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| − | + | Shaun (TheOnyx) <Site Director> |
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| + | Shaun joined Wowhead in 2009 and quickly rose through the ranks to become the team's development manager, scheduling releases, assigning tasks, planning out enhancements, and essentially making sure the site didn't die in a fiery crash. When Guillaume resigned his position as Site Director in 2010 to pursue a job at Blizzard, Shaun was in the perfect position to step into his shoes. Now, Shaun is the guiding hand that steers the site, and the final word when it comes to how things are done. |
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| − | :Guillaume is the co-founder of Wowhead as well as the lead designer and the senior member of the team. He has a ton of experience with PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL. He's also the man responsible for Wowhead's unique design and intuitive user interface. Guillaume is the obsessive-compulsive member of the team, not happy unless every pixel is in its proper place. |
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| + | Shaun has been gaming since he received his first video game platform at the age of 8. At the age of 13, he made his first foray into programming by creating a QBasic Blackjack program, and later a simple text-based RPG. His love for gaming, programming, and RPGs lead him to playing World of Warcraft while developing software solutions for other industries. Shaun stumbed upon Wowhead during a random Google search in late 2006 and instantly fell in love with its interface. From that moment on, he has been reporting bugs and suggesting new features. After winning prizes in two Wowhead contests through his efforts in helping the site to grow, he joined the site as one of our official volunteers, where he continued to help improve the site. When Wowhead needed someone with development and management experience to add to our ranks, Shaun's dedication to the site as well as his love for gaming and programming made him a natural fit to add to our team. |
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| + | ■Number of Wowhead contests won: 2 (before he joined the team, of course!) |
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| + | ■Voted most likely to: Survive a zombie attack |
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| + | ■Number of homepage random titles created: 27 |
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| ⚫ | Casey is responsible for everything on Wowhead that's generated by a person rather than by a computer. He manages the team of volunteer moderators, editors and bloggers that provide us with all of that extra juicy content, and keep our forums neat and clean. He also takes care of giveaways, contests and promotions on Wowhead, so if you've got some swag to give away, send him an email! Casey is the hyperactive member of the team, always talking to fifteen different people simultaneously. |
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| − | :Shaun is the team's development manager. He's responsible for scheduling releases, assigning tasks, planning out enhancements, and essentially making sure the site doesn't die in a fiery crash. He keeps the site in tip top shape and ensures that we're all using the best possible methods to maintain and improve the site. |
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| + | Casey started playing games on his Commodore 64 at age 5, and hasn't stopped since. Casey is a latecomer to MMOs and was originally a reluctant convert to World of Warcraft, but ever since he gave up PCs for Macs... well, there wasn't much else worth playing. He joined the team in June of 2007, after starting his career in the game industry as a data entry temp for ZAM six months before. In addition to World of Warcraft, Casey is constantly honing his skills at Smash Bros. Brawl, ever since being defeated in the quarter-finals of the tournament that took place at his wedding reception. Casey also enjoys tabletop games, terrible music, and amateur psychotherapy. |
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| + | ■Favorite show: Futurama |
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| + | ■Most IM conversations maintained at once: 7 |
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| + | ■Proudest moment: Getting beaten by his guild's main tank in a Smash Bros. tournament at his own wedding reception |
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| + | ■Favorite form of deliciously edible plastic: Twizzlers |
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| ⚫ | Claire is a web development prodigy, who's been working on Wowhead behind the scenes for a long time. She's already acted as the driving force behind a number of projects, including the item comparison, weight scales, and hunter pet calculator, as well as being instrumental in the creation of the profiler! |
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| + | Claire is a die hard roleplayer and has been playing various tabletop and live action games since she was 12. She has a head for problem solving and algorithms, and the first piece of code she ever wrote was a dice roller for Dungeons and Dragons on her graphing calculator. From there she branched out into true programming languages and better games, eventually combining her love of both when she discovered World of Warcraft. At the time of release she was studying for a computer science degree and it seemed natural to branch out into web development and lua addons to support her growing WoW addiction. Now she spends more time writing tools for the game than actually playing, but its what she enjoys most about it. She is still at heart a pen-and-paper gamer and participates in half a dozen local games when she finds the time -- even if it means she misses a raid. She met her husband at her first LARP and now plays WoW with him (though he is a total noob). |
