Behind Popular WoW Memes - wow gold

Funnily enough as commonplace as some of these memes are, quite a few people have no idea where they originated from. I think that this is a situation that should be remedied immediately. So without further ado,folding bikes, here are my personal favorite World of Warcraft related memes and their origins.


Leeroy Jenkins

Ben Schulz (better known as the infamous Leeroy Jenkins) is probably one of the best known players ever in World of Warcraft. Forever immortalized in a video showing his guild (<PALS FOR LIFE>) planning out a strategy for taking out the eggs in the Rookery in Upper Blackrock Spire. Leeroy, supposedly AFK, comes back to the golf equipment computer and before his party is fully prepared charges into the Rookery popping every egg in sight screaming the line that made him famous, “LEEROOOOOOOYYY JEEENNKIIINNSSS!!!!”.  His party members rush in behind him into the fray and quickly wipe. The movie ends with Leeroy saying, “At least I have chicken” (the guild‘s favorite snack is KFC according to Ben).


Since the video was released, Leeroy’s guild has admitted that while the video was based on an actual event,cosplay costumes, the video itself was staged. Regardless, this video has made Leeroy’s name synonymous with any action that could be potentially stupid, and lead to less than desirable consequences. The video became so popular that Blizzard and the rest of the world took notice. Leeroy was asked to attend Blizzcon 2007 where he preformed his famous line for the crowd, and an achievement was added to the game to gain the title Jenkins by killing those pesky whelps.


Leeroy has also been mentioned on Jeopardy, been made into a trading card in the World of Warcraft Trading Card game, and is even made reference to in several shows and commercials. The video itself is fun, and a must see for any World of Warcraft player.


More DOTs - Onyxia Wipe Video

Think your guild leader is a real jerk? Then you obviously haven’t watched this video. Starring a very angry raid leader, with an interesting accent, a foul temper and a big mouth, this video  follows the adventures of the guild <Wipe Club> in it’s attempt to defeat Onyxia, back when Onyxia was 40 player. Ah, memories.


Apparently the guild had had enough of their guild leader’s antics and to get some revenge, they recorded their voice chat for the night and cheap wow gold posted it for all the world to hear. Throughout the video the raid leader curses, degrades, and outright yells just for the sheer pleasure of yelling at his fellow guild mates. While it is an amusing video, it also can give a general idea of the standard strategy for defeating Onyxia….if you can stop laughing long enough.


Mankrik's Wife

Almost every World of Warcraft player has seen someone mention Mankrik‘s wife. If you have no idea who  Mankrik’s poor wife is, and why the heck people are looking for her, let me explain.


Finding Mankrik’s Wife is part of the quest Lost in Battle (Horde only), in which Mankrik asks you to find his wife, who he believes to have fallen in battle. Mankrik, being the helpful quest giver he is, offers no directions, and he also doesn’t mention that there is no NPC actually called “Mankrik’s Wife”. This results in tons of requests in Barrens chat for her location. This tends to annoy more experienced players, or even less experienced players who have seen the question pop up for the 50th time that day.


Chuck Norris has appeared in numerous action films, and even began his rise to stardom as a martial artist. Always playing the tough guy, the image stuck and resulted in the various Chuck Norris facts which appeared in 2005 as a by-product of the Vin Diesel Fact Generator. Conan O&rsquo,coffee mugs;Brien’s Chuck Norris jokes are also seen as a inspiration for it’s popularity. These “facts” attribute various (and mostly impossible) feats and traits to Norris. Norris has stated that he is not offended by these, and actually finds some of them funny.


Once again, this meme phenomenon did not begin in the World of Warcraft universe however it is heavily used and I thought it deserved a spot on the list (mostly because O rly is one of my favorite responses to just about anything, even in real life).


The details of O rly’s beginnings seem rather sketchy, however at least as early as August of 2003 O rly could be found being used on the Something Awful Forums. Eventually it made it’s way to 4chan and became connected with a bunch of images, the most popular being a snowy owl picture captured by nature photographer John White.


O rly literally meaning “Oh, really” can either be used in friendly conversation, or as a sarcastic response to someone you feel as no idea what they are tiffany jewelry talking about. The most common response to O rly is Ya rly (Yeah, really).


O rly has quickly spread through the general population and was an instant hit, being used in games across various gaming systems such wow gold as Game Boy Advance, Xbox, and Nintendo DS. References to O rly can be found in Everquest 2, Runescape, and even in our beloved World of Warcraft in the form of two Auctioneers. Auctioneer Yarly can be found in the Undercity, while Auctioneer O’reely makes his home in Booty Bay.