Michael Youngling

**Michael Youngling** is the **Leader Protector** of the LBP Union.

## History

### Political Lifestyle

In 2009, Michael Youngling entered his political career, as he learnt of the Kardian Era clans, and the notorious Anti-Heart for Heart conflict. Wanting to take a stand, Michael formed his own clan known as the Agents, and eventually became a well-respected member of the LBP Union's first incarceration. Michael would later befriend Potato Farm, and the two would become roommates. By December 2013, Michael climbed up the ranks to become the **Lead Protector** of the LBP Union, where he had the organization, now under his control, undergo new management, promising to help those in need, along with the assistance of his colleagues. During his presidency, Michael documented several pages about his political experiences in multiple of his journals, which were later digitized and made available for the public to view.

Michael created the LBP Union Wiki, an encyclopedia with the purpose of documenting several information about related individuals, clans, and the LBP Union itself. Learning of Foxarmy due to an article that was written on the Wiki, Michael became intrigued to meet the person who wrote it, and eventually met and befriended that person, who turned out to be Ezoiar, while he was visiting the Las Calles City. Michael brought Ezoiar on board to become a member of the LBP Union, and later became a close ally by his side. Ezoiar would later form the Republic of Taiyang alongside Jumbojuu, which Michael supported. Continuing to fight injustice, Michael became a lawyer on the side, and additionally formed the Ministry of Technology to be his bodyguards. Due to Michael's impact, multiple people eventually started to impersonate him during events such as April Fools Day.

### Developing Project Lighthouse

*"I wanted to make a quick note for everybody, Yes, the LBP servers have shut off for PS3 and Vita. Yes, I am immensely disappointed and I was pretty down about it yesterday. LBP2 was my favorite game. However, this isn't the end. PS3 and Vita private servers are coming eventually, and our team is investigating what it would take to create them. There are others in the community as well. Dreamiverse is working on them as well. However, I can't say when Project Lighthouse will be available. It could take some time."*
―Michael Youngling[src]
In October 2021, Michael Youngling and Ezoiar created Project Lighthouse, a custom online server instance made to accompany *LittleBigPlanet*, *LittleBigPlanet 2*, *LittleBigPlanet Vita* and *LittleBigPlanet 3* players on the PS3, following the shutdown of the official servers that was ignited following various community attacks committed by Jonathan Rosa. Michael hired both Jvyden and Toyo to be heads of Project Lighthouse's development, but both would abandon the project following vague conflicts with Michael, conflicts that described him as the problem. Additionally, Project Lighthouse faced controversies due to people assuming Michael was stealing people's private information, such as their IP Addresses, oblivious to the fact that IP Addresses are technically used everywhere on the Internet. Despite these issues, Project Lighthouse continued forward, and eventually entered Public Beta by 2023.

## Relationships

	+ Ezoiar - Close Friend
* Ministry of Technology
* Project Lighthouse
* *The Incredible Crew*
	+ Knollad - Friend
	+ Jack Jabolon
	+ A.N.D.R.E. - Friend
	+ Hunter J. Restless
* Declan
* Dr. Zeon
* Kcaj Nolobaj
* Dan the Inconspicuous/Mysterious Cube

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 M88Youngling on the LBP Union Wiki