The word "n00b" is annoying

[Snapdagon]

EDIT: Because people too lazy to read the ENTIRE thread or realize I do not accually WANT the word censored :shame: I'm going to add this: This is a rant about how people are stupid and the word is over used. I'm not saying Jagex should accually censor the word. That would be pointless. I'm saying that the word is annoying. I changed the topic name to clear this up :

 

 

 

 

 

It seriously annoys me. Alot.

 

 

 

Today I decided to bring up my pitifully low ranging level at the zoo to wear that awesome looking dragon hide I just won. So I'm training in those frog leather outfits and this player,only one level higher than me says "N00b this is where I train" I reply that anyone can train at the zoo. So he sits there and just waits until the Jogre is almost killed. Then he goes and telegrabs my arrows. Then he says "Hey n00b want your arrows back?" "Too bad n00b you're a n00b who doesn't need them" "Just cancel your membership n00b" and variations of that. Oh please. It was 50 of the 2k arrows I had just made. So I laughed at him and said that I had more than that take them if he wished.

 

 

 

My entire time training he telegrabs all of my arrows. Oh how horrible. :roll: All the time calling me a n00b for taking HIS jogres.

 

At the end I start to leave, sick of him, and he goes "Hey n00b finally give up?" I run to the bank and get out all my bronze arrows(about 900) I trade him all that I can and say "No. But seeing as you needed all my arrows I thought you might want these. (:"

 

 

 

 

 

Thats only a personal rant-story though. But everyday I'm a n00b. N00b for low combat, n00b for a higher combat, n00b for getting birds nests, n00b for not being able to afford a dragon item, n00b for not wanting to buy your items, and n00b for training on your monsters.

 

 

 

It's come to the point where my friends greet me with "Hey N00b want to go train with me?" "Hey n00b how are you?"

 

It's a pointless word that has now lost all it's meaning and come to the point that it's ignored by nobody and used for the tiniest things.

 

 

 

JUST because I'm better or worse than you does not make me a n00b.

 

 

 

It gets so annoying! :evil:

[Makoto_the_Phoenix]

The question isn't whether or not the word "noob" should be censored, it's why are you so lazy that you cannot hit the "Ignore" button?

[Snapdagon]

Because

 

1. It's hard to ignore half the users in Runescape. Most just go "n00b" and walk away. That player was just more persistent then most which leads me to number

 

 

 

2. I did it for the lulz.

 

It was pretty funny. Just a little annoying. The overuse of the word "n00b" annoys me to death. People acting like idiots about it are funny.

[tripsis]

Unfortunately censoring a word will NOT change the behavior of thousands of people. Think about it, that person could still harass you just as easily without using the word "n00b." Even if that word is censored, people can still be mean. And even if that word is censored, there are millions of other words for people to use in replacement, and not all of which are censored.

[123_x_pac]

Here is something that I use all the time to get n00bs to stop annoying me: Turning public to OFF or Hide. You should try it sometime....

[Snapdagon]

I made this as more of a "Man I HATE People who do this!" rather than a "FIX THIS NAO" rant.

 

 

 

 

 

I usually do turn the public chat to hide. But when I'm trading and such I need it on. :/

 

Then I sometimes just forget.

[123_x_pac]

When trading, like at the GE, I still keep it on hide because you will get so many messages filling up the chat screen, I'd rather just see what comes up and make a trade.

[Omali]

No.

 

 

 

Jagex tried this before, apparently you haven't played long enough to have seen the result.

[IeatWindex]

No.

 

 

 

Jagex tried this before, apparently you haven't played long enough to have seen the result.

 

Apparently I have not either, what exactly happened, a huge protest?

[Omali]

No.

 

 

 

Jagex tried this before, apparently you haven't played long enough to have seen the result.

 

Apparently I have not either, what exactly happened, a huge protest?

 

 

 

A huge protest, and about 20 million variants of noob.

 

 

 

nub, knob, nob, n00b, n0b, choob, ch00b, ch00bert, froob, neeb, n33b, and every variant you can think of.

 

 

 

The protest isn't what made them change their minds, they came to the final understanding that noob isn't an offensive word, in any context it could possibly be used in.

[Harakiri]

Noob should not be censored, because why should someone suffer for using internet terminology that everyone uses on pretty much every game ever that supports online. (Xbox Live anyone?)

[thatguy9494]

I really don't care if people call me a noob. It's just an overused and stupid comeback. It's like the internets' version of the overused comeback, "your mom". (Before anyone says anything, no i'm not saying "your mom" to anybody here. I'm just making a point)

[Fairness]

He telegrabbed your arrows? How many telegrabs did he do? 10? 20? That's a few k gold pieces wasted. I don't see your problem, you just owned the guy.

[highlanders]

Well, why not? Jagex could try censoring noob for a week or two and see what happens. I think they already did it once, but it was an error, only lasted for 2-3 days. If they censor noob, they'll have to censor all the other ways to say it. You know, it might work. If the jerks can't resist and use any other insult, they will get reported and get banned like they deserve. In other words, be polite or get banned. The fact people can say noob and get away with it makes all the jerks happy.

[Zaaps1]

They won't censor it. Read the manual under rule 1- offensive language. I think after that you can infer it's not changing.

[Will H]

I still don't get why you didn't hit the ignore button from the start if it annoyed you so much.

 

 

 

The word noob can't be censored because it's not personally insulting, but I do agree that people who overuse it show themselves as very immature. People will adapt to other non-insulting words if it gets censored and stick on the same meaning.

