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  • Poll [18 votes]: Is the Newb Combo for Newbs?........and why!
Subject: ~The Real Deal With the NewB CoMBo~
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Poll: Is the Newb Combo for Newbs?........and why!  [closed]
Yes:  44%
(8 Votes)
No:  44%
(8 Votes)
I am a newb :  0%
(0 Votes)
What's a newb combo?:  11%
(2 Votes)
Total Votes: 18

Alright so I hear the -blam!- all the time, "if you use the newb combo obviously you're a newb" or "if you don't use the newb combo you're the newb." Let's settle this dispute for good. Vote and then explain why you feel the way you do.

  • 05.16.2007 1:01 PM PDT
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It is, but there is nothing wrong with using it after the other team used it

  • 05.16.2007 1:02 PM PDT
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lol, so only if they go newb is it o.k. for you to go newb?

  • 05.16.2007 1:03 PM PDT

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The newb combo is called the newb combo because it lets newbs get kills easily. It is not the noob combo in Halo: Combat Evolved or Halo 3 because the plasma pistol and headshot weapon took skill to use. While in Halo 2, they are incredibly easy to land shots with.

  • 05.16.2007 1:04 PM PDT
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what about the sword then? it's easier to get kills with than the newb combo yet you don't hear anyone (besides my brothers) running around screaming newb stick!!!!

  • 05.16.2007 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: WildBoyz7
what about the sword then? it's easier to get kills with than the newb combo yet you don't hear anyone (besides my brothers) running around screaming newb stick!!!!


I wouldn't consider the sword a 'newb' weapon, if your really think about it, it isn't

[Edited on 05.16.2007 1:08 PM PDT]

  • 05.16.2007 1:08 PM PDT
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I like to noob it noob it, too. lol

Anyways, I play this game because it simulates warfare and it's an FPS (my fav). I play anything goes (except cheats). If it was real, people would be picking those weapons up and shooting at you. Plus, if someone uses the combo and you hand their rear quarters back to them on a silver platter without using the combo, well, then I guess your good.

I consider myself a striker, first wave - head 2 head combat, so I pick up anything I think will give me an advantage over my opponent. If they are too good for Plasma Pistols, we'll see who comes out the winner.

  • 05.16.2007 3:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: RL King
It is, but there is nothing wrong with using it after the other team used it


Dumbest thing I've evr heard.

Its okay to use whenever you want. It doesn't determine your skill.

However, when I out BR newb combo, they usually get told how I feel about their skill.

  • 05.16.2007 3:20 PM PDT
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i love how people call it noob combo when if you have been in the high 30s or low 40s it is like a race to the PP because it gives easy kills/easy win. not really nooby at all because people who arent noobs also use it.

  • 05.16.2007 3:25 PM PDT
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The only one that bugs me is Plasma pistol and Battle Rifle in Halo 2.

  • 05.16.2007 4:27 PM PDT
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I don't really mind the PP/BR, only time i do is Team Slayer BR on Sanctuary or something and its a good game but theres that one kid that keeps getting raped so he has to get the combo just so he can get a kill being he couldn't get one otherwise...

[Edited on 05.16.2007 4:46 PM PDT]

  • 05.16.2007 4:46 PM PDT
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who cares...it there use it...just as dumb as bragging about a kill with a rocket launcher, sword or shotty. like if it takes less than 1 shot your gonna complain.

  • 05.16.2007 5:12 PM PDT