Author: Crlarsen

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

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

2020-06-042020-06-05 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. The

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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?

2020-05-282020-06-04 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 “aquaintance”, 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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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?

2018-07-232020-03-10 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

2018-07-012020-06-02 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 Other 

Fact check: Does bronze benching work?

2018-05-242018-11-16 Crlarsen 1 Comment Arlington69, bronze bench, factcheck, fifa, FUT, matchmaking

In a recent Reddit post, Arlington69 claims to have evidence confirming that bronze benching works. Allegedly, using a bronze bench means

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Evidence against manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Did I just get hit by scripting?

2018-03-092018-07-06 Crlarsen 0 Comments DDA, scripting

Earlier this week, this happened to yours truly: A lucky save on to the cross bar followed by an absolutely

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Evidence against manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why FIFA is inconsistent

2018-02-102018-07-06 Crlarsen 1 Comment coincidence, FUT, inconsistency, randomness, scripting

I hear over and over again that FUT is inconsistent. Players that you usually beat, suddenly beat you. And in

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Alternative explanations Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why the better player sometimes loses

2018-01-232020-04-21 Crlarsen 5 Comments coincidence, ea, fifa, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, leveling, luck, manipulation, matchmaking, momentum, scripting

It’s an indisputable fact that you sometimes lose a match that you dominated. Our data confirms that in around 8

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

Fact check: Is “dramatic moments” equal to momentum in FIFA 18?

2017-08-242018-07-10 Crlarsen 14 Comments dramatic moments, evidence, factcheck, FIFA 18, matt prior, momentum, pareidolia, sam rivera

In pre release interviews, people like FIFA’s game producer Sam Rivera and Create Director Matt Prior, they mention a new feature called

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