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| + | ■Obsession: Anything with dragons |
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| + | ■Favorite game system: Fireborn (and close second, 7th Sea) |
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| + | ■Pointless, masochistic goal: 1 of each race and class to max level |
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| − | + | Joshua (Mystadio) <Software Developer and Co-founder> |
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| + | Joshua first got into programming at age 7, when his mother noticed his obsession with computers and rewarded him with a book on BASIC programming. The gift changed his life, and before long he was learning other computing languages. And despite his father's insistence that the computer is just a toy, he makes a successful living as a programmer today. When he's not working on Wowhead, Joshua can be found riding his motorcycle, tooling around the science articles on Wikipedia, or taking good care of his newly born baby girl, Megan. |
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| + | ■Likes: Movies, quiet places, LA and Paris |
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| + | ■Doesn't like: New things |
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| + | Alayton has been studying computer science since he was 10, starting with an enormous C/C++ book his parents got him. His programming career first began to take off as a scripter for Tribes 2 when he was 16, and since then he's shored up his knowledge of programming with a series of CS classes (some of which he even bothered to show up for). When not playing WoW, Alayton can be found playing Heroes of Newerth (and maintaining HoNDB.com), playing XBox, or in class. |
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| + | ■Largest amount of money ever spent on candy: $50 (at 50% off!) |
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| + | ■Contents of freezer: Popsicles and ice cream |
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| + | ■Proudest in-game achievement: Realm First! Level 80 on Gul'dan |
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| + | Andreas is our development intern, meaning he gets to do the programming jobs no one else wants to do! Before coming to join us here at Wowhead, Andreas had experience working on his own WoW database site at Wowpanda.net, making him a logical choice to join the team here. He's a longtime programmer and a C++ expert. |
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| + | Andreas grew up playing the Monkey Island series (like many of us), and transitioned to MMOs via Ultima Online. He hails from Milan, Italy, and when he's not playing WoW he's studying, playing QuakeLive, and teaching himself 3D modeling. |
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| + | ■QuakeLive ID: kopzzz |
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| + | ■Secret love: Achievements |
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| + | ■Secret fear: Having nothing to do |
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| ⚫ | Brielle is the hardest working girl in the MMO industry. She helps create new features, maintains data integrity across the site, and sorts all of our screenshots. Brielle's fingerprints are on everything the site puts up, including maps, miniboxes, comments, forum posts, and much more. Brielle is the adorable member of the team – she even has her own fan club! |
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| + | Brielle had her gaming start with tabletop RPGs and card games, before finally getting into PC gaming with Warcraft 2: The Tides of Darkness. Soon after she got a job at a used video game store, and began amassing her game collection in earnest. She got hooked on MMOs via Ragnarok Online, and finally succumbed to WoW in June of 2005. Brielle has now been a part of several top raiding guilds. When she's not working on Wowhead – which is rarely – she's raiding with her guild, playing Team Fortress 2, or enjoying some Monk. |
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| + | ■Loves: Care Bears |
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| + | ■Number of toys that maintain residence on her desk: 125+ |
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| + | ■Favorite color: Pink |
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| ⚫ | Sarah is Wowhead's in-house fine artist, responsible for a number of pieces of artwork found around the site (including the portraits on this very page), as well as the Wowhead Comic. She's also available for commissions through her own website (Noxychu.com)... as long as you leave her enough time to keep making drawings for us. |
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| + | Sarah has been an artist since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She first started to learn from her mother, but went on to get her BND in Fine Art and Illustration. She has a number of art credits under her belt, including some official artwork for Anime Expo 2008. She was a long time Ragnarok Online player (with Brielle) before coming to WoW, in her words, "for the ponies." In her spare time, she can be found doodling, farming mounts, and dreaming up new t-shirt designs. |
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| + | ■Likes: Bleu cheese and mushrooms |
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| + | ■Dislikes: Malgayne |
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| + | ■Favorite outfit: Mooncloth Robe |
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| + | Dan (fewyn) <Content Manager> |
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| + | Dan began his career in the MMO industry as a content manager for Allakhazam's WoW site, but we quickly seduced him to the dark side. Now he spends his days writing news for our blog, keeping our various guides up to date, and keeping the rest of us on our toes. |
