http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie

Apparently (see reference above), noob is normally an insult when applied to a gamer, specifically someone in one of the various virtual reality settings.

I didn't really intend it as such, as this BBS is not a MMPRPG. Rather, it was a gentle poke at a newb who was too busy spewing to even read the rather old bye-bye thread to which he was posting. In that context, there's no doubt of the noob status.

And events since then seem to be reinforcing the original accidental connotations.

I'm a little late doing this myself, but perhaps we should all just simply ignore the troll until it settles down some?

Cheers