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
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 +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Attachment Sapper +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Dispenser +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Sentrygun +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Entrance +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Exit +2
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 +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Defended +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Dropped -2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Picked Up +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Force Suicide 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No God Like (12 kills) +11
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Headshot Kill +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Hit by Train 0
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Jarated player +1
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Kill Assist +2
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Kill Assist - Medic +4
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed by Saw 0
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Attachment Sapper +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Dispenser +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Sentrygun +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Spy +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Teleporter Entrance +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Teleporter Exit +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Killing Spree (9 kills) +8
Team Fortress 2 No Yes No No Medic Killed +1
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Mega Kill (6 kills) +5
Team Fortress 2 No No No Yes Mini-Round Win - Team Blue 0 Team Blue +2
Team Fortress 2 No No No Yes Mini-Round Win - Team Red 0 Team Red +2
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Monster Kill (10 kills) +9
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No MVP #1 +10
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No MVP #2 +5
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No MVP #3 +3
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Ownage (7 kills) +6
Team Fortress 2 Yes No No No Player Extinguished +1
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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
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Sticky Deflect Sticky 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Flare Deflect Flare 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Arrow Deflect Arrow 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Promode Deflect Promode 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Deflect Rocket Deflect Rocket 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Telefrag Telefrag 4.00
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Pyro Taunt Pyro 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Ubersaw Ubersaw 3.50
Team Fortress 2 The Killing Gloves of Boxing The Killing Gloves of Boxing 3.50
Team Fortress 2 The Sandvich The Sandvich 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Scout Taunt Scout 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Sniper Taunt Sniper 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Spy Taunt Spy 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Soldier Taunt Soldier 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Taunt Demoman Taunt Demoman 3.50
Team Fortress 2 Chargin' Targe Chargin' Targe 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Club Club 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Fists Fists 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Eyelander Eyelander 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Equalizer Equalizer 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Pumpkin Bomb Pumpkin Bomb 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Bottle Bottle 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Baseball Baseball 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Shovel Shovel 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Bonesaw Bonesaw 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Fireaxe Fireaxe 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Wrench Wrench 3.00
Team Fortress 2 Scout Pistol Scout Pistol 2.50
Team Fortress 2 Pistol Pistol 2.50
Team Fortress 2 Axtinguisher Axtinguisher 2.50
Team Fortress 2 Sandman Sandman 2.00
Team Fortress 2 The Ambassador The Ambassador 2.00
Team Fortress 2 Bat Bat 2.00
Team Fortress 2 Revolver Revolver 2.00
Team Fortress 2 Flare Gun Flare Gun 2.00
Team Fortress 2 Smg Smg 1.80
Team Fortress 2 Syringegun Syringegun 1.80
Team Fortress 2 Flamethrower Flamethrower 1.80
Team Fortress 2 Backburner Backburner 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Primary Shotgun Primary Shotgun 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Hwg Shotgun Hwg Shotgun 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Pyro Shotgun Pyro Shotgun 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Scattergun Scattergun 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Soldier Shotgun Soldier Shotgun 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Direct Hit Direct Hit 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Scottish Resistance Scottish Resistance 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Knife Knife 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Blutsauger Blutsauger 1.50
Team Fortress 2 Pipe Remote Pipe Remote 1.40
Team Fortress 2 Pipe Pipe 1.30
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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.