How long is a N00b a N00b??

[Redwall]

Cornjob never completed a game of his own, and still got the first AGS Lifetime Achievement award.

I Spy???

[Andail]

Different people will say you're a noob or not depending on when they joined themselves.

I guess you will always see people who joined after you as sort of "new", and the people before you as very old in the game, although it's sometimes just a matter of months or even weeks.

Generally, the chief factor is how many times you've seen the member's name in relation to something that is good.
A good post, a good game, etc, signed by the member, will help reducing the noob-factor.

Don't ponder too much about it, just be yourself, try to help people and don't overpost. Rather work on something creative than strain yourself to appear in every thread.

[Pumaman]

It might be interesting to enable some sort of karma system to enable people to vote others as "n00b" or "wise", or some such. Or on the other hand, that might just end in carnage. 

[Grundislav]

I say we start up a poll to determine what system we should implement to determine people's levels of n00b-ness!

Am I smart or what?

[Gregjazz]

IMO, newbies are considered as such because of the following:

1. They make at least 6 posts per day. (amounts may vary)

2. They usually don't write more that one sentence in one post, and that sentence is a cryptic mess of misspellings and exclamation marks with ones mixed in.

3. They use an unnecessary amount of emoticons.

Actually, you could just condense all that above into this:

- They don't have anything extremely intelligent to say.

P.S. I'm still a newbie.

[Pumaman]

I say we start up a poll to determine what system we should implement to determine people's levels of n00b-ness!

Excellent - there's no better way to ignore popular opinion than by holding a poll!

[Moox]

I say we sticky a thread entitled: "THE BIG LIST OF AGS NEWBIES", that way people can find out what thread is worth reading. I dont see the point in karma, people might lower others out of spite.

[Tiki]

I dont see the point in karma, people might lower others out of spite.

Spite?  We're all one big loving family here! *Shoves LostTraveler*  Don't say stuff like that again, or else!


Hmm, well I personally think a newb is a newb until he shows off a skill I am in awe of.   I still try to help those I feel are newbs,  I simply label them newb while doing so.

Edited for Hotspot's general well-being and sanity.
heh....

[Mr Jake]

tiki is getting his definitions confused, as are a few others.
A n0Ob is someone that has been playing/using something for awhile, and may of even become average skilled or have some skill with said thing, but still acts like a complete tw-at and idiot. Someone who refuses to learn might be a good way of putting it (in some contexts, not really AGS, but games like Natural Selection etc, where team work is required.)

[Blitzerland]

HOTSPOT'S RESPONSE TO MY FINDING NOOBS GUIDE:

disagree with these two, A) not everyone is english and I commend the rest of Europe and other places for how well even the younger generation speaking English (I cant Speak a word of Hebrew but Ginny and highwayGal for example can speak perfect English.) and B) its 1337, not l33t.. n00b 




disclaimer: B was a joke, please dont take offence.

I take no offense. Yes, I am very n00bish when it comes to being a n00b.

[InCreator]

Just... report 3-4 bugs* in latest AGS version.

* CJ must respond with at least "...well spotted, I'll get it fixed in next version..."

N00b? Newbie? who?!
whoa!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

There are no noobs, only Zuul.

[Ishmael]

Hmmm.. Newbies use a lot of acronyms and lack the abilty to spell sentances correctly? EEK! I'm starting to be scared here...

Heh...

It's not long since LostTraveler joined the community, but I don't see him as a newbie anymore... it's just a matter of behavior, there is no actual formula for spotting newbies, IMO.