The Pain Game @ The Session

[ThomasWadeFraser]

Dear Steve, does this in any way use or rely upon eq**v****e? I think you know what I mean. I want to be able to say to the spectator "Whichever bag you say I will slam my hand right down on"

I dislike ambiguity :p

Tom

xx

[Vanur2]

@ThomasWadeFraser Hi Tom. You *can* say that to the person on stage with you. No ambiguity in it at all.

[ThomasWadeFraser]

@Vanur2

Yes I'm aware that was an example of terrible patter, but you get the idea. :p

[Vanur2]

@ThomasWadeFraser Indeed I do :-) Whatever you say, the bag they name is the one you flatten. When I do this routine, I pass my hand over the bags and the one my hand is over when they say "stop" is the one my hand smashes down.

[OwnallPich8]

why does he need to touch the bags after the guy move the bags? to feel the weight of each bags?? fake or real?? we don't know?? Mystery!!  Hey keep posting new videos

[Vanur2]

I do not need to touch the bags or feel the weight. Even if I can feel the weight, I do not choose the bags so it will not be of any help anyway. Some people forget this *very* important point!

[VoodoomagicRomania]

i am one of the magicians that ended bad on a russian roullete game...i ve tryed to make Instinct by Mattew Mello but...something gone wrong...i can t tell you what because if i say it i will expose the secret...and i ve ended with a nail in my hand...in that night i whent to the hospital and after 5-6 days my wonde is allmost cured...when i saw this dvd i started to shake a little..brings bad memorys but i hope some day i will have the money to get it because it look like a safe method...

[TheMINDSLEUTH]

Not sure I like lowering the bags below the table during the first phase of the trick... is this required? If not, it would be better not to do that because it really seems like you are switching the bags out for your gimmicks.

[Vanur2]

Check out the new video where I use a lazy susan to spin the bags on the table. There is no need to go under the table now and there is no switching of any bags at any time.

[toemasie]

Great! For a professional routine that supposedly is "safe"... the price isn't that bad.

[stevietrixta]

Well done John this is a fantastic version of a classic effect.

Very fooling as we can see from the comments.

hope you're well

Steve Dela

[Vanur2]

hi Stehve,

Thanks for the comment.

It is fooling indeed ;-)

Jon

[hendramagic]

this very similiar effect with another russian roulete. why very high price.?

[Vanur2]

SImilar does not mean the same. Many Nail roulettes are the same but this one is different. Many other nail roulettes have caused injuries; this one will NEVER cause an injury. Many nail roulettes have the magician choosing the bags (Bad); this has someone else choose the bags (Good).

The Pain Game is not the same as other Nail Roulettes.

Oh, there is also the issue of the manufacturing...

[malakyss]

Hi Vanur2, congratulations for this exciting game you have performed. I´ve just came from hocus pocus and really interested in this effect. 1 question (if you could answer): Did really the expectator him self choose the bag for you to "bang", I mean no force at all.. Because, if this is what happens, then it´s a miracle. Thank you.

[Vanur2]

Hiya. People have a free choice of which bag they choose for me to slam my hand down on. There is no force at all and the bags can be selected and mixed in a number of different ways.

[donacije]

Nice presentation, but why did you start hiding the bags. If you need to switch them I am sure there is better solution. Price is too big. I wouldn't pay a penny more than 99,00 $

[Vanur2]

Hi Donacije,

If I do not hide the bags when mixing them the audience can follow the bag I put the nail in and know exactly where it is. Then there would be no effect.

There *is* a better solution than switching the bags.... it is the one I am using in this video! The good thing with you thinking I have switched the bags is you have missed the actual method :-)

I will replace this video soon with another where the bags are mixed above the table so there is no suggestion of a switch.