Stefan Komlos

Known for

Community, content, and social media leadership in gaming and entertainment, per his own site^[1]

Experience

15+ years in gaming and entertainment, per his own site^[1][2]

Founded

MreGamers Network, a gaming community and content network in Chapel Hill, NC (2011–2013), per his own site^[1]

Education

Entertainment Business, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL (2013), per his own site^[1]

Employers named on his own site

Ubisoft, 2K, Freedom! MCN, any.TV, BroadbandTV Corp., TGN.TV^[1]

Book

Community 3.0: The End of the Engagement Trap (2025), per his own site^[4]

Wikidata description

American video game industry leader specializing in content and community strategy^[5]

Career overview

On his own site, Stefan Komlos describes himself as a community, content, and social media leader in the gaming and entertainment industries^[1] with 15+ years of experience in gaming and entertainment.^[1][2] Elsewhere on the site he says he has over fifteen years in entertainment, including ten years specifically in video games, and that he studied Entertainment Business at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, in 2013.^[1]

Wikidata describes Komlos as an American video game industry leader specializing in content and community strategy, and lists Ubisoft and 2K among his employers.^[5]

MreGamers Network

On 21 February 2012 the channel published a FIFA 12 Career Mode episode in which Stefan and Simon play as Leicester City.^[7] A week later, on 28 February 2012, it published an update featuring Stefan that announced a Minecraft server and new shows,^[6] and on 3 March 2012 it announced a livestream in which Stefan said he would answer viewer questions about becoming a director, partnering, copyright issues, TGN, and MreGamersTV.^[8]

On 7 March 2015 the MreGamersTV channel published a video in which Komlos announced the retirement of the channel and community and introduced a new venture; he said in it that he had started the channel a little over three years earlier and had been working on YouTube community and business for almost five years.^[9]

His own site says he worked as a Content Aggregator (Project Manager) at BroadbandTV Corp. from 2012 to 2013, managing a portfolio of over 600 content creators.^[1]

He also says he founded Right Now Studios, a content creation and marketing agency, and served as its Founder and CEO from 2013 to 2015, and that the company was acquired and merged with its sister company Right Now Marketing.^[1]

0:14 Stefan's network update An MreGamersTV update video in which Stefan, one of its founders, announces network changes, from where he turns to the flood of applications to join.

2:13 Minecraft Server Segment of the same MreGamersTV update in which a new Minecraft server for the network is discussed.

1:44 ►Fifa 12 - Career Mode - Ep. 1 [Leicester City], ft. Stefan & Simon Recording published by the MreGamersTV channel: a FIFA 12 Career Mode episode featuring Stefan and Simon playing as Leicester City, from kickoff of the first match.

0:17 ALL your Questions answered! - Livestream! ft. Stefan - MreGamersTV Recording published by the MreGamersTV channel, the announced livestream in which Stefan answers viewer questions, from where he says what the session will cover.

Freedom! and any.TV

According to his own site, Komlos worked as Business Development Manager at Freedom!, the Freedom! MCN multi-channel network, from 2013 to 2015, leading business development and esports strategy,^[1] and contributed to the launch and growth of MGN, a gaming hub run by Freedom! MCN.^[1] Over the same years, 2013 to 2015, he says he was Senior Manager at any.TV, the parent company of Freedom MCN and an affiliate marketing platform that, in his words, empowered content creators to earn revenue by promoting games to their audiences.^[1]

Ubisoft

On his gameography page, Komlos lists several Ubisoft titles as examples of projects he says he was connected to: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege under esports credits; Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Far Cry 5 and Watch Dogs 2 under global publishing and marketing credits; and Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin's Creed Shadows and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora under video and cinematics credits.^[3] He notes that the list is provided as is and is not a definitive representation of his contributions to each project.^[3]

0:10 Broadband TV Segment of the same MreGamersTV announcement video in which Stefan discusses his role at BroadbandTV.

Other roles

His own site says he worked as Global Community Manager at 2K in Novato, CA, in 2019, leading global community strategy for Borderlands 3,^[1] a game he also lists under his global publishing and marketing credits.^[3]

From 2020 to 2021, he says, he covered video games as a Freelance Writer for Examiner.com.^[1]

Community 3.0

According to his own site, Komlos has written a book, Community 3.0: The End of the Engagement Trap, which he dates to 2025.^[4] The site says the book argues against chasing vanity metrics, proposes frameworks for building member-driven brand communities, and introduces concepts including the Generational Shift, the Community Blueprint, the Ownership Mindset, the Value Loop, and measuring what matters.^[4]

Timeline

1. 2011 Komlos says he founded the MreGamers Network in Chapel Hill, NC, serving as CEO and Founder until 2013.^[1]
2. 2012-02-21 The MreGamersTV channel published a FIFA 12 Career Mode episode featuring Stefan and Simon playing as Leicester City.^[7]
3. 2012-02-28 The MreGamersTV channel published an update featuring Stefan that announced a Minecraft server and new shows.^[6]
4. 2012-03-03 The MreGamersTV channel announced a livestream in which Stefan said he would answer viewer questions about MreGamersTV and related topics.^[8]
5. 2012–2013 Komlos says he worked as a Content Aggregator (Project Manager) at BroadbandTV Corp.^[1]
6. 2013 Komlos says he studied Entertainment Business at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.^[1]
7. 2013–2015 Komlos says he worked as Business Development Manager at Freedom! MCN, and as Senior Manager at any.TV.^[1]
8. 2013–2015 Komlos says he founded Right Now Studios and served as its Founder and CEO; he states it was acquired and merged with Right Now Marketing.^[1]
9. 2015-03-07 The MreGamersTV channel published a video in which Stefan announced the retirement of the channel and community and introduced a new venture.^[9]
10. 2019 Komlos says he worked as Global Community Manager at 2K in Novato, CA, leading global community strategy for Borderlands 3.^[1][3]
11. 2025 Komlos says he published the book Community 3.0: The End of the Engagement Trap.^[4]