No New Player Section will severely hurt people's ability to learn the game

Seriously...the new player forum is one of the most used and important forums that you have. You can't just completely get rid of it or integrate it into another board...as the new people will have no idea where to go to learn and get in touch with those that are willing to help to get them to improve. You can't afford to ignore the constant influx of new players as well as those just looking to try to improve.