Shall we Add: "n00b friendly" to our server name?

[Sparko]

I voted no, mainly because I hate the word noob, and because in the gaming world I see it as a 'swear word', but that's my own opinion , New players welcome or beginners welcome should entice the same audience

[Gone_Away]

so many sarcastic thoughts come to mind..

[Gone_Away]

OK.. since the decision is split..

 dMw UK -Conquest-/Metro/Bazaar/Seine-FREE.BEER

Is the new server name. Let me know your thoughts...

[TwoBad]

7 vs 11 is a split decision... and you voted with the 7, right?  You can tell you’re in management :narnar:

[Penfold]

Is there a particular issue with using the words 'beginner friendly' or 'new players welcome' ?

Personally I think it's a great idea to encourage new players in but I'm not sure 'n00b' just doesn't have too many negative connotations.

[TeaLeaf]

I'm with the others in terms of being against use of the word noob, because:

Noob is often confused with the term Newb (as has been done already by someone in this thread).

Newb means new to the game, inexperienced, but these players tend to be more mature and strive to become better.

Noob refers to people who have played the game for a while but are acting in an obnoxious way, without regard for rules or a sense of fair play, are enjoying themselves in-game to the detriment of others enjoyment (i.e. being selfish) and lack the most important skill of all, teamwork.

...and that is why I would not like to see 'Noob' in our server name.  We should if anything be attracting newbies to our server, but I would definitely not want dMw to become a home for noobs.

[Gone_Away]

Is there a particular issue with using the words 'beginner friendly' or 'new players welcome' ?

Personally I think it's a great idea to encourage new players in but I'm not sure 'n00b' just doesn't have too many negative connotations.

Yes due to size limitations.

[Gone_Away]

Everyone seems to have focused on the single word "noob" and have missed out the "friendly" bit. But none the less, the active BF3 gamers have spoken and I'm comfortable with the decision. We will not put "noob friendly" in the server name.

Thanks for all who participated in the vote and thanks also to the non-bf3 players for their contributions.

NF

[Penfold]

How about re-running the poll and asking about - "newb friendly"? it's the same number of letters and, from the look of things, the result would be totally different

[Vargen]

I hate the very existence of the "word" n00b. I would not oppose using Beginner or similar words, as our servers are beginner friendly in the sense that we don't allow base rape and we try to keep the teams even.

[Chaosphere]

Regardless of the wording, its hard to justify calling a server frequented by mainly 40+s a new player server

Yes they're welcome, but they won't have any fun