I'm staying in hostel and at the beginning of the year i did a free show for 'em in new boarders' welcome party.

Now everybody in the hostel are my friends, however they know me as "the magician", not Lai. Sometimes when when i'm making new friends in school, and when they know i'm the one in room 103, their 1st reaction is: "oh the young boy from SG with psychic one ar?"
I rather they know me as an ordinary college student.

Then i started thinking....magic for sure is a good ice breaker as it generates impression on the subjects and it catches attention very easily. However, all those who know you because of your magic are you friends because they are interested in your MAGIC, NOT IN YOU. So actually magic is a terrible ice breaker, as you'll never get true friends when you used magic as ice breaker.

Guys what's your view? Do you use magic as ice breaker? Do you think magic is a good ice breaker?

waa. ha ha.
i agree i use as ice breaker .. i studing form 6. and tat skool is new to me.
i do some card coin magic during the orintation day. ha ..then i get know some fren at there.. "haiz gonna have free show 4 me club this friday..still thinking routine.."

but few week later from tat orintation day, those fren i knew.. now become my best fren at tat skool edi.. they do care bout me.. "yam cha".. go for movie.. chat ..
firstly they are interest in magic more then me but now different.. (still got some fren from other classes, still calling me.. hey magic boy ..)

I suggest you read Stong Magic by Darwin Ortiz. ;) People will remember you, not only your magic.

yea i'll get it after i got my book of wonder :) thanks

In my opinion, magic is a good icebreaker..but that's all it is.
just remember, it's your personality that'll attract people to be your friends or turn people away from you.

Magic can just start conversations, after that it's up to your personality.
Just my humble opinion...

I agree. If you use magic as an ice breaker and go all mysterious, people will think you're a freak. They'll be interested in you, but only because they think you have magical abilities. If you do magic, entertain them with a little bit of patter, show some personality, they'd be interested in you as a person.

That's my opinion.

Hi! Yea, i do agree that magic is def one of the best ice-breakers! But just be careful that sometimes in society people think u'r showing off. So best thing is just look amaze at what you did, don't look smug like, 'yea, i do that all the time' kinda thing. But your personality brings the crowd to being more than mere aquaintence, so all in all, i think it's the person who's talking that counts. After all, magic wouldn't be that effective without that lil humane touch- your personality! :lol:

Be a good friend, that's all there is to it :) Yea so who cares if people (whom you don't even know) know you as a good magician? At least they know you, and I'm sure they know your face.





"That's the dude who flies!"
"Oh crap! Now I know whose girlfriend I'm not gonna touch!"

to me... i totally agree with that...
magic as the ice breaker.... it's really work...
for me as a trainer... i like to use magic to make my training n
session lively... its really grab the audience's attention...
:D
but only repeating the few same magic all over again...
hehehheee.... still looking n learning for new magic tricks...

help meee... :ph43r:

For me, magic is the best for ice breaker especially if i am the new guest in the community.

there are very hard to get along with some people who we do not know their personality and they also didn'y know who we are. so, my opinion is magic the best way. but dont to expose. that might be kill you back.

I think use magic as an ice breaker is okay but I agree with Jeff Gan,its your personality that going to decide everything.

yea... no doubt on that...

Since magic was an ice breaker, let's talk about what's the best 3 magic that you use to break the ice for different categories of people such as dating, interviewers, customers etc. tell us your experience.

Why would you want to touch someone's, or anyone's, girlfriend?

You naughty boy, you. B)