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What makes a n00b??

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What is a noob?? Or are there more than one type of noob?

For example: If two medical students both join a forum about medicine. Student X who is a first year student joins at 15:00 on 12/12/06 and Student Z who is a second year student joins at 17:00 12/12/06. Who is the newbie? Is it the newest member of the forum or the year one student who knows less?

I would say that the term "noob" is getting use a little to much in this forum by PPL who have no concept of what it means! What do you all think?

Oh and before anyone flames this I know I'm a "Stupid n00b" think of something more insulting or constructive to say!

The term expert can also be misleading as it can be defined as a person who knows more about a subject than another.
For example I can speak very LIMITED German and a Friend of mine can't speak or even understand a single word so in that sense i am the "Expert". Is this also the case for the term noob??

And what about Student Y? Is he a noob for not even registering? LOL

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Old 06/01/2006, 18:54   #2
 
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a noob is somebody who is calling other peoples the whole time a noob o,o;
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Old 06/01/2006, 18:59   #3
 
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A noob is somebody, who needs hacks in a Mmorpg *lol* *run away* XD
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Originally posted by Enr-Sacrum@Jun 1 2006, 18:59
A noob is somebody, who needs hacks in a Mmorpg *lol* *run away* XD
xD ...das würd ich hier nich zu laut sagen^^...

A noob is someone , who want to get in a clan ( for example CS) while cheating D
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a noob is somebody who is calling other peoples the whole time a noob o,o;
Agree.

Add: There is a difference between "noob" and "newbie". A newbie is... just new somewhere. But a "noob" can even be an experienced person by acting n00blike. So that what makes you a "noob" is your behavior. <- My opinion
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ich würde sagen ein noob ist ein noob und ein newbie ist ein newbie
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Old 06/02/2006, 07:20   #7
 
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This is the Definition of Newbie according to

newbie
One entry found for newbie.
Main Entry: new·bie
Pronunciation: 'nü-bE, 'nyü-
Function: noun
Etymology: irregular from new
: BEGINNER, NOVICE; especially : a newcomer to cyberspace


Since they didn't have noob I will define the proper deffinition of the slang word.

Noob
Means: A person that is a complete jerk. Spammer, Idiot, stupid, Moron, Annoying and any other word including the "Not so nice words."

So its bad to be a noob. A noob is also a person who scams others.

EDIT: I found a wikipedia definition and comparison of Noob and Newb.

"Newb vs. noob

Newb and noob may have somewhat different connotations. Newbs are simply newcomers?noob and n00b, on the other hand, generally means someone who is obnoxious, annoying, or breaks the rules; whether they are actual newcomers or not is mostly irrelevant. Therefore, a noob may be someone who has been around for a long time but still engages in behavior that he or she should have learned is unacceptable. Noobs are generally confident in what they are doing, but in reality are annoying others. "Newb" is not necessarily an insulting word, but "noob" usually is. If someone makes an unintelligent comment on a forum or asks a question that even other newbies could answer then it is said that they are making a "noobish" comment or asking a "noobish" question. However, due to the evolution of language, the term noob or 'n00b' is now used both ways and newb is used only infrequently.

More experienced players are often encouraged to give friendly advice and help to newbs, to support them as they tackle the learning curve of whichever game they're playing, and some game servers are set up explicitly for the purpose of allowing newbs to gain experience before entering more competitive environments.

"Noob" can also mean a person who claims to know a lot about a subject but in truth does not. It was first used in hacker groups on the BBS chat systems in the 1980s. It is important to note that noob and newb are not necessarily interchangeable. Many times the term noob or n00b will be used by veterans to degrade a user for their lack of knowledge, or claims to know more than they truly do.

Recently, the spelling noob has been used more interchangeably with "newb", however, and is being used in a more joking manner, usually among friends and users on good terms when one user makes a mistake that most veterans would know better not to do, whereas a "newb" or "noob" wouldn't know better. For example, in the computer sense, a user on a bulletin board may call a veteran user as a noob in a joking manner because they didn't search for a topic currently open with the same discussion before posting a discussion of their own.

