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fishclimb
Apr 24, 2009, 10:41 PM
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So I heard this term used by one of my students the other day. We had a disagreement on what the term meant so I looked it up in Urban Dictionary.com.
These are the results:
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.
Nube: Someone so pittiful and idiotic the they have not even the megar skills to be titled a noob, they are now a nube
Mainly I've seen it spelled noob. So unless the vets on here are total Richards, they are misspelling it. However, I wear my label NEWB proudly.
But when do I lose my rookie status? I've been leading 5.7 trad for a year and onsighted 3 5.8s this week. Wait......I just decided. I'm not one anymore.
Climb on my comrades
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coolcat83
Apr 24, 2009, 10:44 PM
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fishclimb wrote: So I heard this term used by one of my students the other day. We had a disagreement on what the term meant so I looked it up in Urban Dictionary.com. These are the results: 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. Nube: Someone so pittiful and idiotic the they have not even the megar skills to be titled a noob, they are now a nube Mainly I've seen it spelled noob. So unless the vets on here are total Richards, they are misspelling it. However, I wear my label NEWB proudly. But when do I lose my rookie status? I've been leading 5.7 trad for a year and onsighted 3 5.8s this week. Wait......I just decided. I'm not one anymore. Climb on my comrades
i believe deciding to announce you are not a noob, newb, or nube, knocks you down a level back to noob/new/nube status
not saying i'm not one either
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Tree_wrangler
Apr 24, 2009, 10:45 PM
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Yes, but you only have 8 posts on RC.com.
It's not intuitive, but whether you are a newb, nube, noob or whatever depends solely on how much you sit in front of a computer at home talking about climbing. It has very little to do with actually using your feet, hands, and skills to climb real rocks.
You will cease to be a newb, noob, nube at about 500-100 posts or so. I'm still working on it.
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styndall
Apr 24, 2009, 10:48 PM
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Tree_wrangler wrote: Yes, but you only have 8 posts on RC.com. It's not intuitive, but whether you are a newb, nube, noob or whatever depends solely on how much you sit in front of a computer at home talking about climbing. It has very little to do with actually using your feet, hands, and skills to climb real rocks. You will cease to be a newb, noob, nube at about 500-100 posts or so. I'm still working on it.
I'd figure that time registered beats post count. Otherwise, someone could register, pull a wildtrail and rack up 10k posts in six months, and be king of the old guard.
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fishclimb
Apr 24, 2009, 10:51 PM
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Damn!!
I thought I was gaining confidence, ability, foresight and knowledge!!
I don't want to be a newb anymore. I've read a lot of books. I spend about 43 hrs a week lurking here. Do I need to start bouldering or something?
Oh! I just got it. I only own 1 climbing video. I need to buy more videos.
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Tree_wrangler
Apr 24, 2009, 10:55 PM
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In reply to: I'd figure that time registered beats post count. Otherwise, someone could register, pull a wildtrail and rack up 10k posts in six months, and be king of the old guard.
Hah! That's like saying that being 50 with 10 climbs under your belt gives you more experience than being 20 with 500 climbs under your belt.
I concede the "title" to the 15 year old computer geek who stays up all night posting, and has no job, kids, or responsibilities. I just can't compete with that kind of talent.
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desertwanderer81
Apr 24, 2009, 10:56 PM
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I prefer:
You suck.
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coolcat83
Apr 24, 2009, 11:01 PM
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fishclimb wrote: Damn!! I thought I was gaining confidence, ability, foresight and knowledge!! I don't want to be a newb anymore. I've read a lot of books. I spend about 43 hrs a week lurking here. Do I need to start bouldering or something? Oh! I just got it. I only own 1 climbing video. I need to buy more videos.
43? 43!?!? do you have a life or something? stop climbing and start talking about climbing more, that's the problem, everyone knows your onsight level is directly proportional to your post count, let me lay it out for you
onsight=(post count)(days spent on rc.com-days spent climbing)/0.4356789320
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Tree_wrangler
Apr 24, 2009, 11:04 PM
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In reply to: I thought I was gaining confidence, ability, foresight and knowledge!!
All good, yet you have not yet found enlightenment. In time, grasshopper.
In reply to: Do I need to start bouldering or something?
You've made a breakthrough, but that's still too "real world" to count. To find enlightenment and become a master, you must move past the climbing (to the computer).
In reply to: Oh! I just got it. I only own 1 climbing video. I need to buy more videos.
Yes. And lots of pointless gear like "crashpads", styley chalk bags, "climbing" clothes that are designed to entice the opposite sex (but not for climbing), how-to books that you memorize, but never utilize, lots of out-of-shape friends that talk you out of rising early to hit the crag at daybreak, a high maintenance girlfriend with long nails that cannot be damaged by the outdoors.
