How to Tell If Someone is a Noob

Note: “Noob” has two meanings, an idiot or a newbie.

Username

Let’s determine how someone is a noob by looking at their username. Let’s look at this username example, – XXSNIP3ZXX479203 – There are two ways that show that this username is noob-ish.

1. The username has “X”s in it, so we can tell the person thinks it’s cool, when it is not.
2. There are several digits at the end of the username. This shows us that this person is unwilling to be unoriginal and come up with a username that has not already been taken up.

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These two qualities both make the username unmemorable, and can lead people to thinking that the person with the username is a noob. Let’s also look at this username here – NinjaBread – this username does not have any digits in the username and it’s simple, so the name is more memorable to those who come across this person.

Speech

Let’s see how a person is speaking online, for example, “i’m wundrin if u wuld liek jon a pt with me” instead of “I’m wondering if you would like to join a party with me”. There is a big difference between the two and you could probably figure out which example is noob-ish.

1. Spelling errors can hint that the person is a noob, unless they correct it (I would also like to add that abbreviations such as “lol” are ok).
2. Not beginning sentences with capital letters can also make a person look noob-ish.

Appearance

Appearance of the person’s avatar can indicate if the person is a noob. If a person has a poor choice in clothing (inappropriate/poor colour scheme, etc) then they are likely to be a noob.

Game play

Obviously, if the person is not good at the game and is new to the game, the person is in one definition of the word, a noob. However, if the person has been on the game for a while and is still not good at it, then the person is a noob.