Referee mode within gaming environments
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1. A method for providing referee control over game play within a gaming environment, the method comprising:
- establishing a referee role that allows an end user to exert referee control of game play relative to a competition, within the gaming environment, between a plurality of participants, the referee role established using a networked gaming system running on a server;
establishing referee rights for the referee role using the networked gaming system, the referee rights being made available only to the end user upon which the referee role has been conferred;
qualifying the end user for the referee role by requiring the end user to complete and pass an examination to establish proficiency in the game, the examination comprising questions regarding referee commands in response to a hypothetical gaming scenario; and
conferring the referee role upon the end user using a referee mode module.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing referee control over game play within a gaming environment are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include establishing a referee role that allows an end user to exert referee control of game play relative to a competition, within a gaming environment, between a plurality of participants, establishing referee rights for the referee role, the referee rights being made available only to the end user upon which the referee role has been conferred; and, conferring the referee role upon the end user.
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1. A method for providing referee control over game play within a gaming environment, the method comprising:
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establishing a referee role that allows an end user to exert referee control of game play relative to a competition, within the gaming environment, between a plurality of participants, the referee role established using a networked gaming system running on a server; establishing referee rights for the referee role using the networked gaming system, the referee rights being made available only to the end user upon which the referee role has been conferred; qualifying the end user for the referee role by requiring the end user to complete and pass an examination to establish proficiency in the game, the examination comprising questions regarding referee commands in response to a hypothetical gaming scenario; and conferring the referee role upon the end user using a referee mode module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An online video gaming system that provides referee control of a gaming environment, the online video gaming system comprising:
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a memory for storing executable instructions; and a processor for executing the executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising; a referee mode module that; receives a rule set uploaded to the online video gaming system; analyzes the rule set; establishes, from the analysis of the rule set, a referee role that allows an end user to exert referee control of game play relative to a competition, within the gaming environment, between a plurality of participants; comprises a qualification module that qualifies the end user for the referee role by requiring the end user to complete and pass an examination to establish proficiency in the game, the examination comprising questions regarding referee commands in response to a hypothetical gaming scenario; confers the referee role upon the end user; and assigns referee rights for the referee role, the referee rights being made available only to the end user upon which the referee role has been conferred. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing referee control within a gaming environment, the method comprising:
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qualifying an end user for a referee role by requiring the end user to complete and pass an examination to establish proficiency in a game, the examination comprising questions regarding referee commands in response to a hypothetical gaming scenario; providing the qualified end user with referee rights that allow the end user to referee a competition within a virtual gaming environment; executing referee commands received from the end user to affect the competition; and storing a history of referee commands executed during gaming events in a data store. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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