History of Multiplayer United
Multiplayer United (MPU) has been in operation for more than 2 decades – and over the years, we’ve had a lot of activity and history spanning many people, venues, and organisations. We’ve filled in the data where possible, but some may be missing. If you’ve got some info or bits of history you’d be able to help us out with, please feel free to let us know in Discord!
| Year | Events |
|---|---|
| 1997 | – MPU starts! – 29 November: LAN Party |
| 1998 | – Wireplay Frag U is run (id software, Tim Willits are there!) – 31 January: LAN Party – 07 March: LAN Party – 18 April: LAN Party – 16 May: LAN Party [ 50 player milestone ] – 20 June: LAN Party – 01 August: LAN Party [ 100 player milestone ] – 12 September: LAN Party – 17 October: LAN Party @ Souths Leagues Club – 07 November: LAN Party @ Balmain Leagues Club – 19 December: LAN Party @ Australian Technology Park [ 200 player milestone ] |
| 1999 | – 06 February – MPU is in Sydney Morning Herald’s Icon section Online or Photo of Hard Copy NOTE: Events run from this point onwards, were all held at Parramatta Masonic Club – April: LAN Party – May: LAN Party [ 250 player milestone ] – August: LAN Party – September: LAN Party – December: LAN Party |
| 2000 | – 15 July: LAN Party – 12 August: LAN Party – 16 September: LAN Party – 07 October: LAN Party – 11 November: LAN Party – 16 December: LAN Party |
| 2001 | – 13 January: LAN Party – 24 February: LAN Party – 17 March: LAN Party – 28 April: LAN Party – 26 May: LAN Party – 14 July: LAN Party – 18 August: LAN Party – 15 September: LAN Party – 8 November: LAN Party (Xbox Pre-Launch LAN Party) – 15 December: LAN Party |
| 2002 | – 09 February: LAN Party – 09 March: LAN Party – 20 April: LAN Party – 08 June: LAN Party – 20 July: LAN Party – 24 August: LAN Party – 12 October: LAN Party – 16 November: LAN Party – 14 December: LAN Party |
| 2003 | – 08 February: LAN Party – 08 March: LAN Party – 12 April: LAN Party – 10 May: LAN Party – 14 June: LAN Party – 12 July: LAN Party – 09 August: LAN Party – 30/31 August: World Cyber Games (WCG) Australia – Grand Finals + BYOPC LAN – 13 September: LAN Party – 11 October: LAN Party – 15 November: LAN Party – 13 December: LAN Party |
| 2004 | – 07 February: LAN Party – 20 March: LAN Party – 17 April: LAN Party – 15 May: LAN Party – 19 June: LAN Party |
| 2005 | – 30 April: LAN Party – 21 May: LAN Party – 16 July: LAN Party – 13 August: LAN Party – 03 October: MPU announces “Game Over” and looks towards stopp LAN Parties |
| 2006 | MPU went on hiatus, before returning in a community support focused role |
| 2007 | – 22 January: MPU announces that it’s “Closing it’s doors” and goes into hiatus again |
| 2011 | Bane meets with Jaytee and missingo – Jaytee and missingo take over ownership and stewardship of MPU |
| 2012 | – MaqLAN #2: LAN Party |
| 2013 | – PAX Australia 2013: PC Freeplay Area (We even recorded it on YouTube.) |
| 2014 | – PAX Australia 2014: PC Freeplay Area |
| 2015 | – PAX Australia 2015: PC Freeplay Area |
| 2016 | – GX Australia: PC Freeplay Area – eLeague.gg Autumn LAN 2016 – eLeague.gg Winter LAN 2016 |
| 2017 | – eLeague.gg Autumn LAN 2017 |
| 2018 | LAN parties are in decline, MPU enters its second hiatus |
| 2020 | January: COVID-19 Pandemic affects events around the world, MPU decides to return in a different capacity |
| 2021 | 10 January: – mpu.com.au gets reactivated and MPU returns to keep a bit of history on the internet 🙂 |
