Multiplayer Game Design Syllabi - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 66

Figure 5.2
Spring 2010 syllabus.

Instead, players helped build a glossary of MMO terms. The first player to
suggest a term and definition received one point of XP.

The other change was replacing François '“ Waste of Rations � with “ Leroy

Jenkins when describing a guild member who contributed nothing to the final

concept document. Leroy Jenkins was by far a more appropriate choice for
MMOs, even though I apparently misspelled his first name. It is supposed to be
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Leeroy. �

Leeroy Jenkins

Leeroy Jenkins was an avatar created by WorldofWarcraftplayer Ben Schulz. Leeroy, absent from
his computer while the complex strategy at the beginning of a major boss raid was discussed,
returns and impatiently charges on his own, resulting in a wipe of the entire raid. Videos of the raid
can be found on YouTube. There has been some discussion as to whether or not the video was
staged.