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'Noob' could be the millionth English word

'Noob' could well be the millionth word in the English language – a milestone set to be reached within the coming weeks.

The news comes directly from the Global Language Monitor that estimates the millionth word in the English language is set to arrive on June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, British Summer Time.

Approximately!

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Diselage5487d ago

Good to see the gaming culture getting it's word put in. Makes me so proud of all of us.

jessehaysfl5487d ago

really? really? noob makes you proud?......ahhh just giving shiat

Diselage5487d ago

Well I'll raise my hand next time though so everyone can tell I'm being sarcastic.

jessehaysfl5487d ago

yeah thats one of the crappy things about the interwebs I was also trying to be funny. I failed.

theKiller5487d ago

what does NOOB mean exactly??

jessehaysfl5487d ago

@the killer

From my post below

evolution

i remember back in my D1 battledotnet days when it was "new bee" then
"newb" now its "noob" ............damn I feel old it was only like twelve years ago.... "assays are teh hottness essays." -edit

7thNightvolley5487d ago

noob is word describing someone with less or no skill in a particular endeavor

he is a noob (has no skill)

Ellessdee5487d ago

i thought noob ment your a rookie in a game. like you just started playing so your not good at it yet. you know 'new'b. what if you just suck at a game but you've been playing it for months, would you still be a noob? like, if somebody that plays god of war can only beat the game on easy mode, but they've played through it a dozen times, do they still constitute as a noob?

anyways, back on topic, i dont think internet slang should be counted as a real word just because its popular. i mean, what would happen to the english language if words like 'lol' and 'omg' became real terms? disaster, thats what.

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koehler835487d ago

Ironic that such a lingual milestone would be occupied by the word 'Noob'

Gun_Senshi5487d ago

I can use the world noob in assays soon!

Daoshai5487d ago

do you mean essays? because I don't think you can put a noob in an assay, well not legally atleast

agentace5487d ago

lol you moan at him for spelling essays wrong but didnt notice he spelt word wrong aswell, what a n00b

ReTarDedFisHy5487d ago

Can't wait to use it in my English class orals or term papers.

PirateThom5487d ago

"Duncan was a noob, he totally got pwned by Macbeth with the knife. I lol'd."

psiom5487d ago

Would be truly amazing one day to see pwn/borked etc make it into the dictory...stuff born out of keyboard typos

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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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vgvill3d ago

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

Jingsing3d ago (Edited 3d 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.

TheProfessional2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

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

rlow12d 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.

vgvill2d 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.

PrecursorOrb2d 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

Chocoburger2d ago (Edited 2d 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.

anast8d ago

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

Garethvk8d 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.

anast8d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk8d 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.

1nsomniac8d ago

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

Garethvk8d 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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