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
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Airblast Player	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Arrow	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Flare	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Headshot	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb (Airborne)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket (Airborne)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky (Airborne)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Stun	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Buffalo Steak Sandvich	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Dalokohs Bar	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Sandvich	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Dalokohs Bar for Health	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Sandvich for Health	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Attached a Sapper	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Backstab Kill	+2
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Blocked with Shield	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Built a dispenser	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Built a mini sentry gun	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Built a sentry gun	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Built a teleporter	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Capture Blocked	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Captured the flag	+5
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Cart Escort	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Console-killed sapper	-2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Critical Kill	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Defended a Medic	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Defended the flag	+1
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Arrow	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Baseball	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Directhit Rocket	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Flare	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Jarate	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Pipebomb	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Rocket	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Deployed Buff Flag	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a dispenser	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a mini sentry gun	+4
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a sentry gun	+4
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a teleporter	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a dispenser	-3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a mini sentry gun	-3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a sentry gun	-3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a teleporter	-2
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Domination	+5
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Domination (4 kills)	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Double Kill (2 kills)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (on death)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (while alive)	-2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Drowned	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Engineer)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Medic)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Pyro)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Scout)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Sniper)	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	First Blood	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Force Suicide	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	God Like (12+ kills)	+11
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	+2
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Jarated player	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist - Medic	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Killed charged medic	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Killing Spree (9 kills)	+8
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	LOL SAW'D	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	LOL TRAIN'D	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Mad Milking a player	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Mega Kill (6 kills)	+5
SKUFS Fun	No	No	Yes	No	Mini-Round Win	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Monster Kill (10 kills)	+9
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #1	+5
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #2	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #3	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ownage (7 kills)	+6
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Picked up the flag	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Player Penetration	+4
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	Yes	No	Point Captured	+5
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Rampage (5 kills)	+4
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Removed a Sapper	+1
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Revenge	+3
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Failure	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Kill	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jumper Kill	0
SKUFS Fun	No	No	Yes	No	Round Win	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Steal Sandvich	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Failure	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Kill	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jumper Kill	0
SKUFS Fun	No	Yes	No	No	Stun	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Self Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used (Not Own)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used (self)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used Again (Past 10 Seconds) (Not Own)	0
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Triple Kill (3 kills)	+2
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ubercharge	+1
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Ultra Kill (8 kills)	+7
SKUFS Fun	Yes	No	No	No	Unstoppable (11 kills)	+10
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Airblast Player	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Arrow	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Flare	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Headshot	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Pipebomb (Airborne)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Rocket (Airborne)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Sticky (Airborne)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Airshot Stun	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Buffalo Steak Sandvich	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Dalokohs Bar	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate a Sandvich	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Dalokohs Bar for Health	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ate Sandvich for Health	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Attached a Sapper	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Backstab Kill	+2
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Blocked with Shield	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a dispenser	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a mini sentry gun	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a sentry gun	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Built a teleporter	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Capture Blocked	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Captured the flag	+5
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Cart Escort	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Console-killed sapper	-2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Critical Kill	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Defended a Medic	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Defended the flag	+1
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Arrow	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Baseball	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Directhit Rocket	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Flare	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Jarate	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Pipebomb	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Deflected Rocket	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Deployed Buff Flag	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a dispenser	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a mini sentry gun	+4
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a sentry gun	+4
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed a teleporter	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a dispenser	-3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a mini sentry gun	-3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a sentry gun	-3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Disassembled a teleporter	-2
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Domination	+5
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Domination (4 kills)	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Double Kill (2 kills)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (on death)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Dropped the flag (while alive)	-2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Drowned	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Engineer)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Medic)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Pyro)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Scout)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Extinguished Teammate (Sniper)	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	First Blood	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Force Suicide	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	God Like (12+ kills)	+11
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	+2
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Jarated player	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Kill Assist - Medic	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Killed charged medic	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Killing Spree (9 kills)	+8
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	LOL SAW'D	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	LOL TRAIN'D	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Mad Milking a player	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Mega Kill (6 kills)	+5
Vanilla TF2	No	No	Yes	No	Mini-Round Win	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Monster Kill (10 kills)	+9
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #1	+5
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #2	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	MVP #3	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ownage (7 kills)	+6
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Picked up the flag	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Player Penetration	+4
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	Yes	No	Point Captured	+5
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Rampage (5 kills)	+4
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Removed a Sapper	+1
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Revenge	+3
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Failure	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jump Kill	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Rocket Jumper Kill	0
Vanilla TF2	No	No	Yes	No	Round Win	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Steal Sandvich	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Failure	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jump Kill	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Sticky Jumper Kill	0
Vanilla TF2	No	Yes	No	No	Stun	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleported Self Again (Past 10 Seconds)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used (Not Own)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter used (self)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Teleporter Used Again (Past 10 Seconds) (Not Own)	0
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Triple Kill (3 kills)	+2
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ubercharge	+1
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Ultra Kill (8 kills)	+7
Vanilla TF2	Yes	No	No	No	Unstoppable (11 kills)	+10

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 [email protected]
  
  
• 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.