Noobs

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[QUOTE=Pevil Lihatuh]Newb however is finelol whats up with newb? I like that word. It sounds kinda... dunno. cute :P hehe. I like to help newbs. n00bs i like to throw into alligator ponds... #cough#

Dude your a n00b.
~jk

ZOMG NOOB! CoP spiking is the next FOTM!

Losing does not mean you are a Noob.

I get that all the time 'cause I am beast master and a lot of people think BM is useless.

Actually, the MOST annoying is a W/Mo with Mending who calls people Noobs. I have no problem with W/Mo but they are certainly not the deciding factor in most competitions.


I've never called anyone Noobs. NEVER. I think a lot of skills are paper-scissors-rock. The skill may work well against caster but not against melee class and vice versa. Mending is not a bad skill but when being used on a warrior, that's not too smart.

Another thing I hate is to call your teammates noobs. Or people who lost the game call the winners Noobs. lol This is probably the weirdest logic in Guild Wars. You lost and call others Noobs.

We all know you only wrote this because you are a n00b with only 2 fame and 50 faction. BTW you got that 2 fame from people ragequiting at your n00bness.


Or maybe not...

"play real build", "igay", "iway lol", "igay noob", "noob"

sounds like sour graping to me.

So what, let em think you're a noob... sometimes being underestimated is a good strategy.

so what your saying is that your a noob?

Here's the sad part: after 5 pages, no one in this thread has spelled the term correctly yet... it's not "noob," it's "n00b" with zero's

Hence, if someone uses the term incorrectly, please kindly correct their spelling.

But how else am I going to proclaim my power over someone else?

Whenever I get called a noob, I just respond with something witty.

Them: Haha noob you got beat by paladin premade!
Me: Haha noob you just beat paladin premade!

PvP is competition. Competition warrants shit talk and boasting. That's how it is for the average competition junkie. Just deal with it instead of getting offended.

Heres my 2 cents. This actualy goes with everything over the net. People on the net have the biggest bawls because they don't have to say those things to a person face to face where they might get their rear-ends handed to them on pike. A very fine example of this portrayal is in the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" at the end when they went to all the houses of the forum posters and beat the living snot out of the little kids posting. Truth is, this is the only way these people can get enough confidence in themselves to feel worth. I'm generalizing here and drawing some nasty conclusions, but it makes logical sense to me and since i denounce your reality and substitute it with my own, i can believe what i like here when i say: These are most likely the same insecure people who pretend to be someone they are not in chat rooms or on "Friend Finder" websites to try and pick up a date. These sad pathetic (usualy male virgins between the age of 16 and 25) decaying matter, sitting in front of a keyboard with questionable stains on it would urinate themselves the moment someone who took offense to their bantering showed up on their doorstep.

If you should be sitting there questioning my right to say such things, let me say that if there were a degree for online gaming, id have a phd. I started off gaming in the early 90s on whats know as a MUD (this is were the term mob came from by the way, short for mobile object, because the scripting for npcs allowed them to move from one area to the next). No i don't live in my mothers basement, though my pc does reside in my full finished basement in my 3 bedroom condo where i live with my wife and soon to be son (due jan. 25th). I make about 40k a year and am about to start my own business. Ive played a lot of online games including many pay to play (which i dont feel like doing anymore now that there are free ones) I still mud, and for you teenie boppers out there, thats an online game with no graphics, its all text, where you actualy have to read the room descriptions to know where the heck you are.

p.s. I do find that because GW has no monthly fees, you get alot more people who are downright rude and offensive because they know nothing will happen. Game management basicly says "Deal with it, you paid for the game, not the service, its not our job to hold your hands". Pay to Play have very strict rules about harrassment of any sort and naming conventions for pc names that are strictly enforced. The reason behind this is because when you pay for a service, the company you are paying become liable for the the game content. If you were called a nasty racial name on WoW or Evercrack, reported the infraction with proof (screen shot and witnesses) and nothing came about it, they would find themselves in an actionable position in court. They are responsible because they are being paid for a service. But a little intelligence does go a long way with these people. My personal favorite is when i see some moron hop in an area and spout of racial remarks and saying KKK forever and other stupidity, i simply remind them that the only white people in the bible were the high ranking romans who killed their beloved savior. I find they usualy leave right then and there. And i like to think i just lit the spark of doubt in their brain. Remember, this is my reality, no yours

its N()()B to be exact...

Since I am a noob I can spell it any way I flipping want...gawd.

