Z asked me if I were to play canon WoL, mr basic ass piece of bread, what would I name him?

And its a good question cuz really... Meteor may be his internal name w/ SE as far as we know but thats not much of a name

It’s just meteor survivor

Final Fantasy 14 FFXIV A Realm Reborn Story The Wani...

Thats where you can see them using meteor, but I think it was also said in a live letter

Anywho I know the source and the first have counterparts and their names are generally similar enough w/ differences so we should look to Ardbert and just kinda mash stuff around

My dumb ass went a step even further backwards, cuz the basic WoL was just a high render of a named ffxi model (since each face had its own name??)

But Rafale is ugly lmfao. Sorry, ugly ffxi hume face. Aint gonna stan that

Anyways still thinking in general and was even looking at what is pr....obably the closest we have for ourselves re: SHB and 5.3 spoilers for inspo but

But while hunting LOOK AT THIS LOL

So this was a tech demo for ffxiv before it was even released

And is more accurately where the 1.0 tavern opening cutscene happens

Square-Enix E3 2005 Untitled MMORPG Tech Demo

Its just the crystarium!!!!!

Which... dont really mean anything cuz its all just call backs to 1.0 and in some cases it actually looks like just some redone assets. Straight up a part looks like the markets in the crystarium lol

There is Hiroshi, but idr if that’s a fan name or something that came from internal stuff too. From what I remembered reading from a poorly google translated site I was on— the name was after a developer who either looked like the cgi hyur or played that model idr

Too lazy to look rn

Need sleep too blah got a weekend shift tomorrow at work

Another cute ref I didnt notice was that the bar keep in the crystarium (glynard) is the one in the 1.0 trailer

I enjoy call backs/ reusing unused concept shit/ etc. it tickles my brain even if it doesnt mean anything narratively. Its just a good fun easter egg.

ahaha go to bed you loon!!

U go to bed!!!

But ok sleep I go

oh you’re right omg... i had always assumed “hiroshi” came up as a pun on “hero” but apparently it was also because a member of the production team named hiroshi was really passionate about midlander warriors (??) i guess LMAO

but yeah pretty much for the same reasons when i decided to play the guy i just gave him a completely original name

meteor survivor and hiroshi are both clearly not appropriate name despite being widely accepted in fandom lmfao

I told rio that it might be a name close to ardbert since rowena and gerolt's versions on the 1st have knock off names of a similar variety

the warrior of light, ardbutt

JDJKVG

Omg thank you for looking En, I couldnt remember what I had read. But that also makes Hiroshi an unfit name (though I thought that to begin with). Im glad there is just one production team member that's really into midlander hyur wars lmfao

Ardbutt though sdigxkjz LOL perfect thanks. I dont need to look any further

apparently there were actually two guys named hiroshi on the dev team so fandom started calling them HQ hiroshi and NQ hiroshi... i was like omg that's so mean KSKDFJH

LOL

where the HQ one was the WAR-obsessed dude

omg I remember the HQ NQ thing but I dont think it translated well

That is so mean

Hiroshi Takai – Gamer Escape: Gaming News, Reviews, ...
which is also why he's carrying an axe in his in-game version

IT REALLY WAS I WAS LIKE ... SKDJH

OH LOL WAS THAT THE GUY RIDING ON THE BACKWARDS HORSE

YEAH THAT DUDE

GOD LMFAO ty for looking more into that haha I was so curious when I read it but didn't go further than like one japanese wiki