Fact check: Are pack weights changed secretly over time?
A hot topic on Reddit recently has been pack weights. The term pack weight refers to the probability of packing a particular
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Fact check: Does EA apply losing streaks on purpose?
Yesterday, I read this post about losing streaks by Redditor Redhotchiliman1, which I’m going to relay in full length: “What’s
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FUT matches are not manipulated
A lot of FIFA players believe that EA secretly manipulates FUT matches. In 2015, we sat out to investigate these
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Did I just get hit by 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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Fact check: Are goals particularly common in certain minutes of the game?
Over the years, we have seen people complain about goals being particularly frequent in certain minutes of the match. We
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Fact check: Is it possible for average players to qualify for weekend league?
In a recent thread on Reddit, I came by the claim that average players can’t qualify for weekend league. But
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Fact check: Did UEFA EURO 2008 have a momentum feature?
In an interview with FIFAsoccerblog.com, EA’s Aaron McHardy explained that UEFA EURO 2008 had a “momentum” feature. What exactly was
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Why FIFA is inconsistent
I hear over and over again that FUT is inconsistent. Players that you usually beat, suddenly beat you. And in
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Why the better player sometimes loses
It’s an indisputable fact that you sometimes lose a match that you dominated. Our data shows that in around 8
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Fact check: Do better players lose too often?
A recurring source of complaint in the scripting, handicapping and momentum (SHM) debate is the indisputable fact that you sometimes
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