Peer reviewed: Silvio Teixeira’s handicapping article on FIFAUTEAM.com
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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pseudoscience
Peer reviewed: FIFA Addiction’s study on TOTS performance
In a small series of articles, we review various home brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists subject. Although most of
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Peer reviewed: Xtoonator’s handicap experiment
Now and then we come across various home-brewed experiments aimed at testing whether scripting exists. Although most of them fail to meet basic,
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Fact check: Is there a red card boost?
On multiple occasions [1][2], we have seen speculations regarding the presence of a red card boost in FIFA. We decided
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“Everyone knows that scripting exists”
One of the reasons why scripting believers maintain their belief in spite of the absence of evidence is undoubtedly that
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Scripting: Are Youtube clips evidence?
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.
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Handicapping: David Rutter’s interview with SPOnG
This interview with David Rutter, (executive producer on FIFA) has been brought up as alleged evidence in support of the theory
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Momentum: The GDC paper
An EA Sports developer, Sebastian Enrique, wrote a paper for the Games Developers Conference in 2007, titled ‘Understanding Emotions in
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