What is "newb"

I have always wondered why the word "newb" and it's variation has pratically become an insult? I remembered it WAS used to designate a person new to the game.

I don't know why some people feel insulted when they're called newb. To me it means nothing to be called a newb.

Like when you do something accidental in diablo like blocking the way in maggot, you get called newb... Or when you kill someone in a duel, they call you a newb while the term means someone new to the game.

A newb is someone who has just started something. I'll use basketball as an example. If you are just playing basketball for the first time, chances are, you suck. Your new at the game. The d2 players, when they first start out and have no idea what everything is, usually suck pretty badly (bad builds, ect...). By calling you a newb, noob, n00b, or whatever, they are implying that your playing skills/build is comparable to some ass who doesn't even know how to play the game.

lol sov u sound like a fuckin dictionary...thats why i give u the WEBSTERS DICTIONARY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE! lol

I know that Sov, but what i want to know is why newb has become an insult. I'm not exactly a newb at D2 but still get called newb, i'm sure all of you here have been called newb once while you're not really one.

People new to certain activities tend to suck. When someone calls you a newb, they are really saying you suck. I don't recall being told that I suck, albeit indirectly, can ever be a good thing. It's b.net lingo, I guess.

A newb is used alot when trading by ppl that try to get something for nothing or try to sell something for more than its worth its their form of insult in plying that you know nothing just like sov says a new person to the game.

I won't mind being called a noob for the pally I am building - it is my first. It might suck but that's fine, I can make another.

Though I play a lot I do not trade much so I am not experienced in making deals, so I might deserve the noob title there as well from time to time.

And, when it comes to bots and MH and things like that I am a total noob since I do not bot.

In games I usually don't call anyone a noob unless they are extremely annoying. Sometimes I go to free games to dump stuff and one asshole will be screaming FREE??? FREEE??? the entire time. They get the noob title.


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