F orty-three million YouTube hits later, the legendary World of Warcraft meme Leeroy Jenkins is now 10 years old.. View Leeroy Jenkins’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Leeroy Jenkins is the name of a player character created by Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG World of Warcraft.The character became popular in 2005 from his role in a viral video of game footage where, having been absent during his group's discussion of a meticulous plan, Leeroy returns and ruins it by charging straight into combat shouting his own name. [follows]. I can't move, am I lagging, guys? Doesn't - isn't he a paladin? Meanwhile, Leeroy has proceeded to aggro nearly every creature in the chamber, while the party is quickly overwhelmed and unable to coordinate. Although offered by EA to be a game tester after the Leeroy event, he turned it down. Leeroy's dead body will be on the ground near where Kyrak was originally standing. [runs into Rookery], Forekin [incredulous]: ... Oh my God he just ran in. Stay in that room, and do not go up the ramp, until Leeroy has been successfully resurrected. and he charges blindly — solo, no less — into the battlezone. You must kill, Continue forward in the dungeon. Leeroy's player stepped into controversy when he stated at BlizzCon 2007 that he would be cheering the "white" team in Starcraft tournaments, as in Caucasian. And that's what that was about. Leeroy Jenkins is the name of a player character created by Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG World of Warcraft. If you do not have a resurrection ability, clicking the body will accomplish nothing. His name is often spelt wrong as Leroy Jenkins who is a different person. The Internet meme started with the release of the video clip called A Rough Go[4] to the World of Warcraft game forum in a thread titled "UBRS (vid) Rookery Overpowered! Wait until Leeroy arrives. Uhh I think this is a pretty good plan, we should be able to pull it off this time. [11] As a reference to Leeroy's famous claim, the figure is seen holding a chicken leg in his left hand. The content of this article is not part of official Warcraft lore, but has nevertheless become part of the World of Warcraft culture or community. The movie concludes with the words "At least I have chicken", which has become a secondary catch-phrase. Therien: Gimme a Divine Intervention, hurry up. Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. Uhh, alright, you think we're ready guys? (And on a side note, Leeroy is still part of the same clan today — guess they didn't take it too hard...). In the bottom right section, there is a pink tabard with a white heart lying on the ground, a reference to the guild Leeroy was in, . This plan is intended to help Leeroy obtain a piece of armor from the boss monsters, but is ruined when Leeroy himself returns and, ignorant of the strategy, immediately rushes headlong into battle shouting his own name in a stylized battle cry. Jamaal: [talking to teammates outside the Rookery] OK guys, these eggs have given us a lot of trouble in the past, uh does anybody need anything off this guy or can we bypass him? [indistinguishable babble]. Kill everything, then kill. The mock-website YTMND has a vast collection of pages involving Leeroy-jokes. Basphemy is nicknamed "Bas" for short. Download the client and get started. He explained, however, that "it came out wrong but like I've tried explaining that before but until America televises video gaming to that extent and we have people that are that hyped about it... [we] are not going to produce [the] kind of players that Korea is producing right now. The video was first posted to the official forums under the topic title "Rookery overpowered — BLUE PLEASE! At this point you can loot Son of the Beast. As part of the Unified Community Platform project, your wiki has been migrated to the new platform. Abduhl [laughing]: Stick to the plan chums! Forekin: I don't think you can cast with that s**t on! At this point, the party wipes (all members die), and when someone asks for a [Soulstone], they learn that no one brought one because no one in the raid was a Warlock.