible magician back then)

04-29-2011, 05:59 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	so you're saying you think you're underrated? it does kinda suck if your specs doesn't react to what you think is a good trick... simply walk away with a smile and stop doing tricks temporarily, brush up your skills and go back to performing, with a style that will relate to your specs, making them think it's all about them, not about you. the only reason why there would possibly be any comparison between magicians made by laymen is because they think they're suppose to be judging you guys, and that only happen if they are made to think, by you, that magic is about the magician the thing about games, he probably have a superiority complex, just ignore the side comments, admit that you're not that good with that, he'll stop pestering you about it when he gets bored by your indifferent attitude( that's what i do all the time with that type). The way you talk, you seem to have a small case of superiority complex as well... make sure you don't show it outwards or you might fall deeper into your current situation( believe me, i have superiority complex as well, and i was a horrible magician back then) __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

04-29-2011, 05:58 AM	#1
Kieran Oloughlin Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 414	I know it is not meant to be a cmpetiton but when I started magic I read stuff on the internet about it and what I saw a lot of was people tlaking about friends they had that also did magic and by the way they sounded there levels where pretty equal. SOmetimes while watching magic vidoes also people credit theri friends for teaching them stuff that helped with the trick so when my freind decided he was going to start magic I was happy. I was hoping that we would be able to discuss sleights ad tricks and teach each other stuff but it has not looked that way. But when he did little practice I got annyoed about this so I stared to practice more and push him to rpactice more and but he didnt and when people thought that he was equal to me like when I did a trick none of my friends said aything and I aksed why one of them said "Thats because we know (friends name) can do everything you can" and thats when it became a competition but insetad of my friend denying it he said "Only about half" WHICH IS WRONG! So I got annoyed tht people thought we where equal when he only did 30mins practice a week while I did an hour so I started doing evrything I could to show I was better (I may sound evil but you may of possibly do the same if in the same sitiuation) ---------- Post added at 01:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:21 PM ---------- My motivation to do magic and to become better is not the fact due to my firend but because I love magic and I love seeing what I hope one day I will be able to accomplish ---------- Post added at 01:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 PM ---------- Another reason for the competivness with me and my friend is that he is very competative with me in evrything. He is always like what did you get in in your prac report and what grade did you get if I beat him (which is most of the time) he is like Damn and then starts thinking about how his moither is going to be angry about how he did not get an A if he beats me he brags. He is better then me shooting games I used to be a gammer but mainly played games like the 2d sonic games and pokemon I still play games just not as much and whenver I am at his house and we are playing Cod or Halo I die a lot and he laughs and say u suck and stuff (even though he would fail at stuff like sonic) so now that I have something we both do I wanna keep ahead of him so that he can never brag or laugh at me.