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
Counter-Strike No No Yes No All Counter-Terrorists eliminated 0 Terrorist +2
Counter-Strike No No Yes No All Terrorists eliminated 0 Counter-Terrorist +2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Become the VIP +1
Counter-Strike No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists defused the bomb 0 Counter-Terrorist +5
Counter-Strike No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists rescued all the hostages 0 Counter-Terrorist +10
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Defuse the Bomb +10
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Domination (4 kills) +3
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Double Kill (2 kills) +1
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Drop the Bomb -2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No God Like (12 kills) +11
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Headshot +1
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Kill a Hostage -1 Counter-Terrorist +1
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Killing Spree (9 kills) +8
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Mega Kill (6 kills) +5
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Monster Kill (10 kills) +9
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Ownage (7 kills) +6
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Pick up the Bomb +2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Plant the Bomb +10 Terrorist +2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Rampage (5 kills) +4
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Rescue a Hostage +5 Counter-Terrorist +1
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Spawn with the Bomb +2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb With a Defuse Kit 0
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb Without a Defuse Kit 0
Counter-Strike No No Yes No Terrorists assassinated the VIP 0 Terrorist +6
Counter-Strike No No Yes No Terrorists bombed the target 0 Terrorist +5
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Touch a Hostage 0
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Triple Kill (3 kills) +2
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Ultra Kill (8 kills) +7
Counter-Strike Yes No No No Unstoppable (11 kills) +10
Counter-Strike No No Yes No VIP escaped 0 Counter-Terrorist +10
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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
Counter-Strike Flashbang Flashbang 5.00
Counter-Strike Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife 2.00
Counter-Strike High Explosive Grenade High Explosive Grenade 1.80
Counter-Strike Ingram MAC-10 Ingram MAC-10 1.50
Counter-Strike FN Five-Seven FN Five-Seven 1.50
Counter-Strike Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol 1.50
Counter-Strike Sig Sauer P-228 Sig Sauer P-228 1.50
Counter-Strike H&K USP .45 Tactical H&K USP .45 Tactical 1.40
Counter-Strike Glock 18 Select Fire Glock 18 Select Fire 1.40
Counter-Strike Dual Beretta 96G Elite Dual Beretta 96G Elite 1.40
Counter-Strike H&K UMP45 H&K UMP45 1.20
Counter-Strike Desert Eagle .50AE Desert Eagle .50AE 1.20
Counter-Strike FN P90 FN P90 1.20
Counter-Strike Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat 1.20
Counter-Strike H&K MP5-Navy H&K MP5-Navy 1.20
Counter-Strike M249 PARA Light Machine Gun M249 PARA Light Machine Gun 1.20
Counter-Strike Galil Galil 1.10
Counter-Strike Steyr Scout Steyr Scout 1.10
Counter-Strike Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 1.10
Counter-Strike Fusil Automatique Fusil Automatique 1.00
Counter-Strike Colt M4A1 Carbine Colt M4A1 Carbine 1.00
Counter-Strike Kalashnikov AK-47 Kalashnikov AK-47 1.00
Counter-Strike Steyr Aug Steyr Aug 1.00
Counter-Strike Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando 1.00
Counter-Strike Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) 1.00
Counter-Strike Sig SG-550 Sniper Sig SG-550 Sniper 0.80
Counter-Strike H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle 0.80
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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.