Kill to Death Ratio

Kill to Death Ratio is a video game concept

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A comparison between how many kills a player has made and how many deaths they have suffered. A staple of multiplayer FPS matches.

Though most games track the total deaths or kills a player gets for the purpose of stat-tracking and awarding achievements, most gamers would rather know their KDR (obviously, kill-to-death ratio) as it provides several advantages over a block summary of the two.

Readability

It is easier to read into a KDR's meaning. Getting 70 kills and 60 deaths means very different things depending on what game you play. With a KDR there are three primary states: less than 1 to 1, 1 to 1, and more than 1 to 1. If your KDR is less than 1 to 1, you are being outmatched; if you get 1 to 1, your skill is comparable to those around you; if you are over 1 to 1, you are doing better than the average player on the server. These principles never change unless circumstances suggest that you should have a particularly high or low KDR, such as a mode where certain players possess capabilities the others do not, or where a player's primary goal is not to kill the opponent but rather to complete an objective. In these cases, KDR becomes a less useful statistic.

Per-Match Reliability

KDR is very informative on a case-by-case basis. Because the KDR of your enemies and friends in any match are all interrelated in a "1 kill-for-them, 1 death-for-you" exchange, KDR is always relative to a particular set of people. The average of everyone on the server always equals 1 to 1, which is why having a 1 to 1 always means that your skill is average in the current setup. Armed with this info a player can play a bit, assess their capabilities against those around them, and stay if he or she finds the other players to be worthwhile competition (or if he or she is vastly superior to their competition, in which case they stay on because they're pricks). This idea is not universally accepted, but can be helpful for individuals who want to be sure they aren't deluding themselves about their own abilities.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Silkroad Online	PC	JoyMax
Battlefield Heroes	PC	DICE
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising	PC, PS3, X360	Codemasters
Quake Live	PC, MAC	id Software
Huxley	PC, X360	Webzen Games Inc.
Quake Arena Arcade	XBLM	Pi Studios, LLC.
ZDaemon	PC, MAC
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	PC	Relic Entertainment
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault	PC, PS3, X360	Massive Entertainment
Crash Commando released on Dec. 17, 2008	PSN	EPOS Game Studios
Left 4 Dead released on Nov. 18, 2008	PC, X360	Valve Corporation, Turtle Rock Studios, Inc., Certain Affinity
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals: Confrontation released on Oct. 14, 2008	PS3, PSN	Slant Six Games
Fracture released on Oct. 7, 2008	PS3, X360	Day:1:Studios, LLC
Battlefield: Bad Company released on June 23, 2008	PS3, X360	DICE
Metal Gear Online released on June 12, 2008	PS3	Kojima Productions
Grand Theft Auto IV released on April 29, 2008	PC, PS3, X360	Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto
Unreal Tournament 3 released on Dec. 10, 2007	PC, MAC, PS3, X360	Epic Games
America's Army: True Soldiers released on Nov. 15, 2007	X360	Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
Crysis released on Nov. 13, 2007	PC	Crytek GmbH
BlackSite: Area 51 released on Nov. 12, 2007	PC, PS3, X360	Midway Studios Austin
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Tactical Strike released on Nov. 6, 2007	PSP	Slant Six Games
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare released on Nov. 5, 2007	PC, MAC, PS3, X360	Aspyr Media, Inc., Infinity Ward
Team Fortress 2 released on Oct. 10, 2007	PC	Valve Corporation
The Orange Box released on Oct. 10, 2007	PC, PS3, X360	Valve Corporation
Medal of Honor: Airborne released on Sept. 4, 2007	PC, PS3, X360	EA Los Angeles, Ritual Entertainment, Papaya Studios, Demiurge Studios
