lobo: lol... from dah begin' of dat poste I had disz "Britush" soundin' like acent in mah headz. Figure where dat come from? (Mark Twain = creator of all l33t talk)

But to answer your q about the word "n e w b" or just "n 0 0 b", people were/do use it to discriminate against new players, regaurdless of their posts.

So, some admin got tired of it and banned the word all together.

I've seen the 3 button option in other games before... not sure if that'd help, but since the problem with people hitting them to gain levels is fixed, I don't see what's wrong with it.

I guess the biggest issue would be making the game too easy for button masheres (you want people to learn their moves instead of just mashing buttons after all).