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

A method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space, the method performed by one or more physical processors, the method comprising:

• executing, by the one or more physical processors, an instance of an online game;
• generating game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms over a network, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms, wherein the client computing platforms are associated with the users;
• maintaining, by the one or more physical processors, user accounts, the user accounts including user inventories, wherein the user accounts are associated with the users and include information indicating one or more affiliations having a functional significance between one or more of the users, wherein the user accounts include a first user account for a first user including information indicating that the first user is associated with a first affiliation, and a second user account for a second user including information indicating that the second user is associated with the first affiliation, wherein the first user account includes a first user inventory, wherein the second user account includes a second user inventory;
• causing, by the one or more physical processors, presentation on the client computing platforms of offers to sell virtual items to the users such that a first offer to sell virtual items is presented to at least the first user and the second user, wherein the first offer is associated with parameters, wherein the parameters include:
• (i) a first set of virtual items that are offered for sale, and
• (ii) a first associated user cost to be exchanged by individual ones of the users that accept the first offer,
• and wherein an individual parameter of the parameters of the first offer is adjusted responsive to a number of the users associated with the first affiliation that accept the first offer meeting a threshold number of acceptances;
• receiving, by the one or more physical processors, one or more user inputs indicating one or more acceptances of the offers by one or more of the users, including receiving a first user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the first user and a second user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the second user;
• determining whether the number of the users, associated with the first affiliation, that accept the first offer meets the threshold number of acceptances;
• distributing, by the one or more physical processors, the virtual items to the users associated with one or more affiliations responsive to receiving acceptances of the offers and responsive to receiving the threshold number of acceptances, wherein distribution of the virtual items includes:
• (i) responsive to receiving at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has been adjusted, and
• (ii) responsive to failing to receive at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has not been adjusted.

A system that provides virtual items to users of a virtual space, the system comprising:

• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• execute an instance of an online game;
• generate game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms over a network, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms;
• maintain user accounts, the user accounts including user inventories, wherein the user accounts are associated with the users and include information indicating one or more affiliations having a functional significance between one or more of the users, wherein the user accounts include a first user account for a first user including information indicating that the first user is associated with a first affiliation, and a second user account for a second user including information indicating that the second user is associated with the first affiliation, wherein the first user account includes a first user inventory, wherein the second user account includes a second user inventory;
• cause presentation on the client computing platforms of offers to sell virtual items to the users such that a first offer to sell virtual items is presented to at least the first user and the second user, wherein the virtual items include a set of potential awards having a set of award probabilities, wherein a first potential award from the set of potential awards is selected stochastically or quasi-stochastically as an actual award for distribution to the users who have accepted the offer, wherein the first offer is associated with parameters, wherein the parameters include:
• (i) a first set of virtual items that are offered for sale, and
• (ii) a first associated user cost to be exchanged by individual ones of the users that accept the first offer, and
• wherein an individual parameter of the parameters of the first offer is adjusted responsive to a number of the users associated with the first affiliation that accept the first offer meeting a threshold number of acceptances;
• receive one or more user inputs indicating one or more acceptances of the offers by one or more of the users, including receiving a first user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the first user and a second user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the second user;
• determine whether the number of the users, associated with the first affiliation, that accept the first offer meets the threshold number of acceptances;
• distribute the virtual items to the users associated with one or more affiliations responsive to receiving acceptances of the offers, wherein distribution of the virtual items includes:
• (i) responsive to receiving at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has been adjusted, and
• (ii) responsive to failing to receive at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has not been adjusted.

A method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space, the method performed by one or more physical processors, the method comprising:

• executing, by the one or more physical processors, an instance of an online game;
• generating game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms over a network, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms;
• maintaining, by the one or more physical processors, user accounts, the user accounts including user inventories, wherein the user accounts are associated with the users and include information indicating one or more affiliations having a functional significance between one or more of the users, wherein the user accounts include a first user account for a first user including information indicating that the first user is associated with a first affiliation, and a second user account for a second user including information indicating that the second user is associated with the first affiliation, wherein the first user account includes a first user inventory, wherein the second user account includes a second user inventory;
• causing, by the one or more physical processors, presentation on the client computing platforms of offers to sell virtual items to the users such that a first offer to sell virtual items is presented to at least the first user and the second user, wherein the virtual items in the offers to sell virtual items includes a set of potential awards having a set of award probabilities, wherein the one or more physical processors are configured to stochastically or quasi-stochastically select a first potential award from the set of potential awards as an actual award for distribution to the users who have accepted the offer, wherein the first offer is associated with parameters, wherein the parameters include:
• (i) a first set of virtual items that are offered for sale, and
• (ii) a first associated user cost to be exchanged by individual ones of the users that accept the first offer, and
• wherein an individual parameter of the parameters of the first offer is adjusted responsive to a number of the users associated with the first affiliation that accept the first offer meeting a threshold number of acceptances;
• receiving, by the one or more physical processors, one or more user inputs indicating one or more acceptances of the offers by one or more of the users, including receiving a first user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the first user and a second user input indicating acceptance of the first offer by the second user;
• determining whether the number of the users, associated with the first affiliation, that accept the first offer meets the threshold number of acceptances;
• distributing, by the one or more physical processors, the virtual items to the users associated with one or more affiliations responsive to receiving acceptances of the offers, wherein distribution of the virtual items includes:
• (i) responsive to receiving at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has been adjusted, and
• (ii) responsive to failing to receive at least the threshold number of acceptances of the first offer from the users associated with the first affiliation, distributing the virtual items associated with the first offer to the first user inventory of the first user and to the second user inventory of the second user, in accordance with the parameters, wherein the individual parameter has not been adjusted.