In online gaming, the term is also often used as a general insult. Frustrated players on the losing team may refer to the winning team as noobs. In this case there is no actual connotation of newness meant; the word is simply being used as an insult. By the same token, members of a dominating team may use the term "noobs" (n00bs) to further frustrate their opposition by implying a general lack of skill on the losing team's part, such as camping (staying in the general vicinity, usually a spawn point, for an extended period of time, especially America's Army and DOOM) or wastefully firing at a wall, wasting ammunition and time. Noob might also be used by veteran players to criticize cheap tactics or overusage of unbalanced weaponry. In an online team game where friendly fire is turned off, a noob "tactic" would be to overuse explosives in cramped areas around fellow teammates. Noob usually applies in games where team-play is important, and the players choose to completely ignore the team structure and goals. Some other "noobs" are players who overly use "uber weapons" to defeat other players, players who "kill-steal" from others, and players who scam others into losing their items or money.

"Noob" has frequently been written in different forms. Because of the proximity of the "j" key to the "n" key, players in online games often typed "j00b" or "joob" by accident, and the recent proliferation of "nub" has often turned into "jub". Though neither "joob" or "jub" have any meaning, their connection with "noob" makes the two words equivalent. "B00b" and "m00b" sometimes appear in a similar manner ("b" and "m" are right beside "n" in a standard computer keyboard). This is quite similar to the origin of the internet terminology "pwned". According to the most popular theory on the origins of "pwned", it originated from owned when an anonymous gamer made a typing error by pressing the "p" key which is located to the right of the "o" key on a standard computer keyboard. Note that there are alternate theories of "pwned"'s origin. See PWN for more details."

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Old 06/02/2006, 15:12   #8
 
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You guys totally lost the point after the first post.
It depends, if the person who is viewing the forums knows alot about medicine, but if the person who is longer registered doesent even talk or talking nosense, hes the noob indeed because he has no clue about the materia.
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Originally posted by Speex+Jun 1 2006, 19:16--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Speex @ Jun 1 2006, 19:16)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Enr-Sacrum@Jun 1 2006, 18:59
A noob is somebody, who needs hacks in a Mmorpg *lol* *run away* XD
xD ...das würd ich hier nich zu laut sagen^^...

A noob is someone , who want to get in a clan ( for example CS) while cheating D [/b][/quote]
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Old 06/02/2006, 20:42   #10
 
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Ok PPL thanks for your views.

It would seem that as I thought it is an expression of contempt for an annoying person. And has no real meaning other that "Stop being such a pain in the ***".

It should not to confused with being a new comer to a place witch makes you a "Newbie" and as a "Newbie" your opinion is still valued ware as a "n00b, NOOB, no0b" or any variant is just a person who is unable to follow simple rules, Such as reading BEFORE posting the same questions that have received solutions or somebody who is to lazy to SEARCH the forum before starting "Yet another" thread about a subject that has had loads of bandwidth used for it already.

Thanks for taking the time to view this thread and for your replies and comments.

And in closing [img]text2schild.php?smilienummer=1&text=Stop being such a n00b!' border='0' alt='Stop being such a n00b!' /> LOL
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also:

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SpeexA noob is someone , who want to get in a clan ( for example CS) while cheating
o man ich bonn ;P

no i think a noob is exaptly the same as a lamer but a lamer tells onlye **** and think he ar a pro, a noob ist that and more a noob is a guy that have a o litle...
***** and not Girlfriend i think a noob play 24/7 have no freinds and mostly hes very FETT(korpulent^^) he live at home(with his parents) ant have no idea the word WORKS realy mean :?
but notimes a noob is the same as a Newbie a newbie is somebody who has no Skill and no xp

sorry my english is very very bad ^^
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