Who Are We?
League For Gamers was founded by Red 5 Studios and Mark Kern, CEO of Red 5 Studios, who serves as LFG’s President. League For Gamers (LFG) was created on January 14, 2012 in order to give gamers, as well as developers, a voice in Washington and an organization that would serve and foster the interest and e-sport of video gamers and our favorite pastime as played on PC/Mac, mobile and console platforms.
Red 5 Studios is LFG’s first developer member, and Mark Kern is it’s first gamer member. Red 5 Studios is a small developer/publisher located in Laguna Hills, CA, and is developing a game called Firefall, a free to play, massive online shooter. Mark Kern is Red 5 Studios CEO and Chief Creative Officer and founder of LFG. Mark Kern has worked on many commercial games, including as Team Lead on the original (vanilla) World of Warcraft, and as Producer on titles such as Diablo II and Starcraft. While not a practicing attorney, Mark Kern is a graduate of Boston University School of Law, specializing in intellectual property law, and a founding member of the world’s first electronic only law journal, The Journal of Science and Technology Law.
LFG also happens to stand for the online gamer term “Looking for Group” which encompasses LFG’s lifelong mission to gather gamers and developers together in a mission to promote games in a positive way, spread the passion of gaming, and protect gaming interests in politics. LFG’s most recent goal is the opposition of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP), which LFG feels is misguided and overbearing legislation which would not only fail to protect IP rights for developers, but would also have a chilling effect on free speech, live streaming, e-Sports, gaming innovation and user created content.
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16 Comments on "Who Are We?"
First post!
Looking to help set things right. Stop the madness that is SOPA/PIPA!
Half the battle is knowing when to fight. This is a fight worth fighting.
This industry desperately needs this. Keep it up!
Gamers Daily News supports the fight against SOPA and PIPA.
SOPA must be opposed!
Thank you Mark for this effort, you have our full support!
Are you concerned that your political message will be watered down by the fact that most older persons (such as those in congress and in the house) see video game playing as a sign of arrested development ie immaturity?
That’s the job of the LFG. We have to show them otherwise.
Good stuff here, keep it up!
we can’t let SOPA destroy the internet
In the tradition of online petitioning and such…
/signed
As a developer – I support this website and what Red 5 is doing. Any way I can help to spread the word or any other endeavor feel free to ask.
I support this cause.
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