Leeroy Jenkins is one of the most iconic viral videos that was ever released. It is a gameplay video of a group of friends playing World of Warcraft doing a raid.

For those of you who never played a Massive Multiplayer Online game (MMO) like World of Warcraft, a raid is when 8-50 people or more get together to fight legendary monsters. These raids have a very low success rate unless everything is planned and organized perfectly and you have enough people with the patience and skills to execute. Many raids end in complete disaster because of one small sub-second failure.

Leeroooooooy Jeeeeeeenkinnnnnnns!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the original footage of the event that changed Internet history forever. The video has spawned tons of memes and parody viral videos from fans and even celebrities. There is even a Hearthstone card made after him.

If you haven't watched the above video yet, I highly recommend you do. The video shows a guild (PALS FOR LIFE) planning and preparing for a very hard raid. The area was originally going to be skipped but Leeroy needed some shoulders for his Paladin, so being PALS everyone agrees to help out. The difficulty is obviously hard as the numbers guy calculates a 32.3333333333% chance of survival.

Instead of waiting, Leeroy shouts Leerooooy Jeeeeeenkinnnss!!!! and charges in. His PALS look at each other and run in after him protecting their Pal. Shit goes wrong, really wrong and we find out Leeroy has chicken.

During recent events in the United States regarding Net Neutrality, one of the members decided to release a dry run of the video that he kept quiet for over 10 years. The plan was to release it at some point but when he felt it was right. With the ridiculous claims Ajit Pai (FCC Chairman) made about Net Neutrality angered him so much, he released the following video.

Leeroy Jenkins - Dry Run Edition

I am releasing this never-before-seen first take/dry run of the Leeroy Jenkins video in hopes of raising awareness about Net Neutrality. I’ve been holding onto this for over a decade waiting for the “right” moment to make it public, and then last week Ajit Pai created his awful/condescending video and it riled me up so much that I decided it was finally time to unleash this gem of Internet history on the world to do my part to help out.

In the video, one of the Pals unable to retain character starts laughing.

While many had suspicions it was staged, it is now official.

Leeroy Jenkins has spawned a number of parodies and even has been featured on Jeopardy. Some of the parodies are very professional and involve famous actors and stunning filming.