Leeroy Jenkins lives

Fri, 09/04/2009 - 12:40pm

Do I want to know what this is all about? I mean, I know it's a video game -- but why does Leeroy need some eggs? I don't think I really want someone to explain to me, bitte, what are "devout shoulders?"

That said, I like this because at least at the beginning it feels like every platoon leader I have ever heard in a serious situation. It all reminds me of something that the young British counterinsurgency expert (and Megan Fox-lookalike) Clare Holdenbild once said to me ...

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by Starbuck on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 9:12pm

It's a perfect analogy for most military plans. You think they're meticulously planned and foolproof until you apply the irrationality of human thought.

It's gotten to the point where Armed Forces Journal is publishing articles which rely heavily upon Leeroy Jenkins references:

Let's Do This: Leeroy Jenkins and the American Way of Advising

Leeroy Jenkins AND T.E. Lawrence in one article? Oh yes, it could be...

Leeroy Jenkins was even featured on Jeopardy.

The man behind Leeroy Jenkins is a pseudo-celebrity.

wiki:

by jasonakramer on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 3:17pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeroy_Jenkins

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by stratre on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 8:43am

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