Blake Superior Protest

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 1:01 PM PDT Comment 35 comments

Note: I have edited this post as some have taken my sarcasm as a disrespect to Steve. I did leave some in there, though - is that wrong?

I HATE the nickname Blake Superior! (am I banned yet?)

In my last poll so many people hated it, the second place vote (and not by much) was to use his initials rather than expose their eyes to "Blake Superior"!

Let me explain - no that would take too long. Let me sum up.

Blake Superior is in reference to Lake Superior.

The Lake Part. So what does Blake have to do with a lake? It would make more sense if he was a Laker and if this was Lakers Nation maybe I'd say AWESOME.

But this is not. Most here HATE the Lakers. Why would they want Mighty Griffin's name to even conjure up the thought of a lake??? It's already part of his name - do we really need it further emphasized? (You see that? I just forced my own nickname on you! How do you ike that? Mighty Griff, Mighty Griff, Mighty Griff!)

The Superior Part. In itself, it's easy to misread this as arrogant or pompous especially for a seemingly humble kid who has done NOTHING in the NBA thus far. Talk about jinxing somebody with a high expectation name.

if you've read CN for any amount of time you know what happens when Steve implies anything. Yes, sir. The exact opposite happens! A lot. Often. So much so, that it was a running joke for him to try and write the opposite of what we hoped for in any given circumstance so as not to jinx things. Start writing Blake INFERIOR, Steve, before he turns into OlowaCandy!

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Ok, all kidding aside, I don't mind if Steve uses his beloved Blake Superior in his posts once in a while. It is his perrinogative. (like that, Steve?)

But if he's going to have an attitude about it and parade it around, promoting it as the "Official" nickname for HIS site (whether he was kidding or not) just irks me. It comes off as standoff-ish, bullying as if to say if we don't like it we can go to some other website or make our own!

Wow, did you really have to take it there, Steve?

So I am here officially inviting all of Clips Nation (minus Steve) to defect to my new site -

www.mokiisreallybillplaschke.com

If you guys write nice things about me (or just agree with me on all things Clippers) on my site maybe we'll change it to www.mokisClipperNation.com

So I look forward to seeing you there, on my new non-Steve site where Blake's nickname will be Mighty Griff whether you like it or not.

If you like what you've read, please comment below.

;)

(Steve, this post was a joke - well, at least most of it was. Please don't ban me! I am only kidding!.....or am I?)

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so...you don't like Blake Superior?

Roger Sterling: To my knees, Don. They're bringing to my knees!"

by Lawler's Law on Oct 7, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i have to agree with moki here. Steve, i love the site, enjoy reading your blogs, and clipsnation is one of my favorite websites on the WWW but i hate the nick. (i hope this doesnt get me banned!) haha

by big0lbad on Oct 7, 2009 3:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol about the ego part

many of us still remember “clippersteve” and “CS”. lol

by cantthinkofagoodname on Oct 7, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Mighty Griff, Mighty Griff, Mighty Griff!

by Polish Rifle on Oct 7, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I HATE THE LAKERS!

Everything starts out New, Gets Old and Dies or is Destroyed.

by HVYDRT007 on Oct 7, 2009 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

me

too

by ChrisS.Oaks on Oct 7, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was

stupid, Moki. This is Steve’s Blog, he’s been a great blogger, and now you’re disrespecting him and his blog on his own website, just because he likes a nickname. Not cool.

by baronycamby on Oct 7, 2009 4:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

baroncamby - See, this is what I'm talking about

I can’t have an opinion here? Can I not write that I hate the name? How is that disrespectful to Steve?

I think Steve has done a great job here but do I have to sing his praises for all he’s done right just to say that I don’t like his nickname or the part in his post where he tells us that this is his site and if we don’t like a nickname we can bugger off?

All this for a nickname? We’re not sitting here talking about basketball, we’re here talking about a nickname?

Really? A nickname?

