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The Orthogonal Shuffle is a flourish that I invented (I made it up a while ago, but I haven't thought of the name until the day I made the tutorial). The word "orthogonal" is a synonym for "perpendicular" which in this case refers to the two halves of the deck before and after the first shuffle. They overlap vertically before and horizontally after. Apparently, this move was already invented elsewhere, but I somehow came up with it independently.

The two shots next to the water were taken next to the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, LA on July 4, 2009. I have a video of the footage from that day at my other channel, Math's Vlog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =pTt0sEsQymM

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This is my first tutorial of a 4-Ace prodcuction, one I invented myself. The voice over tips may not be preferable, but I've included text also, so you don't have to listen to me speak. Also, I think the production is simple enough for beginners to understand just by watching the video.

Acequared is pronounced "A squared" and can also be called "A squared" or "A²"

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This was supposed to be my entry for the March Battle on the 3C, but no one else was able to make a video, so I guess I won by default.

I haven't done a one-shot vid in quite a while so it was good for me to try this out.

The requirements for the battle were as follows:
"Participants are to flourish for about 25 seconds...perform a 4 Ace production... flourish for about 25 more seconds... then perform a 4 King Production. Who ever does this in a creative and most skillful fashion will be voted as the winner."

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This all took place on December 29, 2008 at the Science Museum Oklahoma (used to be the Omniplex), a popular spot for my family when we all meet at my grandmother's house in Oklahoma twice a year. Misterhappy2 aka Sam (and Ezri at the end of the video) are my cousins and they were both featured in my Gaff Cards Part 2 video.

Most of the video shows Sam and I wandering around the museum seeing what wonders was worth recording. Along the way, we found a cup stacking table. Just let me clarify that before that day, I had never attempted cup stacking and had never watched any tutorials; I just did the best I could trying to recreate what I could remember from cup stacking videos and I think I did fairly well for a beginner.

That thing at the beginning with Sam and I speaking into the echo tube was just our imitation of the curiosity core from Portal. I started singing Still Alive after in a high voice afterwards, but I cut that part out for purposes of self-preservation.

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If you want to learn how to make gaff cards, go to my Guide to making gaff cards at the 3C forum:
http://the-3c.com/forum/viewto pic.php?f=18&t=231

The long awaited sequel to my gaff card video posted in late 2007 is finally here. I'm sorry it took so long, but I've been having constant computer and camera problems. Plus, school has been keeping me busy recently.

For those of you who do not know, gaff cards are cards that have been distorted, altered, changed (whatever synonym you would use) to look out of the ordinary. These gaff cards can be used to create very bizarre effects. I added in actual live performances instead of just simple card change demonstrations. The trick at the end is something that involves a gimmick that is made the same way I make the gaff cards.

One of the most important parts of this video is the 56-gaff card sheet that I made. I have printed out several posters and I plan to sell them soon. I want to keep the price of the poster as low as possible without loosing any money, but printing can get expensive if I print any more.

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This time, I decided to lighten up on the special effects a little just to see how this style of editing compliments my style. The end product seems to have turned out fairly well.

Anyway, this is SINEWAVE

9/22: Today, SINEWAVE got featured on The-3C.com and it also got spotlighted on Decknique.net so I'm really excited about that.

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"THIS IS DARK LUMINESCENCE"

"Luminescence: the process of the emission of light from a body as the result of something other than incandescence, which is caused by the body's high temperature. The different types of luminescence can be categorized based on the process by which the light is emitted.

Chemoluminescence: caused by a chemical reaction;

Triboluminescence: caused by friction, similar to Fractoluminescence;

Electroluminescence: caused by an electric current;

Fluorescence: caused by the flow of radiation, which is usually ultraviolet;

Bioluminescence: when living organisms emit light, such as a firefly;

Photoluminescence: the reradiation of absorbed energy;

DARK LUMINESCENCE, when dark-adapted bodies emit light."

