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Update: Woman Goes Into Labor During Skyrim Presentation

The father-to-be has contacted Game Informer with more QuakeCon-related details of how he and his fiancée ended up in a Skyrim demo while she went into labor.

The lovestruck gamers got engaged last year at QuakeCon 2010, after Chaz proposed to Stevi onstage at the very end of the show. She said yes, and the two planned on getting married at this year's QuakeCon, which is going on right now. Stevi went into labor during the half hour long Skyrim demo, so obviously those plans were canned.

"During the demo Todd Howard showed off the Frost Dragon. This is what started the whole thing, seeing this must have filled Stevi with so much excitement that it sent her into labor," explains Chaz.

You might be asking yourself why the couple didn't bolt for the hospital at the first sign of labor, but Chaz says they initially thought it could have been false labor. So they waited it out to see if the contractions continued, which they did. Chaz says they "...stayed for the rest of the demo because she is a trooper and LOVES Skyrim."

 

Original Story:Will the first of the Dragonborn be crawling among us soon? Will we soon hear tiny dragon shouts squealing from a hospital delivery room? It's possible, because a pair of engaged diehard gamers sat through the entirety of a QuakeCon 2011 presentation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as the pregnant woman went into labor.

Game Informer's Andrew Reiner was approached by the couple while waiting to take part in the Games That Inspired Us panel at QuakeCon 2011. He reports that the two are self-proclaimed Game Informer fans, and wanted to let him know they weren't going to miss that demo for anything.

Did the soothing cadence of Todd Howard's voice coax the new life into entering the world? Maybe the fantastical action and grand expanses of Skyrim excited the mother-to-be so much that it created a physiological chain reaction. Or perhaps the crowd's roaring energy and enthusiasm convinced this youngster that it needed to be born before November 11, 2011.

Whatever the case, we at Game Informer tip our hats to Chaz and Stevi's dedication. Not even impending birth could keep the couple from missing out on an exclusive glimpse into the world of Tamriel. The duo (soon to be trio) is currently en route to a hospital, and we wish them the best of luck in delivering their little girl, Atari Lynn. Yep. Atari. We couldn't make this stuff up.

Bethesda, if you're reading: We don't think a complimentary copy of the Skyrim Collector's Edition would be out of line.

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Comments
  • Wow. Those guys are fans.

  • Name it Dovahkin
  • ".. stayed for the rest of the demo because she is a trooper and LOVES Skyrim."

    She's a keeper!

  • Bethesda should do something for this couple. Obviously one of their biggest fans. lol

  • ALL HAIL YOUNG DOVAHKIIN

  • I can't wait for Skyrim, but that's overboard...

  • Wow that's a fan, if i was pregnant I'd be outta there straight away, I'm not good with pain haha. but wow she's got guts and determination, I wish Stevi, Chaz and  Atari Lynn all the best in the future :D

  • Wow just wow

  • This is awsome congrats to Chaz and Stevi are in order i think

  • Now that's dedication.

  • HE'S DRAGONBORN, **BRAAAHHHH**!

  • They deserve a free collector's edition of Skyrim.

  • DRAGONBORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Everyone that is saying "Omg you endangered the baby" you guys have no idea about birth do you? Going into labor doesn't mean you HAVE to be on a bed in the hospital or your child is going to be brain dead or have problems. Their is no risk once so ever, she could have gave birth right there and the baby would have been fine. Giving the fact that someone in the area knew what to do. People have had birth and or went into labor in far more worst places then where she did. Give it a break and stop preaching stuff before you think. Gratz on the baby girl you two and the CE!
  • Congrats on the baby girl. Great name by the way. And if Bethesda gives them a free copy, they need to keep it quiet, otherwise there will be a feint smell of afterbirth at every game/comic con from here on out.

  • :O

  • that kid probably be a real dragon born

  • Great story. Already the child is a bit of a legend and has a story to tell people. DragonHeart, eat you heart out... oh...
  • Now we know this game is going to be incredible..

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