Interview with Leeeroy Jeeenkins 71
The hero of the hilarious (though likely staged) World of Warcraft short movie, Leroy Jenkins, has been interviewed by the online games mag Played.ToDeath. The interview covers his internet fame and the state of his guild, among other things. From the article: " PLAYED: So we have to know. Is this rushing in something you do often? BEN S: The rushing itself doesn't happen too often. It happens a little more now when we are joking around. My "Leeroy Jenkins" yell happens far more often. I've been yelling that for about four years. (laughs) "
Not trolling, they screwed it up. (Score:2, Informative)
There's a fine line between humor & total crap, and I believe that single line about survival crossed it. Luckily the 2 things that Leeroy says manages to save it from being tossed in to the black hole of really bad WoW player movies which are all over the internet.
Re:Can someone post the text? (Score:2, Informative)
PLAYED:Thanks for giving us the opportunity to speak with you.
BEN S:Hey, no problem.
PLAYED:Great, Ben. Where are you located at?
BEN S:I'm in Laffayete, Colorado
PLAYED:How long have you been playing WoW?
BEN S:I've been playing it since open beta.
PLAYED:Since open beta?
BEN S:I pretty much got it right when it came out.
PLAYED:What drew you to it, are you a big fan of Blizzard?
BEN S:Yeah. I've always played a lot of Blizzard stuff, they usually make pretty quality games.
PLAYED:Is WoW your favorite of the bunch?
BEN S:It's hard to say. I've played a lot of everything but so far WoW has been pretty good.
PLAYED:Do you play any other MMOGS?
BEN S:I don't currently, but I have played others in the past.
PLAYED:Which titles?
BEN S:Shadowbane was the one I got the most into. I played some Ragnarok online, and Lineage II for a month or two. Back in the day, I played a little Ultima Online.
PLAYED:Cool.
PLAYED:So you've been playing WoW from the beginning. What aspect of the game do you enjoy the most?
BEN S:Just screwing with people, mostly (laughs)
PLAYED:So you play on a PVP server then (laughing)?
BEN S:Yeah.
PLAYED:So what level is Leeroy?
BEN S:Leeroy is 60.
PLAYED:What is his PVP rank, currently?
BEN S:He's a sergeant currently, I haven't got a chance to do a whole lot of PVP yet.
PLAYED:Sergeant is still nice, I haven't even made grunt yet.
PLAYED:We are really looking forward to the Battleground patch.
PLAYED:Hopefully the level 60's won't pick on us too much. We are all around level 40.
BEN S:Yeah, at level 40 it's gonna be rough.
PLAYED:We assume that Leeroy is you main, how many alts do you have?
BEN S:I have a couple low-level alts. A couple of only level 10. In total I have actually made
PLAYED:Nice.
PLAYED:What occupation is Leeroy currently?
BEN S:He's a miner/engineer.
PLAYED:That's the hardest one, really.
PLAYED:We assume you are still in league with The Pals 4 Life?
BEN S:Yeah, we still do our stuff. (laughs) I did get kicked out of the guild for five minutes after this instance.
PLAYED:(laughs)
PLAYED:How many people are in P4L?
BEN S:Technically, we have around a hundred players in the guild.
PLAYED:Wow, that's quite a few.
BEN S:Yeah, but only 25 or so are really active. Most of them are alts.
PLAYED:You've been with P4L from the beginning then?
BEN S:Yeah. It partially existed before we started WoW.
PLAYED:How much would you say you play a week? To get to level sixty you must be playing a good amount.
BEN S:Yeah. I play a lot really, I'm currently unemployed so that helps (laughs)
PLAYED:(laughs)
BEN S:(laughing) Yeah, if you know of any good jobs, send them my way.
PLAYED:We'll keep our eye out for you.
BEN S:On average, I play about four or five hours a day. Some days I take a break.
PLAYED:Let's talk about the video. What inspired the name of your character, Leeroy Jenkins? Is he a character from a movie or something you made up?
BEN S:It was pretty much made up. I was sitting around with a few guild-mates drinking forties
PLAYED:(laughs) That's where all great things come from - drinking forties with your buddies.
BEN S:Right. So we start throwing out name for each other and Leeroy Jenkins popped out. I like the name because it was fun to yell.
PLAYED:(laughs)
PLAYED:You know the video has spread all over the Internet by now. We had even seen references to the video at E3 this year. Now that everyone has seen it, some people want to know if the video was staged. Was it?
BEN S:(laughs) We want people to make that decision themselves. It seems more fun that way.
PLAYED:(laughs) We are certainly happy to leave it a mystery.
PLAYED:So we saw the video just a few days ago, and it seems like it grew phenomenally fast. Everyone at the office w
Re:AFK...Leerooooyyyy!!!!!!!! (Score:4, Informative)
Clicky [ballsome.org].
It's definitely staged (Score:3, Informative)
1) You never agro anything unless the group leader has appointed you to be the puller.
2) If someone (usually a rogue) agros a mob group way up front and out of range of the rest, you let him die so the mobs don't agro your whole group.
3) Divine intervention sacrifices the life of the paladin and creates a sheild through which NO action can be taken.
4) Fear is never a good idea unless you're 100% certain the mob won't/can't train into another group.
The idea that anybody can get close to 60 without figuring out these basic principles is laughable. 15 people is just downright impossible.
It's still funny though.
Re:It's definitely staged (Score:3, Informative)
And yes, I have my Devout Shoulders, after doing this event about 10 times.