Bounded competitions in a video game framework

摘要

Competitions involving video game players may include competitions subsidiary to a purpose of video game play, and may be bounded in time, either across play of multiple video games or within play of a particular video game.

主权项

1. A method performed using a server having at least one processor for providing an open competition in a video game framework, the method comprising:
receiving, by the server, submissions comprising a recording of game play and game state information; publishing, by the server, the submissions for viewing by a viewing group; subsequent to publication of the submissions, receiving, by the server, votes on the submissions from the viewing group during a predetermined time period; and determining, by the server, a rank for each of the submissions based on a number of votes received: wherein the recording of game play comprises an audio visual recording of game play.