Hello Aymeric,

Following your message yesterday, and based on our experience – particularly last night – we wanted to see what would happen by changing tactics every two minutes during a match against an AFK and unbalanced opponent.

We did this in this particular match:

#match?mid=6983297

Every two minutes, we switched from attacking down the middle to attacking down the wings. (See the two stats sheets.) In both cases, we dominated completely, resulting in an average of at least 3.5 xG per match.

Here are the xG figures for the match (their progression throughout the match: 0.0 xG generated between the 25th and 90th minutes); this is mathematically impossible without data capping, and it cannot be a smoothing effect between the two stats sheets, as that would still have generated some xG. The AFK opponent showed a consistent trend

For comparison, a match with no changes:

This didn’t exist two weeks ago. So the question is: what should we do? Is it a bug? There’s no indication of this anywhere; you explained yesterday that there are no hidden variables, but in this case it’s hard not to see a hidden mechanism or a bug at play. Previously, we used to get a stat penalty with every change: that was tangible. Now the stats are excellent, but does any change block our actions for a certain amount of time? How long? When should we correct an imbalance? We need a guide to make sense of it all.

Thank you for taking the time to read this,

Galy

I mentioned this in other threads, particularly when ced90 had his specific IS issue and Aymeric replied.

A script, or a variable, has been in place since around 8 September to reduce the probability of an event following a tactical change (perhaps offensive tactics only?)

This ‘script’ had been scaled back after 15 September.

It came back the day before yesterday or yesterday…

Three variables that are driving managers who want to play the game up the wall are now on this ‘new’ mdm.

Merci pour cet essai révélateur de la direction que prend le jeu.
Dans les faits :

• si je joue un AFK, je suis favorisé. Je peux ajuster ma tactique sans y toucher pendant 90 minutes. Rien de nouveau cependant.
• si je joue un actif et que je suis mieux placé que mon adversaire au coup d'envoi (la réciproque s'applique de la même manière), mon adversaire modifiera sa tactique pour me contrer offensivement et me mettre en défaut défensivement. Dans ce cas, soit j'accepte la situation, reste AFK, et mon adversaire est favorisé (cf. point 1) ; soit je modifie ma tactique pour le contrer offensivement et le mettre en défaut défensivement ; et ainsi de suite. Avec cet enchaînement de "n'importe quoi" comme le nomme Aymeric, nous allons droit vers un 0-0 avec des xG faibles même en cas de forte domination sur certaines actus.

Merci pour les essaies les gars.

En conclusion on a un affichage des modifications visible à la seconde mais qui s'applique après 10min.

Ça veut donc dire qu'entre deux actifs, je pourrais laisser un autoroute dans mon axe pendant 9min (partir déféquer ou jouer à un autre jeu) puis revenir, bloquer axe et hop j'ai ruiné 9min d'attaque de mon adversaire (et inversement)

Il passerait alors en Attaque ailes et là ! Je peux repartir 9min avant de lui bloquer les ailes

Ainsi de suite. On a donc besoin de 10actus de 9min pour bloquer un match complet et empêcher toutes prises en compte du MDM pendant 90min.

C'était déjà souvent la loterie mais la il restera qu'un espoir de but à 0,02xg si on refuse de bouger en Attaque.

Il va falloir s'habituer aux 0-0...

On peut proposer un projet d'amélioreration pour les penaltys pour les coupes de la saison prochaine ?

I hope Aymeric will provide you with an answer; it’s been a week now that 50 clowns on VF have been on anti-anxiety medication and have been rambling on about the same thing throughout every thread…Next up is the CGT’s stance (via a vote or referendum that’s bound to be rigged by the clout of the D1 alliances and their sister organisations).

He’s already replied twice (admittedly not in your favour so far), and the problem is that the more he replies, the more he’s pestered… The line between persistence and harassment is a fine one.

What you’re still missing is that there’s no doubt some people are already analysing all the match data using AI and the like, so fear not – the higher-ups, not to mention the current desperate lot (who are prepared to draw a parallel between watching a match on VF and jumping off a bridge),you’ll soon realise when it’s time to make tactical changes despite the automatic display.

In any case, I hope he’ll let you simmer like a nice little dish before giving in to your demands… Which, unfortunately, I have no doubt he will.

#match?mid=6982349

I’m proud of my players<3

Just 0.47 xG, with 10 per cent possession

Nice one, lol