N00bs, Novices and Grokers

The main difference between an expert game player and a novice game player is the amount of comprehension of a game.  A player is an expert if he/she has invested enough time in a game to have mastered all the basic “forms” or puzzles in the game and has a grasp of all he basic in game tools.  All games have rules and you are an expert if you understand and apply All of those rules to your gameplay.  There is no set time for this but gamers who have played a lot will grasp the basics of the game faster then less experienced gamers.