1. A system for facilitating gifting of virtual items between users in an online game, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
a game module configured to execute a game instance of a game space, and to facilitate presentation of views of the game space to users to enable interaction of the users with the game space andor each other by performing operations in the game space in response to commands received from the users, the users including a first user;
an award module configured to determine awards for distribution to users based on performance in in-game activities such that the award module is configured to determine a first award for distribution to a first set of users based on performance of the first set of users in a first in-game activity, wherein the first set of one or more users includes the first user, and wherein the first award includes one or more virtual items for use within the game space;
a sharing module, responsive to the determination of the first award, the sharing module is configured to effectuate presentation of an option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided within the game space; and
a distribution module configured to provide the first award to users within the game space in accordance with selections of the first user.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the award module is further configured to determine the performance of in game activities based on one or more: completion of tasks, user power in game, amount of resources obtained, overall user rank.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer program modules further comprise a group module configured to manage one or more affiliations within the game space, an individual affiliation comprising a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the game space, wherein the affiliations include a first affiliation to which the first user belongs.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the sharing module is configured such that the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided restricts selections to other users from the first affiliation.
5. The system of claim 3, wherein the first set of one or more users consists of other users in the first affiliation.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first set of one or more users is the first affiliation.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the sharing module is configured such that the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided restricts selections to other users from the first affiliation.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the sharing module is configured such that a ranking position held by the first user in the first alliance is a further condition to the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided being presented to the first user.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of one or more users consists of the first user.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer program modules further comprise an activity assessment module configured to assess relative contribution of individual users to performance of sets of users in in-game activities such that the activity assessment module is configured to assess a relative contribution of the first user to performance of the first set of one or more users in the first in-game activity, and wherein provision of the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided is further based on the relative contribution of the first user to performance of the first set of one or more users in the first in-game activity.
11. A computer implemented method for facilitating gifting of virtual items between users in an online game, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing computer program modules, the method comprising:
executing an instance of a game space, and implementing the instance of the game space to facilitate participation by the users in an online game that takes place in the game space, wherein facilitating interaction of the users with the game space andor each other by performing operations in the game space in response to commands received from the users, the users including a first user;
determining awards for distribution to users based on performance in in-game activities configured to determine a first award for distribution to a first set of users based on performance of the first set of users in a first in-game activity, wherein the first set of one or more users includes the first user, and wherein the first award includes one or more virtual items for use within the game space;
responsive to the determination of the first award, effectuating presentation of an option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided within the game space; and
providing the first award to users within the game space in accordance with selections of the first user.
12. The method of claim 1, further configured to determine the performance of in game activities based on one or more: completion of tasks, user power in game, amount of resources obtained, overall user rank.
13. The method of claim 1, further configured to manage one or more affiliations within the game space, an individual affiliation comprising a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the game space, wherein the affiliations include a first affiliation to which the first user belongs.
14. The method of claim 13, configured such that the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided restricts selections to other users from the first affiliation.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first set of one or more users consists of other users in the first affiliation.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first set of one or more users is the first affiliation.
17. The method of claim 15, configured such that the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided restricts selections to other users from the first affiliation.
18. The method of claim 17, configured such that a ranking position held by the first user in the first alliance is a further condition to the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided being presented to the first user.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first set of one or more users consists of the first user.
20. The method of claim 11, further configured to assess relative contribution of individual users to performance of sets of users in in-game activities such that assessing a relative contribution of the first user to performance of the first set of one or more users in the first in-game activity, and wherein provision of the option for the first user to select one or more other users to whom the first award should be provided is further based on the relative contribution of the first user to performance of the first set of one or more users in the first in-game activity.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A golf ball comprising:
a core consisting of:
a center formed from a first diene rubber composition and having a diameter of from 1.000 inches to 1.580 inches, a center hardness of from 40 Shore C to 70 Shore C, and a surface hardness (SHcenter) of from 50 Shore C to 85 Shore C;
an intermediate core layer formed from a thermoplastic composition and having a thickness of from 0.005 inches to 0.100 inches and an outer surface hardness of 60 Shore D or greater; and
an outer core layer formed from a second diene rubber composition and having a thickness of from 0.010 inches to 0.100 inches and an outer surface hardness (SHouter) of 80 Shore C or greater;
wherein SHouter is greater than SHcenter;
wherein the core has a maximum hardness (SHpeak) located at a distance of from 0.25 mm to 5.00 mm measured radially inward from the outer surface of the core; and
wherein SHpeak is 10% or more higher than SHouter; and
a cover layer having a thickness of from 0.010 inches to 0.050 inches and formed from a composition having a material hardness of less than 60 Shore D.
2. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein SHpeak is 20% or more higher than SHouter.
3. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein SHpeak is located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 5.00 mm measure radially inward from the outer surface of the core.
4. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein SHpeak is located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 2.50 mm measure radially inward from the outer surface of the core.
5. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein SHpeak is 20% or more higher than SHouter, and wherein SHpeak is located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 5.00 mm measure radially inward from the outer surface of the core.
6. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the difference between SHouter and SHcenter is 5 Shore C units or greater.
7. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the difference between SHouter and SHcenter is 10 Shore C units or greater.
8. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the center has a positive hardness gradient wherein the difference between the center hardness and the surface hardness of the center is from 10 to 45.
9. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the center has a diameter of from 1.300 inches to 1.490 inches, the intermediate core layer has a thickness of from 0.020 inches to 0.070 inches, and the outer core layer has a thickness of from 0.030 inches to 0.040 inches.
10. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the surface hardness of the intermediate core layer is 65 Shore D or greater.
11. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the surface hardness of the intermediate core layer is 70 Shore D or greater.
12. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein SHouter is 85 Shore C or greater.
13. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic composition of the intermediate core layer is selected from the group consisting of partially- and fully-neutralized ionomers, and blends of two or more thereof.
14. A golf ball comprising:
a core consisting of:
a center formed from a first diene rubber composition and having a diameter of from 1.400 inches to 1.550 inches, a center hardness of from 45 Shore C to 70 Shore C, and a surface hardness (SHcenter) of from 55 Shore C to 85 Shore C;
an intermediate core layer formed from a thermoplastic composition and having a thickness of from 0.020 inches to 0.070 inches and an outer surface hardness of 65 Shore D or greater; and
an outer core layer formed from a second diene rubber composition and having a thickness of from 0.020 inches to 0.050 inches and an outer surface hardness (SHouter) of 85 Shore C or greater;
wherein SHouter is greater than SHcenter;
wherein the core has a maximum hardness (SHpeak) located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 5.00 mm measured radially inward from the outer surface of the core; and
wherein SHpeak is 10% or more higher than SHouter; and
a cover layer having a thickness of from 0.010 inches to 0.050 inches and formed from a composition having a material hardness of less than 60 Shore D, wherein the cover layer composition is selected from polyurethanes, polyureas, and polyurethane-urea hybrids.
15. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein SHpeak is 20% or more higher than SHouter.
16. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein SHpeak is located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 2.50 mm measure radially inward from the outer surface of the core.
17. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein SHpeak is 20% or more higher than SHouter, and wherein SHpeak is located at a distance of from 0.50 mm to 2.50 mm measure radially inward from the outer surface of the core.
18. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein the difference between SHouter and SHcenter is 5 Shore C units or greater.
19. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein the difference between SHouter and SHcenter is 10 Shore C units or greater.
20. The golf ball of claim 14, wherein the center has a positive hardness gradient wherein the difference between the center hardness and the surface hardness of the center is from 10 to 45.