All Hail Steve, Labyrinthine Horror

After all these years it's nice to see the tradition of calling him Steve is still going on. The Mystic Plumbers [Luck] started this this in our guild Labyrinth runs and kept saying it until it stuck.

Steve, still the best boss in the Labyrinth.

First I've ever heard of it honestly, and I've managed to fit in a fair amount of lab each Halloween since 2012.

I really don't understand giving the nickname "Steve" to everything.

@"Verenhimo.3296" It's actually quite common in every lab i've been in. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/About-the-Labyrinthine-Horror here's an older post about it. I couldnt find the one from 2012 I did, I think they redid the old forums.

@Endless Soul.5178 Well the Steve monicker for the dragon was because of the letter S, but people argued that the Lab Horror already had that name :D

I've never heard of him called Steve. The name I call him would be translated as kitten here.

I thought his nickname was Dave?

Maybe it's a US server thing. Never heard it being called Steve, either.

I'm just going to keep calling it by its name, Jim.

I've never heard it called Steve.

I remember people calling it Steve last year as well. He looks like a Steve to me, so he is Steve.

"Hello! My name is Labyrinthine Horror. My friends call me 'Steve'. You can call me 'Mister Labyrinthine Horror'."

I've never heard of this at all anywhere

Haha Steve what a WACKY name for a scary thing, it doesn't fit it at all! Ha ha comedy jokes

Lmao Steve haha you see the joke is it's a horrible monster but you call it by a perfectly normal name, the juxtaposition is so CUH-RAYZEE

It's no crazier than the name ANet gave it. What's labyrinthine about it?

It lives in a Labyrinth

That's not what "labyrinthine" means.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/labyrinthine

of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth

Something that lives in a labyrinth is definitely Of or Related To a labyrinth

So every tile of the floor of a maze is labyrinthine? Lamps installed to illuminate a maze are labyrinthine? My uncle used to have a little hedge maze in his garden. Was he labyrinthine at the time? Obviously, the way you use "relating to" isn't the intended way. It's meant in the sense that something relates to the concept of a labyrinth, not a specific one.

This conversation just got labyrinthian.

@"Endless Soul.5178" said:I really don't understand giving the nickname "Steve" to everything.

Its not a new tradition for players to nickname certain unique (or even non-unique) mobs, or invent backstories for them for entertainment purposes. It can be varied in style, as most fan fiction is.... but occasionally sticks, and spreads to become a game wide meme within the community.

On a semi-related noted, Minecraft was popular by the time GW2 came out.... so it wouldn't surprise me if that had some influence.

Labyrinth Horror Hank or Labyrinth Lewiss (2 s) thats how i call him.

In 5 years ive never heard him called steve in the laby. Im guessing an American tradition?

@Randulf.7614 said:In 5 years ive never heard him called steve in the laby. Im guessing an American tradition?

I'm an American. Never seen it in 5 years.

Never heard of Steve...

His name is Colin

• Some want to blame him for ruining their loot run and dying too often.
• Others love breaking his defiance and forcing him to stand still for 2 seconds.
• He swings a sword; he swings it again.
• Big grin.