ChlKilt wrote:
indeed
the urban dictonary says:
comes in two variations, noob and newb.
Noob is meant as an offensive term towards someone who is not nessicarily new, and quite often is directed at someone that is |somewhat| experienced but at the same time stupid/disruptive and/or totally incapable of learning.
A noob is almost always someone who thinks they're cool but obviously aren't. Also used in 1337speak.
see also: n00b, nub, ch00b, n00bo, n00blet.
Newb is not meant to be offensive. newb merely states that the person in question is new to the game/board/whatever.
Now thats out of the way, we can conclude that we are speaking about newbs who are lazy or incapable of finding his way through this website, so help those with pointing out that they can find the answers them selfs and dont answer the question. otherwise they keep spamming those "stupid" questions.
Also i think when you see a NEWBS question and you are irritated by it, ignore it and dont call names and that kinda #@$% It supposed to be a fun, interactive game and just pls keep the "fun" in.
Grtzz
There are newbs (good), noobs (bad), and then there are people who want you to do their homework for them, instead of looking for themselves. As to the original question "are people really dumb??", the answer is no. Either they are smart (having you do their investigation), Lazy (can't be bothered to look up info), or really have no idea on how to use the search features offered here. I only rate people down if they persist in their questioning after being instructed in how to use the search feature.
The questions are always the same:
"Where do I find herbs?"
"Where do I find mines?"
"Where do I find heavy leather?"
"Where are trainers?"
"Where do I find recipies?"
"Where should I fish?"
In general, if the question involves "where" or "who", then the proper answer should be "use the search feature", rather than doing the work for them. The answers are here, and I see no need to do anything for them beyond telling them how to search for the information.