Kid Named After Everquest Character

eToychest writes "Sony Online Entertainment just sent notice that some poor baby has been named after a character in EverQuest. Apparently players really, really love this game. Case in point: player Tabitha Ayers gave birth to a baby girl January 6, 2005, and promptly named her Firiona Vie Ayers, in honor of EverQuest's famous spokes-elf. The path to geekdom for this child has aready been paved in 12-sided dice and character sheets." At this point I think it's safe to say that SOE is going to be the cause of the downfall of Civilization.

Comments

I knew a Gilmi once...

[stefanlasiewski]

I used to know guy named Gimli-- honest! His parents were real big Tolkien fans in the 60s.

Among several careers, he worked as an EMT & a security guard in a big city-- he enjoyed the rough scene. Big guy...

More importantly . . .

[Seumas]

As bad as naming your kid after a nearly unpronouncible elf-name from a stupid MMORPG is - the real tragedy here is, what kind of neglect is this poor child going to suffer since her parents are clearly so addicted to a stupid virtual reality world?

This kid better learn to change her own diaper and prepare her own baby bottles quickly.

Re:More importantly . . .

[jasonmicron]

What a completely one-sided and closed-minded argument. When my daughter was only months old EverQuest's Kunark had just come out. I put in a good deal of time in the game and my child received proper care. I actually take offense to that comment.

Some people play games, some work on computers and others work on cars.

Re:More importantly . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Not so addicted that they didn't have time to concieve.

I must admit, I'm amazed at the restraint showed by Slashdot on this topic. Nobody has said anything like

"This must be a record: two Everquest players got laid on the same night."
or
"I guess he broke his +5 Latex Sheild of Damascus"
or anything about a rod of might.

Nobody's made any tasteless comments about needing to call a GM because they got stuck in a crack. Or joking about how much of a hammering the server can handle. Or mentioning that the character is now capable of generating food, but only for very low-level players.

No one has questioned whether Firiona really is a girl, or is just pretending to be one.

Re:More importantly . . .

[TyfStar]

My husband did about the same thing. He was working 6pm - 2 am, and watching our daughter from 8am until I got hom. He was exhausted, so I gave him many allowances. One of them being EQ. He would take our daughter in his arms, and just hold her while he played for hours & hours. Anything she needed, he would tell everyone AFK and get her food, changed, or whatever. He loved it, and felt like he was spending time with her, and she was getting what she needed.

The problem is that 5 years later he does not remember our daughter as a baby. He remembers EQ and he had a lvl 60 character. But he definitely missed out on watching her first steps. She probably would have learned a lot more in that first year if he had actually interacted with her, instead of her getting a constant view of his chin.

The game is not that important. You may not think your child isn't either, but that child is goign to be with you for the rest of your life. I suggest appreciating the baby time, cuz that game is going to get boring, but that baby is going to be gone forever.

You are not just fulfilling your part of a "bargain" by keeping something alive. YOU'RE RAISING A CHILD.

And, on a completely seperate note, Firiona Vie is actually a beautiful name. People have been named after much, much worse things (my mom was named after a TV show, my brother because hsi birthday is on christmas, and husband simply named after his horrid father) ....
Names are difficult enough to come up with. Firiona is lovely.

As long as she didn't name the child Qeynos. Because that would be just wrong. (Everyone does know that Qeynos = SonyEQ, right?)

At least I have a Jr. at the end of MY name...

[dauthur]

Isn't this the same as the guy who named his child "2.0" instead of "Junior"? I can't really expect much more creativity... next people are going to name their kids "Apple" and "Moonunit".

What's the big deal?

[Anonymous Coward]

How is this any different to naming a child after a film star or a musician, except it's in a different medium?

Re:What's the big deal?

[TeleoMan]

Film stars and musicians are real people. Elves, gremlins, video game character and Eskimos are not.

Zonk? You ok?

[jasonmicron]

You DO realize that this is a "News for Nerds" site, right? I wonder how many people on this site have kids named Han and Kirk!

Re:Zonk? You ok?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ha! My little Jean-Luc can beat up your Kirk any time!

adolescent rebellion

[rocketfairy]

Mmkay, so at 13 this kid'll just rebel and turn cool.

Clever parents learn to fake out their kids, which is why I'm going to pretend to be a Republican from when my kids are btwn 10 and 18.

Trogdor was a man...

[Meagermanx]

"But mommy, why did you name me Trogdor?"

Civilization with a capital C?

[LGagnon]

At this point I think it's safe to say that SOE is going to be the cause of the downfall of Civilization.

Sid Meier is going to be pissed.

Mario, Luigi, Princess....Toad??

[Databass]

Just think of all the guys out there named Mario- Nintendo has doomed them to Nerdom!!

Re:It was only a matter of time

[Lazyhound]

(do you know anyone that doesn't know what EQ is?)

Er, yes? As in "the vast majority" yes?

My son

[NeuralClone]

I'm planning on naming my son Guybrush Threepwood.

Sadly....

[BRock97]

...she can't go to college until she's a level 25 high school student.

copyright

[asjk]

SOE has claimed copyright infringement. Sony lead attorney, R. U. Stiltskin, said that in compensation the mother must give up... her first born child!!!!

I'm sure she'll do fine.

[genessy]

She can grow up and marry my sysadmin's son, Anakin.