You're getting there. You just need to spend more time on the couch. It works better if you do it drunk with friends, slandering professional climbers as "posers".
Good luck in your quest!
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fishclimb
Apr 24, 2009, 11:19 PM
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So you mean to tell me that those PRANA capris I've been wearing only to get coffee at starbucks in, is the only thing I've been doing right?
And I do love my capris, g o d ......they r soooo metro.
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brownie710
Apr 24, 2009, 11:33 PM
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just when i thought this site was full of useless posts...it's confirmed.. i'd say that arguing about how to spell noob or who has more posts makes for bullshit posts
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kriso9tails
Apr 25, 2009, 12:17 AM
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fishclimb wrote: So I heard this term used by one of my students the other day. We had a disagreement on what the term meant so I looked it up in Urban Dictionary.com.
That was your first mistake. All of the spelling variants still share the same etymological origin. If some people want to draw their own distinctions based on the variations in spelling then that's their business, but n00b is 1337 for newb which is short for newbie which is Latin for fishclimb... so STFU n00b!
By the way, congrats on the onsights.
[edit: to be clear, I was being sincere on that last line]
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bill413
Apr 25, 2009, 2:02 AM
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And here I thought that "noob" meant please cease and desist what you are doing, aid me totally to my advantage whatever the cost to you, and be quick about it.
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Tree_wrangler
Apr 25, 2009, 2:40 AM
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I have to say, that I find it utterly, stupendously, depressingly, amazing that there are participants of this thread who actually think there is some sort of serious discussion occurring here.
And for the record, humor isn't bullshit.
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fishclimb
Apr 25, 2009, 2:44 AM
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In reply to: n00b is 1337 for newb which is short for newbie which is Latin for fishclimb...
Stings the Nostrils.
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Terry2124
Apr 25, 2009, 5:21 AM
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Instead of calling them a noob, nub, newb or whatever just call them an "Idiot", they will get the message quick and learn much better.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Apr 25, 2009, 1:08 PM
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Tree_wrangler wrote: Yes, but you only have 8 posts on RC.com. It's not intuitive, but whether you are a newb, nube, noob or whatever depends solely on how much you sit in front of a computer at home talking about climbing. It has very little to do with actually using your feet, hands, and skills to climb real rocks. You will cease to be a newb, noob, nube at about 500-100 posts or so. I'm still working on it.
Your getting there. A few more PCI's like this and you'll have it.
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bill413
Apr 25, 2009, 11:09 PM
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brownie710 wrote: just when i thought this site was full of useless posts...it's confirmed.. i'd say that arguing about how to spell noob or who has more posts makes for bullshit posts
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Apr 25, 2009, 11:13 PM
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fishclimb wrote: ...But when do I lose my rookie status? I've been leading 5.7 trad for a year and onsighted 3 5.8s this week...
Not yet, n00b.
Curt
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kriso9tails
Apr 26, 2009, 12:24 AM
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fishclimb wrote: In reply to: n00b is 1337 for newb which is short for newbie which is Latin for fishclimb... Stings the Nostrils.
That's probably just from the pungent aroma of truthiness.
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Jeremy165
May 3, 2009, 5:06 PM
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Tree_wrangler wrote: Yes, but you only have 8 posts on RC.com. It's not intuitive, but whether you are a newb, nube, noob or whatever depends solely on how much you sit in front of a computer at home talking about climbing. It has very little to do with actually using your feet, hands, and skills to climb real rocks. You will cease to be a newb, noob, nube at about 500-100 posts or so. I'm still working on it.
The above post was obviously a joke but there's some truth to that on this forum.
This is one of the things that really annoys me about rc.com. I hate when a newer unexperienced climber posts their serious question and the first reply to the post is one word "troll."
Or the use of n00b, newb, nube, boon... Its like grade school name calling.
Lastly, you're climbing ability is gauged by the number of postings you've made on rc.com? I think its possible for someone that is removed from the world of computers and online forums and actually spends time on the rock to have climbed hundreds of routes before ever posting on rc.com. Would they still be n00b then?
Anyway, just think its worse than spraying because you're alienating the sport's new blood.
Now waiting for the responses to come my way - troll, newb, only his x post...
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pfwein
May 3, 2009, 6:04 PM
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fishclimb wrote: But when do I lose my rookie status? I've been leading 5.7 trad for a year and onsighted 3 5.8s this week. Wait......I just decided. I'm not one anymore.
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bill413
May 3, 2009, 9:27 PM
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Jeremy165 wrote: Lastly, you're climbing ability is gauged by the number of postings you've made on rc.com? I think its possible for someone that is removed from the world of computers and online forums and actually spends time on the rock to have climbed hundreds of routes before ever posting on rc.com. Would they still be n00b then?
Well, for the purposes of RC.com - yep, still a noob.
For climbing at their crag....maybe not.
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