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 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No All Counter-Terrorists eliminated 0 Terrorist +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No All Terrorists eliminated 0 Counter-Terrorist +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Assassinate the VIP +10 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Become the VIP +1 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists defused the bomb 0 Counter-Terrorist +6 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No Counter-Terrorists rescued all the hostages 0 Counter-Terrorist +10 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Defuse the Bomb +15 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Drop the Bomb -2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Kill a Hostage -25 Counter-Terrorist +1 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Pick up the Bomb +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Plant the Bomb +15 Terrorist +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Rescue a Hostage +5 Counter-Terrorist +1 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Spawn with the Bomb +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb With a Defuse Kit 0 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Start Defusing the Bomb Without a Defuse Kit 0 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No Terrorists assassinated the VIP 0 Terrorist +6 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No Terrorists bombed the target 0 Terrorist +10 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Yes No No No Touch a Hostage +2 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero No No Yes No VIP escaped 0 Counter-Terrorist +10

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  Counter-Strike: Condition Zero knife Bundeswehr Advanced Combat Knife 1.80 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero grenade High Explosive Grenade 1.80 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero sg550 Sig SG-550 Sniper 1.70 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero scout Steyr Scout 1.60 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero usp H&K USP .45 Tactical 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero p228 Sig Sauer P-228 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero glock18 Glock 18 Select Fire 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero fiveseven FN Five-Seven 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero elite Dual Beretta 96G Elite 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero deagle Desert Eagle .50AE 1.50 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero xm1014 Benelli/H&K M4 Super 90 XM1014 1.40 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero m3 Benelli M3 Super 90 Combat 1.40 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero g3sg1 H&K G3/SG1 Sniper Rifle 1.40 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero awp Arctic Warfare Magnum (Police) 1.40 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero ump45 H&K UMP45 1.25 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero tmp Steyr Tactical Machine Pistol 1.25 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero p90 FN P90 1.25 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero mp5navy H&K MP5-Navy 1.25 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero mac10 Ingram MAC-10 1.25 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero sg552 Sig Sauer SG-552 Commando 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero m4a1 Colt M4A1 Carbine 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero galil Galil 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero famas Fusil Automatique 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero aug Steyr Aug 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero ak47 Kalashnikov AK-47 1.00 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero m249 M249 PARA Light Machine Gun 0.80

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 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 /set option value.

Acceptable "options" are:

• realname
  Sets your Real Name as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /set realname Joe Bloggs

• email
  Sets your E-mail Address as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /set email joe@hotmail.com

• homepage
  Sets your Home Page as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /set homepage http://www.geocities.com/joe/

• icq
  Sets your ICQ Number as shown in your profile.
  Example:    /set icq 123456789

Note These are not standard Half-Life console commands. If you type them in the console, Half-Life will give you an error.

5. My rank is embarrassing. How can I opt out?

Say /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.