Revision as of 03:50, 23 December 2008

About LANs

A LAN Party is a temporary computer network, built to play games, share files, and enjoy a social atmosphere with other gamers. Pizza is a requirement for every LAN Party. A LAN Party can range in size, from a few mates in a lounge room or garage to a few thousand people in a stadium.

For More information see LAN Party

Queensland

• Townsville Circuit Breakers LAN - http://www.cblan.net 1998-present
• CQGL LAN - http://www.cqgamers.org 2000-present
• MAD (Mackay and District) Gamers LAN - http://www.mad-gamers.org 2002-present
• SunnyCoastLAN - http://www.sunnycoastlan.com/ 2003-present
• Bundaberg [PTV] LAN - http://members.iinet.net.au/~ptv/lan/ 2007-present

Brisbane

• -=LanSmash=- / LS Arena - http://www.lansmash.com/ 2000-present
• Lanvictims - http://www.lanvictims.com/ - 2001-present
• Hardwired LAN - http://www.hardwiredlan.com - 2006-present

Goldcoast

• Gameserve/GSLAN - http://www.gameserve.com.au 2000-present
• Network PM LAN Parties (south-east coast) - http://www.networkpm.com.au/services-lan-parties.html

New South Wales

• CCGL LAN (Central Coast) - http://www.ccgl.org/
• CoffsLAN - http://www.coffslan.net/
• Network PM LAN Parties (north-east coast) - http://www.networkpm.com.au/services-lan-parties.html
• The LAN (Bathurst & Central West) - http://www.thelan.net.au - 2007-present
• AWL (Albury-Wodonga LAN) - http://www.awlan.org
• Teamdamage (Illawarra) - http://teamdamage.com - 1997-present
• Southcoast Gaming Community (SCGC) - http://scgc.com.au - 2008-present

Sydney

• FragFest (previously B.O.N.G) - http://www.fragfest.com.au/ - 1999-present
• Sydney Gamers League - http://www.sgl.org.au/ - 2000-2007
• EGG (Electronic Gamers Guild) Lan - http://www.egg.org.au/forum 2006-present
• Clash Lan - http://clash.no-ip.org - 2003-present
• BlaxLAN - http://www.lmcomp.net.au - 2006-present
• Southern Highlands LAN - http://www.shlan.org - 2007-present
• Sydney Overclockers Gaming Community (SOGC) - http://www.sogc.com.au - 2008-present

Newcastle

• IVlan - http://cgs.newcastle.edu.au
• Insomnia - http://www.tlegion.com/
• MTH GhettoLan - http://www.meshteam.com/

Canberra

• NACTLAN - http://www.nactlan.com

Victoria

• BSLAN - http://www.bslan.net
• MonsterLAN Geelong - http://www.monsterlan.com/
• TNWeekenderLAN - http://tnweekender.no-ip.org/
• SW Vic MORB LAN - http://www.morb.ath.cx/
• Quellan - http://quellan.scgi.org.au/
• LANX - http://www.lanx.org.au
• Albury/Wodonga LAN - http://www.awlan.org/

Melbourne

• Bluewirelan - http://www.bluewirelan.com
• Respawn Lan - http://www.respawn.com.au
• LANZAC - http://lanzac.evilart.com/
• Shafted - http://www.shafted.com.au/
• 3xtreme Lan - http://www.extremelan.net
• Cobra Lans - http://www.cobralans.co.nr

Bendigo

• Bendigo LAN and Multiplayer - http://b1amlan.net
  
• BsLAN - http://www.bslan.com/
• Lanasplode - http://lanasplode.squid.talkhost.info/
  

Shepparton (central vic)

