+Sharks-N-Beans Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Quote Link to comment
+coman123 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Once you draw blood due to a geocaching injury, you will no longer be a newbie But you must take that blood, an ammo can and 1 film canister to perform the ritual WHAT, you do not know about the Ritual ???? NEWBIE !!!!! Quote Link to comment
+kpanko Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 When you can take the cache from my hand, it will be time for you to leave. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Why are you asking?? I was called a newbie for a very long time, every time I offered an opinion someone didn't like. I haven't been called a newbie for a while. Now they just don't like my opinions for no reason. I'm really not sure what it matters. I guess after 100 finds you're not much of a newbie anymore. After 100 finds I was starting to figure it out. It's all relative, and I don't think it really matters. Quote Link to comment
+TerraViators Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I was called a newbie for a very long time, every time I offered an opinion someone didn't like.I haven't been called a newbie for a while. Now they just don't like my opinions for no reason. Greatness. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 You are a newbie exactly as long as it takes you to not be one. Combination of time, experience, travel, variety. When I started, getting to 100 finds made you some kind of Geocaching legend and experienced guru. These days that might take an afternoon. A few hundred finds these days likely leaves many in newbie territory. I'd say that caching in all seasons and a variety of weather is likely necessary for anybody to not be a newbie. But I'm not you. Quote Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 With those stats, I think it is safe to say we can now call you probie. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 To add to StarBrand's very Zen statement, when you no longer ask if you're a newbie, you're no longer a newbie. Quote Link to comment
+GeoGeeBee Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Newbieness is a state of mind. If you think you are, or you think you are not, you are correct. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi, my name is dfx, and I'm a newbie. Quote Link to comment
+MoonCatKDT & Peanut Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I'm still purely newbie. 216 finds since October and 3 hides. Until I feel confident enough to consider myself a non-newbie, i will keep the newb nametag!! Quote Link to comment
+YooperSnowman Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I have 250 finds and consider myself a newbie, especially when I dnf a 1/1. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi, my name is dfx, and I'm a newbie. Yeah, we've got a whole month and change on you. LOL n00b (Side note: until today, I thought your avatar was an old guy with a moustache at a turntable, not a penguin. Learn something new every day.) Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) To add to StarBrand's very Zen statement, when you no longer ask if you're a newbie, you're no longer a newbie. BINGO! Newbie is not a classification, but rather, a state of mind. Edited April 4, 2011 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote Link to comment
+RebelTJ Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have 250 finds and consider myself a newbie, especially when I dnf a 1/1. I'm not a newbie and DNFing a 1/1 is possible... When you get out there and find enough sneaky hides as I have, you begin to think that all hides are sneaky... I almost DNFed a bison hanging in plain sight on a wire fence, but luckily my girlfriend was there to pick up my slack... Oh, and the hide was this one: http://coord.info/GC2EP4X Quote Link to comment
+the4dirtydogs Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 You have to be given an atomic wedgie at an event with more than 27 people present before you are moved up from the Newbie status. Anyone who joined after me is a newbie. Just as I am a newbie to the people who joined before me. I really don't believe that but if I had to put a status on Newbieness that's what I would use to gauge the Newbieness of a Newbie. Get me. Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 See my log for this event. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Either way, you're still a noob. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 See my log for this event. That's too funny. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Newbieness is a state of mind. If you think you are, or you think you are not, you are correct.I agree with half of this. I'm sure forum regulars can all think of at least a couple examples of obvious newbies coming into the forums and offering up their solutions to "What's Wrong with Geocaching" as if they were experts on the subject. So, while if you think you are a newbie, you are, but if you think you aren't a newbie, you might just be delusional. Quote Link to comment
+ColoradoTrekker Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Some days, I am more of a newbie and some days less. All depends upon the day! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have 250 finds and consider myself a newbie, especially when I dnf a 1/1. Yup. I'm still a newbie. I DNFed a 1.5/2, 1.5/1 and a 1/1 last weekend. Not to mention the 1.5/1 DNF from the previous week. Next cacher couldn't find it either, so he threw down something nearby, and claimed a find. Being a newbie, I never thought of waiting until someone else threw down a throw down! That'll teach ne. Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Do finds define who is a newbie? You already have more finds than me. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+Sharks-N-Beans Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Do finds define who is a newbie? You already have more finds than me. El Diablo Now I'm curious, what got you to log a find today after 3 years? Quote Link to comment
