CPC A63F 13/847 (2014.09) [A63F 13/30 (2014.09); A63F 13/335 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/51 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system configured to provide assistance between users in an online game, wherein the users include a first user and a second user, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
manage inventories that are associated with the users, wherein the inventories include at least one of (a) virtual items that are available to the users in the online game and/or (b) resources that are available to the users in the online game, wherein the inventories include a first inventory associated with the first user and a second inventory associated with the second user;
obtain associations of discrete groups of the users in the online game as affiliations, wherein the affiliations include a first affiliation, and wherein the first affiliation includes the first user and the second user;
present a request on behalf of the first user to one or more other users in the first affiliation, including the second user, wherein the request is for at least one of:
(i) one or more virtual items, and/or
(ii) one or more resources; and
provide some or all as requested from the second inventory to the first inventory such that at least one occurs:
(i) one or more virtual items are moved from the second inventory of the second user to the first inventory of the first user, and/or
(ii) one or more resources are moved from the second inventory of the second user to the first inventory of the first user.
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