Video game control system and a video game control server

A video game control system comprising:

• a plurality of player terminals respectively operated by a plurality of players, a video game being played in each of the plurality of player terminals;
• and
• a video game control server for controlling at least part of progress of the video game via a communication network,
• wherein each of the player terminals comprises:
• a game map display device for displaying a game map on an image display screen on the basis of a request to obtain the game map, the request being transmitted to the video game control server in accordance with a map obtaining specification operation by the player, the game map being delivered from the video game control server;
• a position measurer that measures a current position of the player terminal in the case where a support appeal specification operation by the player is received during execution of a predetermined event;
• and
• a support appeal reception information transmitter that transmits support appeal reception information to the video game control server via the communication network, the support appeal reception information including current position information indicating the current position of the player terminal measured by the position measurer, player identification information for uniquely identifying the player and support appeal specification reception information indicating that the support appeal specification operation is received,
• wherein the video game control server comprises:
• a game map deliverer that delivers the game map to a player terminal on the basis of a request to obtain the game map from the player terminal;
• a support appeal information transmitter that transmits, when the support appeal reception information is received from the player terminal, support appeal information for support appeal to other player terminals than the player terminal, the other player terminals being positioned within a predetermined range from the current position of the player terminal;
• and
• a support appeal reply execution information transmitter that transmits, in the case where support contents information indicating support contents is received from any of the other player terminals in accordance with the support appeal indicated by the support appeal information, support appeal reply instruction execution information for instructing the player terminal to execute the support contents indicated by the received support contents information to the player terminal, and
• wherein the player terminal executes support from the other player terminals in the executing event on the basis of the received support appeal reply instruction execution information.