The Blazers Flowchart That Changed The World

by Ben Golliver on Apr 8, 2009 10:07 AM PDT

No other way to say it: yesterday afternoon was a humbling experience, logging on to digest the Blazers Edge version of War and Peace. It used to be when confronted with works of epic proportion, one sat alone in a library cubicle, numb, shaking one's head, flicking the desk lamp on and off to make sure life wasn't a dream.

Now one does pretty much the same thing... while watching Twitter go up in flames like the Watts riots, as fan after fan after fan discovers the same beauty, passing it on endlessly, moments of discovery cascading around the city.

We get a lot of link requests at BE. It's rare that I get people begging for a fanpost to be mentioned. But that's what happened last night.

Norsktroll's Flowchart to Change the World meticulously details Blazers transactions since 2000, illuminating long-forgotten Pritchard tricks and conjuring memories of forgettable scrubs.

It's like looking into the largest, most honest mirror.

It is a work of art. And should be appreciated as such. Spend at least 30 minutes with this bad boy today (if you haven't already); your life will be better for it.

This contribution caused me to look up Norwegian Military Rankings so we could properly honor Norsktroll. After scanning the list, I think the coolest looking name is Kaptein. Honestly, this underrates Norsk but the ranks above Kaptein are either too American so as not to be funny or are unpronounceable.

So Kaptein Norsktroll it is. So Kaptein Norsktroll it shall be.

Thanks, Kap, I salute you.

-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)

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Reason #1129371298

why BEdge is one of the best sports blog out there.

Nice work Norsktroll

by cloudydays on Apr 8, 2009 10:09 AM PDT reply actions

Bar has be raised.

I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.

by Claire on Apr 8, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

agreed...we talking to you Benji

get Rex on here!!!!

if it wasn't for food, baby-making, and Blazers playoff tickets, i wouldn't be working

by broyposse on Apr 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

This flow chart makes me think of two words about BE and the fans here.

True fans…..
or possibly,
Hopelessly insane.
But maybe they are one in the same.

"What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man?" - Mr. Burns, The Simpsons.

by jeffab83 on Apr 8, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Lots of time on someones hands....

what better way to spend it…. GO Blazers

#10 Pryzbilla the Vanilla Gorilla

by Hookah_John on Apr 8, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions

Mirror Mirror on the wall tell me who is the fairest team of them all

It’s like looking into the largest, most honest mirror

Norsktroll FTW <3

Sophia

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare

Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow

by BlazerFan1 on Apr 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions

I printed it on 11x17 paper and it's still way too small

This really would make a great poster if printed large enough.

by raoulduke on Apr 8, 2009 10:49 AM PDT reply actions

Norsk, congrats on the TrueHoop bullet!

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-46/Wednesday-Bullets.html

by Corvid on Apr 8, 2009 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

wooooooot wooooot!

if it wasn't for food, baby-making, and Blazers playoff tickets, i wouldn't be working

by broyposse on Apr 8, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh wow

I put that on my resume if I ever apply for a job as an analyst on ~~TNT~~ ESPN.

by Norsktroll on Apr 8, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Anytime you do something like that

You can expect Henry and the whole rest of the blogosphere will link to it Norsk.

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Apr 8, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

has anyone

ever had 100 recs on a fan post before? Holy cow!

Oooh, Katy bar the door!

by husqvarna on Apr 8, 2009 10:53 AM PDT reply actions

I'm also glad to know now what a flowchart is

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Apr 8, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions

good job Kaptein Norsktroll

A thoroughly enjoyable flow chart. Like I said in the other thread, I hope it makes it to a wall somewhere close to KP so he can walk past it and get a “good job KP” from the people around him in the office. – Elgin

Blazers win BDL 2 on 2 tournament!
Skeets: i’ll close it down now … congrats. you bastards

by 22baylor on Apr 8, 2009 11:13 AM PDT reply actions

Oy... My head hurts now

But well done Kaptein

Blazers win!

by The X-man on Apr 8, 2009 11:15 AM PDT reply actions

I see that Dave has yet to weigh in about this.

It takes a lot to impress our leader. He knows that the good Kaptein is capable of better work than this, and he just wants him to realize his potential.

by CatMan2 on Apr 8, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks a lot Ben

Although I have to admit that while I did my military service I served in a hospital and have no rank. Now I have one virtually :)

by Norsktroll on Apr 8, 2009 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

I was underwhelmed

Why didn’t you use Blazer’s colors?

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by tominhawaii on Apr 8, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions

or better yet a massive 3-d one made out of holograms and lasers, showing the entire league

Yeah, Henry Abbott pretty much laid out what my expectations were. It’s nice and all but kinda ‘yawn’.

"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan

by 12sharks on Apr 8, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Next version, just for you

I had tried for the years. But a black-red transition looked funny and I didn’t go back to it. And I didn’t want to use any team symbols.

by Norsktroll on Apr 8, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

You know I'm just playing

I liked the colors. Some things on the internet tube are hard to read because of the color or contrast. Your color are jiggy.

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by tominhawaii on Apr 8, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Personally ...

… I liked Reitmester or Oberst better that Kaptein. Not sure what Ben is talking about, as that’s pretty much a straight translation from English to Norwegian.

Master of Horse is much more appropriate.

Now all we need to do is find out what the term is for stable boy and we can start assigning it to other BEdger’s and build you your own army.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Apr 8, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

If freetranslation.com is to be trusted

then stable boy in English = stabil gutt in Norwegian.

Not nearly as interesting as I was expecting.

by tingeyga on Apr 8, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions

can't believe i'm following this but its pretty tight

one thing though, shouldnt the zach randolph knicks trade have an arrow to the suns trade since we used the exception from the former to make the latter trade?

Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".

...no seriously--stop.

by nima on Apr 8, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

Good point

Trade exceptions are not shown, since none of my sources tracked them as an asset.

by Norsktroll on Apr 8, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

See, I would have gone with "Oberst" myself.

Excellent chart, though. Bravo.

Portland Trail Blazers, Future World Champions 2010-2021.

by Majikj0n on Apr 8, 2009 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

Two Points

1. I think my personal retirement from Bedge may have just become permanent. I can never be the King of this mountain.
2. I now know who gets my vote for future ruler of the world.

When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.

by jscot on Apr 8, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions

You'll still be the ruler of the world, but I could be the scribe chronicling your rise to power. History is written by the victors after all.

by Norsktroll on Apr 8, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

you really ought to change your sig if you're giving up ROTW to Kap Norsk

LMA: 35 points, 18 rebounds against "OKC." Beaste!

by prezofdeath on Apr 8, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

You really ought to change something

if you really believed that comment….

When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.

by jscot on Apr 8, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Should we give the Kap daps?

or just hug him and fondle his keyboard and mouse?

by tominrehab on Apr 8, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions

GSoM member here.

I just have to say that flow chart is INSANE! Well done. Very impressive.

by warriOs on Apr 8, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks for the visit

by T$ 225 on Apr 8, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh My God!!

Norsk,
That is the single greatest thing relating to the NBA that I have EVER seen!!
I am honestly sitting here in complete awe of what you have created for your fellow BE readers to see.
The detail you have used is unbelievable, I can’t imagine how long it would have taken you to make this…
The design makes it so easy to see just how the Blazers have gotten to where they are today, and for that I tip my hat to you….

tips hat

by cLaRkY on Apr 8, 2009 6:02 PM PDT reply actions