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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

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

Fact check: Did EA Spain confirm momentum on Twitter?

2017-03-292018-07-05 Coldspurs 0 Comments aaron mchardy, adaptive difficulty, EA spain, factcheck, momentum, proof

Did EA Spain confirm that momentum exists in FIFA? The answer is a bit mixed, because momentum is a word with many

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Strange deflections: Why they happen

2017-01-072018-07-25 FUTfacts 2 Comments ea, evidence, fifa ultimate team, FUT, proof, scripting, youtube

Sometimes, weird looking deflections happen in this game. In this recent Reddit video post, we saw the ball sort of

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Peer reviewed: Silvio Teixeira’s handicapping article on FIFAUTEAM.com

2016-10-202018-07-06 Crlarsen 3 Comments ea, evidence, evidence for, fifa, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, proof, pseudoscience, scripting, under scrutiny

Now and then, small, home brewed experiments designed to prove scripting or handicapping pop up. We decided to do a small series

Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum

Peer reviewed: FIFA Addiction’s study on TOTS performance

2016-10-192018-07-06 Crlarsen 2 Comments evidence for, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, pseudoscience, scripting, under scrutiny

In a small series of articles, we review various home brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists subject. Although most of

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Peer reviewed: Xtoonator’s handicap experiment

2016-10-192018-07-06 Crlarsen 5 Comments ELO, evidence for, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, pseudoscience, scripting, under scrutiny, xtoonator

Now and then we come across various home-brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists. Although most of them fail to meet basic,

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Why your tackle ends up with the opponent

2016-10-032018-07-06 Coldspurs 2 Comments coincidence, conspiracy theory, evidence for, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, youtube

YouTuber NepentheZ published the clip below showing something apparently odd and suspicious: Four consecutive tackles, every ending up with the

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When Gary Paterson had to fight momentum

2016-08-252018-07-06 Coldspurs 1 Comment cognitive bias, ea, evidence, evidence for, fifa ultimate team, FUT, Gary Paterson, manipulation, momentum, scripting

Sometimes, a quote from an EA employee is presented as evidence in support of either scripting, handicapping or momentum. We have seen

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

Fact check: Did Aaron McHardy admit that momentum exists?

2016-06-032018-07-06 FUTfacts 6 Comments aaron mchardy, cognitive bias, conspiracy theory, evidence, evidence for, factcheck, FIFA 14, fifa ultimate team, FUT, manipulation, momentum

Back in 2012, FIFA’s game play producer, Aaron McHardy, made this interview with FIFAsoccerblog. In the interview, he touched upon the topic of momentum,

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Momentum: There once was a momentum bar…

2016-01-252018-07-06 Coldspurs 2 Comments ea, evidence for, fifa ultimate team, FUT, momentum, momentum bar

In FIFA 06, there was something called a momentum bar next to each team’s name. The presence of the momentum bar