Handling of players and objects in massive multi-player on-line games

A method for partitioning work between servers and tracking user interaction with servers in massive multi-player online games running multiple servers, comprising the steps of:

• segmenting game space within a multi-player game into a game graph with vertices and edges, the vertices representing game regions and the edges connecting the game regions that can influence each other;
• assigning each game user to a client proxy server, the client proxy servers handling one or more users for the duration of the multi-player game;
• employing a space information distribution system to track user status information;
• delegating communications between the client proxy servers and the space information distribution system;
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• sending the information of the space information distribution system to the client proxy servers, the client proxy servers then employing the information to distribute user specific information to game users connected to the client proxy servers via a worldwide network.