1. How are players tracked? Or, why is my name listed more than once?
   
   
2. How is the "points" rating calculated?
   
   
3. What are all the weapon points modifiers?
   
   
4. How can I set my real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?
   
   
5. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Players are tracked by Unique ID. Unique IDs are calculated from your Half-Life CD Key. You should never disclose your CD Key to another player. The CD Key-to-Unique ID calculation algorithm is one-way, however, so it is quite safe to disclose your Unique ID.

A player may have more than one name. On the Player Rankings pages, players are shown with the most recent name they used in the game. If you click on a player's name, the Player Details page will show you a list of all other names that this player uses, if any, under the Aliases section (if the player has not used any other names, the Aliases section will not be displayed).

Your name may be listed more than once if somebody else (with a different Unique ID) uses the same name.

You can use the Search function to find a player by name or Unique ID.

2. How is the "points" rating calculated?

A new player has 1000 points. Every time you make a kill, you gain a certain amount of points depending on a) the victim's points rating, and b) the weapon you used. If you kill someone with a higher points rating than you, then you gain more points than if you kill someone with a lower points rating than you. Therefore, killing newbies will not get you as far as killing the #1 player. And if you kill someone with your knife, you gain more points than if you kill them with a rifle, for example.

When you are killed, you lose a certain amount of points, which again depends on the points rating of your killer and the weapon they used (you don't lose as many points for being killed by the #1 player with a rifle than you do for being killed by a low ranked player with a knife). This makes moving up the rankings easier, but makes staying in the top spots harder.

Specifically, the equations are:

  Killer Points = Killer Points + (Victim Points / Killer Points)
                 × Weapon Modifier × 5

  Victim Points = Victim Points - (Victim Points / Killer Points)
                 × Weapon Modifier × 5

Plus, the following point bonuses are available for completing objectives in some games:

Game Player Action PlyrPlyr Action Team Action World Action Action  Player Reward Team Reward Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No All Counter-Terrorists eliminated 0 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No All Terrorists eliminated 0 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Become the VIP +1 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists defused the bomb 0 Counter-Terrorist +5 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists rescued all the hostages 0 Counter-Terrorist +10 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Defuse the Bomb +10 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Drop the Bomb -2 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Headshot +1 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Kill a Hostage -100 Counter-Terrorist +1 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Pick up the Bomb +2 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Plant the Bomb +10 Terrorist +2 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Rescue a Hostage +5 Counter-Terrorist +1 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Spawn with the Bomb +2 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb With a Defuse Kit 0 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb Without a Defuse Kit 0 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No Terrorists assassinated the VIP 0 Terrorist +6 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No Terrorists bombed the target 0 Terrorist +5 Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Touch a Hostage 0 Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No VIP escaped 0 Counter-Terrorist +10 Day of Defeat: Source Yes No Yes No Area Captured +6 Day of Defeat: Source Yes No Yes No Bomb Defused +6 Day of Defeat: Source Yes No Yes No Bomb Planted +6 Day of Defeat: Source Yes No No No Bomb Planter Killed +2 Day of Defeat: Source Yes No Yes No Capture Blocked +6 Day of Defeat: Source No No Yes No Round Win 0 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Captured Enemy Flag +15 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Defended the Flag +2 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Killed Enemy Flag Carrier +5 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Protected Flag Carrier +5 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Returned Flag +5 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Yes No No No Stole Enemy Flag +1

Note The player who triggers an action may receive both the player reward and the team reward.

3. What are all the weapon points modifiers?

Weapon points modifiers are used to determine how many points you should gain or lose when you make a kill or are killed by another player. Higher modifiers indicate that more points will be gained when killing with that weapon (and similarly, more points will be lost when being killed by that weapon). Modifiers generally range from 0.00 to 2.00.

