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Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
On October 11 2015 08:26 Chewbacca. wrote: I always took it as newb = Bad player who is new to the game, and noob = bad player. This is how I remember it, I'm glad I'm not the only one. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On October 11 2015 08:26 Chewbacca. wrote: I always took it as newb = Bad player who is new to the game, and noob = bad player. I use newbie instead of newb, looks way better IMO. Otherwise, same here. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
In the old days, I think people used the word newbie about someone that was new to the game and thus bad at it, while noob was someone bad and annoying. Today I think noob just means someone bad at the game, new or annoying doesn't really matter. Or that is how I read the word... | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 11 2015 14:01 OtherWorld wrote: I think both words are useless and shouldn't exist tbh, as the idea they convey can be easily expressed with real words I really don't get this approach. 1) it obviously futile. There is no way you can stop a word being used. And it'd be highly controversial to ban words even if it were possible. 2) the word obviously fills a role that other words don't, or people wouldn't use it. You may not think it is a role that should be filled, but that is your problem, and see 1. Oh, and 3) real word? >_> maybe time to take your nose out of the encyclopaedia Britannica and see what is going on In real life, such as online. Yah, that's right, i just said that.  | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On October 11 2015 14:12 Cascade wrote: I really don't get this approach. 1) it obviously futile. There is no way you can stop a word being used. And it'd be highly controversial to ban words even if it were possible. 2) the word obviously fills a role that other words don't, or people wouldn't use it. You may not think it is a role that should be filled, but that is your problem, and see 1. Oh, and 3) real word? >_> maybe time to take your nose out of the encyclopaedia Britannica and see what is going on In real life, such as online. Yah, that's right, i just said that. I didn't say it isn't futile to try to stop these words from being used, I didn't even say we should somehow try to stop them from being used. As for your 2, well no, people use it not because it fills a role that cannot be filled by other words, but because using it is a signal that one belongs to a group - here, the group being the vast, varied, and badly defined "gamers" group. Incidentally, this is also used by people outside that group to ridicule/mock/segregate the "gamers" group. And I'm sorry if my "real word" part came off as insulting or something, what I meant can be better expressed with "already existing word". I'm surprised by your answer's aggressivity, though ; what makes you think I put my nose in the Encyclopaedia Britannica even once in my life, and doesn't know what happens in real life? | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 11 2015 15:10 OtherWorld wrote: As for your 2, well no, people use it not because it fills a role that cannot be filled by other words, but because using it is a signal that one belongs to a group So it does fill a role that other words don't. Sorry for the tone. I've had this conversation a few times before and I've gotten annoyed (as you noticed...) at the stance that people should speak "properly", and be discouraged to extend the language to, as you say, "signal that one belongs to a group". If people can say what they want, and at the same time give context about which groups they belong to, isn't that great? I think that the disapproval of the word is a disapproval of the group it is associated with more than the word itself. So well, be annoyed at the person, not the choice of words. Or something... | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On October 11 2015 15:33 Cascade wrote: So it does fill a role that other words don't. Sorry for the tone. I've had this conversation a few times before and I've gotten annoyed (as you noticed...) at the stance that people should speak "properly", and be discouraged to extend the language to, as you say, "signal that one belongs to a group". If people can say what they want, and at the same time give context about which groups they belong to, isn't that great? I think that the disapproval of the word is a disapproval of the group it is associated with more than the word itself. So well, be annoyed at the person, not the choice of words. Or something... Yeah, I agree about all that, especially that the disapproval of the word is a disapproval of the group but I would add that the word is one of the sources of the dissaproval of the group. Which is why I would prefer if it didn't exist, that would be one less angle of attack for medias and haters. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
Noob removes the sense of newness and suggests that the flaw comes from lack of skill more than lack of development. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24444 Posts
On October 08 2015 07:48 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: First of all, that is absolutely adorable. Secondly, doesn't that make it not extinct? Just endangered? Looks kind of like a sugar glider. You can have those as pets though. ![[image loading]](https://41.media.tumblr.com/72bceb6b4055356fe1d80b759971fe24/tumblr_mzbh4jPbRJ1r7ufbxo1_500.jpg) Is dressing up animals cruelty? | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On October 11 2015 17:47 GreenHorizons wrote: Looks kind of like a sugar glider. You can have those as pets though. Is dressing up animals cruelty? Depends on what the animal thinks of it, I guess? | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 11 2015 17:47 GreenHorizons wrote: Looks kind of like a sugar glider. You can have those as pets though. Is dressing up animals cruelty? There are a lot of cute little marsupials. The sugar gliders in the photo don't seem to be suffering much from the dressing up. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46618 Posts
On October 11 2015 17:47 GreenHorizons wrote: Looks kind of like a sugar glider. You can have those as pets though. Is dressing up animals cruelty? *-* Nah, as long as the things they're wearing aren't hindering or annoying them. I usually think that some of the costumes and pet-wear look silly, but I wouldn't say it's animal cruelty. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46618 Posts
On October 11 2015 15:54 Thieving Magpie wrote: Newb or Newbie denotes inexperience and newness Noob removes the sense of newness and suggests that the flaw comes from lack of skill more than lack of development. What if you're a newoob? 2 parts skill-less and 1 part inexperience? Or maybe a Nuub? You lack experience but one day you'll help Goku save the world? NO.ob? A noob who always has a blank stare? | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 11 2015 19:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: What if you're a newoob? 2 parts skill-less and 1 part inexperience? Or maybe a Nuub? You lack experience but one day you'll help Goku save the world? NO.ob? A noob who always has a blank stare? I use the term newblar for a cute new/bad player. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18486 Posts
On October 11 2015 23:27 Cascade wrote: I use the term newblar for a cute new/bad player. Nub, or its diminutivo nublet. Nooblar isn't spelled with ew! | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46618 Posts
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greenelve
Germany1392 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On October 12 2015 05:39 greenelve wrote: So much war and war like crisies in the world. Why do humans want/try/enjoy? killing eachother so much? :/ You're on a Starcraft forum. A third of the people here like to imagine killing other people with guns. A third like to imagine cutting each other to pieces with lazor swords. A third wish they could do it with their bare hands/claws. | ||
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