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Nethaera:

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Well now I'm curious about two things.

First, being a noob myself (feel free to armory me -- yes, this is my main!), I was unaware until making this post that "noob" is a derogatory word. I guess I should have said "newcomers."

Second, had I said "newcomers" I wonder how the responses to my OP would have been different.

Aside from that, my only reason for making this post was conveyed most in the last two sentences of it and not in using the third word of the title.

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There are subtle differences in the way the term is used.

Generally a "noob" is someone with little skill. An alternate spelling of this is "newb".

A "newbie" is just someone new to the game.

Had you said "newcomers" it might have come off a little different, it's true. ;)

I knew what you were getting at but thought I'd head off the negative that can come from some word choices you made in your post.