Patent ID: 8308569

Claim:
A system for implementing a resurrection chain in a multiplayer game environment, comprising: a game console having a capability for executing programming to implement multiplayer gameplay; a data store accessible by the game console over a network, the data store comprising a plurality of profiles associated with unique game characters, the profiles tracking information associated with the resurrection chain which is configured for identifying master game characters and slave game characters; memory in communication with the game console bearing computer-readable instructions, said computer-readable instructions enabling game characters to resurrect dead teammates to implement the resurrection chain, a game character performing a resurrection being a master game character and a resurrected teammate being a slave game character, the resurrection chain arranging master game characters and slave game characters in hierarchical tiers so that a particular game character is simultaneously a master to a first game character and a slave to a second game character; and memory in communication with the game console bearing computer-readable instructions, said computer-readable instructions splitting earnings of the slave game characters with the master game characters.