n00bs

n00bs follows the misadventures of an esports team (competitive video gamers) as they transition from poor college students into local celebrities and globally ranked gaming athletes, without the experience or maturity to deal with success, or even adulthood, properly.

Premise:
The world of competitive gaming is relatively new. It has its own set of rules and lingo. Real names aren’t important. All that matters is your gamertag, your online identity. These kids are celebrities in this world, most of them with millions of followers on social media, but the average person couldn’t pick them out of a lineup. It can be a bitch trying to navigate this world when you’ve spent your formative years staring at a screen. 

n00bs tracks one team, fresh off the high of their first big win. They’re adults, according to their ages at least, but totally still children. These guys (they’re almost always guys) may have been other athletes –football, baseball (the real ones)- but in this universe they found their true passion in shooting aliens in a video game. Now, they have to figure out how to balance life, school, love, sex, money and everything else in the real world with little preparation or experience.

The coach/manager, early thirties, tries to be the voice of reason in this bizarro world. He manages these young gaming athletes who are considered obsolete at twenty-five. He acts as a surrogate father, dude, bro, alpha, mom, boss, and disciplinarian. 

It’s no secret the gaming community hasn’t always welcomed women with open arms, especially the ones who try to work in authority positions. N00bs won’t shy away from the toxic nature of the community, even if it only represents a minority. It will use that backdrop as the sandbox to tell stories about sexism, racism, homophobia, misogyny, ignorance, and anger of some in the gaming world while balancing that with the true heart, charm, innocence, sweetness, charisma and intelligence of the regular characters. 

Every episode these kids are faced with new opportunities and experiences that will challenge how they deal with problems without the proper tools and guidance on how to figure it out. 

n00bs is a one-hour comedy designed for pay-cable or streaming, with a manner that is often funny, sometimes serious, and generally irreverent. With a diverse cast it will explore issues of sexism, racism, homophobia and more in a world just reaching its own adolescence. The language is harsh, the situations ridiculous, but at its core there’s heart. These are people that care about each other. They simply haven’t learned how to express that.

– WeScreenplay TV Contest (Top 10 Finalist)
– Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship (Quarter-Finalist)
– New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition (Winner-Comedy Pilot)