To change the games by making the spectators exist while recognizing the spectators for the contests to be carried out within a common virtual space where unspecified many characters exist.
The vicinity of the specified range is recognized from the characters fighting with and the number of the characters operated by the third parties existing in the vicinity is counted to be displayed within the virtual space as the number of spectators. It is judged whether the characters operated by the third parties are at rest or not in the vicinity and the number of the characters operated by the third parties, as determined to be at rest, is counted. Moreover, when the number of the characters counted exceeds the specified value, the capacity value of the characters fighting with is altered.