Clip: Leeroy Jenkins

This hilarious clip from the wildly popular online RPG, ‘World of Warcraft,’ is an example of someone refusing to follow the rules. A guild (group of players) is preparing to enter a lair of some sort of creature for the sole purpose of gathering its eggs. All of the players, using headsets to communicate with each other, are discussing strategies on how to get the eggs and get out alive.

What is so funny about this clip is its similarity to last year’s episode of ‘South Park,’ which parodied the game, stereotyping its players as hardcore nerds who spend their free time figuring out statistics and strategies for a computer game.

Some of the strategic exclamations include the group’s 32.33 percent (‘repeating, of course’) chance of survival, Leeroy Jenkins’ need for a devout shoulder for more manna and the group’s past struggles with the eggs.

As the guild prepares its strategy and is readying for battle, Leeroy Jenkins decides he is done waiting.

‘Alright chums, let’s do this,’ he says. He then, in a fit of seeming rage mixed with excitement and anxiety, shouts his name, ‘LEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!’ and runs into the room earlier than expected.

His fellow players’ reactions are priceless.

‘Oh my God, Leeroy went in,’ one of the players says, clearly shocked and exasperated.

The rest of the group follows after Leeroy, trying to salvage his screwing up of the group’s well-researched and calculated plans.

Needless to say, they all got pwned.

Published on February 18, 2007 at 12:00 pm