Noobs is Noobs - you were one, I was one, all of us at one time or another were noobs and as you well know, the game is much more interesting when all players are close in experience and/or skill, so sometimes I am not in a teaching mood and would rather play without noobs.
Also, new players QUIT - which is a BIG PROBLEM, you try to teach them the game and boom they bug out leaving an AI behind...not very enjoyable.
As to "snotty" sounding...I would rather be called a "noob" than a "newbie", the term is not meant to demean or belittle, it applies to new players here at Planet Mule - yes some have played over 1000 games on the C64, NES or Atari, but PlanetMule is NOT those platforms and there are differences that people need to learn before they get good.
The new players will lose the term "noob" as soon as they have sufficent games - until then....NOOBS it is.
