User:Theophany  

Theophany

AKA

Korz, Theophany the Sly, Overlord Theophany, Rogue Forum Guru, etc.

Who are you?

As it pertains to Allakhazam, a gamer who has vast knowledge of WoW. I've been posting on this site since my days of playing FFXI, and currently I play WoW; specifically a rogue.

Who are you IRL then?

I'm a 24 year old male who lives in Seattle, WA. My interests outside of WoW are cars (Top Gear is my favorite show), photography, hockey (Red Wings fan since I was old enough to know what hockey is!), graphic design, reading, dominos (yes, I actually play dominos), and playing Xbox360.

I don't really play WoW all that much, in all honesty. I usually sign on for maybe an hour a day to do dailies or pop on to do some arena or Wintergrasp with my brother. Outside of that, I'm a full-time college student who's held jobs with Apple, Microsoft, and another business local to the Seattle area. Most of my time is spent hanging out with friends, either at a bar, or at my apartment, which is fairly close to my favorite bar.

WoW Characters

What kind of experience do you have in WoW?

Depends on what aspect of the game. In PvE, I've got experience through BT (up to Mother Shahraz), including MC, BWL, AQ40, Naxx, Kara, Gruul, ZA, SSC, TK, and MH. In PvP, I've not got much pre-TBC experience. Most comes from after the arena system was put in the game.

Alright, so what kind of arena experience do you have?

Well, I dinged 70 on Korz halfway through Season 2. I grabbed a friend (Umbrage, 70 priest) and we started doing 2v2. I had a decent amount of skill to start, but I was doing research at the same time on tactics, watching hours of video, and PvPing in battlegrounds to get as skilled as I could. I started as combat maces, and about 3-4 weeks into playing I switched to mutilate. I carried the team to ~1900 rating that Season, but left at the end of it to play with other friends on their 2v2 teams. I would have gotten Rival in Season 2.

How about Season 3?

Since I had gotten 2 pieces of Season 2 gear (shoulders/chest) and 2 off hand weapons (I will be the first to admit I was a noob back in the day), I started out S3 by getting weapons from honor. It ended up that I got Syphon of the Nathrezim from PvE, but I used Syphon/S2 off hand dagger until I got my S3 swords, late in the season. Before that I had every piece of S3 gear besides the shoulders. My main team in S3 was a 5v5 team put together and made up of friends. We played a rogue/warrior/holy paladin/feral druid/hybrid hunter setup. We got to 1910 and then due to poor play on someone's part (hybrid hunter), we tanked the rating and maintained 1800 until the end of the season. I didn't do much 2v2 or 3v3 that season seriously.

How about Season 4?

I played fairly infrequently. I had 4/5 S4 3-4 weeks into the season, and I never did find a team to go the full distance and get to any kind of reasonable rating. It also didn't help that I was in WotLK beta at this point, thus never really seriously played after the first 3-4 weeks. I played heavily in the first four weeks with a frost mage in 2v2, and as a disc priest/rogue/feral druid/holy paladin/warrior comp in 5v5. Near the end of the season, I played feral/rogue, but we only did 22 games. After the season had closed, we played more, but due to the power that Ret had at the time, we never got above ~1780. After the end of the season (after titles were handed out and before WotLK came out), we managed to get to ~2060 before dropping to more Ret teams.

How about Season 5?

I haven't played beyond the first week of S5. Arena is too ridiculous right now for me to bother; I just play some WG with my friends, and do some BGs when I'm bored.

What notable things have you done for Allakhazam?

Well, let's see:

1. Wrote the current Rogue Forum FAQ.
2. Made my Journal into the Allakhazam PvP/Arena Forum.
3. Wrote Theo's Rogue PvP FAQ.
4. Wrote the Death Knight DPS FAQ.
5. Made many UIs available for download.

Can we see your current UI?

Sure. See the right hand side of the page. It's not my most current work, but it's close enough.

What have you been working on in WotLK?

Not much, really. Arena in WotLK has been a massive disappointment thus far, and with increased social demands, I have less and less time to be spent in-game. As noted before, I mostly log in now to do dailies and maybe play Wintergrasp or do a BG or two.

Why are you not Sage/Guru?

Because I'm a jerk. I've been a jerk since pretty much day 1 of joining the forums here. The only reason I'm not sub-default permanently is because I make quality FAQs, and people find me funny.

What do you look like IRL?

This. Yes, I know I'm sexy.

How do we contact you outside of Allakhazam?

Contact me on AIM. "phoenixification" is my handle. Also, feel free to add me on XboxLIVE if you'd like to game sometime. My handle there is WKFink.