In the above game, my opponent's opening comment was, 'Hi n00b."

Well, then.

lol Noob!! was kind of a noob opening..crushing BLOW!!! good job noob heh

Bg5 loses you a tempo right off the bat...not the best you could have made in that instance, but the game was yours to be had

I recognized the loss of tempo but wanted to elicit a response to the move. I didn't plan initially for it to play out the way it did, but in the end it worked out pretty well.