method GetPrivateReplicationGroup(create as Boolean) as NodeRef of Class _ReplicationGroup
  replicationGroup as NodeRef of Class _ReplicationGroup = me.privateReplicationGroup

  // During runtime, a reference is cached for speed. If the chached reference is invalid, we do an exaughstive
  // search in an attempt to locate an existing replication group.
  if me.privateReplicationGroup = None
    foreach assoc in QueryAssociation( me, "player_private", 0)
      test as NodeRef = assoc.target
      if test is kindof _ReplicationGroup
        replicationGroup = test
        me.privateReplicationGroup = replicationGroup
        break
      .
    .
  .

  if replicationGroup == None and create
    replicationGroup = CreateNodeFromClass ( "_replicationGroup" )
    addAssociation( me, "player_private", replicationGroup )
    replicationGroup._replicationPrimaryNode = me
    client as ID = me.GetID()
    println("CLIENT ID: " + client)
    replicationGroup._AddClientDestination(me.GetID(), None)
    me.privateReplicationGroup = replicationGroup
  .

  return replicationGroup

.