+BaylorGrad Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I KNOOOW I'm still a newbie, even with 300+ finds and 9 hides. How do I know? Because I still do things like DNF a 1.5/1.5 REGULAR cache in the middle of an urban park. (The CO did a maintenance check the very next day--it's still there.) Repeating what everyone else has said--I won't be a newbie when I no longer feel like one. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Until you find at least two puzzles[unknown cache], you're still a newbie. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Once you draw blood due to a geocaching injury, you will no longer be a newbieYeah, then you're just relegated to the Dent-n-Scratch Bin. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Why are you asking?? I was called a newbie for a very long time, every time I offered an opinion someone didn't like. I haven't been called a newbie for a while. Now they just don't like my opinions for no reason. I'm really not sure what it matters. I guess after 100 finds you're not much of a newbie anymore. After 100 finds I was starting to figure it out. It's all relative, and I don't think it really matters. Okay I have to edit my reply. I just gave an opinion someone didn't like on a cache page and they berated me up one side and down the other saying, how dare I question their difficulty level on the cache when I've only been doing this two years (and only have found 1250 caches)?!?! So I guess every time I say something someone doesn't like, for the rest of my life, I'll still be a newbie. I guess it's supposed to be an insult. I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment
+Sharks-N-Beans Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Why are you asking?? I was called a newbie for a very long time, every time I offered an opinion someone didn't like. I haven't been called a newbie for a while. Now they just don't like my opinions for no reason. I'm really not sure what it matters. I guess after 100 finds you're not much of a newbie anymore. After 100 finds I was starting to figure it out. It's all relative, and I don't think it really matters. Okay I have to edit my reply. I just gave an opinion someone didn't like on a cache page and they berated me up one side and down the other saying, how dare I question their difficulty level on the cache when I've only been doing this two years (and only have found 1250 caches)?!?! So I guess every time I say something someone doesn't like, for the rest of my life, I'll still be a newbie. I guess it's supposed to be an insult. I'm not sure. That's funny. I never answered your original question (why do we care). It was originally a question that was spawned by another thread that was discussing if noobs should be allowed to hide a cache. Quote Link to comment
+KBLAST Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I think it's funny you posted this, S-n-B, cuz your multi is one of the caches on my "must do soon" list based on the feedback from the local geocachers that have attempted/found it! You are definitely no longer a newbie. End of discussion. Next topic please! Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? Why are you asking?? I was called a newbie for a very long time, every time I offered an opinion someone didn't like. I haven't been called a newbie for a while. Now they just don't like my opinions for no reason. I'm really not sure what it matters. I guess after 100 finds you're not much of a newbie anymore. After 100 finds I was starting to figure it out. It's all relative, and I don't think it really matters. Okay I have to edit my reply. I just gave an opinion someone didn't like on a cache page and they berated me up one side and down the other saying, how dare I question their difficulty level on the cache when I've only been doing this two years (and only have found 1250 caches)?!?! So I guess every time I say something someone doesn't like, for the rest of my life, I'll still be a newbie. I guess it's supposed to be an insult. I'm not sure. That's funny. I never answered your original question (why do we care). It was originally a question that was spawned by another thread that was discussing if noobs should be allowed to hide a cache. Well then I guess as long as I say things people don't like I can't hide caches. As of this month, seems I'm a newbie again. There goes the puzzle cache series I was planning. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Being called a newbie / noob says more about the person doing the calling than about you. Quote Link to comment
+docsigma Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I hope I'm always a newbie. I don't want this activity to ever feel "old" to me. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I've been caching five years, and I felt like a newbie until about 2 years ago... I would say it's relative. Depends on what kind of experiences you've had, and what you've gotten out of them. Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 So after 5 months, 300+ finds and one multi hide under our belts, are we officially non-newbies or do we need to experience the mud, bugs and folliage of spring and summer to graduate? I still claim to be a newbie... Quote Link to comment
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