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This post is a follow up to this previous article.

Both David from Unbiased Magic Reviews and Lloyd Barnes have deleted their videos around this drama. Looks like David and Craig Petty have also found some common ground and are on ok terms? A bunch of parasocializers are probably going to be upset they have to find some other hobbies. Hopefully this peace will last.

I definitely still think exposure based reviews will continue to pop up in the future if magic contiues to grow in popularity. I’m not sure how much people can do to prevent it. David attempted to restrict the sale of his product and Lloyd still managed to acquire a copy of it. Even if you don’t sell your magic other people can still get ahold of it. Kellar paid a small fortune for a copy of Buatier’s vanishing birdcage (though he did it to perform, not expose) because to him the financial gain was worth it to him.

3/28 UPDATE: Lloyd Barnes and David have both removed their videos. See this article for details.

Yesterday, Lloyd Barnes released an hour long video on youtube “reviewing” Unbiased ACAAN, an ACAAN effect sold by David from the youtube channel Unbiased Magic Reviews. Theres a long section that describes the math that UMR uses to make the effect happen.

This drama is a continuation of the discourse surrounding the Atomic Deck. Sean Devine, another youtuber, released a scathing review of the Atomic Deck. Sean’s video more or less revealed the basic mechanic behind the product and Craig Petty, the creator of the effect has publicly called him out for doing so.