MULTIPLAYER TEAM BALANCING

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for multiplayer team balancing in a virtual environment. A group activity is provided in which at least two teams of avatars participate. Each team has a respective plurality of distinct avatars, and each avatar is controlled by a respective player. The at least teams are in competition with one another to achieve a predefined objective when participating in the group activity. Upon it being determined, when the group activity is in progress, that a first player of a first avatar on a first team of the at least two teams is no longer available to participate in the group activity, a balancing action is performed in order to compensate for the first player no longer being available to participate in the group activity.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of multiplayer team balancing in a virtual environment, the method comprising:
providing a group activity in which at least two teams of avatars participate, each team having a respective plurality of distinct avatars, wherein each avatar is controlled by a respective player, wherein the at least two teams are in competition with one another to achieve a predefined objective when participating in the group activity, wherein each avatar is selected from a set of available avatars, each available avatar having a distinct name and a distinct gameplay aspect relative to other available avatars, each team having at most one of each available avatar; and upon determining, when the group activity is in progress, that a first player of a first avatar on a first team of the at least two teams is no longer available to participate in the group activity, performing a balancing action by operation of one or more computer processors in order to compensate for the first player no longer being available to participate in the group activity.