A n00b is often confused with "newb". A n00b (noob, n0ob, nOOb, no0b, etc) is someone one a virtual game/forum/RPG/Other Online Community who will type in chatspeak and annoy other players/members. A Newb is short for Newbie, which is someone new to the community.

Online Games

N00bs on virtual games (Neopets, Subeta, VHR, etc) will generally spam out the forums, beg other players for ingame currency or free items/pets (if it's a pet game we're talking about), and generally be annoying enough to get themselves a ban. How long they have been on the game has got nothing to do with it. They will often talk in ALL CAPS, chtspk, 1337 5p3@k, AlTeRnAtInG CaPs, or copletly lack in teh arias o proper gramer and spelin. And often their messages have excessive question and exclamation points. They have also been known to randomly message seasoned players with "do u want 2 b my frend?".
WHY???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

NB - If they know enough HTML, their lookups/personalisable areas usually have obnoxiously huge type and so much glitter it hurts to look at it. And loud music. Very loud music.

N00bs on Forums

Noobs on forums are basically twins of virtual game n00bs, minus the begging other players for money and items. Often they will make series's of random, pointless and often annoying posts--sometimes on one thread, and sometimes starting pointless and irrelevant threads of their own.

A inexperienced and/or ignorant or unskilled person. Especially used in computer games.

n.

1) A person who is new to a game
2) A person who, regardless of experience, lacks the skill or copmetence to be competitive in a certain game
3) Someone who tends to whine or complain when being beaten at a game - often done by accussing more skilled opponents of hacking
4) One who may talk trash, claiming to be elite at a game, only to be beaten down by a better player, or will turn down any games when challenged by better players.


v.

1) To act or behave in the way that a n00b would
2) Behaving as if lacking experience, skill or knowledge


NOTE: Can be used with a number of connotations. Often is used mockingly or in a manner of jesting. Other times is used seriously, but is often considered a brainless or weak insult when used alone as a supposed malicious insult. Is generally considered rude and deragatory unless a person is displaying disregard and general apathy towards other players - in this case, skill may be a non-factor (see definitions 3 and 4).

See also n00bed, n00bie, and newbie

An individual that plays a particular multiplayer game less than 15 hours a day, thus causing him/her to be less skilled at that game than the person calling him/her a n00b. N00bs are usually classified as having a job, an active social life, and possibly a lover. These things are reviled in the "gamer" community, which means that n00bs are hated with a passion in thier circles. The term is usually used in Counterstrike servers and Battle.net, where many mouthbreathing "elite gamers" and internet tough-guys can be found.

(n) an online user who still knows how to spell and use basic sentence structure

The derogatory word used to label someone who is new to a particular game/forum/server/where-ever. Many people misuse the word, insulting new members by calling them 'n00b's.

The word 'newb' is sometimes confused with this term - 'newb' standing for 'new beginner'. Whereas a n00b means one of two common terms.

1) A new member who is acting stupidly.
2) A member who is acting stupidly, regardless of level and/or experience.

A player who may or may not be new to a game, but insists on doing brainless things, especially things that hinder the team. Those who are defined as "n00bs" will also refuse to listen to words of wisdom or, even worse, berate those who try to help.

An insult describing a person who is not only lacking in knowledge of something, but also blatantly refuses to learn about it and even berates those who would benefit him with experience. Often used in computer game circles.