All Your Base was originally All Your Base Cafe a cybercafé located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Opened in 2001 by Aaron "Reactor303" Kostuik, it enjoyed one full year of business before having to close due to the selling of the building. After opening www.allyourbasecafe.com as a forum primarily to keep people updated to the reopening of the new café, a computer hardware store was added to the webpage and the site was renamed All Your Base Online. The store did extremely well in the Winnipeg hardware community and continues to have excellent yearly sales boasting a "by gamer for gamers" addage. AYB is currently one of the largest gaming organizations in Canada, and boasts a mailing list of roughly 6000 people.

Baselan came into existence in August 2003; the first event was called Baselan 4 as the first three were held at the original café. The first event drew 34 gamers and blew many breakers at Canadinn’s Fort Garry Hotel. Originally there were 4 events per year, this was brought down to 3, and now sits at 2 as the sheer size of these events requires at least six months of planning. Baselan currently works hand in hand with WCG Canada (World Cyber Games) and is the national contact and qualifier for western Canada.

Now in its 6th year and upcoming 17th event, Baselan is drawing 300+ gamers from across Canada, the United States, and Internationally. It continues to grow and will continue to increase its attendance rate until it becomes the largest LAN in Canada. It is currently ranked the second largest bi-annual event according to NVIDIA.