Let's face it, if you get a popular game for Christmas, chances are you'll get called a "Christmas noob" [u]a lot[/u]. This is actually very true because these new players are inexperienced and must learn while up against players who know the game well. But alas, there is often a diamond in the rough that is often missed here. And, ladies and gentlemen, I think I've found the "Christmas pro". I was playing Titanfall 2 just a few days ago. The day after Christmas, in fact. I was mostly on to pwn the fresh batch of Christmas noobs, as is the usual annually in online games. Titanfall 2 is obviously one of the most received games for Christmas as a gift this year, right up there with contenders such as Battlefield 1, COD: Infinite Warfare, and COD4: Modern Warfare Remastered. So of course, the batch of Christmas noobs is pretty big. So I'm playing Titanfall 2, and this one match turned out great. I did pretty well and placed in the top 3. What shocked me was that I was in 2nd place: right behind a "Christmas noob". I later invited him to a party and asked if we could play together. He agreed, and that's when I got to learn more about him. He was 14, almost 15, and had just received Titanfall 2 for Christmas. He had beaten the campaign relatively quick and dove right into the multiplayer action. When I asked him how the hell he was so good despite getting the game just a few days ago, he replied "I don't know, man, it just comes naturally. One thing's for sure, though: I'm in love with this game." Apparently he had only played a bit of the original Titanfall, further evidence of his surprising inexperience. We played until 5 a.m. that night. We dominated left, right, up, and down, rarely ever losing, and when we did, our opponents barely eked out victory. We placed in top 3 every game as well. At the end of the night, despite him being so young, I knew I had found my new Titanfall buddy (insert Herbert the Pervert meme here). It's been a few days and the kid has already regenerated (the Titanfall equivalent to prestiging). I cannot hope to describe him as a Christmas noob at this point. Let his story be a lesson that not every kid who gets a game for Christmas has to be a Christmas noob. Look for the diamond in the rough, and if you don't, it'll come to you: in the form of taking your spot in the top 3. I messaged the kid today, congratulating him on his speed regeneration and thanking him for being such an awesome guy to play with. He then replied with the following. "Thanks man, that means a lot to me. You know, the first lobby I went into when I first started playing the multiplayer, this one guy was on his mic and pointed me out as a Christmas noob. He then followed me around the whole match, doing nothing but cracking jokes and teasing me about my inexperience. I guess from that point on I just got that 'I'll show you.' attitude. The fact that I got so good at this game so fast astonishes even me, looking back on it. Look, it's cool that you've been there to support me and play with me and win with me, but there's just one issue that still needs to be cleared up." I asked the kid what the issue was and he simply said:[spoiler][b][i][u]"Imma need about tree fiddy."[/u][/i][/b] All I could think of in my mind was, well, [url=https://youtu.be/aQUj1NfvMbw]this.[/url][/spoiler] TL;DR: don't judge a player by their inexperience. You might get your spot stolen on the leaderboard.