I'm amazed that people keep saying E's dvds are overpriced, when most of their single-trick dvds are priced so close to the same as T11's.
And how is Brad Christian a n00b? He's been doing magic almost as long as some members of the T11 team have been alive (at least I think that's right. . . at least one of you guys is 25 or 30, right?).
And yeah, E's forums are more strict, but they have their reasons. They have a lot of non-English-speakers on their forums, and they try to keep web-slang down to make sure those people understand. They keep profanity off their forums so they don't offend anyone. I sincerely hope everyone here is mature enough not to choose one site over another simply because you can swear on the forums (though my hopes are perhaps too high).
I've had my grumbles about E's forums, but never about their products or service. Overall I'd say E is a well-run, quality magic site with good effects, and the prices aren't bad, either. I mean, if you look at the packaged price of the Geurilla's Guide to Loops. . . $50 for three dvds taught by Justin Miller, Danny Garcia, and Nathan Kranzo? When single-effect dvds from all these magicians range in the $25-$30's? Who can complain about that? And yeah, some of their dvds are $40 or $50, but look at the amount of material taught on those dvds. . . they're all multi-effect or utility dvds that teach many tricks, sleights, etc.
All I'm saying is that neither site has my undivided loyalty because neither site should. I'm also saying that it's hard to say a site as young as T11 is better or worse than anything because they haven't proven themselves one way or the other. I think T11 has great potential. I'm going to catch flack for this, but I really don't think the 1st Ed Guardians quite measured up to what E has done with custom decks so far, but with time T11 will probably establish itself as a forefront company in the magic community, but that hasn't happened yet because it's just too early to say.
