Poll: What makes a noob?

[Jailbird408]

I consider myself to be a great Super Smash Bros gamer. I've managed to defeat a Lv7 CPU and I won that event where you play as Ganondorf and have to defeat Pit, Link and Zelda. ON HARD.
But then I boot up Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and all that confidence fades away because a Kirby player spams Hammer, Stone and Aether and WINS.
Yes, I know that those aren't the official names of his special moves but shut up, that's not the point.

If I can win a fight against a Lv7 CPU, but lose to a player that uses noob tactics, does that make me a noob?

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

If you understand a game's mechanics and can play competently then you are not a "noob".

 

[Leole]

A noob, for me, is anyone who doesn't enjoy the game while playing it.

Example, those 12 year olds swearing and yelling at you because "U SUCKZ" on MW2 because you can't exploit the glitches or can't quick-scope or whatever.

OT: No, you aren't a noob, those are cheap-moves. They do not require a strategy, they do not require skill, is just an exploit. As long as you don't go bragging about how "great" you are for beating Mecha Bowser on Nightmare Lvl 53 with one hand tied to your back and your GF was giving you a blowjob, you're a good player.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Yep, not be be mean, but pretty much.

Playing the AI in any fighting game has little to do with playing another player.

 

[Saelune]

Ill be a Noob when Im wrongfully killed by a vengeful specter and raised by a white sorcerer...

 

[PunkyMcGee]

I'd say kinda. I mean I can beat lv.9s I still get trashed against humans.

also I don't see the point of playing SSB online. Local's were it's at.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

A noob is a person who plays for an extended period of time yet still sucks. Smash Bros. however, is largely based on luck so I won't beat yourself up over it.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Ill be a Noob when Im wrongfully killed by a vengeful specter and raised by a white sorcerer...

God damn ninjas.

Pun intended.

I'm not sure if that makes you a noob, but I'm pretty damned certain it means you aren't great.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

A newb or "newbie" is a player new to the game/franchise who is unfamiliar with the game mechanics, but they are willing to learn and fix their errors to move out of that stage. A newbie may typically use cheap weapons or tactics due to their unfamiliarity (i.e. the grenade launcher attachment in CoD), especially in the face of hostile "veteran" player, but will eventually abandon it in favor of weapons with better versatility or skill requirements.

A noob or "n00b" knows little and has no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it. They are often overly aggressive and self-centered, and will often resort to camping (both of the spawn and power up variety) in place of any legitimate skill. They will almost always be the first to blame "lag" or "teams" as an excuse when they lose (i.e. most notably maps that are hard to camp in), and when out in the open they will go out of their way to steal another player's kills rather than run the risk of pursuing their own, healthy prey. They will resort to what many veteran player consider cheap weaponry with a fanatic zeal due to their inability to rack up kills consistently in a fair fight, often quoting that they're "just doing whatever it'll take to win" and that "there's no such thing as cheap, just effective."

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Also:

I consider myself to be a great Super Smash Bros gamer. I've managed to defeat a Lv7 CPU and I won that event where you play as Ganondorf and have to defeat Pit, Link and Zelda. ON HARD.

You know CPUs and real players are two different beasts, right? Try beating 3 CPUs on lv 8 with max handicaps and their own team.

Geez, some jive turkey comin' in here all proud and shit sayin' that beating a lv 7 CPU proves they're HARD. You be trippin'.

 

[linwolf]

Yes you are a noob. As long as you think there is a thing call noob tactics you have an unwillingness to learn, and that is the definition of a noob.

 

[burningdragoon]

Such a silly term.

Anyway, um... there's really no comparison between fighting a computer and fighting another player. And 'noob tactics' are generally easily countered by 'good tactics'

Edit: My opinion of what I'd call a noob, if I still used that term for anything, is a player who refuses to learn, or try to learn, to get better at .

A lot of new players will start with 'noob tactics' because it's easy and it's relatively effective. A 'noob' will continue to use them even when they are getting slammed by someone better and not try .

I have a friend who is very, very, very good at smash bros. I am pretty decent. He will crush me almost every time even though I employ different (and sometimes unusual but effective) tactics. He's commented on how I am actually pretty good. He's just far, far better at adapting.

 

[yanipheonu]

No. Some people are just REALLY REALLY REALLY good at fighting games, and if you fight them with average skill, you'll get owned. It's like that with most fighting games, though some are better at matching same skill players than others.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Nothing in Smash Bros is indicative of skill or lack of same. If button mashing can win then a fighting game is poorly designed. Smash Bros is one of these. Case closed.

 

[Your Fearless Captain]

To me, what makes a real noob is someone who asks about the controls in an FPS in the middle of the match. It really grinds my gears when people do that.

 

[kortin]

Example, those 12 year olds swearing and yelling at you because "U SUCKZ" on MW2 because you can't exploit the glitches or can't quick-scope or whatever.

OT: No, you aren't a noob, those are cheap-moves.

I disagree with that statement I bolded. Being someone who enjoyed quick-scoping and was sad to see it removed from black ops(I seriously disagree with Treyarch and believe they are all just a buncha cry-babies from being quick-scoped). Anyways, how is it cheap? It doesn't make sense of course, but neither does people running all around and shooting just anywhere. In all honesty, it sounds like you are someone who played mw2 and tried quick scoping, couldn't do it, and is now pissed because other people could. I mean you can call it a noob tactic all you like, but to call it a cheap move is just wrong. Note: NOT SAYING THAT ITS WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY, JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE

Noobs are people who refuse to learn. Also campers. God I hate campers.

 

[Plurralbles]

a noob is someone who plays and is angry and refuses to accept the advice of others and thinks theyr'e good or spend most of hteir time trolling. I hate noobs.

A newb is someone new at a game but trying to be decent.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Noobs are infant versions of Scrubs. They are new to the game, they suck at the game, and they will use tactics frowned upon in the game.

Upon evolving into scrubs, they will still suck, except that now they will also ***** and whine that people know how to counter noob tactics. They will shout and scream that it is their tactics that are the cheap noob ones, all because they don't know how to play a game or how to get any better.

 

[La Barata]

I believe this sums it up quite nicely:

 

[Drakmeire]

The ability to open portals to the shadow world and create clones of yourself to rip people in half.
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[Devil's Due]

Usually a general rule of thumb is:

Noob = Everyone But You

Seriously, try and apply it. Someone may be good at a game you like, but once they try another game you like and suck at it, you go "noob!" even though they're more professional than you at the previous game. It's simple, really.

Noobs, noobs everywhere!