The use of "Mojo"

[quambomb]

I was just browsing through the BlowoutCard forums and stumbled upon a long discussion about a guy (I think a kid) who pulled a Heyward RC auto out of a few packs of Topps Chrome and titled his thread with "huge MOJO", aparantly a few people disagreed...

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Some guy called the OP out on using Mojo to describe a $50 card (he claims Mojo must be BV>$1000) and thus the discussion began. I'm happy for the kid and think that mojo is hatever a collector wants it to be. That's what the hobby is for and some of these guys ranting just peeved me off. What do you all think???

 

[Meliah]

When you are using a word that is not in the dictionary you can have it mean whatever you want it to

 

[robert326]

Personally I feel the term mojo is overused, almost to the point of becoming cliché by now.

I much prefer the Spanish term "mojo," which means a type of sauce or gravy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo_(sauce)

 

[jimmyharcar]

I think the terms "mojo" and "sick" when used to describe baseball cards is just plain dumb.

 

[dbarbos1]

I like the word "mojo". With my luck, any time I pull a auto card, I must have used "mojo"

 

[Taliasen]

fo shizzle dawg!

Tal

 

[aspoe093]

I don 't open tons of packs so I would say every time I pull an auto out it's mojo. Its whatever someone feels about how big of a card they pulled

 

[JamesNevans]

I think the term means "magic" or "luck", so if a person pulls an interesting hot player or a rare hit regardless of value I think it's appropriate. Now his use of the adjective "huge" was probably over the top.

 

[Meliah]

Mr. Mojo Risin

 

[bblair_2002]

I agree the word is used much too often but you gotta understand about 90% of the people on the Blowout forums aren't collectors so they can't see things from our point of view. All they worry about is how much money they can make opening their cases.

There was another thread where someone opened a pack of 2010 Topps Series 2 and take a look on how that turned out:

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/baseball-box-breaks/95312-1-pack-2010-topps-ser-2-a.html

The kid is probably on a budget and enjoys picking up the occasional pack or 2 (nothing wrong with that) and you can see the welcoming committee in full force but was nice to see a few defending him.

 

[robert326]

I agree the word is used much too often but you gotta understand about 90% of the people on the Blowout forums aren't collectors so they can't see things from our point of view. All they worry about is how much money they can make opening their cases.

There was another thread where someone opened a pack of 2010 Topps Series 2 and take a look on how that turned out:

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/baseball-box-breaks/95312-1-pack-2010-topps-ser-2-a.html

The kid is probably on a budget and enjoys picking up the occasional pack or 2 (nothing wrong with that) and you can see the welcoming committee in full force but was nice to see a few defending him.

Wow. That was an...interesting...read. Veered way off course in the last few posts.

 

[robert326]

Mr. Mojo Risin

Mojo Rising was an anagram of Jim Morrison. I just found that out. Fascinating.


And speaking of which...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCDd9VyYWNY

You know you wanna watch it.

 

[Meliah]

Mojo Rising was an anagram of Jim Morrison. I just found that out. Fascinating.


And speaking of which...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCDd9VyYWNY

You know you wanna watch it.

Mr. Mojo Risin

 

[robert326]

Mr. Mojo Risin

Ah yes, you're right. No "g" in Jim Morrison. Got myself tangled up in my languages again

 

[slavlite]

I had a helper Monkey named Mojo, but he got sick from drinking too much beer and eating donuts.... Oh , wait, that wasn't me...It was Homer

 

[PitofSteel]

I had a helper Monkey named Mojo, but he got sick from drinking too much beer and eating donuts.... Oh , wait, that wasn't me...It was Homer

Oh my lay off the water up where you are. You will be okay Barney

 

[dbarbos1]

I agree the word is used much too often but you gotta understand about 90% of the people on the Blowout forums aren't collectors so they can't see things from our point of view. All they worry about is how much money they can make opening their cases.

There was another thread where someone opened a pack of 2010 Topps Series 2 and take a look on how that turned out:

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/baseball-box-breaks/95312-1-pack-2010-topps-ser-2-a.html

The kid is probably on a budget and enjoys picking up the occasional pack or 2 (nothing wrong with that) and you can see the welcoming committee in full force but was nice to see a few defending him.

That thread, got a little crazy. Kind of mean

 

[mrmopar]

The words "mojo" and "sick" and perhaps some others that uncool me may have missed became popular. People like to emulate what is popular, hence the over useage.

Word!

 

[David K.]

That thread, got a little crazy. Kind of mean

Thanks for the link! I see migraine (banned from Beckett site) is back to his old ways.....(scans). Better stay away from that site!! Best regards, David

 

[quambomb]

I honestly only read the blowout "pack and box break forums" to see what people are pulling and such, its probably one of my favorite boards on the interweb. And I agree, Mojo is whatever the collector wants it to be and some of these guys that just troll and flame kid collectors is just outrageous cuz its the kids and collectors that define the hobby moreso than the rip-n-flip guys. Thanks for the feedback everyone, its good to see that my fellow benchies pretty much agree with my opinion