How to beat a casino - Derren Brown

FearDark · 02-10-2009 10:00PM #1

FAIL!

*Not a Derren Bashing thread, the mans a genius but this last series "The Events" was just utterly crap and totally set up.

marbar · 02-10-2009 10:01PM

did he blow it?
the other two yokes were dirt so i didn't watch this

mailrewop · 02-10-2009 10:02PM

disaster :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

iangaffney · 02-10-2009 10:02PM

serious fail!! what the hell happened!? kinda proves his vulnerability i suppose, makes me appreciate him a bit more to be honest.

Sharpshooter · 02-10-2009 10:02PM

What's the point then,OP?
Maybe if you had started the thread while the programme was actually on?

mailrewop · 02-10-2009 10:03PM

marbar wrote: »

did he blow it?
the other two yokes were dirt so i didn't watch this

he was out by one

Firewalkwithme · 02-10-2009 10:04PM

Ben - we're gonna get your money back alright

Liathroidi Dana · 02-10-2009 10:04PM

Wow!!
That was so unexpected...damn!

Really shows he was doing this legit.!

TanG411 · 02-10-2009 10:05PM

Ah unlucky. At least it shows that he is human and does make mistakes. If he got it right there'd be people questioning his authenticity again so at least they have nothing to question this time.

I'm greatful that the person will get his money back. I bet the production company never saw that coming

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:07PM

does any1 else think he failed on purpose to make the other tricks seem real??

My name is URL · 02-10-2009 10:09PM

Am I the only one that thinks that by missing by 1 place, he actually (tried to) validate the fact that he is fallable, and not setting it up?

Mark200 · 02-10-2009 10:10PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Does it?

I mean the show would have pulled in tons of viewers ($$$$$$$) so it being fake or real might have nothing to do with it. It was good televsion regardless, so they could just be "milking" it?

hahah I was literally about to reply with "does it?" and give a similar post.

I'm very suspicious that this was faked. The whole episode was very different to others.

First of all, he could easily go to jail for STEALING £5000 straight out of someones bank account if this was real.

Second of all, how would he KNOW the guy would just happen to be watching his show?

Third of all, I find it extremely hard to believe that he could just predict where that girl's throw would land when she threw the ball. Especially after about half a second.

Fourth of all, being able to predict the SPEED AND MODEL AND YEAR of a car just from the SOUND on a very busy road?

Sorry, but yeah right.

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:10PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks that by missing by 1 place, he actually (tried to) validate the fact that he is fallable, and not setting it up?

i do scan!

biko · 02-10-2009 10:12PM

Didn't see it but Derren is cool

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:14PM

just to back up my point, C4 get all the viewers, and it also seems that his other tricks were real and its not just a coincidence that he failed on the last show of the series!

Fago! · 02-10-2009 10:15PM

Derren Brown is a useless gee-bag!

I hate him.!

BBAAAAAAAHH!!!

Dun laoire · 02-10-2009 10:16PM

Liathroidi Dana wrote: »

Wow!!
That was so unexpected...damn!

Really shows he was doing this legit.!

AHhhhh, he got you. I reckon it was planned to fail. Just about fail but still to fail. Sucks people in to think the others were legit.

Liathroidi Dana · 02-10-2009 10:16PM

How come alot of people dislike derren, seems pretty cool ta me?

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:17PM

Liathroidi Dana wrote: »

How come alot of people dislike derren, seems pretty cool ta me?

as cool as the day is long!

Sharpshooter · 02-10-2009 10:20PM

mink_man wrote: »

as cool as the day is long!

Cooler in the summer then.

FearDark · 02-10-2009 10:22PM

mink_man wrote: »

does any1 else think he failed on purpose to make the other tricks seem real??

Exactly, he was getting awful abuse over the other shows being staged, and tonights one looked overly staged too.

