Leeroy Jenkins interviewed at BlizzCon

by Mike Schramm Aug 8th 2007 at 4:00PM

The lovely Veronica Belmont interviews Ben "Leeroy Jenkins" Schulz at BlizzCon (filmed by none other than the Joystiq network's own Conrad Quilty-Harper-- man, all my favorite bloggers were at BlizzCon, and somehow I didn't meet a single one of them). There's not much here, but just in case you didn't get to see him do the yell (twice!) at the sound-a-like contest, here it is in all its glory. I feel bad for the poor guy, who must get asked to do that yell all the time-- he's not your monkey, people!

But he does (mostly) maintain that the video itself is real, and personally, I don't believe it. Yes, maybe it was a reenactment of a previous mishap, but Pals For Life members have mostly admitted that the movie itself (with the calculations and a Paladin trying to get cloth shoulders) was staged. Hilariously staged, I'll admit, but for Schulz to walk around talking like he really did just "have chicken," is misleading at least.

Yeah it's just a funny movie, but you, as a WoW Insider reader, might as well know the truth. Still, I like Ben-- he seems like a good enough guy. Yell on, Leeroy!

Tags: benschulz, blogstar, conradquiltyharper, leeroyjenkins, pals for life, PalsForLife, veronicabelmont, wowstar

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, BlizzCon

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Hory Aug 8th 2007 4:38PM

I'm not usually one to flame but listening to him talk about it being "real" makes me cringe. Why give this attention hoar (yes... intentional) an interview much less another blog?

Seprin Aug 8th 2007 5:21PM

wow she's a little hottie

Earman Aug 8th 2007 6:00PM

sounds to me like he says "atleast not a chicken" so dont know where you got "had chicken" from.

Leshrac Aug 8th 2007 6:15PM

Isn't this retards 15 minutes of fame up?

Jiert Aug 8th 2007 7:52PM

WTB 1x Veronica Belmont PST.

Balasan Aug 8th 2007 8:27PM

It's been mentioned before, but I think there needs to be a balance of comments today.

Ben "Leeroy Jenkins" Schulz is hot and gorgeous.

Kaylek Aug 8th 2007 9:30PM

She asked, "what happened" and he went along with it. I think he was being light-hearted, not dishonest. And the credibility of the whole thing is all overshadowed by the interviewer anyway, so who really cares?

I mean, do you think *really* care about all those tech demos and interviews for Assassin's Creed? When boobs are present, nothing else seems to matter.