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Evidence against manipulation Fact check Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Fact check: 45th / 90th minute momentum

2020-07-062020-11-09 Crlarsen 0 Comments 45th minute, 90th minute, Arlington69, leveling, momentum, scripting

All FIFA players recognize the frustration of conceding goals in the 45th and 90th minute. But do EA actually script

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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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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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https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/7s03dj/might_be_time_to_use_that_head_healing_card/
Evidence against manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Did I just get hit by scripting?

2018-03-092018-07-06 Crlarsen 0 Comments DDA, 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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Evidence against manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why FIFA is inconsistent

2018-02-102020-06-10 Crlarsen 1 Comment coincidence, FUT, inconsistency, randomness, scripting

I hear over and over again that FUT is inconsistent. Players that you usually beat, suddenly beat you. And in

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Alternative explanations Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Why the better player sometimes loses

2018-01-232020-04-21 Crlarsen 6 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 in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Peer reviewed: Johnny Cupcakes’ experiment on Reddit

2018-01-172018-07-05 FUTfacts 1 Comment cognitive bias, ea, evidence, fifa, FUT, momentum, scripting, under scrutiny

A redditor named JohnnyCupcakes did a simple experiment: He scored an own goal in 80 matches. He then compared his

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

Fact check: Does EA’s newly patented matchmaking concept prove SHM?

2018-01-112019-01-08 FUTfacts 1 Comment DDA, ELO, EOMM, factcheck, handicapping, matchmaking, momentum, scripting

YouTuber YongYea recently discovered that EA has a patent pending on a new matchmaking concept called Engagement Optimized Match Making

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https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/7s03dj/might_be_time_to_use_that_head_healing_card/
Background information Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Survey reveals interesting facts about scripting believers

2017-12-282018-10-10 Coldspurs 0 Comments coincidence, handicapping, inconsistency, luck, momentum, randomness, scripting, SHM, survey

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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Evidence in favor of manipulation Scripting, handicapping, momentum 

Dismantling the typical argument in favor of scripting

2017-11-282018-07-05 FUTfacts 0 Comments pseudoscience, 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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