Bethesda Ups Ante in Elder Scrolls Baby Naming Contest

[Jack Macaque]

I'll plant my seed tonight and hopefully we can make this happen people, I'll ask my woman what she thinks and update you all.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Shit just got real.

It's actually a really cool name, and one can always just change their name after they receive the code anyhow.

 

[Vault Girl]

I'd do it and if people asked why my kid has a name like that, i'd probably just say is "Gaelic".

Normally i don't base my life choices on video games, but maybe just this once?

 

[Rainforce]

So, does this mean that girl gamers are going to get even more offers for gratuitous sex on the internet for the next few months?

Well, assuming the average pregnancy of 9 months...Not really.

November is the 11th month. February is the 2nd month. 11 - 2 = 9

The EXTRA gratuitous sex offers should be ending shortly.

We could start getting into labor induction, I suppose.

You overestimate the knowledge of idiots on the internet.

You're right. They still think babies involve a stork, don't they?

Nah, we know already that storks aren't real.

Also: I expect this to become quite interesting and probably ending in tragedy. : D !

 

[Purplefood1]

Simple just make it his/her middle name and he/she will probably never tell anyone...

 

[Nuclear Pancake]

I suppose that the kid could always change their name, i don't think that the company would be that bothered as to revoke the pass.

 

[Catchy Slogan]

Holy crap, that is insane.

So... who wants to make a baby with me!

For all that? I have to say I'm pretty tempted. And if we do something as irresponsible as name our kid so we can get free stuff, social services would probably take it off us! It's a win-win situation!

 

[SamuelT]

Shit, I need a kid.

Seriously though, couldn't a parent just do this, and then change the baby's name once they have the prize?

Nuh-uh, Bethesda knows where you live and will send am elite team of assassins after you. Or mudcrabs. Probably mudcrabs.

You should steer clear of them. I heard they can be pretty fearsome.

 

[EvolutionKills]

I'm shocked that nobodies pointed out that by having a kid you will no longer have the time or the money to play games, unless your pretty wealthy to start with, and if you are that wealthy why bother?

I think we can safely say that the type of person that conceives a child and prematurely induces labour just to win some computer games, isn't the type of person that will be allowed to keep their child for long.

Hospitals will be duty bound to inform Social Services once the parents request induced labour just so they can name their prize ticket "Dovahkiin" and have it born on the 11/11/11.

That being said, there are already plenty of people who have planned in advanced to try and have their child born on 11/11//11 just for the unique birthday, so it wouldn't be too difficult for those parents to name their child "Dovahkiin", but for all intents and purposes this is a closed competition and it's already too late to enter.

I think it's quite clever of Bethesda to run this competition, because while most people are focused on the ridiculous naming aspect of it, the really significant part of it is the date and Bethesda can't have been ignorant of the fact that lots of people have been planning to have their child born on 11/11/11 for years now.

They're just piggybacking their game promotion onto a pre-existing worldwide phenomenon for the extra publicity.

They're not the first one to do this. Other examples include...


Nintendo originally announced they would release the SNES in the US on 9/1/91, but was eventually released on the 9th. Sony later released their first Playstation on September 9th as well (in 1995). Sega released the Dreamcast console in the US on 'Super Sega Saturday', 9/9/99 for $199. Bethesda's last game, Fallout 3, was released on 8/28/08.

 

[cystemic]

hey did bethesda say it had to be an american or english speaking child? parents from countries where dovahkiin doesnt sound so foreign could definitely do this without having any severe social ramifications for their child, i mean steam is global

 

[CommanderKirov]

Brb trying to talk girlfriend into it.


And also not realy, you can change your childs name after you recieved the goodies.

Or he/she can do it themselves at the age of 18

 

[Xaio30]

I see where Bethesda is going with this. If all the people of the internetz (that's you) tries to get a baby until november, they will in due time grow up to change the world's perspective on gaming!


...maybe?

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

So, does this mean that girl gamers are going to get even more offers for gratuitous sex on the internet for the next few months?

More like, next 1 or 2 months.


After that, I wouldn't risk it.

 

[decaying dead]

though you have to realize, there are people born every day, so there are already going to be people born to that day specifically. among all those people having a child, at least one of the couples will most likely be unsure of what to name the kid in the first place. and with all the dumb names that are being set nowadays, all its really going to take is one of those people having a kid to be a gamer and to know about this and all of a sudden its a plausible situation to consider. This isn't something you can try to work towards, but if it all falls into place for you anyways, then you never know...

 

[Ih8pkmn]

I'll eat my slippers if someone actually names their kid Dovahkiin.

 

[chickenlord]

its not that hard to have a kid on a specific date... c-sections arent that hard to do =P,

 

[Ulixes Dimon]

"So, honey, have you considered all the benefits of having a c-section?"

Made me laugh out loud

 

[Cerrida]

Considering the number of strangely named children in our preschool alone (Neveah, which is Heaven backwards; Marsallis, Athena, Paris, London, etc), that really wouldn't be such a strange name. It has a nice ring to it, at least! And you could always shorten it to Dovah. I'd probably go for it if I wanted children!

 

[captaincabbage]

"Max?"
"Here."
"Abby?"
"Here."
"DOVAHKIIN?"

At least we know who's going to dominate the playground.

I srsly hope someone does this. :3

I've got a feeling the kid who gets named this will look like this when he does show and tell.

Spoiler

"Here"