Don't panic guys, at the noobie section the winer gets 6 vip points
and I know it because I was a winer at this section in February

The limit between noobie and normal is your knoledge about Maya and modeling with Maya.
If you are a beginer... you are a noobie
If you have that feeling that you could handel Maya you are certain on what you do with Maya, you can be a normal entry (you have to feel it when you are stager)