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
Left 4 Dead 2	No	Yes	No	No	(Boomer) Vomited on Survivor	+60
Left 4 Dead 2	No	Yes	No	No	(Hunter) Pounced on Survivor	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	No	Yes	No	No	(Smoker) Tongue Grabbed Survivor	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Charger Pummeling	+40
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Cr0wned (killed witch with single headshot)	+600
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Defibrillated Teammate	+100
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Friendly Fire	-10
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	+5
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Healed Teammate	+75
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Hunter Punter (melee a Hunter mid-jump)	+300
Left 4 Dead 2	No	Yes	No	No	Incapacitated/Killed Survivor	+100
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Jockey Ride	+35
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Boomer	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Charger	+40
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Hunter	+40
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Jockey	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Smoker	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Spitter	+30
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Tank	+200
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Witch	+150
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed all survivors	+350
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	No survivors died/incapped from tank	+300
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Protected Teammate	+5
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Rescued Teammate	+20
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Revived Teammate	+80
Left 4 Dead 2	No	No	Yes	No	Scavenge Team Win	0
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Spitter Acid	+25
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Startled the Witch	-100
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Tank Bilebombed	+150
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Tounge Twister (kill a Smoker while he is dragging you)	+300
Left 4 Dead 2	Yes	No	No	No	Used Adrenaline	+5
Left 4 Dead 2	No	No	Yes	No	Versus Team Win	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Airblast Player	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Arrow	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Flare	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Headshot	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb (Airborne)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket (Airborne)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky (Airborne)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Stun	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Buffalo Steak Sandvich	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Dalokohs Bar	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Sandvich	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Dalokohs Bar for Health	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Sandvich for Health	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Attached a Sapper	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Backstab Kill	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Blocked with Shield	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Built a dispenser	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Built a mini sentry gun	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Built a sentry gun	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Built a teleporter	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Capture Blocked	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Captured the flag	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Cart Escort	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Console-killed sapper	-5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Critical Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Defended a Medic	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Defended the flag	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Arrow	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Baseball	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Directhit Rocket	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Flare	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Jarate	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Pipebomb	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Rocket	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Deployed Buff Flag	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a dispenser	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a mini sentry gun	+20
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a sentry gun	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a teleporter	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a dispenser	-5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a mini sentry gun	-15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a sentry gun	-10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a teleporter	-10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Domination	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Domination (4 kills)	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Double Kill (2 kills)	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (on death)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (while alive)	-10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Drowned	-100
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Engineer)	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Medic)	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Pyro)	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Scout)	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Sniper)	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	First Blood	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	No	No	No	No	Force Suicide	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Getting killed by train	-3
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	God Like (12+ kills)	+250
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Jarated player	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist - Medic	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Killed charged medic	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Killing Spree (9 kills)	+40
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	LOL SAW'D	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Mad Milk	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Mega Kill (6 kills)	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	No	No	Yes	No	Mini-Round Win	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Monster Kill (10 kills)	+60
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #1	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #2	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #3	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ownage (7 kills)	+30
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Picked up the flag	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Player Penetration	+4
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	Yes	No	Point Captured	+15
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Rampage (5 kills)	+20
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Removed a Sapper	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Revenge	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Failure	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jumper Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	No	Yes	No	Round Win	0
TF2 Fun Servers	No	Yes	No	No	Steal Sandvich	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Failure	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jumper Kill	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Stun	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Self Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used (Not Own)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used Again (Past 10 Seconds) (Not Own)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Uses	+5
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Uses(Self)	0
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Triple Kill (3 kills)	+10
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ubercharge	+25
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Ultra Kill (8 kills)	+35
TF2 Fun Servers	Yes	No	No	No	Unstoppable (11 kills)	+125

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.