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
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(AR) Stole a level	+5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) AC-10 Award	+4
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Lemming Award	-3
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Longest Innings	+6
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Marksmanship	+6
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Most Deadly	+8
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Most Dishonorable	-4
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Most Frantic	+4
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Most Honorable	+8
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Most Professional	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Mostly Harmless	-4
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Shortest Innings	-3
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Where's The Ammo?	-2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Award) Where's The Armor?	-2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(CR) Restored Power	+5
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CR) Team Lose	0
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CR) Team Win	0
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CR) Tie in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(CR) Used Power	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(CTK) Captured the Key	+6
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CTK) Captured the Key in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CTK) Defended the Key in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(CTK) Killed a Key bearer	+3
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(CTK) Lost the Key	-5
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CTK) Lost the Key in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(CTK) Picked up the Key	+6
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(CTK) Picked up the Key in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(FYEO) Eliminated a Player	+3
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(FYEO) Killed the Case Holder	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(FYEO) Picked up the Case	+10
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(GT) Made a nice Trade!	+10
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(GT) Replaced a Weapon	+8
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Kill Streak) 00 Agent - 14 kills	+14
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Kill Streak) Double OH Seven! - 21+ kills	+21
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Kill Streak) M - 35 kills	+35
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(Kill Streak) Secret Agent - 7 kills	+7
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(LaLD) Eliminated a Player	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LaLD) Flawless Victory	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LaLD) Golden Gun Pickup	+10
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(LaLD) Killed Baron Samedi	+20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LaLD) Round Win as Baron Samedi	+20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LaLD) Survived Through the Entire Round	+5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LD) Escaped Combat while holding a Flag	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LD) Flag Hit	+1
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LD) Flag Point	+1
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(LD) Killed a Flag Holder with Slappers	+20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LD) Picked Up a Flag	+15
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(LD) Suicide while holding a Flag	-5
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(MWGG) Kill with a Golden Gun	+2
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(MWGG) Killed the Golden Gun Holder	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(MWGG) Picked up the Golden Gun	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(MWGG) Suicide while holding the Golden Gun	-5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(UL) Captured Enemy Control Point	+3
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(UL) Captured Neutral Control Point	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(UL) Control Point Kill	+1
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(UL) Team Capture	0
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	(VTAK) Certain Victory	+30
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(VTAK) Stole more than 30 seconds	+10
GoldenEye: Source	No	Yes	No	No	(YOLT) Eliminated a Player	+10
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	(YOLT) Eliminated a Player in Teamplay	0
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	After-round-end Kill	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Aztec Launchpad Opened	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Be a Gentleman	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Earned an Achievement	+20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Extended Camping	-20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	First Blood Kill	+5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Found all Facility Cartridges	+140
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Griefing	-10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Headshot Kill	+1
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Killed a Camper	+10
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Long Distance (170+ ft away) Shot Kill	+5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Match Win	+30
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Multiple Explosive Bounces Kill	+5
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Penetrated Shot Kill	+1
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Round Win	+20
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Silo Rocket Launch	+2
GoldenEye: Source	No	No	Yes	No	Team Round Win	0
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	UFO Kill	+2
GoldenEye: Source	Yes	No	No	No	Zoomed-in Shot Kill	+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.

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.