Leeroy Jenkins - What a legend. Thank god someone was recording it that day. It
has left us with many spin-offs and video outtakes with its overlayed sound
bytes. If you haven't played World of Warcraft or been in the game long you
might not know who he is.
Wikipedia
sums it up well:
"Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes miss-spelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated
with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a
character created by player Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's
popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The character has become popular thanks
to a video of the game that circulated around the Internet. The phenomenon has
since spread well beyond the boundaries of the gaming community into other
online and mainstream media."
On
that wikipedia page you'll also see an official WOW game playing card featuring
his characters name. He obviously made quite an impression. Featured as the
cards description:
"When Leeroy Jenkins enters play, exaust all other allies in your party. They
can't ready during your next ready step.
Say 'Leeerooooy Jenkins!' --> Leeroy has ferocity this turn"
This card is pretty usless in game play but otherwise a funny thrill blizzard
added to the deck. Below you can see the original video which caused this
humorously priceless legend.
Here is a parody done in an office for the Video Game Awards in 2006.
Leeroy Jenkins on jeopardy - Another spotting on national TV which proves the
impression he made on gamers.
On
that wikipedia page you'll also see an official WOW game playing card featuring
his characters name. He obviously made quite an impression. Featured as the
cards description:
