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What it means to be a noob

The Eccentric Gamer writes: "The word noob runs rampant throughout the gaming community. If you have ever played an online game you have probably been called a noob over 8 billion times per match and you have at one stage or the other called someone a noob, probably using the word incorrectly.

We explore the word and its meaning on the internet and more importantly gaming, how it evolved and how it is used today."

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Sillicur3415d ago

Hahhaha yes, funny article. Though I do see it used a ton and incorrectly at that! Very interesting

CptEccentric3415d ago

Indeed! We should all learn to help noobs as well. That is the basis of my next article actually!

iNFAMOUZ13415d ago

when you write articles about best beards etc.

CptEccentric3415d ago

Haha, the best beards on gaming characters has to be a winner man, it had to be done.

Next up, I might do an article on cats dressed as Mario Bro characters or even Gaming Industry personalities best beards! Only the voices in my head really know

Snookies123415d ago

Are the voices in your head voiced by Troy Baker?

caseh3415d ago

Hah the last picture in the article:

someone who is worse than you = noob
someone who is better = no life

Nailed it, no lifer may also be called a virgin. Being good on a game means you have never had a sexual encounter.

You should write another article x number of things I've learned from playing online.

CptEccentric3415d ago

That is actually a very good idea. Thank you and thank you for your support!

I will be writing an article about giving noobs a helping hand very soon, already in the works. It does contain what i have learned from playing online games as well :)

CptEccentric3415d ago

@snookies12

No actually, Trey Parker is helped out by Chris Hardwick from The Talking Dead :)

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Two Decades Later, the Original Splinter Cell is Still a Masterpiece

They don't make games like this anymore.

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vgvill5d ago

Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.

Jingsing5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.

TheProfessional5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.

rlow15d ago

I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.

vgvill5d ago

They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.

PrecursorOrb5d ago

Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company

Chocoburger4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.

Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast10d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk10d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast10d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk10d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac10d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk10d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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