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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy!

I've always wondered what the source of the Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy! achievement and the Jenkins title. And now I've seen the video of it. It's laugh out loud funny.

Back in the days of the original release of World of Warcraft, a group of raiders were in Upper Blackrock Spire and debated whether to kill the whelps. It turns out, Leeroy needed one of the drops. They'd number crunched the percentage chance of survival down to 32.33 repeating. It's the tiny details like that which make this even more hysterical.

After they discussed their strategy and are ready to go in, one of the people on vent, who happened to be stoned, yelled, "Alright chums, I'm back - Let's do this - Lerooooooy Jenkins" and charged into the room, ignoring all of the carefully laid plans. Everyone ran in to make the best of the situation and the group wiped. At the end when they all berated Leeroy for his idiocy, he quipped, "At least I have chicken."