Fact check: 45th / 90th minute momentum
All FIFA players recognize the frustration of conceding goals in the 45th and 90th minute. But do EA actually script
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Factcheck: Does lower rated squads play more aggressively?
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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Scripting, handicapping and momentum: Myth or fact?
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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Did I just get hit by scripting?
Earlier this week, this happened to yours truly: A lucky save on to the cross bar followed by an absolutely
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Why FIFA is inconsistent
I hear over and over again that FUT is inconsistent. Players that you usually beat, suddenly beat you. And in
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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 confirms that in around 8
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Peer reviewed: Johnny Cupcakes’ experiment on Reddit
A redditor named JohnnyCupcakes did a simple experiment: He scored an own goal in 80 matches. He then compared his
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Fact check: Does EA’s newly patented matchmaking concept prove SHM?
YouTuber YongYea recently discovered that EA has a patent pending on a new matchmaking concept called Engagement Optimized Match Making
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Survey reveals interesting facts about scripting believers
We know from earlier surveys that people who, according to themselves, believe in either scripting, handicapping and momentum, in fact don’t
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Dismantling the typical argument in favor of scripting
A lot of posts and comments in support of the scripting-belief appear fairly articulated and often well written. Yet, even
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