 

 

 

Did he seriously use zeros instead of 'o's all the time? It shows them up as being even more immature.

[duncdar2]

Yes i know how you feel. But you are not a noob, you are a victom to people who don't even know what "noob" means. Read these intries from the urban dictionary. The Urban dictionary is at this site:http://www.urbandictionary.com/

 

Defining 'Noob'

 

Contrary to the belief of many, a noob/n00b and a newbie/newb are not the same thing. Newbs are those who are new to some task* and are very beginner at it, possibly a little overconfident about it, but they are willing to learn and fix their errors to move out of that stage. n00bs, on the other hand, know little and have no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it, and make up a unique species of their own.

 

Where to find n00bs

 

On the internet, n00bs make their colonies on forums. They migrate in waves, usually on weekends, and proceed to clog up bandwidth with stupid questions and sometimes even stupid answers. If you happen to be unfortunate enough to be on a board large enough to attract migrating noobs, there will hopefully be authority in charge who is smart enough to take extermination measures before they can make nests and larger colonies. THE BANNER HAMMER is one form of authority.

 

Behavior of noobs

 

Since noobs are basically ignorant bastards, they have a lot in common. The most often seen characteristic is their fluency in noobish, which is why it got its own section. They will also be very self confident as if they were the absolute best at what they are in fact the worst at. Also, they are quite agressive and self-centered, and tend to laugh a lot using many L's and O's in rapid sucession (the noobish word for laughing like an ultimate [developmentally delayed]).

 

It is their instinct to assemble in packs for defense, and they often attempt to organize packs that they call teams. Unfortunately for them, teams usually result in a total loss of communication and they can often begin to fight amongst each other. These teams are quite unlike those formed by non-noobs.

 

Noobs have difficulty reading English and cannot comprehend the idea of authority.

 

 

 

 

 

Noob religion

 

Noobs follow a variation of the 1337 (sometimes 7331) religion, in which they worship the number in odd rituals and put altars in their forum avatars and signatures. They often call themselves 1337, which experts say is somewhat like calling themselves godly in a human language. It's best to not interfere with their religious fantasies and practices because that can lead to a noob uprising, which can turn a forum to mush in less than a week.

 

 

 

1337 sp34k

 

 

 

Hacker "Sp33k" for leet, or elite. Originating from 31337 "eleet", the UDP port used by Dead Cow Cult, a hacker group, to access Windows 95 using Back Orifice, a notorious hacking program. A language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Some people create their own 1337 letters and it makes them look more 1337 by fellow 1337-speakers. Here is an alphabet of 1337 letters I know and have created:

 

 

 

A: 4 or l\ or ^ or @ or /\ or /-\

 

B. l3 or 8 or ß or ]3 or l:

 

C: ( or < or © or ¢

 

D: l) or l> or ])

 

E:3 or £

 

F: l= or # or

 

G:6 or 9

 

H: # or l-l or (-) or !-! or }-{ or }{ or l+l or )+( or !+! or }+{

 

L: 1 or ! or ]

 

J: _l or _/

 

K: l< or l( or l{ or l<=

 

L: l_ or ! or 1

 

M: l\/l or /\/\ or l\l\ or ^^

 

N: l/l or /\/

 

O: 0 or () or <> or * or ø or Ó or °

 

P: l* or l> or |D or l^ or l+

 

Q:& or (\) or ¶

 

R: l2 or ®

 

S: 5 or $ or §

 

T:+ or 7

 

U: l_l or /_/

 

V: \/

 

W:|/\| or \/\/ or |/\/ or \/\|

 

X: >< or }{ or :-:

 

Y: ¥

 

Z: 2

 

()/\/\9 7^l+l+ 15 73)-( 1337 #l\:-:<>l2 1 +()l_l> _/<>* ^l3°l_l+ /\/\3}-{ #1213l/ll>!!!1!!11!1!! )+(3 |D\l\/l/l2.

 

 

 

translation:Oh my god that is the leet hacker I told you about my friend! He owns.

[Skull]

Couple of options here

 

 

 

1. Ignore list- Right click, ignore.

 

2. Turn public chat off- Click, off or friends

 

3. Quick chat worlds- Because everyone loves hates freedom of speach, being forced to use preset phrases is far more fun :roll:

[123Yourgone]

It already has been, it didnt work.

[Omali]

 

JUST because I'm better or worse than you does not make me a n00b

 

 

 

The fact that you made this thread to try and get a word censored because it annoyed you certainly does.

[mememe513]

Tell him that only n00bs say n00b

[acowswrath]

I dont think it would do anything good to make noob censored:

 

 

 

1: much ranting

 

2: much ranting on suggestion forum.

 

3: New word made up "flebah" for example.

 

4: much more ranting on the compliment forum and flebah is translated to "fleebah" fl3bah" "fleba" "fleb" "flooba" and "flab"

 

5. Noob is back in the form of N()()B and |\|00B

 

6. Noob is completely destroyed.

 

7. Fleebah takes over the state noob was in previously.

 

8. end of the world

[iwatake]

And then they'll just make another word to use for the same purpose.

[Snapdagon]

I thought I made it clear that I wasn't serious about n00b actually being censored.

 

 

 

This is a complaining rant about how people are idiots and "n00b" is overused. Not "OMG FIX THIS NAO JAGEX!"

[duncdar2]

I thought I made it clear that I wasn't serious about n00b actually being censored.

 

 

 

This is a complaining rant about how people are idiots and "n00b" is overused. Not "OMG FIX THIS NAO JAGEX!"

u ignorrant bastard