• SCGi (Shepparton computer gamers inc.) - http://www.scgi.org.au
  

Tasmania

• ICE LAN - http://www.insanitycrew.com
  
• Dark-Media LAN - http://lan.dark-media.net
  
• Zurek Gaming - http://www.zurekgaming.com
  
• One Way LAN - http://www.onewaylan.com/
  
• LAN-Ding - http://www.lan-ding.net/
  
• Axon Lans - http://www.axonlans.com/
  
• MegaLAN - http://www.megalan.com.au
  

South Australia

• SA LAN Association - http://salanning.org
  
• ASLAN - http://www.air-stream.org.au/aslan
  
• HappyLAN - http://www.happylan.com.au
  
• Ignite LAN - http://ignitelan.net
  
• LAN Party Central - http://www.lanpartycentral.com.au/
  
• Lanning SA - http://www.lanningsa.com.au
  
• Phlanx - http://s8.createphpbb.com/phlanx
  
• RiverLAN - http://www.lanparty.riverland.net.au
  
• Reloaded LAN - http://www.reloadedlan.com
  
• StreetGeek LAN Parties - http://www.streetgeek.com.au
  
• United LAN Parties - http://www.unitedlan.net
  
• Valhalla LAN - http://www.valhalla.net.au
  
• Xtremelans - http://www.xlans.photech.com.au
  
• XLAN - http://www.xlansa.com
  

Western Australia

• RFLAN - http://www.rflan.org/
• WALAN - http://www.walan.org/
• Reloaded Gaming - http://www.reloadgaming.net/
• WoLsLAN - http://www.wolslan.net/
• WilloLAN - http://www.willolan.org/
• NETWorx Kalgoorlie - http://www.kalgaming.net
• Hiway Gaming - http://www.hiwaygaming.com

Northern Territory

• DGA Lan - http://www.darwingamers.org

Watcher's Place. Alyangula, Groote Eylandt,

Dead Lans

Here lies the fallen, may they never be completely forgotten.

Victoria

• Phoenix Lan Group who run Overload LAN (Group has moved onto other things) - http://www.plg.net.au
• Rezidue LAN (Group Disbanded 2006) - http://www.rezidue-lan.com/

New South Wales

• NRCC (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.nrcc.cjb.net
• Macarthur Lan (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.macarthurlan.com
• SCL LAN (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.southcoastlan.com.au
• CWM LAN (site has post saying no more lans) - http://www.cwmlan.net
• NRCC Lan (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.nrcclan.com
• Central West NSW (Bathurst @ Charles Sturt Uni) (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://bucalan.org/
• Armidale Lan (site hasn't been updated since '05) - http://www.armidalelan.com
• Network Zone (currently dormant while the admins attend to other projects) - http://www.networkzone.org
• SMGL (site down as at 19-May-07) - Sydney Metro Gamers Lan - http://www.smgl.com.au/
• Multiplayer United (site has post saying no more lans) - http://mpu.com.au/
• UGLy LAN (site has post saying no more lans) - http://ugly.net.au/
• DGC (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.dgc.org.au
• CLGA (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://clga.net/
• NGL (note on site saying no more lans) - http://www.ngl.com.au/
• Sticklan (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.sticklan.tk
• Dreaming Reality LAN (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://phantasm.shafted.com.au/
• LANStock (site down as at 19-May-07) - http://www.lanstock.com.au/
• BloodShot Lan (invite Only)(site down as at 19-May-07) - http://bloodshotgaming.tk/
• Adrena Lan - http://www.adrena-lan.com.au - 2005-2005, one event no updates on site

Queensland

• NNLAN - http://www.nnlan.com/ - 2005-2007
• G.G.F Lan - http://www.goodgamingfun.com/test/ - 1999-2008
• 3SW Lans - http://www.3swlans.com/ - 2006-2007
• SwitchLAN - http://www.switchlan.org 2005-2006
• AVGL Lan - http://www.avgl.com.au - 2005-2006
• G3 LAN Gladstone, Central Queensland - http://www.g3lan.com
• NetFest (post on site saying no more lans unless interest picks up) - http://www.mlink.com.au/netfest
• QGL - http://www.qgl.org - ????-2001
• Uber Lan - http://www.uberlan.org/ dead after one LAN
• LanStorm - http://www.estorm.com.au/index.php - 2007-2007
• Lanjam - http://www.lanjam.net/ - 2006-2007

Western Australia

• Networx Lan (Domain changed to http://www.kalgaming.net) - http://www.pridelans.net/networx
• Albany LAN - http://www.albanylan.com/
• WestLAN - http://www.westlan.org/
• WANS Lan - http://www.wa-ns.net (Now known as EGNLAN)
• Dalyellup Lan - http://www.e-wire.net.au/~dl_ptech/gaming/
• Thornlie computer gaming group - http://cgg.tcoc.org.au
• EGNLAN - http://www.egn.com.au/events/

Tasmania

• UNSLAN - http://www.unslan.net
• TGN Lan - http://www.tasgn.com
• OS-lan - http://www.os-lan.net
• NexusLAN - http://www.nexuslan.net.au
• Black Jaguar Gaming LAN - http://www.blackjaguargaming.net/
• SHC LAN - Sub-Event of Black Jaguar Gaming

South Australia

• InLAN - http://www.inlan.net.au

Credits

There is also a list of LANS that can be found at ausgamers http://www.ausgamers.com/events/?agn=calendar

Credits to pugsley and his thread http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=267570 for the original list.