History Main / NewbieBoom

* There are die-hard ''StarFox'' series fans who still don't realize ''Star Fox 64'' wasn't the first game in the series. Then there was another batch of fans who [[DoubleEntendre came]] with ''Star Fox Adventures'', and brought the most divisive issue in the fandom to date -- [[BrokenBase old guard vs. Krystal fans]].

* Consequently, ''GurrenLagann'' introduced the SuperRobot genre [[{{Reconstruction}} done right]] to many fans.

** [[RunningGag Why does everyone here talk about f***ing weird endings and symbolism?]

** [[RunningGag Why does everyone here talk about f***ing weird endings and symbolism?]]

* With the announcement of the ''{{Watchmen}}'' film, the fan community swelled to massive sizes as people swarmed to read the originaly novel and became enraptured. This fandom has increased even more so today, due to the film's release.

** [[RunningGag Why does everyone here talk about f***ing wierd endings and symbolism?]]

** [[RunningGag Why does everyone here talk about wierd endings and symbolism?]]

* ''HarryPotter'' fans that read ''The Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone'' '''before''' ''The Chamber of Secrets'' came out are hard to find. The real Newbie Boom occurred between the release of ''Chamber of Secrets'' and ''Prisoner Of Azkaban'' and then another between that and ''Goblet of Fire''. By ''Order of The Phoenix'' most people were on board.

** As with many other fandoms the movies coming out also led to this.

* ZeroPunctuation gave The Escapist a huge boom in members.
* EternalSeptember brought many onto the Internet.
* FanFiction first became big with the opening of [[http://www.fanfiction.net FanFiction.net]].
* [[TVTropes This wiki]] gets a Newbie Boom each time an outside community links in. XKCD linked here once and killed the server for part of a day.
* Some 4chan users think this happened after the Scientology protests. The general mindset being ItsPopularNowItSucks.
** This isn't the first time this has happened to 4chan. In 2006, 4chan got e-famous for spam raids of Habbo Hotel, Ebaumsworld and other sites which led to a massive influx of new users. Guess what the response of the users who had been there since 2003-2005 was?
*** To give yourself an idea: post-2005 users are called "THE CANCER THAT IS KILLING /b/" (in all caps).
** I think EncyclopediaDramatica is to blame here.
** Then again, 4chan was never good. Particularly not /b/. Ask any user there, if you doubt.

* On [[DatingSim renai game]] forums around the time when several originally-in-English dating sims were popular on Newgrounds there was constant conflict between the few people who had imported and learned to read untranslated games, and the many people who were wondering why so few Safe For Work games were in English (especially if they were looking for looking for [[GenderFlip otome games]] ).
* The success of the 80s era ''StarTrek'' movies exponentially increased the number of Trek fans and led not to remake, but to a sequel series ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. It, in turn, exponentially increased the Trek fanbase even further.
** Perhaps a better example is the 2009 Star Trek reboot film, which for the first time, made the franchise accessible to mainstream audiences. However, the newbie boom that resulted caused many newcomer fans to discover the old TV shows weren't quite the same as the movie--and may not have aged very well.

* ''{{Team Fortress 2}}'' gets this every two months or so. Each time a new class pack hits, there's usually a [=TF2=] free weekend, so you see a lot of newbies on the weekend, and more people in the weeks afterwards who bought the game because of the free weekend. Even when there are no free weekends, the people who come back to [=TF2=] just to test out the new weapons swell server populations immensely.
** Similar case for ''Left4Dead''. For one day, Valve is allowing anyone to download the game and try it out for free. Many players who had the game for a while are already complaining about the wave of new players flooding in and ruining their fun. They are also complaining about the same thing when Valve announced they would sell the game 40% off the original price for the weekend.
* This happened to ''TheLegendOfZelda'' after ''Ocarina of Time'' was released. It got so bad that a sizeable portion of the younger fans kept referring to ''Majora's Mask'' as "Zelda 2," apparently not realizing that there were ''four'' games in the series before ''[=OoT=].''
** Happens regularly with Nintendo games, especially those that went on generation-long hiatuses. You'd be hard pressed to find a person under 13 aware that the ''Metroid'' series existed before ''Prime''. This sometimes gets so bad that people refer to ''Metroid Prime 2'' as "Metroid II," which is a completely different game.
* Apparently, a lot of people think that the ''FinalFantasy'' series started with VII, because for many people, it was the first Final Fantasy game, or first RPG ever.

* On GameFAQs, this happens during the Christmas season or near it when a big game is released and all the new players flood the boards asking things that many of the new experienced players already know about and expect everyone else to.
* A one-time boom happened in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series, after the release of ''Sonic Adventure 2'' .

* People who became fans of Marilyn Manson when the cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" got heavy rotation on {{MTV}} were a great irritation to fans who had been following the group for several years before that song/video was released. They were known to old-school fans as "Sweet Dreamers," and Manson himself would often follow up live performances of the song with "All you kids can go home now."
* The ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' light novel fandom got a doubling or tripling in size as soon as the anime came out. It would only increase after the dub of the series was announced.
* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' vs. the original RTS series. While the original wasn't exactly obscure among gamers, it was nowhere near the WOW phenomenon.
* Most mangas get this once they are turned into anime; SoulEater, for instance. After said anime are dubbed, this happens again, as in the SuzumiyaHaruhi example above.

* MSPaintAdventures started having a massive increase in readership from around the end of ''ProblemSleuth'' to the first two act of ''{{Homestuck}}''.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' after the series was aired on AdultSwim.

* People who became fans of Marilyn anson when the cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" got heavy rotation on {{MTV}} were a great irritation to fans who had been following the group for several years before that song/video was released. They were known to old-school fans as "Sweet Dreamers," and Manson himself would often follow up live performances of the song with "All you kids can go home now."

* A one-time boom happened in the SonicTheHedgehog series, after the release of ''Sonic Adventure 2'' .
* {{Harry Potter}} fans that read ''The Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone'' '''before''' ''The Chamber of Secrets'' came out are hard to find. The real {{Newbie Boom}} occurred between the release of ''Chamber of Secrets'' and ''Prisoner Of Azkaban'' and then another between that and ''Goblet of Fire''. By ''Order of The Phoenix'' most people were on board.

* People who became fans of {{Marilyn Manson}} when the cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" got heavy rotation on {{MTV}} were a great irritation to fans who had been following the group for several years before that song/video was released. They were known to old-school fans as "Sweet Dreamers," and Manson himself would often follow up live performances of the song with "All you kids can go home now."

* WorldOfWarcraft vs. the original RTS series. While the original wasn't exactly obscure among gamers, it was nowhere near the WOW phenomenon.

*MSPaintAdventures started having a massive increase in readership from around the end of ProblemSleuth to the first two act of Homestuck.

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* People who were fans of {{Marilyn Manson}} before the cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" got heavy rotation on {{MTV}} were a great irritation to fans who had been following the group for several years before that song/video was released. They were known to old-school fans as "Sweet Dreamers," and Manson himself would often follow up live performances of the song with "All you kids can go home now."