1. How are players tracked? Or, why is my name listed more than once?
   
   
2. How is the "points" rating calculated?
   
   
3. What are all the weapon points modifiers?
   
   
4. How can I set my real name, e-mail address, homepage and ICQ number?
   
   
5. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Players are tracked by Unique ID. Unique IDs are calculated from your Half-Life CD Key. You should never disclose your CD Key to another player. The CD Key-to-Unique ID calculation algorithm is one-way, however, so it is quite safe to disclose your Unique ID.

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

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.

Game Weapon Name Points Modifier  Insurgency weapon_kabar KA-BAR 12-inch Fighting Knife 5.00 Insurgency weapon_bayonet Last-Resort Advanced Combat Knife 5.00 Insurgency weapon_svd Dragunov Sniper Rifle 1.80 Insurgency weapon_m4med M4 Medium Range Rifle 1.80 Insurgency weapon_l42a1 Enfield L42A1 Military Sniper Rifle 1.80 Insurgency world RPG or Granade 1.70 Insurgency weapon_makarov Soviet Makarov Combat Pistol 1.50 Insurgency weapon_m9 9 mm Beretta Pistol 1.50 Insurgency weapon_aks74u AKS-74U Awtomat Kalaschnikowa Ukorochennyj 1.50 Insurgency weapon_toz TOZ Rifle 1.40 Insurgency weapon_sks Simonov SKS carbine 1.20 Insurgency weapon_rpk RPK Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m67 M67 Recoilless Rifle 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m4 M4 Carbine Rifle 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m249 M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m18 M18 Rifle 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m16m203 M16 carbine M203 Grenade Launcher 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m16a4 M16A4 Infantry Rifle 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m14 Colt M14 Carbine 1.20 Insurgency weapon_m1014 M1014 Service Combat Shotgun 1.20 Insurgency weapon_ak47 AK-47 Awtomat Kalaschnikowa 1.20 Insurgency weapon_fnfal FN FAL Automatic Rifle 1.10

4. How can I set my 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 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@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

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.