Leeroy Jenkins truth finally released

I am embarrassed to say that after years of playing Hearthstone I did not know where Leeroy Jenkins came from until this post. I played Everquest all through high school (on dial-up modem no less) but WoW didn't come out until I was in college and I didn't have the time for those type of games anymore.

We spent so many hours preparing for raids in EQ and I would get bored and I found out that if you positioned yourself just right on the corner of a wall you could actually go inside the wall in certain cases due to a bug with the clipping.

So I would spend most of the time while we were preparing for raids trying to do that, and then if i did it I would usually get stuck in the wall and we would all have to wait for a GM to come and get me out :-)

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

Everquest brings back memories.

traaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!

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wholeself-in (57) · 7 years ago

Don't feel bad, it just means you're not old :D
I played Diablo in college, by the time WOW came out I was a young adult with plenty of time on my hands.
My roommate probably invented griefing, cause in the original Diablo you could kill any player at any time, take their loot and leave the server. We might have had some great memes if screen recording and YouTube had been a thing. Like the time my roommate accidentally equipped a battle axe to his chest instead of armor, and was stuck there dead in the game and no one could resurrect him.

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getslothyy (53) · 7 years ago

I remember the day this video hit machinima and went viral - I was just a teen and a TOTAL WoW addict at the time. I loved it and it became immortalized forever in WoW.

I love how they created a title/a card for the TCG/even a special event in WoD where you could "resurrect him" and then earn him as a follower by completing Upper Blackrock Spire - Leeeroy style, aka, running as fast as possible and pulling everything lmao.

Such good times :D Thanks for bringing back great memories!

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cryptosharon (69) · 7 years ago

Awwwwww, I kinda wanted this to be authentic. But it's still a funny piece of history and I will keep loving it :)

I'm writing this as I wait for the short film version to load. I think I already watched it, but I'll watch it now regardless since it looks to be pretty good quality and I love short films. :D

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cryptosharon (69) · 7 years ago (edited)

Ok, I hadn't watched it hahaha, it's awesome. <3 Definitely recommended if you're reading this and haven't watched the short film.

edit:

Saw this Youtube comment and I'm not sure what to believe, but I'll go with it because it means more happiness for me :D

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

They have said it was staged to raise members so they can raid.

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cryptosharon (69) · 7 years ago

Oh! Well, that actually sounds like a sound strategy to campaign for the guild. When I used to play WoW (private servers; can't afford the game), my friend always called me like "we were waitiing!" because I had the only healer in his social circle, lol.

I actually miss him. I'm going to drop him a message.

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kilbride (55) · 7 years ago (edited)

I just got into WOW last year and when I switched from playing MTG to mostly Hearthstone. Hilarious, but to be honest I felt like the Leeroy vid was planned, there reactions seeemed too nonchalant and I know how pissed people get wasting their time on a bombed raid hahah. Either way, its cool that these guys are using their 'fame' to bring awareness and get people fired up about what net neutrality really means! Even if you don't feel like that you have a lot of control and we probably all going down like Leeroy, at least don't be chicken x)

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

The video was staged to raise members so they had a big enough guild to raid, it worked too well.

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kilbride (55) · 7 years ago

LMAO ahahah that video is fucking amazing . The rise and subsequent grovel haha. I am a little confused though... I thought HE had made the name Leeroy Jenkins for is WOW character, so how could Blizzard have owned the name for things like shirts etc? They own what you do in the game?

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kilbride (55) · 7 years ago

I'm still dying from when he says "I have a surprise" and Jamie lee just flatly says "I know." . I'm literally shaking ahaha

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wholeself-in (57) · 7 years ago

It's probably in the terms and conditions

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felander (71) · 7 years ago

I used to play so much wow back in the day... sigh... those were good times

and doing a leeeeeerrrooooyyy was famous even back then

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steveconnor (65) · 7 years ago

The 1st time I heard about this I laughed hysterically. The whole team had a gameplan and he just rushed !!! He's like most of the people I play Call Of Duty with lol

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trashless (25) · 7 years ago

I love this one this memory thanks for doing it ;D

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phoenixwren (65) · 7 years ago

I am unsure what the net neutrality thing has to do with Leeroy Jenkins being staged, but I got a giggle out of the short film adaptation. 😂

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

The original Leeroy didn't like the way Net Neutrality was going (or the fact it was going away) and how things like Leeroy Jenkins would never have happened without a free and open Internet.

The destruction of Net Neutrality threatens that allowing ISP's to choose what content their customers can view by slowing down anything they don't want or don't make money off.

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phoenixwren (65) · 7 years ago

Ah, okay. I'm familiar with the issue, I just wasn't grasping the connection. Sometimes I'm dense. ;) Sorry

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erodedthoughts (66) · 7 years ago

I bet the chicken was real.

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themarkymark (78) · 7 years ago

I'd like to think so.

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mrsavageraider (48) · 7 years ago

I was so sad when I found out that this was staged! Now I am suspicious of the in-game funerals....life...has....changed. What is real?

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wyvernon (25) · 7 years ago

It's been known for a while... Pals for Life is a guild that intentionally picked African-American sounding names for their group and liked to troll. Leroy Jenkins was one of them, I think Terell Owens was another one, and so on.

The "story" was that Leroy was tired of waiting for the raid and left to go get chicken. When he came back he just decided to go and everyone else followed him in. That's why his team says "you are just stupid as hell" and Leroy says "at least I have chicken" at the end. The Viral raid video is really just a racist caricature.