evidence

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

Fact check: Do prime icons create fewer goals?

2018-06-302018-10-31 FUTfacts 0 Comments Arlington69, evidence, factcheck, handicapping, icons, momentum

According to the latest entry in Arlington69’s series of posts on momentum and handicapping, prime icons create fewer goals than their

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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Peer reviewed: Johnny Cupcakes’ experiment on Reddit

2018-01-172018-07-05 FUTfacts 1 Comment cognitive bias, ea, evidence, fifa, FUT, momentum, scripting, under scrutiny

A redditor named JohnnyCupcakes did a simple experiment: He scored an own goal in 80 matches. He then compared his

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

Fact check: Is an EA paper on Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment evidence that DDA is in FUT?

2017-11-052019-01-14 FUTfacts 12 Comments adaptive difficulty, DDA, dynamic difficulty, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustments, ea, ELO, evidence, factcheck, momentum

EA recently patented a concept called Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment. Is it evidence that scripting is real or is it something

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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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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

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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Background information Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why EA doesn’t use Adaptive Difficulty in FUT

2016-11-222018-07-25 FUTfacts 1 Comment dynamic difficulty, ELO, evidence, FUT, handicapping, leveling, matchmaking, momentum, scripting

A couple of times a year, the FIFA community is shaken by the revelation that the game uses adaptive difficulty.

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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Fact check: Does FUT have an unnatural amount of even results?

2016-11-142018-07-08 FUTfacts 7 Comments draws, even, evidence, factcheck, fifa ultimate team, handicapping, leveling, manipulation, momentum, scripting, seasons

It’s a widespread belief that FUT uses a rubber banding mechanism in online matches, which for some reason has been

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Background information Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why ‘git gud’ sometimes isn’t a fair response to scripting complaints

2016-10-282018-06-28 FUTfacts 0 Comments control, evidence, randomness, scripting

Yet another round of scripting, momentum and handicapping rants has hit Reddit. Some of these posts are ridiculous and serve

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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

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

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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

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

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