Services combine to form the world's largest registered list of newbies.
20 employees at MPlayer are given jobs at GSI, ensuring 20 new people to laugh at Fargo's jokes and bringing the grand total up to 21. 8. Gamespy acquires MPlayer's extensive fanbase of multiplayer Spades, Poker, Backgammon, and Hearts players. Soon PlanetSpades, PlanetPoker, and PlanetBackgammon are launched and receive nearly as much traffic as PlanetBlood or PlanetDeerhunter. Details of MPlayer buyout and other GSI business deals become listed on CheatingPlanet. All existing MPlayer gaming websites are stripped of their personality, charm, and content, then made part of the GSI website network.