System and method for conducting online video game tournaments and matches

A system for conducting first-person shooter video game tournaments and matches having a pay-per-kill feature comprising:

• a. a plurality of networked gaming devices in a specific geographic area, each gaming device having a processor, memory and an interface programmed to communicate with a plurality of gaming servers;
• b. a plurality of contestant digital portal accounts, said plurality of contestant accounts being accessible on a networked computer system, the said system having a processor, memory, and an interface;
• c. a plurality of gaming servers, each gaming server in communication with the said plurality of networked gaming devices, the said plurality of gaming servers having an application programming interface programmed to communicate with the said plurality of networked gaming devices in a specific geographic area;
• d. a plurality of database servers, each database server having an application programming interface programmed to communicate with the application programming interface of the said plurality of gaming servers and said plurality of contestant digital accounts;
• e. memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor in the said plurality of gaming servers or plurality of database servers to cause the system for conducting an online video game tournament and matches comprising a plurality of networked gaming devices, a plurality of contestant digital accounts, a plurality of gaming servers, and a plurality of database servers, for each of a plurality of steps including
• i. collecting a required entry fee from the at least one contestant digital account;
• ii. providing a contestant pool for a given tournament or match;
• iii. organizing contestants into a tournament or match;
• iv. beginning the match;
• v. collecting statistics from a match;
• vi. reviewing statistics from the match and tallying game metrics;
• vii. ranking contestant scores based tallied game metrics;
• viii. distributing prizes among contestant pool according to game metrics;

A method for conducting an online video game tournament or match comprising the steps of:

• A. Providing a system for conducting online video game tournaments and matches comprising:
• a. at least one gaming device, said gaming device having a processor, memory and an interface;
• b. at least one a gaming server having at least one processor, memory and an interface, said at least one gaming server networked with the at least one gaming device;
• c. at least one database server having at least one processor, memory and an interface;
• d. at least one contestant digital account;
• and
• e. memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor in the gaming server cause the system for conducting an online video game tournament and matches comprising at least one gaming device, at least one gaming server, at least one database server and at least one client digital account to perform the functions of conducting an online video game match or tournament;
• B. collecting a required entry fee from the at least one contestant digital account;
• C. providing a contestant pool for a given tournament or match;
• D. organizing contestants into a tournament or match;
• E. beginning the match;
• F. collecting statistics from a match;
• G. reviewing statistics from the match and tallying game metrics;
• H. ranking contestant scores based on game metrics;
• and
• I. distributing prizes among contestant pool according to metrics.