Trash talking's a part of the game, just trash them right back instead of whining.

just laugh at them and tell them how obsessed they are with the game

Honestly, you need to have a set of chained insults to throw back at them. It usually works for me. Here's what I use:

Them: " *insult* noob *insult* "
Me: You're only upset cause your fat.
Me: FATTY
Me: GO HOME
Me: GO HOME FATTY
Me: guys get out of fatty's way, he might eat you
Me: FATTY GO HOME
Me: You cry now FATTY?
Me: No more talk from FATTY.

At this point they usually walk away from me

Me: Come back here, I'm not through demeaning you.
Me: FATTY.

Then you can fill in the remaining time with your own insults. Remember to ignore anything they throw back at you or ask them to prove it. For example:

Them: "You're mother is fat"
Me: Do you have Proof?
Me: I didn't think so, FATTY
Them: Yes I do, cause I did it with her last night
Me: Do you have proof you did it with her?
Me: Need I go on, FATTY?

And if they ask you for proof ignore it. The strategy here is to COMPLETELY ignore most of their insults and focus on your own. Remember, no spelling error is too insignificant to throw back at them.

And plus, your Ignore list is a handy tool, mine is already filled up!

N00b Question: where does the term n00b come from exactly? I always assumed it was from 'newbie'. But maybe I am wrong. And if I am right, what does the '00' stand for?

Good question...i thought it was newbie to but maube we're both wrong...WHO TEH HELL MADE IT WITH TEH TWO 0's?

Here's some links which might help out:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=n00b
http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefi...212649,00.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/newbie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N00b <-- seems the best of the bunch :P

Good links. Thanks. Funny to see that in none of those articles anything definite is said about were the 00 in n00b comes from, appart from speculating that it must come from newb being pronounced a lot like noob.

"n00b" comes from people who have played a game over 100 times yet still play the game as fools. Kind of funny that the original poster and most people in the thread thus far have spelled it incorrectly as "noob".

The "00"s are representative of having played over 100 times.

Basically a derivative of the word "newbie", but used as an insult to someone who is not new but still plays as if he is.

You jest surely.

The 0 just replaces o. Almost-but-not-quite leetspeak.

it is not confortable to type "n00b" on the keyboard, much less that "noob"
i think there's an explanation, and this one (the hundred times think) seems fine

Usually the ppl who are using the term noobs has low self esteem, no social life and the only world theat they live in or recognize is the virtual world. How many times has any of us played a new game and took a little while to figure it out?...


Its kind of like when I was at Yaks the other dya selling shields and swords and this guy showed me his shield and ran off. I asked him what was that and he told me that mine sucked lol. i had to explain to him that I was selling not keeping- get the concept- something you dont want/need you sell it?!@!


Or how about this guy that I saw in Droks a while back getting his armor( I was selling him iron and the likes) right. Well I happen to run into him at Copperhammer and he was all about "You sure havent gotten very far" This guy got a run to Droks then to Copperhammer I found out and then wanted me to run him to Iron and if I could make it then to Citadel !!lol and I'm the noob lol. Just told him good luck to you.

I personally just blow it off because I know that in the "real" world that I am better than them and that I have to go to work to pay my bills

Thats why I hate going to Ascalon for trading now. most of the WTSs are WTS Noob weapons.
Just stupid.
And do not get me started on people trying to rip off new players.

Heh heh... I was called a noob because my ranger was carrying a staff.

On an underworld trap run.

All you can do is shake your head.

And frankly... I'll spell it any danged way I please.

Isn't he/she already home if they are playing the game?

I'm using it metaphorically in the sense that they should stop playing.

I play noob but more often than not, it is just out of fun.

People always assume others to be inexperienced, because of the fact that PREVENTING a problem is better than having to deal with the consequences.

i.e. in Fissure when someone seems to be running off and you warn them not to go any further or they will trigger a mob.

I play Guild Wars because it is REALLY FUN .... now that is the only reason anyone else should have... not to DOMINATE everone else but i am agreeing with aron just say LOL that is what i do mostly when people insult me... i dont think you should be down about them calling you that. ALL YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT IS HAVING FUN... i know that sounds corny but its tru. All those jerks out there can go wallow in there own pee......... or w/e they wallow in "there mom's basement"(courtesy of "leet paladin")...

ive allways tried ot be the defender of the noob, i hang around HoH, ToA, and Iron Mines (infusion mission) and someone is obviusly bound to ask a silly questions about infusion, halls, or how to get into UW and someone is allways tehre to bich at them about how much of a nub they are but i love the feeling of getting all up in their cookie cutter iway grills.