Why are they still called n00bs by some people?
Because they're generally inexperienced. What separates them from newbies? Newbies generally try to learn and improve. "A Lanturn's outspeeding my Groudon, and Thundering my Rayquasa and Kyogre? Maybe I should try something different, like Flygon."
As opposed to n00bs: "u haked ur lantern, it cn't beet a kyorge groundun and ryqasa!!!!11! im stil beter!1!"