Clan History

In 2006 LayedBackGamers was founded by General Yayap as a Halo 2 clan on Xbox Live. Since then it has grown and expanded through Bungie.net to obtain its own website and forums. Here is the history, as written by the founder himself:

"LayedBackGamers started out small. Actually it couldn't get any smaller than one member. General Yayap wanted to create the next KSI or what not and decided on the name that best described his gaming; LAYED BACK! He was a good gamer who played to win but wasn't one to cheat or dedicate his life to Halo 2 to become the best. He enjoyed more than ranked matchmaking but still worked to raise his level. So in the summer of 2006 the LayedBackGamers Xbox Live clan was created with just General Yayap and his close friends. It grew and grew...then the General created a blog on Xanga to communicate with his clan and the world easily. But soon he discovered the usefulness of Bungie.net, so in mid-November LBG had its own Bungie group. The first member to be recruited was a newcomer to the forums: s1l4n3r_s3p7. The newcomer was promoted to clan recruiter, and by the end of that year we had 30+ members and 50+ two months after the Bungie group’s creation. Thanks to that Canadian who volunteered to recruit for LBG we became a success across Bungie.net and Xbox Live. Then on March the 23rd, Stevemcguy joined the group and helped create our first website to further expand LBG's empire."

In mid-summer General Yayap quietly left the clan. It was a crushing blow to group unity. As s1l4n3r_s3p7 was the obvious choice, he inherited the top rank. Acknowledging the state of the clan, he hatched a plan to take all the active members back to Bungie.net and start over, beginning by changing our name to Laid Back Gamers.
As the days passed by not much happened. The clan lay frozen, unturned, but full of untapped potential. Just before the release of Halo 3, s1l4n3r_s3p7 put his plan into action. Starting small, he promoted Stevemcguy to his old post of recruiter and left duties to every captain. Membership grew quickly and we continued to grow, like a phoenix from the flames. Through all these changes, we never lost our purpose or laid back attitude. We have, and always will, adhere to our motto: “Good Friends, Great Games”.