Obviously you being a newer member, Mr. all lowercaseshorttallguys (AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER POSTING EVERYTHING IN ALL CAPS) have not read my pre-summer-break posts of all last season where I basically talk forever about nothing while constantly poking the ClipperSteve armor for weaknesses.

My aim is not to tear down but to fight for the underdogs! All of us downtrodden by the weight of the words Blake Superior.

The minority Ugh needs a voice and I vow to fight Steve until the end of time to make sure he only uses it occasionally or hopefully when I am on vacation.

As a budding journalist Steve must be able to handle criticism and the constant correction of their, they’re, there! As he transitions into now being part of the “media” he will be under more scrutiny. He has earned it and should wear it as a badge of honor.

So please everyone, learn to read the difference between voicing an opinion about a nickname and being irked by what someone wrote as opposed to disrespecting someone.

For example if I were to disrespect someone it would sound more like this:

Your nickname is stupid. Didn’t you even think about the fact that it makes people think about the Lakers? What are you? A closet Laker fan that just started this blog because no one else wanted to write about the Clippers? And who are you to make things official on this site and force it down everyone’s throats? Isn’t this a community? Isn’t part of your success based on the fact that WE read your crap and comment on it?

See the difference? That would be unnecessarily hurtful, disrespectful and wrong.

Read my post again and you’ll see I never attack Steve’s character (The ego thing was a joke and played off his own comment in his nickname post). I simply (1) don’t like the nickname and (2) didn’t like his joke about him making it “official” and telling us we either like it or take a hike.

That’s all.

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

You most certainly CAN have an opinion here

But, opinions can also be disrespectful. And, if your opinion is disrespectful, keep it to yourself. If you don’t want to call him Blake Superior, than don’t. It’s that simple. Steve is not telling you to call him blake superior. Why does Steve’s nickname for BG offend you so much (or at least enough to create a whole fanpost about it)? I just can’t comprehend why there’s such a heated argument about a nickname; official or not.

Also, regarding baronycamby, i think the citizen you are referring to that uses all caps is Camby23 and his posts about Sessions

by AtotheZ on Oct 7, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AtotheZ

Thx for the camby23 clarification. I don’t hate it so much to write a whole fanpost about it. I’m bored so much I wrote a whole fanpost about it. If we had some games to talk about, trust me, I’d never waste time on this.

by moKi on Oct 8, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

You had me until the end. When did I say like it or take a hike? Quite the opposite, my exact words were “I’m surprised that some of you citizens don’t like it, but that’s your prerogative.” Don’t put words in my mouth.

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd

by Steve Perrin on Oct 7, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are correct - that is not what you said

I was referring to…

go start your own blog and call him what you want. But the official Clips Nation moniker for Blake Griffin is ‘Blake Superior’. What makes it official? Me. My blog, my rules.

Didn’t mean to put words in your mouth.

My attempts at humour are obviously not working in this arena of the printed/typed word.

Please don’t be offended by my protest. I simply love to exercise my right to protest. You could have said that eggs are now the official food of Clips Nation. Your blog, your rules. And I would have protested on behalf of bacon and all other forlorn breakfast foods!

Don’t be mad at me Steve! I’m bored and dying for real games. When the season starts I promise to go back to recaps and my rants about Al taking bad shots.

See why I stayed away all summer????

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I agree with Moki, the rebel in me doesn’t like being in a box.

FA in 2010.

by ClipperChuck on Oct 8, 2009 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So I think what I'm hearing is "when the games start, this nonsense stops."

If so, then let’s move on…. My post, my rules… :)

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted" – Albert Einstein

by Another son of Mike Smith on Oct 8, 2009 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cool

I knew your post was a joke… I thought it was pretty funny. I didn’t like the “Take a hike” reference, because some people seemed to think I was actually saying that, so I didn’t want it reinforced, even as a joke. As the “Official CN moniker” bit was obviously a joke to me, I guess “take a hike” was obviously a joke to you. Sometimes it just doesn’t come through. Games start in less than three weeks.

