manipulation

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

Factcheck: Does lower rated squads play more aggressively?

2019-01-182020-03-03 Crlarsen 0 Comments bronze bench, Dennisisspiderman, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, randomness, scripting

A Reddit user called Dennisisspiderman recently claimed that AI-controlled players act more aggressively against superior squads. The claim, if true,

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Fact check Other 

Fact check: Are pack weights changed secretly over time?

2018-05-112019-01-08 FUTfacts 0 Comments conspiracy theory, ea, FUT, manipulation, pack weight, packs, randomness, tots

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 Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Fact check: Does EA apply losing streaks on purpose?

2018-03-272018-11-23 FUTfacts 0 Comments coincidence, conspiracy theory, factcheck, losing streaks, manipulation

Losing streaks are a fact of life as a FIFA player, but are they also part of a sinister plan

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Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Scripting, handicapping and momentum: Myth or fact?

2018-03-142020-06-05 FUTfacts 0 Comments FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, scripting

It’s a widespread belief among FIFA players that EA secretly manipulates our matches. But is this pure imagination or is

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Alternative explanations Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why the better player sometimes loses

2018-01-232020-04-21 Crlarsen 5 Comments coincidence, ea, fifa, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, leveling, luck, manipulation, matchmaking, momentum, scripting

It’s an indisputable fact that you sometimes lose a match that you dominated. Our data confirms that in around 8

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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Fact check: Do better players lose too often?

2018-01-232020-07-10 FUTfacts 3 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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Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Believing in scripting may derive from a poor understanding of football

2017-03-022018-07-06 FUTfacts 0 Comments coincidence, conspiracy theory, dominating, football, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, psychology, scripting, unpredictability

Why do people believe in scripting and it’s two buddies, handicapping and momentum? It’s fair to assume that the same

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Evidence against manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Handicapping: Doesn’t exist in FUT 17 either

2017-02-102018-07-06 FUTfacts 3 Comments FIFA 17, FUT, handicapping, manipulation

If you ever thought that using informs came with a handicap, this post is going to rock your boat. A

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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

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

2016-11-142020-06-26 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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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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