Have some respect for his mother.Īnd I forgot to mention that the banning has nothing to do with the Jeff Busby thread. Once again, I will investigate when I'm home and have the time and internet to do so.īrad, that's just cold. However, I would also think a warning would be in order first.
#Al schneider magic cafe full#
If a post is full of profanity (as the explanation I read suggests) then there may be merit to a ban. In my own experience its not always what a person say's but how they say it that often gets them in trouble. Richard Kaufman said: The peckerhead moderators over at the Magic Cafe have banned me for writing the truth.Īgain, I do not know the whole story. As for a website being silly, that is of course very subjective. What does a persons vocation have to do with anything? I'm sure Richard has had to ban a member from time to time. The rules must apply to everyone or not at all. Rick Ruhl said: You don't ban a magazine publisher from a silly web site. We both have more important things to do than play God. I'm confident this does not apply to Richard and I. Merenkov2 said: Every single owner of an internet message board I've encountered eventually becomes drunk with their own “power”, every single one of them… Hardly silly since each member agrees to follow our rules. If Richard was using profanity it certainly could get him a temporary ban since this is a violation of our policies. That's quite a statement since you have nothing to do with any bans on my website nor do you know all the details. Jeffrey Korst said: Silly in the extreme, but so is most all of the banning that goes on there. I have personally banned very few people in thirteen years, I simply don't have the time to stare at a computer screen and contemplate who I should ban each day.
#Al schneider magic cafe mod#
Whichever mod did the ban left the following explanation: Explicit profanity and constant derogatory remarks.Īgain, since I am not the person who made the temporary ban I don't yet know all the details. I like to use whatever it takes to give them a heaping helping of extremely visual magic! I don’t need to make them think about what just happened just to enjoy it instead.As I am currently out of the country I do not know all the particulars concerning Richard's banning but will investigate when I return home sometime after Easter. Using only the truest, traditional sleight-of-hand techniques. I hear too many magicians ruminate on purity in their magic. Nothing to make 'em ponder reality, but just make 'em sit back and enjoy make them glad they are watching magic. And then keeps hitting them again and again with visual, in-your-face magic. Not the kind that takes 10 minutes to get to the "Wow" moment, but the stuff that hits them with the "Wow" right away. The kind that leaves people with a sudden blink of the eyes, shake of their heads, and their mouths agape in an unspoken "Wow!". He usually writes about spectators wanting to see one thing when watching a magic act: Someone doing magic! Plain, simple, and very visual magic. Al is not one to beat around the bush he doesn’t subscribe to the generally accepted performance aspects of magic today. As for me, well I love Al Schneider's magic. I'm not sure why you don’t like Al's magic, but I realize that we all have our own likes and dislikes. Sorry, I missed this article altogether and while searching for something else I stumbled across it. That is why Al Schneider, who's magic style I don't like, is a magic winner. And not just talking like MOST other magicians I know. He actually does what he is supposed to do. Here is what I like: He gets to the point. It may be a move, a finesse, a subtle feint or even a whole new concept to think about. While I cannot imagine myself doing any of the stuff he does he might have something for you. His moves are deceptive and his style is very elegant and old school. But it is well thought out, strong stuff.Īs you can see, his patter is not really a thing of beauty, but damn this is strong stuff. Al Schneider, he is awesome.Īnd here is the thing. You wanna know who's awesome? I tell you who's awesome. Only the coolest and best members of our elite circle of nerds will be featured. In celebration of this blogs one year existence, the whole month will be winner time.