MPUK News
18th March 2003, 10:24
<b>Another great LAN</b><br>
It’s tuesday and yet another MPUK LAN has been done and dusted. After a very quick and smooth set-up and a massive early arrival presence of around 300-400 out of 1000+ odd punters, the largest UK gaming LAN event was underway. Generally it was freezing in Newbury and I know I certainly felt it on the 1st floor. The 2nd floor however seemed to have its own small tropical environment so I’m not quite sure what was going on there.<br><br>
Ubi Soft and Codemasters both returned to sponsor the event with their tournaments of Rainbow Six: Raven Shield (Ubi Soft), IGI-2: Covert Strike and TOCA Race Driver (Codemasters). As well as all the usual tourneys like Counter-Strike, Q3A etc, we also had our very first and very successful Battlefield 1942 tournament with a £350 prize purse. I’m very happy to report that the MPUK team, who were playing for ‘chaaaridy’, came 1st donating their win of £200 to Comic Relief.<br><br>
As well as Ubi Soft and Codemasters, we had quite decent media presence as well covering the first 1000+ player LAN event in the UK. <a href="http://www.pcformat.co.uk/">PC Format</a>, <a href="http://www.pcgamer.com/">PC Gamer</a> and <a href="http://www.gamer.tv/">Gamer.TV</a> were all present to sample what I-series LAN’s are about. On the hardware side of things, we had our usual stands for <a href="http://www.coolcasemods.com/">Cool Case Mods</a> and <a href="http://www.everglide.co.uk/shop.php?product_code=50&show_group=20">Everglide</a> but were also happy to welcome <a href="http://www.abit-usa.com/">Abit</a> to i15 with their own stand and demo machines.<br><br>
All in all i15 rocked and then some! The mix of gaming with socialising was simply top quality and the atmosphere provided by all those in attendance was just brilliant.?<br><br>
<b>Tournament Winners</b><br>
Congratulations go out to all the winners of the tournaments that were played. We hope you had a good time and as usual, please direct any feedback to the <a href="http://forums.multiplay.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=101">forums.</a><br><br>
You can view all the coverage images <a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/covmenu.asp">HERE!</a>
Posted By: TelexStar
It’s tuesday and yet another MPUK LAN has been done and dusted. After a very quick and smooth set-up and a massive early arrival presence of around 300-400 out of 1000+ odd punters, the largest UK gaming LAN event was underway. Generally it was freezing in Newbury and I know I certainly felt it on the 1st floor. The 2nd floor however seemed to have its own small tropical environment so I’m not quite sure what was going on there.<br><br>
Ubi Soft and Codemasters both returned to sponsor the event with their tournaments of Rainbow Six: Raven Shield (Ubi Soft), IGI-2: Covert Strike and TOCA Race Driver (Codemasters). As well as all the usual tourneys like Counter-Strike, Q3A etc, we also had our very first and very successful Battlefield 1942 tournament with a £350 prize purse. I’m very happy to report that the MPUK team, who were playing for ‘chaaaridy’, came 1st donating their win of £200 to Comic Relief.<br><br>
As well as Ubi Soft and Codemasters, we had quite decent media presence as well covering the first 1000+ player LAN event in the UK. <a href="http://www.pcformat.co.uk/">PC Format</a>, <a href="http://www.pcgamer.com/">PC Gamer</a> and <a href="http://www.gamer.tv/">Gamer.TV</a> were all present to sample what I-series LAN’s are about. On the hardware side of things, we had our usual stands for <a href="http://www.coolcasemods.com/">Cool Case Mods</a> and <a href="http://www.everglide.co.uk/shop.php?product_code=50&show_group=20">Everglide</a> but were also happy to welcome <a href="http://www.abit-usa.com/">Abit</a> to i15 with their own stand and demo machines.<br><br>
All in all i15 rocked and then some! The mix of gaming with socialising was simply top quality and the atmosphere provided by all those in attendance was just brilliant.?<br><br>
<b>Tournament Winners</b><br>
Congratulations go out to all the winners of the tournaments that were played. We hope you had a good time and as usual, please direct any feedback to the <a href="http://forums.multiplay.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=101">forums.</a><br><br>
You can view all the coverage images <a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/covmenu.asp">HERE!</a>
Posted By: TelexStar