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd

by Steve Perrin on Oct 8, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And anyways

he reserves the right to do whatever he wants its his sight so basically be quiet

http://lucasnbablog.blogspot.com/

by LJ Hann on Oct 7, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LJ Hann - Seriously

It’s his sight(sic) so I should just “be quiet”? I don’t think that’s what even Steve wants.

But if that’s the way you feel I guess I’ll never see a post or comment from you that isn’t in line with what Steve likes or says?

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no not at all

I reread my comment and realize I never made the intended point. It’s one thing to disagree about the starting lineup, the rotation, or a transaction. It’s quite another to attack Steve’s(or anyone else’s) nicknames or abbreviations. It is, in comparison, like a politician saying he is better than his opponent because he talks like a Californian and his opponent talks like a New Yorker. The real focus should be on the politics of the matter(or sports), not how they present their views.

I, in fact, don’t like the nickname, but I recognize that it is Steve’s preference for variety when speaking about Blake. And, as I also stated, it is his blog, so he really can do whatever he wants.

But, quite frankly, the main thing that I find disrespectful is when you attempt to draw readers from the site. However jokingly your attempt may have been, that is highly disrespectful of the man who runs the best Los Angeles Clippers website hands-down. Even the official site is hours or days behind Steve on news and never has rumors or talks. He also writes intriguing commentaries to accompany his news.

So no, I do not believe that we need to lay down to what Steve says about everything, and honestly, he never forced his nickname upon us. He simply said he was going to keep using it. So dont use it yourself. Use “BG” or his actual name or any other idea you might have. As long as I understand who the writer of any post or comment is talking about, I don’t care what they refer to them as. And if you hate it so much that you can’t read the nickname, then thats not the problem of Steve or any other writer.

http://lucasnbablog.blogspot.com/

by LJ Hann on Oct 7, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooohhhh

at least if my computer is working(doubtful) then that isn’t a real website. Which clears up that issue,

http://lucasnbablog.blogspot.com/

by LJ Hann on Oct 7, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, it was a joke link

I didn’t find moKi’s post disrespectful to Steve, but your “basically be quiet” sure sounds like a disrespectful STFU to moKi.

Steve is in charge of the site, but I’m sure he wants people to debate and have differing viewpoints (more chance to argue for his own). And no, someone’s accent is not analogous to the way someone refers to a basketball player.

by Polish Rifle on Oct 7, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes it's a joke - I have no website

And no, I am not really Bill Plaschke. Just me being me. Not trying to steal away citizens

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

moKi

You may hate Blake Superior, well in fact that’s quite obvious. This post however, will not help your cause I don’t think, if anything it will make CS want to use it more. Take for instance “The Great Nickname Debate” post. The only reason that post happened was because of the outcry at the name to begin with.

by ghost_ride on Oct 7, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

haha "my cause"

Thx. That’s awesome but I guess this joke has gone too far and people really are taking this too seriously and getting mad at me for “attacking” Steve and the site.

If Steve uses it more because of me – awesome. As he rightly stated he works hard for nothing, he can do whatever he wants.

by moKi on Oct 7, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

another winner

Again, 100% agree with Moki. Steve can dub BG whatever he wants whether its brilliant, cheesy, genius, tasteless or anywhere in between (although we should remind him that BG is a rather large man so you should try to be more flattering).

I met Steve briefly during the summer league and he’s a upstanding gentleman. I’ve also been following this blog for almost two years and like the unwanted deadbeat friend I moved into his living room without Steve realizing it and later took ownership through means of adverse possession. Along the way a lot of us have a lot tears (with only a few laughs) and whether right or wrong many of us have taken this blog as our personal coping mechanism to deal with the obvious frustration being a loyal Clippers fan entails.

FA in 2010.

by ClipperChuck on Oct 8, 2009 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with Moki

But I can’t think of a nickname for blake. How about we leave that to shaq? He seems to be the guy for the nicknames like The Big ticket, The truth, the big fundamental, etc.

by Qlippers on Oct 7, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs