What does leroy jenkins

And also, contact your legislators if you want to ensure that our fake internet actually survives. The A. By Jason Schreier. The guild PalsForLife [1] posted the video to the official World of Warcraft forums [2] asking for constructive criticism on their gameplay.

The video showed the guild intensely discussing battle strategies, preparing to enter a dangerous zone in the game known as the about to enter the Rookery [14] in the Upper Blackrock Spire, known for its large quantity of dragonspawn.

Suddenly, a paladin in the group named Leeroy Jenkins, who appeared to have missed the discussion, yells out "alright, lets do this! As of May , the first upload to Warcraft Movies has only 1,, views. The original post on the World of Warcraft forums was edited several times to add in additional download links to the video, showing that it was shared several places before being uploading to a major video sharing site. On November 19th, , the video was uploaded to YouTube [3] for the first time but it was not until a second instance was uploaded on August 6th, , that the video began to gain views on the site.

As of May , this version has 30,, views. The first news outlet to cover the site was PC Gamer UK in August , who saw the video The video has been covered by the Guardian [9] , and PC World [17] In , Joystiq [16] published a look back on Leeroy's legacy as part of a series titled "WoW Archivist," which focused on major events throughout the history of the game.

Blizzard recognized Leeroy [11] several times in the game by giving him an official trading card [6] , mini figurine [7] , named an achievement after him [8] in the Rookery where his video took place, added a Hearthstone card based of him [18] , and eventually added him to World of Warcraft as an NPC [19].

Leeroy Jenkins' character is played by Ben Schulz, a Denver-based gamer. He filmed the video with a group of his friends in college for themselves, not thinking it would go anywhere. Soon after, Global Gaming League [4] got in touch with Schulz, inviting him to attend Blizzcon with them in He has also been interviewed about the video and its authenticity by local Denver news station Westword.

He ended up choosing to pursue his college education, becoming an electrical engineer, working towards getting professionally licensed. He stopped playing World of Warcraft after Frozen Throne, returning for a year after the release of Cataclysm before cancelling his account. He is still a gamer, noting he is an active user of Kongregate, founded by Ben Vincent who filmed the original Leeroy Jenkins video. Leeroy's spontaneous outburst and act of bravery shocks and inspires his fellow soldiers and they too charge after Leeroy.

The battle ultimately ends in a decisive defeat leaving no survivers thus immortalizing Leeroy Jenkins as the embodiment of bravery and sacrifice. The courageous act was recorded and posted on youtube in The event has been referenced on many flatforms and mediums such as the popular television show Final Jeopardy and also on The Howard Stern Show.

The term can also be used to desribe an event , example: "we got our asses kicked the other night at the bar. The whole goddamned thing was a Leeroy Jenkins. MLB free-agency tracker: Latest deals, rumors on top names in the market. MLB 1h ago. Soccer 2h ago. NBA 2h ago. Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee says she was attacked in racist incident in LA.

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