The Quake Collection released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC, X360	id Software, Xatrix Entertainment, Inc., Rogue Entertainment, Ritual Entertainment
DOOM Pack Complete released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC	id Software, Nerve Software, LLC
Quake III Arena + Team Arena released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC	id Software
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars released on May 30, 2007	PC, MAC, PS3, X360	id Software, Aspyr Media, Inc., Splash Damage, Ltd, Nerve Software, LLC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 released on March 9, 2007	PC, PS3, X360	GRIN, Wizarbox, Ubisoft Paris Studios
Garry's Mod released on Nov. 29, 2006	PC	Team Garry
Call of Duty 3 released on Nov. 7, 2006	PS2, XBOX, PS3, WII, X360	Treyarch
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Fireteam Bravo 2 released on Nov. 7, 2006	PSP	Zipper Interactive
Unreal Anthology	PC	Digital Extremes
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic released on Oct. 25, 2006	PC	Arkane Studios SA, Kuju Entertainment Ltd., Floodgate Entertainment, LLC
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point	PC	TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Medal of Honor: Heroes	PSP	Team Fusion
Battlefield 2142	PC, MAC	Digital Illusions CE AB, DICE
Prison Tycoon 2: Maximum Security released on Sept. 8, 2006	PC	Virtual Playground
SWAT 4 (Gold Edition) released on April 5, 2006	PC	2K Boston
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 released on March 14, 2006	PC	Tripwire Interactive, LLC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter released on March 7, 2006	PS2, PC, XBOX, X360	Ubisoft Paris Studios, GRIN, Ubisoft Shanghai Studios, Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (Special Edition)	XBOX	U.S. Army
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier released on Nov. 15, 2005	XBOX	Ubisoft Entertainment, U.S. Army, Secret Level Inc.
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Fireteam Bravo released on Nov. 8, 2005	PSP	Zipper Interactive
Operation Flashpoint: Elite	XBOX	Bohemia Interactive Studio
Call of Duty 2 released on Oct. 25, 2005	PC, MAC, X360	Infinity Ward, Pi Studios, LLC.
Quake 4 released on Oct. 18, 2005	PC, MAC	id Software, Raven Software
Quake 4 (Special DVD Edition) released on Oct. 18, 2005	PC, X360	id Software, Raven Software
Serious Sam II released on Oct. 11, 2005	PC, XBOX	Croteam Ltd.
Counter-Strike 1 Anthology	PC	Ritual Entertainment
Delta Force: Xtreme released on Aug. 21, 2005	PC	NovaLogic, Inc.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike released on Aug. 2, 2005	XBOX	Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
Battlefield 2 released on June 21, 2005	PC	Digital Illusions CE AB, Trauma Studios, DICE, DICE Canada
Medal of Honor: European Assault released on June 7, 2005	GC, PS2, XBOX	EA Los Angeles
Call of Duty (Deluxe Edition) released on April 5, 2005	PC, MAC	Infinity Ward, Pi Studios, LLC., Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Inc.
Doom 3 (Limited Collector's Edition) released on April 5, 2005	XBOX	id Software, Vicarious Visions, Splash Damage, Ltd
SWAT 4 released on April 5, 2005	PC	2K Boston
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source released on Jan. 1, 2005	PC	Valve Corporation
MechAssault 2: LoneWolf released on Dec. 28, 2004	XBOX	Day:1:Studios, LLC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 released on Nov. 30, 2004	GC, PS2	Ubisoft Shanghai Studios
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch released on Nov. 30, 2004	PC	Valve Corporation
Halo 2 released on Nov. 9, 2004	PC, XBOX	Bungie Studios
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault released on Nov. 4, 2004	PC	EA Los Angeles
Call of Duty: United Offensive released on Sept. 14, 2004	PC, MAC	Pi Studios, LLC., Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Inc.
Counter-Strike: Source released on Aug. 11, 2004	PC	Valve Corporation
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	XBOX	Ubisoft Milan Studio
Doom 3 released on Aug. 3, 2004	PC, XBOX, MAC	id Software, Vicarious Visions,