Terrontress · 02-10-2009 10:23PM

It was all a hoax. If they had got the number right, they'd have had to have given Ben £180k. If it were a real casino it would be illegal. He said he couldn't smuggle in the equipment to scan the wheel. How come he could smuggle in his camera and transmission equipment? Also, if he took 5k sterling, how come the bet was 10 500s if he is in mainland Europe. Eurozone it would be 11 500s anyway.

With the squash court the chance is that it would land in one of 30 squares. 30 times with different volunteers and hey presto.

The whole thing is just a trick.

FearDark · 02-10-2009 10:24PM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

What's the point then,OP?
Maybe if you had started the thread while the programme was actually on?

Well, had you watched it youd know. It was right at the end, the last 10 seconds of the show, forgive me for not posting here in those last 10 seconds.

Kradock · 02-10-2009 10:26PM

Fago_25 wrote: »

Derren Brown is a useless gee-bag!

I hate him.!

BBAAAAAAA!!

Out in the fields , the sheep have got the tinternet,
Out in the fields , the posting just begun,
Out in the fields .............

Sharpshooter · 02-10-2009 10:28PM

FearDark wrote: »

Well, had you watched it youd know. It was right at the end, the last 10 seconds of the show, forgive me for not posting here in those last 10 seconds.

I love Derren and watch his show's all the time on C4, that's why I said if you had posted it when the programme was on.

I missed it because I forgot to watch.:pac:

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:29PM

Terrontress wrote: »

It was all a hoax. If they had got the number right, they'd have had to have given Ben £180k. If it were a real casino it would be illegal. He said he couldn't smuggle in the equipment to scan the wheel. How come he could smuggle in his camera and transmission equipment? Also, if he took 5k sterling, how come the bet was 10 500s if he is in mainland Europe. Eurozone it would be 11 500s anyway.

With the squash court the chance is that it would land in one of 30 squares. 30 times with different volunteers and hey presto.

The whole thing is just a trick.

i disagree with your 2nd point, he would have to have up to 30 guests for each number .....they throw ball, derren guesses number 1 for example, it lands in no. 2, wrong!

artanevilla · 02-10-2009 10:29PM

Mark200 wrote: »

hahah I was literally about to reply with "does it?" and give a similar post.

I'm very suspicious that this was faked. The whole episode was very different to others.

First of all, he could easily go to jail for STEALING £5000 straight out of someones bank account if this was real.

Second of all, how would he KNOW the guy would just happen to be watching his show?

Third of all, I find it extremely hard to believe that he could just predict where that girl's throw would land when she threw the ball. Especially after about half a second.

Fourth of all, being able to predict the SPEED AND MODEL AND YEAR of a car just from the SOUND on a very busy road?

Sorry, but yeah right.

You mean he's not really magic! :eek:

MagicMarker · 02-10-2009 10:29PM

TBH I thought it was fake when he called yer man and he was sweating profusely, you don't sweat that much sitting watching the tv, that's when I turned it over. Shame really I would have liked to see the ending.

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:31PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

TBH I thought it was fake when he called yer man and he was sweating profusely, you don't sweat that much sitting watching the tv, that's when I turned it over. Shame really I would have liked to see the ending.

dirty **** benny, sweatin like a tinker tryin to read!

Terrontress · 02-10-2009 10:39PM

mink_man wrote: »

i disagree with your 2nd point, he would have to have up to 30 guests for each number .....they throw ball, derren guesses number 1 for example, it lands in no. 2, wrong!

No, he only had one correct guess. Given the way the ball was thrown it was not going to land in the 2 rows furthest from where she was standing. Nor was it going to land in the two leftmost columns. Chances are it could be narrowed down to ten numbers. Easy to then do.

mink_man · 02-10-2009 10:42PM

Terrontress wrote: »

No, he only had one correct guess. Given the way the ball was thrown it was not going to land in the 2 rows furthest from where she was standing. Nor was it going to land in the two leftmost columns. Chances are it could be narrowed down to ten numbers. Easy to then do.

you're scrapin the end of the barrell there now....

How to beat a casino - Derren Brown

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