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Newbie versus Noobie

The number one thing about noobs is that they refuse to improve, demonstrating little knowledge and/or skill. Newbs, or new players, often want to excel at the game eventually, and thus pay close attention to their skills, gear, and enhancements. Noobs, on the other hand, will often depend on others or cookie cutter builds, never tweaking and insisting by their methods. You can tell a noob from a pro because a noob has been playing just as long as a pro yet will consistently get beaten by a pro.Newbs are always asking for constructive criticism, advice, and suggestions. Noobs, however, can not be criticized. That is the best way to make a noob cry, actually. They think they already know what’s going on, so if you say anything other than they’re the greatest thing since jarred peanut butter, you’re obviously wrong, an asshole, a noob yourself, an elitist.... the list of names could go on. They do not react well, often making unfounded accusations against the critic.Newbs are, let’s face it, ignorant of a lot of aspects of the game, but that’s fine, because they’re newbs. However, when a person who has been playing for a while still doesn’t know the basic concepts of the game and of their skills, expecting advanced behavior from them is pretty much futile. The major difference here between newbs and noobs is that newbs don’t have a choice about being ignorant of the game, while noobs do. Noobs have supposedly been around the block and know their classes and mechanics. The only way a noob can be a noob is by choosing to be willfully ignorant of their class. All others strive to be the best at their class, but noobs aim for a false sense of elitism that they can’t back up because they simply don’t have the game knowledge.Newbs who want to learn find themselves invited to a lot of group activities that give them a chance to level, hone their skills, and amass good gear. Someone who proves to be a noob, though, will find themselves branded and only allowed the company of other noobs, with lots of wipes in their future. Word gets around when a person acts like a noob in a dungeon, raid, or pvp situation. Word gets around when you’re good at what you do or are a fast learner, too, so there is hope for those of us who are not noobs.An interesting trend among noobs is that they tend to have a lot of max level characters, none of which they know how to use. A newb will put focus on one or maybe two characters at a time, using all others in a leisurely manner, until eventually they become masters of the game, and newbs no longer. The thing about a noob though, is that they’re in such a rush to get to endgame that they fail to consider how to get there. They ride on the backs of others until they max out and suddenly realize that they don’t know what they’re doing because they didn’t pay attention to their skills as they went along, like newbs had been doing.Noobs have a ton of ego. You have to have a metric asston of ego in order to believe you’re good when you’re really not. Newbs are confident, and the difference shows. They do what they need to do and acknowledge their skill without bragging, while a noob will tell anyone and everyone how great he is, oblivious to the fact that he really sucks.