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Kid Named After Everquest Character

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-precious-brain dept.

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.

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  1. More importantly . . . by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  2. At least I have a Jr. at the end of MY name... by dauthur · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

  3. What's the big deal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

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

  4. Zonk? You ok? by jasonmicron · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

  5. adolescent rebellion by rocketfairy · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. Trogdor was a man... by Meagermanx · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  7. Civilization with a capital C? by LGagnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  8. My son by NeuralClone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm planning on naming my son Guybrush Threepwood.

    --
    find . -name "noobs" -print | xargs rm -rf && echo "pwnd."
  9. copyright by asjk · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  10. I'm sure she'll do fine. by genessy · · Score: 5, Funny

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