Kudos scoring system with self-determined goals

This invention generally relates to point scoring for games, and more particularly, to a point scoring method and system that enables a player to obtain points during a game in relation to a performance goal set by the player, and in relation to the player's style of play as well as the player's skill in accomplishing tasks during play of the game. A scoring method and system for determining points in a game. Goal-based points are determined as a function of a player achieving a goal set by the player that is not predefined by the game and are used to determine the player's status in the game, such as whether the player advances to a next level. Subjective style points are awarded if the player performs feats of style that are not necessary tasks of the game, depend upon the type of game, and may include sliding, spinning, jumping, blocking an opponent, passing an opponent, and avoiding obstacles. Objective skill points may be combined with subjective style points and goal-based points. Alternatively, one of these three types of points may be modified as a function of one or both of the other two types of points.