Not a gamer, but a Noob.

What do you get when you give a 12-year-old kid that has never touched a video game a console, a game and a way to play online with others??? You get a newb. What do you get when you have a player that even though they have been playing  for a long time, they still play like newbs and use grenade launchers on rocket launcher only??? Then you get the dreaded noob.

According to the urban dictionary "A noob or n00b is someone that lacks intellegance or common sense, most people think that noob is a word used only in the online gaming world, but in reality it is becoming an ever popular word with teenage society." and they can be really annoying. A sniper on very strategically well place patch of grass can be less annoying than a camper on a corner with a shotgun..

First person shooter games or FPS like Call of Duty, Halo or Battlefield are the biggest noob magnets there is anywhere. You get the run-and-gunners, the snipers, the spotters, the campers and the "noob-tubers". Imagine a 12-year-old screaming on your ear and telling you that you suck when he died more times than you did.  Then there is the guy running around using a riot shield and a rocket launcher. It's not only 12 or 13 year old kids. Grown men actually sending messages telling you to play fair when they are the ones using noob-tubes.

In fighting games like Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom or Mortal Kombat people are constantly looking for ways to spam a win. Spamming is a cheap of way of cheating yourself to a win by exploiting a glitch in the game. If noobs get a fighter that throws fireballs, thats the only thing they will do and they will try to keep as far away from you as possible. Or go for the infinite combos where once they start you cant do anything until the fight is over.

I dont consider a noob an actual gamer, but a mere annoyence on the online gaming community.Whether it's a camper, a spammer or a little kid screaming on your ear "you suck", the noobs will always be around and will continue to kill online gaming. So come on noob and be ready to get pwned. And to all the noob hunters, happy hunting.

P.S. For my little not gamer friends (you know who you are) take this as your introduction to gamer lingo since one you go online you will be a newb, and hey, maybe a noob.