System and method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space

A method for providing modified benefits to multiple users by virtue of the multiple users being included in an affiliation of users within an online game, the method to be performed using one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:

• obtaining affiliation information regarding one or more affiliations within the online games, wherein a given affiliation within the online game includes a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the online game, wherein the affiliations include a first affiliation between a group of users including a first user and a second user, wherein the first affiliation is associated with a first affiliation-specific virtual item, and wherein the first affiliation-specific virtual item is usable within the online game by both the first user and the second user by virtue of their inclusion in the first affiliation;
• receiving information regarding the first user providing one or more virtual items to modify a first value of a first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item;
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• modifying the first value of the first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item subsequent to provision of the one or more virtual items.