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| + | Dan began his gaming career with by grabbing the legendary Commander Keen off of a BBS. He later started becoming involved in online communities with the release of Final Fantasy VII. Now he raids on Illidan-US, and spends his free time studying up for college and helping his dad run a comic/card shop. When he's not doing WoW-related things, he's listening to music, reading, or running a Kingdom of Loathing site called KoLMafia. |
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| + | ■Number of times run over with a car: Only once, we swear |
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| + | ■Favorite Kingdom of Loathing character class: Accordion Thief |
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| + | ■Alliance vs. Horde: Who knows? |
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| + | Guillaume (Skosiris) <Co-founder> |
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| + | Guillaume is one of the co-founders of Wowhead, and was the Site Director from 2006 to 2010. He's the grand designer of all things Wowhead, and the site's unique design and intuitive interface is his original creation. In 2010, Guillaume resigned his position at Wowhead to pursue his childhood dream of working at Blizzard Entertainment, and we miss him and wish him well. |
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| + | Guillaume has been a PC gamer since the age of 5, with King's Quest VI and Tank Wars. He and Joshua met at age 16, taking the same "Introduction to Computer Science" class in high school. They built the talent calculator together in 2005, and continued to update and maintain it while they roomed together at Université Laval in Québec. |
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| + | ■Likes: Tacos, guacamole, Unibroue beers |
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| + | ■Favorite candy: Those 5¢ gummies you could get when you were like 6 years old |
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| + | ■Most commonly used emote: /cheer |
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| + | ■Website: http://skosiris.com |
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== Ownership == |
== Ownership == |
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Revision as of 21:42, 31 July 2010
| Wowhead | |
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| URL | http://www.wowhead.com |
| Type | Database |
| Registration | Free |
| Launched | June 26, 2006 |
| Maintained by | Guillaume, Casey, Shaun, Claire, Joshua, Alayton, Brielle |
| Popularity | 404[1] (Alexa) |
Wowhead is a World of Warcraft information database featuring a JavaScript interface. The site catalogs items, quests, talents, and much more — all able to be searched, sorted, and arranged to find the information needed. Wowhead is currently the only major database website that has been mentioned by Blizzard in their Community Spotlight.
The website started out as a talent calculator in December 2005. The talent calculator offers the ability to import builds from Blizzard talent calculators. It was in beta from April 4th to June 25th, 2006[2], and the database was released on June 26th, 2006[3].
Wowhead makes extensive use of AJAX for its interface function and requires JavaScript to be enabled in order to function.
The team
Wowhead's "The Burning Contest" featured in the WoW.com Community Spotlight.
A Wowhead contest featured on the WoW.com front page.
Wowhead featured in the WoW.com Community Spotlight.
The following descriptions have been quoted directly off http://www.wowhead.com/?aboutus.
Shaun (TheOnyx) <Site Director> Shaun joined Wowhead in 2009 and quickly rose through the ranks to become the team's development manager, scheduling releases, assigning tasks, planning out enhancements, and essentially making sure the site didn't die in a fiery crash. When Guillaume resigned his position as Site Director in 2010 to pursue a job at Blizzard, Shaun was in the perfect position to step into his shoes. Now, Shaun is the guiding hand that steers the site, and the final word when it comes to how things are done.
Shaun has been gaming since he received his first video game platform at the age of 8. At the age of 13, he made his first foray into programming by creating a QBasic Blackjack program, and later a simple text-based RPG. His love for gaming, programming, and RPGs lead him to playing World of Warcraft while developing software solutions for other industries. Shaun stumbed upon Wowhead during a random Google search in late 2006 and instantly fell in love with its interface. From that moment on, he has been reporting bugs and suggesting new features. After winning prizes in two Wowhead contests through his efforts in helping the site to grow, he joined the site as one of our official volunteers, where he continued to help improve the site. When Wowhead needed someone with development and management experience to add to our ranks, Shaun's dedication to the site as well as his love for gaming and programming made him a natural fit to add to our team. ■Number of Wowhead contests won: 2 (before he joined the team, of course!) ■Voted most likely to: Survive a zombie attack ■Number of homepage random titles created: 27
Casey (Malgayne) <Content/Community Lead> Casey is responsible for everything on Wowhead that's generated by a person rather than by a computer. He manages the team of volunteer moderators, editors and bloggers that provide us with all of that extra juicy content, and keep our forums neat and clean. He also takes care of giveaways, contests and promotions on Wowhead, so if you've got some swag to give away, send him an email! Casey is the hyperactive member of the team, always talking to fifteen different people simultaneously.
