Patent ID: 8663013

Claim:
A method executed on a game server in signal communication with a game platform, the method comprising: providing, by the game server to the game platform, a gameplay challenge, wherein the gameplay challenge includes one or more songs to be completed by a first band comprising a first group of players; receiving, by the game server, first musical game input data associated with the gameplay challenge, representing a musical performance of the first group of players at the game platform; calculating, by the game server, a first composite score associated with the first musical game input data associated with the gameplay challenge; comparing, by the game server, the first composite score to a stored second composite score associated with a second band comprising a second group of players, the stored second composite score associated with second musical input data representing a musical performance of the second group of players for the gameplay challenge; causing the display of, on a display in signal communication with the game platform, the comparison using a graphical indicator; and wherein the graphical indicator appears as a tug of war between the first group and the second group.