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Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

FUT matches are not manipulated

2018-03-142018-12-21 FUTfacts 0 Comments FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, scripting

It’s a widespread belief among FIFA players that EA secretly manipulates our matches. Is there any truth to these claims

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Evidence in favor of manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Factcheck: Does lower rated squads play more aggressively?

2019-01-182019-01-18 Crlarsen 0 Comments bronze bench, Dennisisspiderman, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, randomness, scripting

A user called Dennisisspiderman recently claimed that AI-controlled players act more aggressively against superior squads. The claim, if true, would

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Fact check: Does FIFA create passing accuracy swings in your matches?

2018-07-272018-10-23 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, momentum, passing accuracy, pseudoscience, regression toward the mean

Arlington69 has come up with yet another alleged piece of evidence with relation to momentum. In his latest post, he

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Fact check: Does a Reddit post prove that a 2-0 lead in the first 10 mins is particularly dangerous?

2018-07-232018-10-23 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, factcheck, momentum, pseudoscience, statistics

In a new post, Arlington69 claims to have evidence “possibly suggesting” that FIFA has build in game mechanics making it

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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Peer reviewed: Arlington69’s momentum experiments

2018-07-012018-10-23 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, peer review, pseudoscience, under scrutiny

In recent weeks, we have reviewed a series of articles written by a user called Arlington69 on Reddit. In this article,

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Fact check: Do prime icons create fewer goals?

2018-06-302018-10-31 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, evidence, factcheck, handicapping, icons, momentum

According to the latest entry in Arlington69’s series of posts on momentum and handicapping, prime icons create fewer goals than their

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Fact check: Does the keeper make more saves against higher rated opponents?

2018-06-272018-10-25 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, factcheck, handicapping

In a recent Reddit post, Arlington69 presents statistical evidence which appear to confirm that goalkeepers tend to have a higher

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Fact check: Does the AI change defensive pressure at 2-0?

2018-06-222018-06-29 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, factcheck, momentum, pseudoscience

In a series of new Reddit-posts[1][2][3], Arlington69 claims that the AI positions the players differently depending on the score line.

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Fact check: Does the momentum swing when a player takes an early lead?

2018-06-182018-10-25 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, factcheck, momentum, pseudoscience

The claim that going 2-0 up will swing the momentum in favor of the opponent has haunted the community for

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Fact check: No shots = momentum swing?

2018-06-162018-10-25 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, momentum, pseudoscience; factcheck

According to a recent Reddit-post, the momentum will swing in your favor in the 2nd half if you haven’t had any

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Fact check: Is the kick off glitch fixed?

2018-05-252018-07-06 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, factcheck, fifa, FUT, kick off glitch

All FIFA players have conceded goals right after kick off. You can call it a glitch or a convenience or

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