Heavily invested in the "smiling and being cute" talent tree

Along the lines of my previous account of the woman I met in-game who went into labor, some other friends of mine related this story:

Apparently the group of them were recently in a raid, which for those of you not into game-speak is a difficult encounter with lots of players involved that typically takes a fairly large time commitment. One of the players was a female friend of theirs who was nine months pregnant. They all knew this, so she would occasionally tease them with comments like, "afk, labor." ("afk" is shorthand for "away from keyboard," which you say to let people know that you're busy with something not the game.)

Which was pretty funny, until she actually went into labor, and had to drop from the raid to go to the hospital. Then it became hilarious.

Fortunately, her party was understanding. One said, "Giving birth is a perfectly valid reason to take an afk."

Apparently the new mother nicknamed her child "Ding," which is game-speak for gaining a skill level.