pseudoscience Archives - Page 2 of 2

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

Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum

Peer reviewed: FIFA Addiction’s study on TOTS performance

2016-10-192018-07-06 Crlarsen 2 Comments evidence for, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, pseudoscience, scripting, under scrutiny

In a small series of articles, we review various home brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists subject. Although most of

Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum

Peer reviewed: Xtoonator’s handicap experiment

2016-10-192018-07-06 Crlarsen 5 Comments ELO, evidence for, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, pseudoscience, scripting, under scrutiny, xtoonator

Now and then we come across various home-brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists. Although most of them fail to meet basic,

Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum

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

Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum

“Everyone knows that scripting exists”

2015-05-122019-03-25 Crlarsen 7 Comments ad populum fallacy, cognitive bias, ea, evidence for, fifa, fifa ultimate team, FUT, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, pseudoscience, scripting

One of the reasons why scripting believers maintain their belief in spite of the absence of evidence is undoubtedly that

Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum

Scripting: Are Youtube clips evidence?

2015-05-122018-07-06 Crlarsen 9 Comments coincidence, ea, evidence, evidence for, fifa, FIFA 14, Fifa 15, fifa ultimate team, FUT, glitches, handicapping, manipulation, momentum, proof, pseudoscience, scripting, youtube

Youtube contains hundreds of clips of alleged scripting, and an incredible amount of players perceive these clips as evidence in support of what they believe is true: Namely that the game is controlled by a script. Is this true? I will check it out in this post.