Casey started playing games on his Commodore 64 at age 5, and hasn't stopped since. Casey is a latecomer to MMOs and was originally a reluctant convert to World of Warcraft, but ever since he gave up PCs for Macs... well, there wasn't much else worth playing. He joined the team in June of 2007, after starting his career in the game industry as a data entry temp for ZAM six months before. In addition to World of Warcraft, Casey is constantly honing his skills at Smash Bros. Brawl, ever since being defeated in the quarter-finals of the tournament that took place at his wedding reception. Casey also enjoys tabletop games, terrible music, and amateur psychotherapy. ■Favorite show: Futurama ■Most IM conversations maintained at once: 7 ■Proudest moment: Getting beaten by his guild's main tank in a Smash Bros. tournament at his own wedding reception ■Favorite form of deliciously edible plastic: Twizzlers
Claire (PoeticDragon) <Software Developer>
Claire is a web development prodigy, who's been working on Wowhead behind the scenes for a long time. She's already acted as the driving force behind a number of projects, including the item comparison, weight scales, and hunter pet calculator, as well as being instrumental in the creation of the profiler!
Claire is a die hard roleplayer and has been playing various tabletop and live action games since she was 12. She has a head for problem solving and algorithms, and the first piece of code she ever wrote was a dice roller for Dungeons and Dragons on her graphing calculator. From there she branched out into true programming languages and better games, eventually combining her love of both when she discovered World of Warcraft. At the time of release she was studying for a computer science degree and it seemed natural to branch out into web development and lua addons to support her growing WoW addiction. Now she spends more time writing tools for the game than actually playing, but its what she enjoys most about it. She is still at heart a pen-and-paper gamer and participates in half a dozen local games when she finds the time -- even if it means she misses a raid. She met her husband at her first LARP and now plays WoW with him (though he is a total noob). ■Obsession: Anything with dragons ■Favorite game system: Fireborn (and close second, 7th Sea) ■Pointless, masochistic goal: 1 of each race and class to max level
Joshua (Mystadio) <Software Developer and Co-founder> Joshua co-founded Wowhead with Guillaume in high school, and today he's responsible for the maintenance of the data found on the site. He is a skilled developer and a whiz at C++ and Lua. Joshua is at his best when he's finding simple answers to complex problems.
Joshua first got into programming at age 7, when his mother noticed his obsession with computers and rewarded him with a book on BASIC programming. The gift changed his life, and before long he was learning other computing languages. And despite his father's insistence that the computer is just a toy, he makes a successful living as a programmer today. When he's not working on Wowhead, Joshua can be found riding his motorcycle, tooling around the science articles on Wikipedia, or taking good care of his newly born baby girl, Megan. ■Likes: Movies, quiet places, LA and Paris ■Doesn't like: New things
Alayton (alayton) <Software Developer>
Alayton has been working behind the scenes on projects for the ZAM Network for some time – including the 3D Model Viewer – and now he's become a full time addition to the Wowhead team! Alayton's responsibilities are expanding all the time... fortunately so far he seems to be enjoying the stress.
Alayton has been studying computer science since he was 10, starting with an enormous C/C++ book his parents got him. His programming career first began to take off as a scripter for Tribes 2 when he was 16, and since then he's shored up his knowledge of programming with a series of CS classes (some of which he even bothered to show up for). When not playing WoW, Alayton can be found playing Heroes of Newerth (and maintaining HoNDB.com), playing XBox, or in class. ■Largest amount of money ever spent on candy: $50 (at 50% off!) ■Contents of freezer: Popsicles and ice cream ■Proudest in-game achievement: Realm First! Level 80 on Gul'dan
Andreas (Koper) <Development Intern> Andreas is our development intern, meaning he gets to do the programming jobs no one else wants to do! Before coming to join us here at Wowhead, Andreas had experience working on his own WoW database site at Wowpanda.net, making him a logical choice to join the team here. He's a longtime programmer and a C++ expert.