Game Weapon Name Points Modifier  Counter-Strike: Source smokegrenade_projectile Smoke Grenade 5.00 Counter-Strike: Source flashbang Flashbang 5.00 Counter-Strike: Source knife Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife 2.50 Counter-Strike: Source hegrenade High Explosive Grenade 1.80 Counter-Strike: Source tmp Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol 1.50 Counter-Strike: Source p228 Sig Sauer P-228 1.50 Counter-Strike: Source mac10 Ingram MAC-10 1.50 Counter-Strike: Source fiveseven FN Five-Seven 1.50 Counter-Strike: Source usp H&K USP .45 Tactical 1.40 Counter-Strike: Source glock Glock 18 Select Fire 1.40 Counter-Strike: Source elite Dual Beretta 96G Elite 1.40 Counter-Strike: Source ump45 H&K UMP45 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source p90 FN P90 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source mp5navy H&K MP5-Navy 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source m3 Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source m249 M249 PARA Light Machine Gun 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source deagle Desert Eagle .50AE 1.20 Counter-Strike: Source xm1014 Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 1.10 Counter-Strike: Source scout Steyr Scout 1.10 Counter-Strike: Source galil Galil 1.10 Counter-Strike: Source sg552 Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando 1.00 Counter-Strike: Source m4a1 Colt M4A1 Carbine 1.00 Counter-Strike: Source famas Fusil Automatique 1.00 Counter-Strike: Source aug Steyr Aug 1.00 Counter-Strike: Source ak47 Kalashnikov AK-47 1.00 Counter-Strike: Source sg550 Sig SG-550 Sniper 0.80 Counter-Strike: Source g3sg1 H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle 0.80 Counter-Strike: Source awp Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) 0.70 Day of Defeat: Source smoke_us U.S. Smoke Grenade 5.00 Day of Defeat: Source smoke_ger German Smoke Grenade 5.00 Day of Defeat: Source spade Spade Entrenchment Tool 3.00 Day of Defeat: Source punch Butt Stock Hit 3.00 Day of Defeat: Source amerknife U.S. Issue Knife 3.00 Day of Defeat: Source pschreck Panzerschreck 2.25 Day of Defeat: Source bazooka Bazooka 2.25 Day of Defeat: Source colt Colt .45 model 1911 1.60 Day of Defeat: Source spring Springfield Rifle with Scope 1.50 Day of Defeat: Source p38 Pistol 38 1.50 Day of Defeat: Source k98_scoped Mauser Karbiner k98 Sniper Rifle 1.50 Day of Defeat: Source c96 Pistol c96 1.50 Day of Defeat: Source mp44 MP44 Assault Rifle 1.35 Day of Defeat: Source riflegren_us M1 Garand Rifle 1.30 Day of Defeat: Source riflegren_ger German Rifle Grenade 1.30 Day of Defeat: Source k98 Mauser Kar 98k 1.30 Day of Defeat: Source garand M1 Garand Rifle 1.30 Day of Defeat: Source thompson Thompson Submachine Gun 1.25 Day of Defeat: Source mp40 MP40 Machine Pistol 1.25 Day of Defeat: Source 30cal .30 Caliber Machine Gun 1.25 Day of Defeat: Source mg42 MG42 Machine Gun 1.20 Day of Defeat: Source m1carbine M1 Carbine 1.20 Day of Defeat: Source bar BAR Browning Automatic Rifle 1.20 Day of Defeat: Source frag_us U.S. Grenade 1.00 Day of Defeat: Source frag_ger German Grenade 1.00 Day of Defeat: Source dod_bomb_target TNT Bomb 1.00 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag stunstick Stun Stick 2.50 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Crowbar Crowbar 2.50 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Slam S.L.A.M 1.80 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Pistol USP Match 1.75 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag grenade_frag Grenade 1.75 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag crossbow_bolt Crossbow 1.75 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag combine_ball Combine Ball 1.50 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ctf_rebel_turret Rebel Turret 1.25 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ctf_combine_turret Combine Turret 1.25 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag grenade_ctf_oicw_airburst OICW Grenade 1.20 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag physcannon Gravity Gun 1.15 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ctf_alyxgun Alyx Gun 1.15 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag smg1_grenade SMG Grenade 1.10 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag Shotgun Shotgun 1.10 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ctf_sniper Sniper Rifle 1.10 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag 357 .357 Magnum 1.10 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag smg1 Sub Machine Gun 1.00 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag rpg_missile Rocket Propelled Grenade 1.00 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag env_explosion Explosion 1.00 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ctf_oicw OICW Rifle 1.00 Half-Life 2 Capture the flag ar2 Combine Assault Rifle 1.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch stunstick Stun Stick 3.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch crowbar Crowbar 3.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch pistol USP Match 2.30 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch player pTelefrag 2.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch physbox bTelefrag 2.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch 357 .357 Magnum 2.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch crossbow_bolt Crossbow 1.70 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch shotgun Shotgun 1.60 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch slam Slam 1.30 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch grenade_frag Frag Grenade 1.30 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch combine_ball Combine Ball 1.20 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch smg1_grenade Impact Grenade 1.10 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch rpg_missile Rocket Propelled Grenade 1.10 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch smg1 Sub Machine Gun 1.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch physics Physics 1.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch env_explosion Explosion 1.00 Half-Life 2 Deathmatch ar2 Combine Assault Rifle 1.00

4. How can I set my real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?

Player profile options can be configured by saying the appropriate HLX_SET command while you are playing on a participating game server. To say commands, push your chat key and type the command text.

Syntax: say /hlx_set option value.

Acceptable "options" are:

• realname
  Sets your Real Name as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /hlx_set realname Joe Bloggs

• email
  Sets your E-mail Address as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /hlx_set email joe@hotmail.com

• homepage
  Sets your Home Page as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /hlx_set homepage http://www.geocities.com/joe/

• icq
  Sets your ICQ Number as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /hlx_set icq 123456789

5. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Say /hlx_hideranking while playing on a participating game server. This will toggle you between being visible on the Player Rankings and being invisible.

Note You will still be tracked and you can still view your Player Details page. Use the Search page to find yourself.