Terminal device, method for controlling same, information recording medium, and program

A control method that controls a terminal device (201) that provides a game that allows communication competition between players that respectively operate a plurality of terminal devices (201), the terminal device (201) comprising a memory unit (202) that stores competition histories of players participating in the game;

• the control method comprising:
• an exchange process that, before communication competition begins between a player (hereafter, referred to as “oneself”) that operates the terminal device (201) and a player (hereafter, referred to as the “opponent”) that operates another terminal device (201), exchanges the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) and the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) of another terminal device (201);
• a determination process that determines whether or not a competition history of the opponent that is obtained through the exchange and a competition history of the opponent that is stored in the memory unit (202) contradict each other;
• a warning process that, when it was determined through the determination that there is contradiction, gives a warning indicating the contradiction;
• and
• an update process that, when communication competition between oneself and the opponent is finished, updates a competition history of oneself and a competition history that are stored in the memory unit (202) based on the result of the finished communication competition, the results of the determination, and the competition history obtained through the exchange.

An information recording medium that stores a program that causes a computer to function as a terminal device (201) that provides a game that allows communication competition between players that respectively operate a plurality of terminal devices (201);

• the program further causing the computer to function as:
• a memory unit (202) that stores the competition histories of players that participate in the game;
• an exchange unit (203) that, before communication competition begins between a player (hereafter, referred to as “oneself”) that operates the terminal device (201) and a player (hereafter, referred to as the “opponent”) that operates another terminal device (201), exchanges the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) and the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) of another terminal device (201);
• a determination unit (204) that determines whether or not a competition history of the opponent that is obtained through the exchange and a competition history of the opponent that is stored in the memory unit (202) contradict each other;
• a warning unit (205) that, when it was determined through the determination that there is contradiction, gives a warning indicating the contradiction;
• and
• an update unit (206) that, when communication competition between oneself and the opponent is finished, updates a competition history of oneself and a competition history of the opponent that are stored in the memory unit (202) based on the result of the finished communication competition, the results of the determination, and the competition history obtained through the exchange.

A program that causes a computer to function as a terminal device (201) that provides a game that allows communication competition between players that respectively operate a plurality of terminal devices (201);

• the program further causing a computer to function as:
• a memory unit (202) that stores the competition histories of players that participate in the game;
• an exchange unit (203) that, before communication competition begins between a player (hereafter, referred to as “oneself”) that operates the terminal device (201) and a player (hereafter, referred to as the “opponent”) that operates another terminal device (201), exchanges the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) and the competition history that is stored in the memory unit (202) of another terminal device (201);
• a determination unit (204) that determines whether or not a competition history of the opponent that is obtained through the exchange and a competition history of the opponent that is stored in the memory unit (202) contradict each other;
• a warning unit (205) that, when it was determined through the determination that there is contradiction, gives a warning indicating the contradiction;
• and
• an update unit (206) that, when communication competition between oneself and the opponent is finished, updates a competition history of oneself and a competition history of the opponent that are stored in the memory unit (202) based on the result of the finished communication competition, the results of the determination, and the competition history obtained through the exchange.