The History of the LyM

Founded in late 2005 under the disgustingly uncreative moniker of "LibbyLAN", this group was intended to organize the fledgling PC gamers in the small community of Libby, Montana, as well as provide a safe and legal pastime for local youth. Slowly, as rigs improved and popularity increased, larger and more exciting experiences were made available to the local enthusiasts, one such experience being FragFest, an event conceived by EkaÃnfinitos. This no-holds-barred, LAN gaming frenzy soon became an annual tradition held every March, with three highly successful iterations to date.

Fast forward to 2007, the the group was redesignated as the "Libby InfinityM" and the corresponding Steam group was established, all the while suffering due to the now remote locations of nearly half its members. In order to prevent the organization from fading into obscurity, its members embarked on a ferocious publicity campaign targeted at local youth in order to provide enough resident members to continue to provide quality events. This campaign culminated with FragFest 2008, which was a rousing success not only in reclaiming remote members, but also securing newer, local ones. The victory was shortlived however, as founding member and long-time administrator Eka�nfinitos suddenly defected from the ranks. At this, the group slowly stagnated and, despite a handful of subsequent events, came grinding to a halt.

It appeared to be the end of the organization until elder members PingBot and Boothman1 persuaded Eka�nfinitos to return, breathing new life into the group nearly six months after FF2K8. It was at this time that the three began to consider merging the LAN group Libby InfinityM with the online gaming clan Lost Youth Federation; a merge that was unanimously agreed to be a long overdue and, perhaps, neccessary action. At this new union, the acting name of the LAN group was reduced to its more compact version, LyM. Along with a change in title, a refreshing new look was incorporated to fully convey the bright, fulfilling territory which the group was about to embark into.

The History of the LyF

The Lyf clan was founded in 2003 by Lyf_Boothman1 and Lyf_PingBot. At that time it was their freshman year of high school. Lyf originally stood for Libby Youth Federation. The name came about after Boothman1 and PingBot started playing Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. The clan only survived for a few short months. After all the other members except Boothman1 and PingBot left,  PingBot too decided to take a break from all things associated with the clan.

At the end of 2003 Boothman1 took over and completely redesigned the clan. The most drastic thing was the emergence of the new name. Seemingly over night the clan went from Libby Youth Federation to Lost Youth Federation. The game moved from Galactic Battlegrounds to Age of Empires 2 the Conquers Expansion. Original game hosting was done through Msn Zone. However after a period of time Zone stopped hosting games requiring Cd’s. So the hosting of AoE was carried over to Gamespy, then to Gamepark and finally to IGZ were it is today. Boothman1 managed to swell the ranks of the clan. Over a period of 3 years, while PingBot was bouncing in and out of membership the clan steadily grew to 34 members.

Finally PingBot rejoined the ranks of Lyf. Boothman1 and PingBot then attempted to expand the clan’s horizon. The new agme added to the clan was Battlefield 2. Over the next 2 years after a series of dismal disappointments, Boothman1 was able to get a dedicated BF2 server up and running. Soon members once again began to join the ranks of Lyf. Since then PingBot and Boothman1 have worked to expand and improve Lyf. New games now include Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare, Counter Strike Source, Pirates Vikings and Knights and Insurgency. Lyf has now merged with their fellow LAN based group know as Lym to become LymLyf. Now there is nothing holding this new, near super hero like group from storming the interweb and becoming the best clan of all time. Well at least in our minds. Continue to check for updates on our clan.