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 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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Psychological momentum is stronger in FUT
Momentum exists – but not in the shape of a hidden feature used to flip matches upside down. What I’m talking
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Why EA doesn’t use Adaptive Difficulty in FUT
A couple of times a year, the FIFA community is shaken by the revelation that the game uses adaptive difficulty.
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Fact check: Does FUT have an unnatural amount of even results?
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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Why momentum is a myth
Is momentum a myth or is it real? In this post, we have a look at some of the facts and
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Fact check: Are matches made even?
A popular belief in the community is FIFA contains some kind of logic, which makes FUT matches more even. But as we
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Would scripting make EA richer? An analysis of EA’s purported motives
Does EA have an economic incentive to manipulate matches through scripting, handicapping or momentum? In this article, I poke into some
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Are better players handicapped?
Is there a handicap helping out lesser players? 70 % of the participants in my 2014-survey thought that the game advantages inexperienced
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Fact check: Are high rated squads handicapped?
It’s a fact that you sometimes lose despite having a far better squad than the opponent. But does it happen, because
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