Andreas grew up playing the Monkey Island series (like many of us), and transitioned to MMOs via Ultima Online. He hails from Milan, Italy, and when he's not playing WoW he's studying, playing QuakeLive, and teaching himself 3D modeling. ■QuakeLive ID: kopzzz ■Secret love: Achievements ■Secret fear: Having nothing to do
Brielle (Miyari) <Sr. Content Manager>
Brielle is the hardest working girl in the MMO industry. She helps create new features, maintains data integrity across the site, and sorts all of our screenshots. Brielle's fingerprints are on everything the site puts up, including maps, miniboxes, comments, forum posts, and much more. Brielle is the adorable member of the team – she even has her own fan club!
Brielle had her gaming start with tabletop RPGs and card games, before finally getting into PC gaming with Warcraft 2: The Tides of Darkness. Soon after she got a job at a used video game store, and began amassing her game collection in earnest. She got hooked on MMOs via Ragnarok Online, and finally succumbed to WoW in June of 2005. Brielle has now been a part of several top raiding guilds. When she's not working on Wowhead – which is rarely – she's raiding with her guild, playing Team Fortress 2, or enjoying some Monk. ■Loves: Care Bears ■Number of toys that maintain residence on her desk: 125+ ■Favorite color: Pink
Sarah (Noxychu) <Artist> Sarah is Wowhead's in-house fine artist, responsible for a number of pieces of artwork found around the site (including the portraits on this very page), as well as the Wowhead Comic. She's also available for commissions through her own website (Noxychu.com)... as long as you leave her enough time to keep making drawings for us.
Sarah has been an artist since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She first started to learn from her mother, but went on to get her BND in Fine Art and Illustration. She has a number of art credits under her belt, including some official artwork for Anime Expo 2008. She was a long time Ragnarok Online player (with Brielle) before coming to WoW, in her words, "for the ponies." In her spare time, she can be found doodling, farming mounts, and dreaming up new t-shirt designs. ■Likes: Bleu cheese and mushrooms ■Dislikes: Malgayne ■Favorite outfit: Mooncloth Robe
Dan (fewyn) <Content Manager>
Dan began his career in the MMO industry as a content manager for Allakhazam's WoW site, but we quickly seduced him to the dark side. Now he spends his days writing news for our blog, keeping our various guides up to date, and keeping the rest of us on our toes.
Dan began his gaming career with by grabbing the legendary Commander Keen off of a BBS. He later started becoming involved in online communities with the release of Final Fantasy VII. Now he raids on Illidan-US, and spends his free time studying up for college and helping his dad run a comic/card shop. When he's not doing WoW-related things, he's listening to music, reading, or running a Kingdom of Loathing site called KoLMafia. ■Number of times run over with a car: Only once, we swear ■Favorite Kingdom of Loathing character class: Accordion Thief ■Alliance vs. Horde: Who knows?
Former Members Guillaume (Skosiris) <Co-founder> Guillaume is one of the co-founders of Wowhead, and was the Site Director from 2006 to 2010. He's the grand designer of all things Wowhead, and the site's unique design and intuitive interface is his original creation. In 2010, Guillaume resigned his position at Wowhead to pursue his childhood dream of working at Blizzard Entertainment, and we miss him and wish him well.
Guillaume has been a PC gamer since the age of 5, with King's Quest VI and Tank Wars. He and Joshua met at age 16, taking the same "Introduction to Computer Science" class in high school. They built the talent calculator together in 2005, and continued to update and maintain it while they roomed together at Université Laval in Québec. ■Likes: Tacos, guacamole, Unibroue beers ■Favorite candy: Those 5¢ gummies you could get when you were like 6 years old ■Most commonly used emote: /cheer ■Website: http://skosiris.com
Ownership
Wowhead was originally a privately owned site, owned by its founders, Joshua and Guillaume. During June 2007, Wowhead was sold to ZAM Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of Affinity Media, after several management and hosting changes.
Downloads
Wowhead Client
An application (Windows and Mac OS X) that checks for data to upload, uploads data, installs the client AddOn, and checks for updates.[4] Requires a Wowhead account to upload data.
MMOUI Minion
An upcoming AddOn manager that will work in cooperation with WoWInterface.[5]
References
External links
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