Video game with matchmaking based upon denial of communications

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a computing system that includes at least one processor, the computing system for facilitating multiplayer gameplay of a multiplayer game over a computer network between a first computing apparatus and at least a second computing apparatus, said program comprising instructions that are, when executed by the computing system, configured to:

• store at least restriction information that is associated with a first computing apparatus and/or a game player associated with the first computing apparatus;
• perform a determination that at least the second computing apparatus refuses to continue participation in the multiplayer gameplay of the multiplayer game with the first computing apparatus;
• perform a matching making service for a subsequent multiplayer game that is to include a plurality of computing apparatuses, including the first computing apparatus, the plurality of computer apparatuses for the subsequent multiplayer game determined in accordance with respective stored restriction information for each one of the plurality of computing apparatuses;
• and
• update the stored restriction information for the video game of the first computing apparatus in correspondence with the performed determination that at least the second computing apparatus refuses to continue participation in the multiplayer gameplay of the multiplayer game with the first computing apparatus,
• wherein the performed determination includes a determination that the second computing apparatus disconnected during gameplay of the multiplayer game.

A multiplayer game method for facilitating multiplayer gameplay of a multiplayer game over a computer network between a first computing apparatus and at least a second computing apparatus, the method comprising:

• storing, to a storage system, at least restriction information that is associated with the first computing apparatus and/or a game player associated with the first computing apparatus;
• performing, via a computing system that includes at least one processor, a determination that at least the second computing apparatus refuses to continue participation in the multiplayer gameplay of the game with at least the first computing apparatus;
• performing a match making service by selecting the first computing apparatus and the second computing apparatus for inclusion into a multiplayer game based the stored restriction information of each computing apparatus of a plurality of computing apparatuses;
• and
• updating, via the computing system that includes at least one processor, the stored restriction information for the video game of the first computing apparatus in correspondence with the determination,
• wherein the performed determination includes a determination that the second computing apparatus disconnected during gameplay of the multiplayer game.

A device used for a game system for facilitating a multiplayer gameplay in a multiplayer game over a computer network between a first computing apparatus and at least a second computing apparatus, the device comprising:

• a storage medium system configured to store at least restriction information that is associated with said first computing apparatus and/or a game player associated with the first computing apparatus;
• and
• a processing system that includes at least one processor, the processing system configured to:
• perform a determination that the second computing apparatus has refused to continue participation in said multiplayer game with said first computing apparatus;
• match a plurality of computing apparatuses, including the first computing apparatus, for inclusion into a subsequent multiplayer game, selection of the plurality of computing apparatus for the subsequent multiplayer game determined in accordance with respective stored restriction information associated with each computing and/or game player;
• and
• update the stored restriction information for said multiplayer game of said first computing apparatus in correspondence with the determination,
• wherein the performed determination includes a determination that the second computing apparatus disconnected during gameplay of the multiplayer game.