Bear with me for a minute. I'm not sure if I ever saw the Leeroy Jenkins video before, but if I did, I had no idea what was going on. But I'm told that it's an Internet phenomenon (9 million YouTube viewers can't be wrong) so I did some research.
Here is the back story (lifted from Wikipedia): "The Internet phenomenon started with the release of a video clip online to the World of Warcraft forums. It features a group of players discussing a detailed battle strategy while one of their number, Leeroy, is away from his computer [heating up chicken for dinner]. Their plan is ruined when Leeroy returns to his computer and, ignorant of the strategy, immediately charges headlong into battle shouting his own name as a battle cry. His companions rush to stop him, and his subsequent actions ruin the meticulous plan and the encounter ends in failure for the group. His response to the other players' reactions, 'at least I have chicken', was also much parodied."
Understanding that, the video truly is hilarious, even though I have no idea how World of Warcraft works or what these nerds are talking about:
And now I understand what people mean when they say "he didn't prepare for the court hearing and just Leeroy Jenkins'd it."
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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