Definition of Noob:

[Artic_counter]

Re: Definition of Noob:

I think it went something like this:

1) New being
2) Newbie
3) Newb
4) Noob

[champda]

Re: Definition of Noob:

To me it's just an word that's over used by BR's, I don't really consider it much of an insult.

[Emithith]

Re: Definition of Noob:

Oh look a thread from like 2 weeks ago that died. Newb

just trollin brah. <3

[wildfireskunk]

Re: Definition of Noob:

yeah that's what I thought at first because on Mortal Kombat trilogy if you pick Noobsaibot, they say it's basically cheating and I thought that's where the word Noob originated from.

I think that MKII was the origin of the phrase, personally. The characters name wasn't based around the usage of the word noob, but was infact 2 of the games creators surnames backwards (Tobias and Boon). Being that he had some broken combos, its easy to see the name 'noob' being applied to people who abused him, and it could have evolved from there. Unless its an amazing co-incidence that his name happened to be Noob Saibot, I'd say that has to be the origin of the word, since it certainly wasn't in use back in the early MK days.

[Crashfan3]

Re: Definition of Noob:

To me it's just an word that's over used by BR's, I don't really consider it much of an insult.

No, the BR's have a different translation: PORRA NOB BRBRBR HUEHUEHUE

[MaxGhost]

Re: Definition of Noob:

I often use it to berate people who think they're good at X but are actually terrible. I usually differentiate it with newb which I use as person who's new at X.

[TheSaxRunner05]

Re: Definition of Noob:

I would always differentiate between the terms"newb" and "noob." I would interpret and use the term "newb" for anyone that is a beginner at something but shows some potential for improvement in the future. On the other hand, you have your "noobs" who are just so ignorant, naive, dumb, etc; that there is probably no hope for them in the future.

tl;dr:
newb = new and inexperienced, but with potential
noob = this person just flat out sucks

Wow, I never broke it down at all lol. I always thought all of the same versions meant the same thing, an inexperienced or incompetent person.