It's New. It's a League. It's for Gamers. It's the League for Gamers!

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Intrepid correspondent Timothy Lord writes, "I talked at SXSW with Kari Hale of League For Gamers (http://www.leagueforgamers.org/), an organization started just a few months ago by Red 5 Studios (http://www.red5studios.com/) founder CEO Mark Kern. (Kern was also team lead for World of Warcraft.) League for Gamers shares some of the goals of groups like the EFF and EPIC, but — as you might guess from the name — is tightly focused on the world of gaming. The group owes its existence to SOPA (http://slashdot.org/tag/sopa); the money used to start it up had initially been budgeted for Red 5 Studios' appearance at the most recent E3, but E3 sponsor's Entertainment Software Association's support for SOPA led Kern to withdraw from the show (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/01/why-one-game-developer-is-skipping-e3-to-start-an-anti-sopa-crusade.ars). Kari gave a quick rundown of the origins of the League, what it hopes to accomplish, and what sorts of efforts it's so far undertaken."

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/03/14/132219/its-new-its-a-league-its-for-gamers-its-the-league-for-gamers-video