That "oooooooh baby!" moment. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 15:21 (3405 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Good magic is mind blowing in different ways once you get a grip on how the fundamentals work. Like for example, Penn and Teller's bullet catch. It's less amazing going in knowing nothing. It is basically the same as any other trick. But, the more you know the more amazing it gets, because the easy solutions to the illusion are eliminated, unless you know exactly how it is done. Then there is of course, the physical mastery of simple techniques.

You can see it in most other things, too, like rock guitar. For example, I don't see any way Ted Nugent can so the stuff he does on guitar. To me, he is magic. However, when I watch guys like Slash or Paul Gilbert, my mind is completely blown despite me knowing exactly what they're doing because they're so damn good.

I saw an episode of Countdown once where Rachel Riley had to use all the numbers in a crazy way, like 9+75=84+4-6/3*8=688. I know all the arithmetic and the rules, but it's just mind blowing.

It's possible future raids will still be able to blow us away by demonstrating Bungie's potential future mastery of raid building. They may subvert our expectations or craft something very, very good. So I'm hopeful knowing that the more I know, the more they can screw with me.