Questions

1. How are "points" calculated?
2. What are all the weapon points modifiers?
3. How can I edit my profile and set real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?
4. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Answers

1. How are "points" 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 the following games:

Ranking 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 Terrorist +2
Counter-Strike: Source No No Yes No All Terrorists eliminated 0 Counter-Terrorist +2
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 Domination (4 kills) +3
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Double Kill (2 kills) +1
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Drop the Bomb -2
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No God Like (12 kills) +11
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Headshot +1
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Kill a Hostage -25 Counter-Terrorist +1
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Killing Spree (9 kills) +8
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Mega Kill (6 kills) +5
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Monster Kill (10 kills) +9
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Ownage (7 kills) +6
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Pick up the Bomb +2
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Plant the Bomb +10 Terrorist +5
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Rampage (5 kills) +4
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Rescue a Hostage +10 Counter-Terrorist +2
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 bombed the target 0 Terrorist +5
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Touch a Hostage 0
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Triple Kill (3 kills) +2
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Ultra Kill (8 kills) +7
Counter-Strike: Source Yes No No No Unstoppable (11 kills) +10
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Ate a Sandvich 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes Yes No No Backstab Kill +1
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Blocked with Shield 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Attachment Sapper +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Dispenser +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Sentrygun +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Entrance +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Exit +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No Yes No Capture Blocked +5 +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Cart Escort +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Critical Kill 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Defended a Medic +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Deployed Buff Flag +1
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Domination +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Domination (4 kills) +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Double Kill (2 kills) +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Drowned 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No First Blood +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Captured +5 +10
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Defended +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Dropped 0
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2. 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.

Ranking Weapon Name  Points Modifier
Counter-Strike: Source Flashbang Flashbang 10.00
Counter-Strike: Source Smoke Grenade Smoke Grenade 10.00
Counter-Strike: Source Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife 2.00
Counter-Strike: Source High Explosive Grenade High Explosive Grenade 1.80
Counter-Strike: Source Sig Sauer P-228 Sig Sauer P-228 1.50
Counter-Strike: Source FN Five-Seven FN Five-Seven 1.50
Counter-Strike: Source Dual Beretta 96G Elite Dual Beretta 96G Elite 1.40
Counter-Strike: Source Glock 18 Select Fire Glock 18 Select Fire 1.40
Counter-Strike: Source H&K USP .45 Tactical H&K USP .45 Tactical 1.30
Counter-Strike: Source H&K UMP45 H&K UMP45 1.30
Counter-Strike: Source Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat 1.20
Counter-Strike: Source M249 PARA Light Machine Gun M249 PARA Light Machine Gun 1.20
Counter-Strike: Source Steyr Scout Steyr Scout 1.20
Counter-Strike: Source Desert Eagle .50AE Desert Eagle .50AE 1.20
Counter-Strike: Source FN P90 FN P90 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Galil Galil 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Ingram MAC-10 Ingram MAC-10 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source H&K MP5-Navy H&K MP5-Navy 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Fusil Automatique Fusil Automatique 1.10
Counter-Strike: Source Kalashnikov AK-47 Kalashnikov AK-47 1.00
Counter-Strike: Source Steyr Aug Steyr Aug 1.00
Counter-Strike: Source Colt M4A1 Carbine Colt M4A1 Carbine 1.00
Counter-Strike: Source Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando 1.00
Counter-Strike: Source Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) 0.90
Counter-Strike: Source Sig SG-550 Sniper Sig SG-550 Sniper 0.80
Counter-Strike: Source H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle 0.80
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Flare Deflect Flare 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Rocket Deflect Rocket 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Arrow Deflect Arrow 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Promode Deflect Promode 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Telefrag Telefrag 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Sticky Deflect Sticky 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Sniper Taunt Sniper 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Spy Taunt Spy 3.50
Team Fortress 2 The Sandvich The Sandvich 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Scout Taunt Scout 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Fists Fists 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Soldier Taunt Soldier 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Demoman Taunt Demoman 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Pyro Taunt Pyro 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Baseball Baseball 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Ubersaw Ubersaw 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Shovel Shovel 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Bottle Bottle 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Chargin' Targe Chargin' Targe 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Eyelander Eyelander 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Pumpkin Bomb Pumpkin Bomb 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Bonesaw Bonesaw 3.00
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3. How can I edit my profile and set 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 gameserver. To issue 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

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

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

Say /hlx_hideranking while playing on a participating gameserver. This will toggle you between being visible on the Player Ranking 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.