Newbie

A newbie (written in 1337 as: n00b) is a newcomer to a particular field, the term being commonly used on the Internet, where it might refer to new, inexperienced, or ignorant users of a game, a newsgroup, an operating system or the Internet itself. The term is generally regarded as an insult, although in many cases more experienced/knowledgeable people use it in purposes of negative reinforcement, urging “newbies” to learn more about the field or area in question.

Variant spellings, such as newb, nub, nube, noob, n3wb, or n00b (in Leetspeak) are numerous and common in Internet use.

Use of Newbie and N00b on Gaia Online
A newbie is a new member of Gaia Online who does not beg for gold, asks for help in a respectful and a good manner, and attempts to use correct grammar and spelling. This is not the stereotypical so called n00b and they also follow the rules.

A n00b however uses chat speak aka n00b Talk in their posts and chooses to do that because it's faster.

Example of chatspeak: Omgz some1 jst gab mah 1ooG!1#113!!2

This is a common indication to other Gaians that you are a n00b. Not all cases of chatspeak will identify you as a newbie for this example:

Omg, some1 just gav me 100G!!

Spamming outside of chatterbox and demanding gold is a obvious identification of a n00b.

Example: Give me your gold now, dammit!

Being rude will make you have no friends and have the reputation as a n00b.

Calling someone a n00b may be considered Trolling and/or Flaming. Gaiapedia encourages readers not to call people a n00b. We are not held responsible if you get banned or warned.

Noob talk
An underground joke is "noob talk" or "NUB/NOB TALK". Noob talk is when an individual uses harsh spelling errors and terrible punctuation to insult noobs. A lot of "real" noob talk is found on games such as Gunbound, Ragnarok Online, Counter-Strike, and RuneScape. Also, there are many examples of noob talk on game-related websites, especially forums. An example of this dialect is "ITAM PLZ" (translated into "Items Please") (In Runescape, the higher leveled players usually use the term "PLX" or "PLOX" when imitating N00b Speak."). Other examples of "noob talk" is randomly shouting "i 4m t3h pWn!" and "t3h d00m!". Noob talk is mostly used to make fun of players who whine and ask for money or items. More advanced players might mockingly walk up to a low-level character and plead "moses plz!! or "i wnat godl! plz!?". Noob talk is fairly simple to grasp. The main characteristic of noob talk is to make numerous spelling mistakes and overuse common Internet slang. It is easy to discern between "real" noob talk and "joke" noob talk. In many ways, this is similar to the 1980s B1FF postings on Usenet.

Example of real "noob talk":
 * OMG LOLOLOLO U SUK!!!!!!!11
 * OMFG R U SERIUS??? <> IS SUCH A NEWBIEz0r$!!!1!!!11!!!1!

Example of joke "noob talk":
 * OMGWTFBBQ U SUK11oneone11!one
 * omfgkthxbai11one1+shift

Utilization of noob or n00b as an insult is very similar in act being called a troll; certain actions trigger someone's "noob" or "n00b" label, as a form of group insult.

Noob generally describes a player's current behavior rather than his level of game experience. Although apparently originating from reactions to the ignorance among new players, its usage extends to high-level players who act similarly, and invalid with new players who lack apparent foolishness. Someone online may call someone a "n00b", who offline would call him or her a loser or idiot.