TWAT - The Worst All Time - Magic Tournament
/It’s often said, “There are no bad tricks, only bad performers.”
With your help, we’re going to put this notion to the test.
I would like you to submit to me what you believe to be the worst magic release of all time.
I will take all your nominations and we will put them in a single-elimination tournament over the course of a few weeks to crown one trick the worst of all time.
Then we’ll take that trick and see if there’s some way to perform that trick in a way that makes it “good.”
Depending on how many nominees I get for the worst trick of all time, this will go on for maybe 1-3 weeks.
To start this off, I’d like you to send me an email where you nominate the worst trick or tricks you’ve seen.
Rules:
Let’s limit it to tricks that have been released separately. Not something in a book or magazine.
The trick should “work.” Like don’t nominate a trick that uses an app that wasn’t updated and no longer works. I want tricks that function as they were intended to. But they just happen to suck.
Nominate real tricks, not gags that are intentionally stupid.
I’m not looking for rationales like, “This is the worst trick ever released because it’s stolen. It’s a copy of a trick by so & so.” Stealing a trick doesn’t make the trick bad, it makes the person who stole the trick bad.
Don’t just name a trick. Tell me why you think it’s no good. Is it overly complicated? Meaningless? Dull? Too unimpressive?
Being overhyped doesn’t mean a trick is terrible. Don’t confuse these two things. You might think Dex by Lloyd Barnes didn’t live up to the hype, but that doesn’t make it anywhere near the “worst” trick of all time.
Submit as many tricks as you like and your rationale for why they suck via email. Put TWAT in the subject line. I probably won’t reply to each email, so I’ll thank you now for taking part.