Leeroy Jenkins

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Leeroy Jenkins
Picture Taken On: ????
Place: That was Upper Black Rock Spire. Not too far in - It's called the Rookery.[1]
Behind the Camera: Anfrony, Pals for Life member
In the picture:"Pals for Life" members and Ben Schulz[2] aka Leeroy Jenkins
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Not to be confused with Leroy Jenkins the famous Jazz musician, Leeroy Jenkins is the name of a famous machinima video clip, that was created in the Blizzard Entertainment's popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The clip is famous for one of the characters running off into a Lion's Den ... actually Dragon's Den where he gets himself and most of his companions killed.

The clip has since become an Internet meme and spread well beyond the boundaries of the WoW community, into other online games and media. A presentation at the 2005 "Aesthetics of Play" conference at the University of Bergen described Leeroy as the "one icon of the WoW player, one movie from the game that most people have seen.^[3] So main stream is the "Leeroy Jenkins" clip that the character was mentioned as part of a clue on the November 16, 2005 episode of the game show Jeopardy! as part of their college week tournament. "For more information see Leeroy Jenkins

Sources

1. ↑ Drop Dead Interview Retrieved on 2006-11-21
2. ↑ Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, GGL Interview with Ben Schulz Retreived on Nov21, 2006
3. ↑ Lowood, Henry (Stanford University) presented on (2005-10-15). "Story-Line, Dance/Music or PVP? Game Movies and Performance in World of Warcraft". Aesthetics of Play: Online Proceedings. Retrieved on 2006-11-21