Bradley Harringotn
Leeroy Jenkins is a youtube clip that began to go viral in
2006. It is a video from the computer
game World of Warcraft, which was and still is a very popular and well-known
game. In the video there are 12 members
of a group huddled together discussing their attack strategy in order for them
to be able to complete their quest. They
are all very serious about their plans, going as far as figuring out
mathematically their chances of success to a percent. Out of no where Leeroy Jenkins shouts his
battle cry and runs in by himself forcing the rest of his team to follow and
eventually die during the quest.
I think
this became so popular because WOW is taken so seriously by those who play it
and so the video was spread through that large group and eventually made it’s
way onto youtube where non WOW players could appreciate it’s humor. It is so entertaining because of the way this
group of people are taking this so seriously and in one second it all backfires
on them because of one idiot. This meme
led to figurines and cards for Leeroy Jenkins.
The figurine is holding a chicken leg in his hand because his response
to the other players getting upset with him was “at least I got chicken”.
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