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
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Ate a Sandvich 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes Yes No No Backstab Kill +1
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Blocked with Shield 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object - Attachment Sapper +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object - Dispenser +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object - Sentrygun +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Entrance +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Built Object - Teleporter Exit +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No Yes No Capture Blocked +5 +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Cart Escort +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Critical Kill 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Defended a Medic +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Deployed Buff Flag +1
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Domination +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Domination (4 kills) +3
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Double Kill (2 kills) +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Drowned 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No First Blood +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Flagevent +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Captured +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Defended +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Dropped -2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Flagevent - Picked Up +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Force Suicide 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No God Like (20 kills) +11
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Headshot Kill +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Hit by Train 0
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Jarated player +1
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Kill Assist +2
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Kill Assist - Medic +4
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed by Saw 0
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Attachment Sapper +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Dispenser +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Sentrygun +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Spy +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Teleporter Entrance +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killed Object - Teleporter Exit +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Killing Spree (13 kills) +8
PHLORPH TF2 No Yes No No Medic Killed +1
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Mega Kill (7 kills) +5
PHLORPH TF2 No No No Yes Mini-Round Win - Team Blue 0 Team Blue +2
PHLORPH TF2 No No No Yes Mini-Round Win - Team Red 0 Team Red +2
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Monster Kill (15 kills) +9
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No MVP #1 +10
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No MVP #2 +5
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No MVP #3 +3
PHLORPH TF2 Yes No No No Ownage (9 kills) +6
PHLORPH TF2 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
PHLORPH TF2 Deflect Flare Deflect Flare 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Telefrag Telefrag 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Deflect Arrow Deflect Arrow 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Deflect Sticky Deflect Sticky 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Deflect Rocket Deflect Rocket 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Deflect Promode Deflect Promode 4.00
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Sniper Taunt Sniper 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Scout Taunt Scout 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Pyro Taunt Pyro 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 The Killing Gloves of Boxing The Killing Gloves of Boxing 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Spy Taunt Spy 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Heavy Taunt Heavy 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Ubersaw Ubersaw 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Soldier Taunt Soldier 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Taunt Demoman Taunt Demoman 3.50
PHLORPH TF2 Bonesaw Bonesaw 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Bottle Bottle 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Fireaxe Fireaxe 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Club Club 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Fists Fists 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Baseball Baseball 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Equalizer Equalizer 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Chargin' Targe Chargin' Targe 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Pumpkin Bomb Pumpkin Bomb 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Wrench Wrench 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Shovel Shovel 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Eyelander Eyelander 3.00
PHLORPH TF2 Pistol Pistol 2.50
PHLORPH TF2 Scout Pistol Scout Pistol 2.50
PHLORPH TF2 Axtinguisher Axtinguisher 2.50
PHLORPH TF2 Sandman Sandman 2.00
PHLORPH TF2 Revolver Revolver 2.00
PHLORPH TF2 Bat Bat 2.00
PHLORPH TF2 The Ambassador The Ambassador 2.00
PHLORPH TF2 Flare Gun Flare Gun 2.00
PHLORPH TF2 Flamethrower Flamethrower 1.80
PHLORPH TF2 Smg Smg 1.80
PHLORPH TF2 Syringegun Syringegun 1.80
PHLORPH TF2 Primary Shotgun Primary Shotgun 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Blutsauger Blutsauger 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Direct Hit Direct Hit 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Scottish Resistance Scottish Resistance 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Soldier Shotgun Soldier Shotgun 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Hwg Shotgun Hwg Shotgun 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Scattergun Scattergun 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Backburner Backburner 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Pyro Shotgun Pyro Shotgun 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Knife Knife 1.50
PHLORPH TF2 Pipe Remote Pipe Remote 1.40
PHLORPH TF2 Force-A-Nature Force-A-Nature 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.