least I have chicken
October 22, 2015 11:13 PM Subscribe
Doomsayer is good too. The account posting these is here. I probably should have added it to the post, heh.
posted by Drinky Die at 11:24 PM on October 22, 2015
posted by Drinky Die at 11:24 PM on October 22, 2015
I thought the quote was "At least I ain't chicken." Not "at least I have chicken." Which makes even LESS sense.
posted by Samizdata at 11:55 PM on October 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Samizdata at 11:55 PM on October 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
How come his name sounds so much more different in Mandarin (I'm assuming that's what was meant by "Chinese") than in any other language?
posted by Edgewise at 11:56 PM on October 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Edgewise at 11:56 PM on October 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
I thought the quote was "At least I ain't chicken." Not "at least I have chicken." Which makes even LESS sense.
It's from the original Leeroy Jenkins video (I know it's been a while...)
posted by Edgewise at 11:57 PM on October 22, 2015
It's from the original Leeroy Jenkins video (I know it's been a while...)
posted by Edgewise at 11:57 PM on October 22, 2015
The mandarin version is saying "Wo shī (some three syllable name)" meaning "I am (name)". Most chinese names are three syllables: a one-syllable surname and a two-syllable personal name. They translated Leeroy Jenkins into a three syllable name, though I didn't catch the name they used.
posted by isthmus at 12:11 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by isthmus at 12:11 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
ni hao ni hao ni hao!
One of my favorite cards to actually play (lives up to its name). Incidentally, I find it amusing that the German and Taiwanese versions of the Annoy-o-tron speak English.
posted by Edgewise at 12:15 AM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
One of my favorite cards to actually play (lives up to its name). Incidentally, I find it amusing that the German and Taiwanese versions of the Annoy-o-tron speak English.
posted by Edgewise at 12:15 AM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
How come his name sounds so much more different in Mandarin (I'm assuming that's what was meant by "Chinese") than in any other language?
The Chinese one he states his name as 火车王, which translates roughly to "Train King".
Both the Chinese one and the Taiwanese use the same dialect (Mandarin), but different voice actors. Taiwan's version phoneticizes "Leeroy Jenkins" instead of using Train King.
posted by FJT at 12:50 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
The Chinese one he states his name as 火车王, which translates roughly to "Train King".
Both the Chinese one and the Taiwanese use the same dialect (Mandarin), but different voice actors. Taiwan's version phoneticizes "Leeroy Jenkins" instead of using Train King.
posted by FJT at 12:50 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
I thought the quote was "At least I ain't chicken." Not "at least I have chicken." Which makes even LESS sense.
posted by Samizdata
As I recall it, from the video, he had to leave his computer for a bit (as his takeout had arrived, or something) and the rest of his group stopped in front of the room with all the dragon eggs and started discussing strategy, then suddenly he returns and says "let's do this" and then proceeds to run in and pop all the eggs (as he hadn't been listening to the strategy discussion) and the group proceeds to wipe. And THEN he says "at least I have chicken."
The whole thing is a massive in-joke, the entirety of Hearthstone is just a big nostalgia trip.
I still remember doing Strat / UBRS when they were 10 man raids...
posted by xdvesper at 12:54 AM on October 23, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by Samizdata
As I recall it, from the video, he had to leave his computer for a bit (as his takeout had arrived, or something) and the rest of his group stopped in front of the room with all the dragon eggs and started discussing strategy, then suddenly he returns and says "let's do this" and then proceeds to run in and pop all the eggs (as he hadn't been listening to the strategy discussion) and the group proceeds to wipe. And THEN he says "at least I have chicken."
The whole thing is a massive in-joke, the entirety of Hearthstone is just a big nostalgia trip.
I still remember doing Strat / UBRS when they were 10 man raids...
posted by xdvesper at 12:54 AM on October 23, 2015 [11 favorites]
Huh, I don't think I've ever played Hearthstone with the sound on. I forget the cards make sounds.
I think Polish is my favourite.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:03 AM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
I think Polish is my favourite.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:03 AM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Chinese one he states his name as 火车王, which translates roughly to "Train King".
"Train" in MMOs is a noun that means a swarm of monsters following a fleeing player, or a verb meaning to be the guy fleeing such a swarm, often by taking them to other targets, so that's pretty dead-on.
