Patent ID: 8287378

Claim:
A network game system comprising a network, a plurality of game processing terminals connected to said network and a server which receives information transmitted through said network from said game processing terminals and transmits necessary information to said game processing terminals, wherein a visual lobby is provided in a three dimension virtual space, a battle corner is provided at a predetermined position in said visual lobby and said battle corner is a partial area of said visual lobby, wherein characters, controlled by game processing terminals, currently positioned in said visual lobby outside said battle corner can recognize characters currently positioned in said battle corner inside said visual lobby, and characters controlled by game processing terminals currently in said battle corner inside said visual lobby can recognize characters currently positioned in said visual lobby outside said battle corner, wherein when a first character controlled by a first game processing terminal of said plurality of game processing terminals is currently positioned in said battle corner inside said visual lobby, said first game processing terminal searches for other characters, controlled by other said game processing terminals, currently positioned in said battle corner inside said visual lobby; wherein when said first game processing terminal finds other characters currently positioned in said battle corner inside said visual lobby, said first game processing terminal transmits to said server information necessary for grouping with said other game processing terminals controlling said other characters; and wherein in response to said server receiving said information, said server processes grouping of said first game processing terminal and said other game processing terminals so that only said first game processing terminal and said other game processing terminals play a specific game on the network.