phil85 said:I vote for Kay Noes or "SONY EQ" which is what the creators chose.
From what I understand studio 898 or whateverm ahd the game created with Qeynos as a town, before Sony got involved so sony ahd nothing to do with the name.
then Verant ansd sony etc etc.
But Kwaynohs was there, before there was sony as far as I know.
Manouk said:From what I understand studio 898 or whateverm ahd the game created with Qeynos as a town, before Sony got involved so sony ahd nothing to do with the name.
then Verant ansd sony etc etc.
But Kwaynohs was there, before there was sony as far as I know.
Sony was involved from the start...
Sony Online Entertainment began with Sony Interactive Studios America (SISA), an internal game development studio of Sony, formed by 1995. In 1996, John Smedley was put in charge of SISA's development of an online role-playing video game. The game would evolve into the MMORPG EverQuest. Smedley hired programmers Brad McQuaid and Steve Clover, who had come to Smedley's attention through their work on the single-player role-playing game Warwizard.
In April 1998, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) was formed by merging parts of Sony Online Ventures with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Within a matter of months after this change, Sony Interactive Studios America was renamed 989 Studios. Towards the end of 1998, 989 Studios shifted its strategy to making PlayStation games. The company's video game and online development branch spun off, initially named RedEye Interactive, and soon after renamed Verant Interactive.
Verant Interactive launched EverQuest on March 16, 1999, through Sony with modest expectations.
I pronouced it Qwey-nose for about 4 years until I heard someone else say Key-nose. Sometime back in 04 while on ventrilo. The best part is neither one of us could confidently say we knew the proper pronunciation, so we stuck with our own pronuciations and were still able to understand and communicate effectively about the same location. It honestly adds some flavor and depth to the game world, when you hear different "accents" in game pronouncing things differently.