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:43 AM on October 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
"Train" in MMOs is a noun that means a swarm of monsters following a fleeing player, or a verb meaning to be the guy fleeing such a swarm, often by taking them to other targets, so that's pretty dead-on.
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:43 AM on October 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
(Although the true Train King, of course, is Fansy.)
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:43 AM on October 23, 2015
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:43 AM on October 23, 2015
In our house, the role of Leeroy Jenkins has been taken by the Where Are My Pants? Lego Minifigure. So whenever my son has his minifigure superhero team all lined up to storm the bad guy fort, it's always Leeroy messing things up and leading the charge. My son has never seen the original video, but he does a pretty good impression of everyone else on Leeroy's raid.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:28 AM on October 23, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:28 AM on October 23, 2015 [6 favorites]
The Mex-Spanish should have had a ridiculously long Leeerooooooooooooooooy Jenkins, a la soccer announcers screaming gooooooooooooooooal.
posted by oddman at 4:44 AM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by oddman at 4:44 AM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
Would this count as overthinking a plate of e-card audiofiles?
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 AM on October 23, 2015
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 AM on October 23, 2015
Listening to The Innkeeper totally lose his shit opening a Golden Legendary in different languages might be the best thing you can do with the next 48 seconds of your life. (Turn down your volume a little first.)
posted by Ian A.T. at 5:38 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Ian A.T. at 5:38 AM on October 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
Is the Innkeeper Wario?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 6:07 AM on October 23, 2015
posted by EndsOfInvention at 6:07 AM on October 23, 2015
As I recall it, from the video, he had to leave his computer for a bit (as his takeout had arrived, or something) and the rest of his group stopped in front of the room with all the dragon eggs and started discussing strategy, then suddenly he returns and says "let's do this" and then proceeds to run in and pop all the eggs (as he hadn't been listening to the strategy discussion) and the group proceeds to wipe. And THEN he says "at least I have chicken."
Except the whole thing was staged. If you listen to the strategy conversation, it makes no sense in the context (you can't figure out %% chance of surviving an encounter, etc...)
That said, they claim it was based on a 'real' incident, yadda yadda....
posted by splen at 6:20 AM on October 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
Except the whole thing was staged. If you listen to the strategy conversation, it makes no sense in the context (you can't figure out %% chance of surviving an encounter, etc...)
That said, they claim it was based on a 'real' incident, yadda yadda....
posted by splen at 6:20 AM on October 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
There's no way the whole Leeroy Jenkins thing wasn't fake anyway, that 2 minute strat discussion was way too complicated for that fight anyway. He didn't just crack the eggs a little, he did what could not be described as anything but a massive intentional f-up for anyone that's ever been there. Its not a hard fight from what I recall, the fact they have someone number crunch a probability of success is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard in a raid, pretty clearly one of the greatest MMORPG memes was staged - mostly because there are idiots who do just run in and do things dumb like that, but Leeroy Jenkins - in the way we all know him, was phony.
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:43 AM on October 23, 2015
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:43 AM on October 23, 2015
Is this where we talk about how much I enjoy people crying about the warsong commander nerf? I don't know if it's a good or bad thing for the game, the meta, whatever, but I hated that card and now it's gone! Ding dong the witch is dead.
posted by Carillon at 8:52 AM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Carillon at 8:52 AM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
The Leeroy Jenkins video was a parody recreation of an event that I think actually happened. Like they actually wiped in a mildly amusing way because Leeroy really needed chicken and really lacked patience, so they redid it intentionally but dialed everything up to eleven.
posted by Bobicus at 9:36 AM on October 23, 2015
posted by Bobicus at 9:36 AM on October 23, 2015
might be the best thing you can do with the next 48 seconds of your life.
Truth
posted by numaner at 9:42 AM on October 23, 2015
Truth
posted by numaner at 9:42 AM on October 23, 2015
Even if Leroy is fake, we'll always have 50 DKP Minus [Caution: Coarse Language].
posted by ob1quixote at 3:47 PM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by ob1quixote at 3:47 PM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
Is this where we talk about how much I enjoy people crying about the warsong commander nerf? I don't know if it's a good or bad thing for the game, the meta, whatever, but I hated that card and now it's gone! Ding dong the witch is dead.
