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Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Scripting, handicapping and momentum: Myth or fact?

2018-03-142021-03-17 FUTfacts 0 Comments FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, scripting

It’s a common belief among FIFA players that EA secretly manipulates our matches. Is this pure imagination or is there

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

Fact check: Are players with a new account helped by handicapping?

2020-08-032020-11-09 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, conspiracy theory, factcheck, handicapping, momentum, pseudoscience

Arlington69’s latest article claims to deliver evidence of patterns “consistent with momentum favouring inexperienced players”. According to his post, players

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

Fact check: Do high rated keepers perform worse than low rated keepers?

2020-07-102020-11-09 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, coincidence, factcheck, handicapping, keeper, pseudoscience

Our good friend Arlington69 has published yet another article on his new blog, Futingfeefa.com. This time, he claims to have

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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Fact check: 45th / 90th minute momentum

2020-07-062020-11-09 Crlarsen 0 Comments 45th minute, 90th minute, Arlington69, leveling, momentum, scripting

All FIFA players recognize the frustration of conceding goals in the 45th and 90th minute. But do EA actually script

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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

More evidence that the 2-0 momentum is a myth?

2020-06-252020-06-25 Crlarsen 0 Comments evidence, momentum, proof

In a recent Reddit post, redditor TapeTen presents evidence allegedly rejecting artificial momentum swings at 2-0. Although the post is

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

Fact check: Does the game create momentum swings around 3-2?

2020-06-042021-02-15 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, cherry picking, evidence, factcheck, momentum, pseudoscience, regression toward the mean, rubber banding

Arlington69 has written yet another post here he claim to have evidence supporting the presence of a momentum feature, i.e.

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

Fact check: Does having more shots on target reduce your chance of scoring?

2020-05-282020-11-12 Crlarsen 0 Comments Arlington69, evidence, momentum, pseudoscience, rubber banding

A new FUT-blog has seen daylight: Under the strange name of futingfeefa.com, an old “acquaintance”, Arlington69, is looking for “proof”

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

Factcheck: Does lower rated squads play more aggressively?

2019-01-182020-03-03 Crlarsen 0 Comments bronze bench, Dennisisspiderman, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, randomness, scripting

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

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

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

2018-07-272020-11-12 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 a recent post, he

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Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

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

2018-07-232020-11-19 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

2018-07-012020-07-07 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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