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Fact check: Do better players lose too often?

2018-01-232018-07-06 FUTfacts 2 Comments factcheck, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum

A recurring source of complaint in the scripting, handicapping and momentum (SHM) debate is the indisputable fact that you sometimes

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Fact check: Does EA’s newly patented matchmaking concept prove SHM?

2018-01-112018-07-05 FUTfacts 1 Comment DDA, ELO, EOMM, factcheck, handicapping, matchmaking, momentum, scripting

YouTuber YongYea recently discovered that EA has a patent pending on a new matchmaking concept called Engagement Optimized Match Making

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

2017-11-052018-07-05 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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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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Fact check: Is the trailing team free to foul away?

2017-08-152018-07-06 Coldspurs 1 Comment factcheck, fifa, foul, momentum, trailing

Can the trailing team commit fouls without triggering a card as suggested by pwomboli in a recent thread on reddit?

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

2016-11-142018-07-08 FUTfacts 6 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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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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Fact check: Is matchmaking limited to certain division brackets?

2016-05-262018-07-06 FUTfacts 2 Comments divisions, factcheck, FUT, seasons

A common perception in the community has been that you always are matched up against players from your own division,

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Fact check: Is there a red card boost?

2016-05-202018-07-06 FUTfacts 2 Comments ea, factcheck, fifa, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, pseudoscience, red cards, scripting

On multiple occasions [1][2], we have seen speculations regarding the presence of a red card boost in FIFA. We decided