POLL ADDED:2012 New Player of the Year Award

[squishyg]

El_Jefe

[DoomYoshi]

El_Jefe

Sorry, I don't think he qualifies for two reasons.

[Funkyterrance]

El_Jefe

Kiss up.

[GeneralRisk]

I vote for Flunkyterrence

[betiko]

how is that question noobish? I never noticed before that asian eastern connections were so different to the actual board game... haven't played the real risk game for years. kudos to that guy.

[DoomYoshi]

how is that question noobish? I never noticed before that asian eastern connections were so different to the actual board game... haven't played the real risk game for years. kudos to that guy.

Newb in this context refers to "new player".

[DoomYoshi]

Am I the only one that realizes that newb isn't an insult if it's true? Calling someone who started playing yesterday a noob is not an insult. Conversely, if someone is a newb in the insult sense, then they are by definition not actually a newb, and don't qualify for nominations here.

[betiko]

Am I the only one that realizes that newb isn't an insult if it's true? Calling someone who started playing yesterday a noob is not an insult. Conversely, if someone is a newb in the insult sense, then they are by definition not actually a newb, and don't qualify for nominations here.

so is it about witty comments by newcommers? by the way doom, did you notice before this thing about asia? have you had a look at the actual risk map? pretty crazy to see how we're formatted to the cc classic map now..

[DoomYoshi]

Nobody noticed it. It can be about anything. As long as a player is a) new, which I take to mean joined since Oct 2011 and either b) contributed to the site in a meaningful way or c) is an amazing player.

We are not making fun of the bishop. We are saying he is a great player.

[Funkyterrance]

Am I the only one that realizes that newb isn't an insult if it's true? Calling someone who started playing yesterday a noob is not an insult. Conversely, if someone is a newb in the insult sense, then they are by definition not actually a newb, and don't qualify for nominations here.

I've played a few online games in my day and noob is not a nice word, even if you've just started. It's generally considered a slur.

[generalhead]

I vote Funkyterrance for noob of the year

[Funkyterrance]

Oh hell yeah, I've got this one in the bag!

[macbone]

That's a fantastic catch! I wonder if it was intentional when the Classic map was first created long, long ago to leave that connection out or not. The Classic map was a revamp of Classic Shapes, which was a replacement for the original Classic map (but that was before my time) =).

[betiko]

That's a fantastic catch! I wonder if it was intentional when the Classic map was first created long, long ago to leave that connection out or not. The Classic map was a revamp of Classic Shapes, which was a replacement for the original Classic map (but that was before my time) =).

copyright issues? I doubt they would fail to see the real connections from the original game or forget about them... maybe to be safer they needed a little modification on the map itself, not just changing regions to capitals..

[DoomYoshi]

Am I the only one that realizes that newb isn't an insult if it's true? Calling someone who started playing yesterday a noob is not an insult. Conversely, if someone is a newb in the insult sense, then they are by definition not actually a newb, and don't qualify for nominations here.

I've played a few online games in my day and noob is not a nice word, even if you've just started. It's generally considered a slur.

Well that's because Men have been Pussified. It's about as much of a slur as douchebag. It's only offensive if it's not true.