Hours don't necessarily tell if someone is a noob. For example, I probably wouldn't feel inclined to think of someone as a noob if he had 14 hours and 1036 pks and was in a decent family guild. However, if the same person with 14 hours had 64 pks and just joined SON, then one of my first thoughts would probably be "poor noob". Whatever your specialty is in Graal, you should be at least adequate at doing it. You don't have to be one of the top experts of it, but you should have a good idea of what you're doing. Asking for help doesn't make you a noob. But you shouldn't have to say "What is AA" or "Plz donate making gralats is too hard". If you're a pker, don't boost. If you're a sparrer, don't rage at every person you lose against and complain that the other person was lagging. If you're a gfx maker, don't steal graphics. If you're a farmer, don't set up a maze. If you're a bug catcher, don't whine when people take a bug that you wanted. If you're a towerer, don't be a hat chaser. And don't join SON. Some of those are really obvious, but they help to lessen how many people think you're a noob. Btw, standing in Graal City and roleplaying are not specialties. If that's what you spend most of you're time doing, you're most likely a noob. No, advertising dirty kik for 900 hours in Graal City doesn't do anything to get you out of noob status.