Method and system for temporarily incentivizing user participation in a game space
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1. A system for providing offers in a game space, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;
execute an instance of a shared game space that is common to users, and to implement the instance to facilitate presentation of views of the shared game space to users, wherein the shared game space is configured to facilitate interaction of the users with the shared game space and/or each other by performing operations in the shared game space in response to commands received from the users, wherein a first user is associated with a first user grouping comprising a plurality of users;
determine gameplay metric values of a gameplay metric for the users, wherein the gameplay metric values quantify achievement within the shared game space such that a first gameplay metric value determined for the first user quantifies achievement of the first user in the shared game space;
alter determinations of the gameplay metric values during an event time period to magnify changes to the gameplay metric values, wherein, during the event time period, the determination of the gameplay metric values is altered to magnify the changes to the gameplay metric values such that the impact of achievement in the shared game space is magnified;
determine, based on increases in the gameplay metric values of the users during the event time period, a ranking of the first user grouping; and
determine, based on the ranking of the first user grouping, awards to be provided to the individual users of the first user grouping, wherein the awards include virtual items to be distributed for use in the shared game space such that a first award is determined to be provided to a first user based on the ranking of the first user grouping during the event time period.
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Abstract
A system and method for temporarily altering the determination of gameplay metric values in a game space, and distributing awards based on the relative change in gameplay metric values during the temporary time.
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1. A system for providing offers in a game space, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to; execute an instance of a shared game space that is common to users, and to implement the instance to facilitate presentation of views of the shared game space to users, wherein the shared game space is configured to facilitate interaction of the users with the shared game space and/or each other by performing operations in the shared game space in response to commands received from the users, wherein a first user is associated with a first user grouping comprising a plurality of users; determine gameplay metric values of a gameplay metric for the users, wherein the gameplay metric values quantify achievement within the shared game space such that a first gameplay metric value determined for the first user quantifies achievement of the first user in the shared game space; alter determinations of the gameplay metric values during an event time period to magnify changes to the gameplay metric values, wherein, during the event time period, the determination of the gameplay metric values is altered to magnify the changes to the gameplay metric values such that the impact of achievement in the shared game space is magnified; determine, based on increases in the gameplay metric values of the users during the event time period, a ranking of the first user grouping; and determine, based on the ranking of the first user grouping, awards to be provided to the individual users of the first user grouping, wherein the awards include virtual items to be distributed for use in the shared game space such that a first award is determined to be provided to a first user based on the ranking of the first user grouping during the event time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18)
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9. A computer implemented method for providing offers in a game space, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
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executing an instance of a shared game space that is common to users, and implementing the instance to facilitate presentation of views of the shared game space to users, wherein the shared game space facilitates interaction of the users with the shared game space and/or each other by performing operations in the shared game space in response to commands received from the users, wherein a first user is associated with a first user grouping comprising a plurality of users; determining gameplay metric values of a gameplay metric for the users, wherein the gameplay metric values quantify achievement within the shared game space such that a first gameplay metric value determined for the first user quantifies achievement of the first user in the shared game space; altering determinations of the gameplay metric values during an event time period to magnify changes to the gameplay metric values, wherein the determination of the gameplay metric values is altered to magnify the changes to the gameplay metric values such that the impact of achievement in the shared game space is magnified; determining, based on increases in the gameplay metric values of the users during the event time period, a ranking of the first user grouping; and determine, based on the ranking of the first user grouping, awards to be provided to the individual users of the first user grouping, wherein the awards include virtual items to be distributed for use in the shared game space such that a first award is determined to be provided to a first user based on the ranking of the first user grouping during the event time period. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20)
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