Tournament management system

A tournament system, comprising:

• a network distributed processing system comprising:
• an entertainment system controller connected to a game world controller by a network, wherein the entertainment system controller is constructed to:
• execute an entertainment game;
• generate a visual representation of the entertainment game;
• provide an entertainment game outcome on the basis of a player's utilization of an entertainment game element during the player's play of the entertainment game;
• generate entertainment game metrics;
• receive from the game world controller via the network an instruction to provide an invitation to a tournament;
• generate a visual representation of the invitation to the tournament;
• and
• provide the tournament;
• and
• the game world controller connected to the entertainment system controller by the network and connected to the server by the communication link, wherein the game world controller is constructed to:
• receive from the entertainment system controller, the entertainment game outcome and information about the player's utilization of the entertainment game element;
• receive from the entertainment system controller, the entertainment game metrics;
• determine access to the tournament based on the player's utilization of the entertainment game element;
• distribute the invitation to the tournament to the entertainment system controller;
• receive from the entertainment system controller an acceptance of the invitation to the tournament;
• and
• a tournament manager coupled to a plurality of network distributed processing systems, the tournament manager constructed to:
• determine a set of players associated with the plurality of network distributed processing systems, the set of players having accepted the invitation to the tournament;
• determine a prize pool of the tournament that includes a set of individual prizes;
• receive updates from each of the plurality of network distributed processing systems associated with the set of players participating in the tournament;
• determine a distribution of the individual prizes to based on the updates;
• distribute the individual prizes;
• and
• update player records of each player of the set of players participating in the tournament based on participation in the tournament.