Electronic invitations for an on-line game

1. A computer-implemented method for inviting a participant to play a session of an on-line game, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user designated as a game organizer, an indication of a potential participant of an on-line game accessible over a network of computers;

enabling transmission of an invitation to the potential participant to play the session of the on-line game, wherein:

the invitation includes a game parameter to be applied to the session of the on-line game and a revise control operable to enable the potential participant to indicate a different game parameter for the on-line game, and

the game parameter represents a configuration parameter indicating how the online game is to be played;

receiving an indication of a different game parameter from the potential participant, the different game parameter representing a configuration parameter of the game indicating how the on-line game is to be played and a condition under which the potential participant is willing to play the on-line game; and

communicating the different game parameter to the user designated as the game organizer.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user designated as the game organizer is a user designated as an organizer of the session of the on-line game, and the method further comprising applying the different game parameter to the session of the on-line game without affecting the designation of the game organizer of the session of the on-line game.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

applying the different game parameter to the session of the on-line game; and

designating the potential participant as a game organizer of the session of the on-line game.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

applying the different game parameter to the session of the on-line game; and

designating the potential participant as a game organizer of the session of the on-line game to replace the user designated as the game organizer.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein communicating the different game parameter to the user designated as the game organizer comprises:

communicating a decline indicator for the on-line game session to the user designated as the game organizer; and

sending a new invitation to the user designated as the game organizer for a new session of the on-line game, wherein the new invitation includes a new game parameter to be applied to the new session of the on-line game.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the invitation includes a control to conditionally accept the invitation to indicate that the invited participant is only willing to play if a revised game parameter is applied to the session of the on-line game.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the revise control is operable to initiate an instant messaging session between a user who received the invitation and a user who sent the invitation.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the revise control is operable to initiate a chat session between a user who received the invitation and a user who sent the invitation.

9. A computer-implemented method for initiating an on-line game, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first user, an indication of a second user of an on-line game accessible over a network of computers and an indication of at least one selection of a game condition to be applied to the session of the on-line game;

enabling transmission of an invitation to the second user to play the session of the on-line game, wherein the invitation includes the indication of the at least one selection of a game condition to be applied to the session of the on-line game;

enabling transmission of a reply invitation to the first user that invited to play the session of the online game, wherein the reply invitation includes an indication of at least one different selection of a game condition to be applied to the session of the on-line game;

receiving an indication of acceptance of the at least one different selection of a game condition to be applied to the session of the on-line game; and

initiating the session of the on-line game, wherein at least one different selected game condition is applied to the session of the on-line game.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first user is a user designated as an organizer of the session of the on-line game, and the method further comprising applying the different selected game condition to the session of the on-line game without affecting the designation of the organizer of the session of the on-line game.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

applying the different selected game condition to the session of the on-line game; and designating the second user as a game organizer of the session of the on-line game.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

applying the different selected game condition to the session of the on-line game; and designating the second user as a game organizer of the session of the on-line game to replace the first user designated as a game organizer.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein enabling transmission of a reply invitation to the first user comprises:

communicating a decline indicator for the on-line game session to the first user; and sending a new invitation to the first user for a new session of the on-line game, wherein the new invitation includes a new game parameter to be applied to the new session of the on-line game.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the invitation includes a control to conditionally accept the invitation to indicate that the second user is only willing to play if a revised game parameter is applied to the session of the on-line game.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the revise control is operable to initiate an instant messaging session between the first and second users.

16. The method of claim 9 wherein the revise control is operable to initiate a chat session between the first and second users.