Also known as "point farming", stat padding is most frequently used in reference to the online
game Battlefield
2. Stat padding is the act of recieving undeserved points due to abnormal and unhelpful gameplay.
One of the most
common occurrences is when 2 support players go out to the middle of nowhere and alternate tossing a grenade, then resupplying the other, each
time getting 1 resupply point.
The extreme of stat padding is when a player coordinates with one or more players on the opposite team to get an enormous amount of kills. For example, a USMC player hides away with 2 MEC medics. The US player will
kill one of the medics, then the other will revive him, earning the US player 2 points for a
kill, and the MEC player 1 point for a revive, all undeserved. This process can be repeated indefinitely, as the
kill does not reduce the ticket count of the other team. This is how some players have
best round scores of 800+.
Some players consider
skill concentration to be stat padding, but this is simply not
true. Running around wielding only a pistol in order to get a pistol badge is NOT stat padding.
On a side note, stat padding violates the
EA Ranked EULA. Thousands of players have already had their accounts reset due to excessive stat padding.
