Peer reviewed: Johnny Cupcakes’ experiment on Reddit
A redditor named JohnnyCupcakes did a simple experiment: He scored an own goal in 80 matches. He then compared his
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cognitive bias
When Gary Paterson had to fight momentum
Sometimes, a quote from an EA employee is presented as evidence in support of either scripting, handicapping or momentum. We have seen
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Fact check: Did Aaron McHardy admit that momentum exists?
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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Why people believe in scripting and handicapping
Why do people believe in scripting, momentum and handicapping despite the absence of supporting evidence? In this article, we take
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“Everyone knows that scripting exists”
One of the reasons why scripting believers maintain their belief in spite of the absence of evidence is undoubtedly that
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Handicapping: David Rutter’s interview with SPOnG
This interview with David Rutter, (executive producer on FIFA) has been brought up as alleged evidence in support of the theory
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Momentum: The FIFA 09 guide
A screendump, which allegedly is found in the FIFA 09 manual, is presented as evidence in support of the perception that the game determines the difficulty of matches by controlling the momentum in the same way as Mario Cart would try to keep races tight through what is known as rubber banding.
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Scripting: Match Intensity Table
The match intensity table seen above is sometimes brought up as evidence in the scripting debate. In this post we
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Momentum: The GDC paper
An EA Sports developer, Sebastian Enrique, wrote a paper for the Games Developers Conference in 2007, titled ‘Understanding Emotions in
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