I stayed up for it
Currently rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. A pretty good show on the Travel Channel as far some of that stuff goes. And the hot chicks on their Spring-Break party-locations show that preceeded it was helpful got staying awake.
I was pretty surprised that a casino let that guy sit there and show the world how to count on camera...I'm sure they had to ask around to several different casinos to get permission to film that. However, since they only sort of explained counting...and since it appeared he was using a level-3 system, it probably worked out to the casinos benefit. It makes counting look as extraordinarily complicated as casinos want it to look.
The foot thing was interesting...I think my foot thing looks a bit more natural. Never been caught with it yet but then again, I am just a red-chipper so I'm not getting the most attention in the world. It's better than stacking chips or rotating one like a clock which I used to do despite the potential obviousness.
As far as the foot thing goes...on a 6-deck shoe you shouldn't have to set it up to count to 24. My system I use... I just set it up to count to 5 and re-set. I can remember which group of 5 I'm on by memory. When you're a deck in it shouldnt' be too hard remembering whether youre at 6 Aces or 11. If you're at 11 at just one deck in I think you would remember it and probably note that it's time for a Wong-Out. Still, When I started to do it I had trouble late in shoes remembering whether I was at 13 Aces or 18 (a big difference at the 4-deck mark of course) but I focued a little more...shortened my sessions and it's no longer a problem. After that 6-shoe practice..side Aces is a joy on DD. What a breeze.
It's lots of fun putting out a slightly bigger bet on a so-so count when all the Aces come out. The main problem comes from the other people at the table or the dealer, "Wow - You always seem to get your BlackJacks just when your bet is highest!"
Thanks for the compliment guy...too bad you're not observant enough to see the pit critters stop everything amd focus on me.