It's hard to get consensus online but a fair number of people think the meta is worse off for this change.
Patron had good win rates against aggro decks and overly passive control decks, so it had an outsized effect on the meta despite not being very popular - at least, for most players around Rank 10 (say, top 9%) - you'd see maybe 15% Patron decks. It kept aggro decks in check by having lots of ways to stay alive until their win conditions came out, and also put the lid on overly slow decks because they could OTK you late if you didn't disrupt them early or armor up beyond reach of burn decks. So what got played in response? You had decks with large taunts - say Handlock / Echo Mage / Dragon Priest - themselves also slow, cerebral and consistent, inevitable decks. But since Patron never made a huge % of the meta themselves, those counters never became a huge percentage of the meta either, but they existed.
Now that Patron is gone, lots of players are reverting to face hunter, and even secret paladin is curving earlier now. It kicks strategic decks like Handlock out of the meta. I've never played patron myself, but I'd rather face 10-15% patrons than what I suddenly see now, which is 30% face hunter.
Basically you'd get more strategic, careful games before, while now you see more mindless aggro decks that are - arguably - more fun to play and watch. I can definitely see the argument that playing against Patron wasn't "fun" - but from a strategic point of view there's far more you can do to disrupt Patron's game plan (with the right deck) than say, against straight face hunter, which is mindless to play and mindless to counter (keep clearing board, eventually win or lose)
posted by xdvesper at 4:10 PM on October 23, 2015
It's hard to get consensus online but a fair number of people think the meta is worse off for this change.
Patron had good win rates against aggro decks and overly passive control decks, so it had an outsized effect on the meta despite not being very popular - at least, for most players around Rank 10 (say, top 9%) - you'd see maybe 15% Patron decks. It kept aggro decks in check by having lots of ways to stay alive until their win conditions came out, and also put the lid on overly slow decks because they could OTK you late if you didn't disrupt them early or armor up beyond reach of burn decks. So what got played in response? You had decks with large taunts - say Handlock / Echo Mage / Dragon Priest - themselves also slow, cerebral and consistent, inevitable decks. But since Patron never made a huge % of the meta themselves, those counters never became a huge percentage of the meta either, but they existed.
Now that Patron is gone, lots of players are reverting to face hunter, and even secret paladin is curving earlier now. It kicks strategic decks like Handlock out of the meta. I've never played patron myself, but I'd rather face 10-15% patrons than what I suddenly see now, which is 30% face hunter.
Basically you'd get more strategic, careful games before, while now you see more mindless aggro decks that are - arguably - more fun to play and watch. I can definitely see the argument that playing against Patron wasn't "fun" - but from a strategic point of view there's far more you can do to disrupt Patron's game plan (with the right deck) than say, against straight face hunter, which is mindless to play and mindless to counter (keep clearing board, eventually win or lose)
posted by xdvesper at 4:10 PM on October 23, 2015
I hated playing against Patron, don't care what it does to the Meta. Getting nailed by a 30+ damage berserker is not fun Hearthstone. Freeze Mage is another stay alive till the combo deck but it doesn't win with a OTK. Much less annoying to lose to.
posted by Drinky Die at 5:12 PM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Drinky Die at 5:12 PM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Except the whole thing was staged.--splen
I once asked my nephew about WOW and he showed me this video which he said had gone viral. He was, in fact, one of the guys planning out the strategy when one of his team came in late and just ran into the next room yelling and started attacking, so they said "what the heck" and followed him and proceeded to get slaughtered.
So I can say with some authority that the original event was not staged.
posted by eye of newt at 7:51 PM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
I once asked my nephew about WOW and he showed me this video which he said had gone viral. He was, in fact, one of the guys planning out the strategy when one of his team came in late and just ran into the next room yelling and started attacking, so they said "what the heck" and followed him and proceeded to get slaughtered.
So I can say with some authority that the original event was not staged.
posted by eye of newt at 7:51 PM on October 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
And that whole "%% chance of surviving an encounter, etc..." is exactly the way he would approach battles, whether or not it helped, though I think they usually did pretty well--I don't know if he still thinks that way now that he's in the Marines.
posted by eye of newt at 8:12 PM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by eye of newt at 8:12 PM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
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