1. How are players tracked? Or, why is my name listed more than once?

Players are tracked by Unique ID. Your Unique ID is the last two sections of your Steam ID (X:XXXX).

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
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Removed a Sapper	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed charged medic	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Pyro)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ubercharge	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Defended a Medic	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Double Kill (2 kills)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Scout)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Sniper)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Deployed Buff Flag	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Defended the flag	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Capture Blocked	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Jarated player	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Medic)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Cart Escort	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	First Blood	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Engineer)	+1
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Unstoppable (11 kills)	+10
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	God Like (12+ kills)	+11
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a teleporter	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Attached a Sapper	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Picked up the flag	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #3	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a teleporter	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Triple Kill (3 kills)	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Steal Sandvich	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Backstab Kill	+2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #2	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a dispenser	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist - Medic	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a sentry gun	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a mini sentry gun	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a dispenser	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Revenge	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Domination (4 kills)	+3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a sentry gun	+4
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Player Penetration	+4
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a mini sentry gun	+4
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rampage (5 kills)	+4
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Mega Kill (6 kills)	+5
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Domination	+5
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Captured the flag	+5
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	Yes	No	Point Captured	+5
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #1	+5
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ownage (7 kills)	+6
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ultra Kill (8 kills)	+7
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killing Spree (9 kills)	+8
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Monster Kill (10 kills)	+9
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a teleporter	-2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Console-killed sapper	-2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (while alive)	-2
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a sentry gun	-3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a mini sentry gun	-3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a dispenser	-3
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Flare	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	No	Yes	No	Mini-Round Win	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Headshot	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (on death)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Dalokohs Bar for Health	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Jarate	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Stun	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jumper Kill	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Sandvich	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Kill	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used (self)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb (Airborne)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Buffalo Steak Sandvich	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Drowned	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Critical Kill	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jumper Kill	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket (Airborne)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Mad Milking a player	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Pipebomb	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Self Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Stun	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Force Suicide	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Sandvich for Health	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	LOL SAW'D	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky (Airborne)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Rocket	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used (Not Own)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Arrow	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	LOL TRAIN'D	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Failure	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Airblast Player	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Directhit Rocket	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used Again (Past 10 Seconds) (Not Own)	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Baseball	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Blocked with Shield	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Arrow	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	No	Yes	No	Round Win	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Failure	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Dalokohs Bar	0
Pre-Fortress 2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Flare	0
Pre-Fortress 2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Kill	0

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.

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

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

Note: These are not standard Half-Life console commands. If you type them in the console, Half-Life will give you an error.

For a full list of supported ingame commands, type the word help into ingame chat.

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.