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Summary:These events were regarded IMPORTANT not only because they have an extensive and far-reaching impact, but because they reflect the social aspects of online games.
Have you ever read the article titled Top 5 Most Memorable Events in MMORPG History on MMOCRUNCH? These events were regarded IMPORTANT not only because they have an extensive and far-reaching impact, but because they reflect the social aspects of online games. When the article was posted, it provoked the readers' strong interest right away. To those who started to play game just a few years ago, maybe the list is unfamiliar, but in fact these events have an influence on the current game concepts, and even beyond the gaming scene. Now let's run back over these well-known events again.
Event One: The Assassination of Lord British - Ultima Online - August 8, 1997
Lord British was killed during an in-game appearance on Ultima Online's beta test on August 8, 1997. A royal visit was conducted as a part of server population stress test. A player character known as Rainz cast a spell called "fire field" on Lord British that, surprisingly, killed him. According to Starr Long, the whole thing was just a human error: Lord British's character, like others, had been made invulnerable, but by design the invulnerability did not persist over several game sessions. Shortly before the incident, the server had crashed, and Richard Garriott had forgotten to set his invulnerability flag on when logging on again. Shortly afterwards, Rainz's account was banned from the beta test for previously exploiting bugs rather than reporting them (infamously used by his character Aquaman to kill many player characters, a purported griefing incident). According to Origin, he was not banned for the assassination but rather for previous complaints against his account that were brought to light as a result of this attention. The massive amount of lag, caused by the stress test, was a factor in Lord British's death, as well as the guards being deactivated in the area, which allowed Rainz to steal, avoiding immediate death. 99% of the players were at Lord British's castle. Only the few at Lord Blackthorn's castle were the lucky witnesses to this historic event. Those known to have been present besides Lords British and Blackthorn were their jesters Chuckles and Heckles and the following players; Rainz, Dr.Pepper, Mental, DemonSoth, Haaaaaach, Helios, Phobos, Gildoreal, Wind Lord and Kylan.
Event Two: LEEEEROY JENKINS! - World of Warcraft -
I don't know any MMORPG player that hasn't seen this, hell even my friends that have never played a MMORPG know about this.
The Internet phenomenon started with the release of a video clip online to the WoW forums. The video was released by the Alliance player guild "Pals for Life" on the Laughing Skull PvP realm. It features a group of players discussing a detailed battle strategy while one of their number, Leeroy, is away from his computer. Their plan is ruined when Leeroy returns and, ignorant of the strategy, immediately charges headlong into battle shouting his own name as a battle cry. His companions rush to stop him, and his subsequent actions ruin the meticulous plan and the encounter ends in failure for the group. His response to the other players' reactions, "at least I have chicken", was also much parodied.
The South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft," was a parody of the World of Warcraft series as a whole, with the episode's antagonist a griefer named Jenkins.
Leeroy Jenkins later found himself immortalized in the very game that started it off. Blizzard added the attainable title of Jenkins to players who could kill 50 of the famous dragon whelps from the movie within 15 seconds, with the achievement "Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy!" being attained for the same feat.