This was probably the hardest video I've ever had to edit. About a month ago, I updated my video editing software, so now I have in my disposal many tools to create an cardistry video like no other. A project as surreal and abstract as this video is something that I've been longing to do for a long time. All the graphic art you see in this video was made by me; most of it was made months ago, but I was never able to utilize them in anything until now. As for the definitions of the different forms of luminescence, I'm not exactly an expert, but I think I did enough research. If you can't understand my speech in the credits, I went ahead and typed out the whole dialogue above. (Thanks to Google.com, Wikipedia.org, Accessscience.com, Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, and Merriam-Webster.com for my research)

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Alright, it took a while, but here's Part 2.

Here I'll start teaching some 4-packet phases in addition to the 3-packet phases. The ones I teach in this video are some of my favorites.

If you haven't learned the Binary Flip, refer back to Part 1. Also, you should probably learn the phases taught in Part 1 before learning the phases in Part 2.

Just for a review:
BIN/X: Usually starts with Swivel Cut
X/BIN: Usually starts with Sybil Cut
X: The number of packets in the phase.
11(in binary)=3
100(in binary)=4
All "Cuts" are false and all "Closers" have a card change at the end. The top and bottom cards are the ones that are changed.

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This is just a fun video of my friends and me at the beach. The cardistry in this video isn't very good, so don't judge my skill level based on this video and don't leave negative comments about the card manipulation. The sand was very hot, which was distracting, and I used my Vintage 1800 cards, which suck especially after taking on some sand.

This was filmed at the Mississippi Gulf Coast beach. Since Hurricane Katrina, some areas of the beach have been cleaned up, but we were still too afraid to go in the water. We think it's still infested with...disease, I don't know. Even before the hurricane, the water was always sorta brown-blue.

We eventually left the beach and went to the pool. I brought my plastic cards and freestyled in the water for about an hour. Water element cardistry is interesting, but I much prefer it out of the water.

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The Binary Routine is an original series of moves that I made. The tutorial is going to be in three parts, this being the first. I made 9 phases of the Binary Routine, 6 of which are false, and the other 3 are closers that involve a color card change at the end. In each of the 3 parts of the tutorial, I'll teach you 2 false cuts and 1 closer, along with some possible variations. Just keep in mind, you don't have to do any of these phases the way I teach them. If you find a better way to do a certain move, then by all means, do it the way you want. You can choose to listen to the speech to help you along, or watch the text on the screen instead if the speech is too confusing.

The Binary Routine requires a few simple prerequisites: the Charlier Cut, a 3-packet Sybil, the Swivel/Pivot Cut, and a 180 degree packet flip. The one move I'll teach you is called the Binary Flip. Once you learn that move, you can start learning the phases of the Binary Routine.

How the phases are named:
Every phase is named as an equation. The "BIN" in every phase refers to what kind of cuts are used and where the first binary flip usually happens.

If it's BIN/X, it starts with a swivel cut and usually the first binary flip happens with the top packet. If it's X/BIN, then it starts with a Sybil and usually the first binary flip happens with the middle packet. The binary number is the number of packets manipulated in the routine.

BIN/X: Starts with Swivel Cut
X/BIN: Starts with Sybil Cut
11(in binary)=3
100(in binary)=4

The 2nd and 3rd parts of the tutorial will have more elements in the equations which I will explain when I upload those videos.

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Read before you criticize:

The XCM in this video is all freestyling, so it's not supposed to be very impressive. This is just me trying out my new decks, so please don't over criticize.

Anyway, I finally got some Tally-Ho decks (and it's about time, too). Thanks to Palmer for selling me these cards. I ended up getting 12:

3 blue fan-backs
3 red fan-backs
3 blue circle-backs
3 red circle-backs

The writing on the envelope says,
"WARNING! Opening this envelope may raise heart rate!
ENJOY MATH
I'll look forward in seeing them in a future vid!
Palmer"

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