Are results pre-determined before a ball is kicked?

[July Fourth]

I think the only way to prove that the games are NOT pre-determined is by getting a substitute player that substitutes an injured player and scores a goal or makes an assist, reason being would be the match engine would not be able to determine that would happen before kick-off because its a result of your manager interaction during mid-game.

[jtcfmb]

I think the only way to prove that the games are NOT pre-determined is by getting a substitute player that substitutes an injured player and scores a goal or makes an assist, reason being would be the match engine would not be able to determine that would happen before kick-off because its a result of your manager interaction during mid-game.

i think this is not a good way to prove if the game is pre-determined. any change we make during game time can alter the game results. substitution, change in formation/orders, managers/friends joining match, etc. making illegal position during the game can make a better team 'pre-determined' to win to suddenly lose to a worse team. i'm not really sure if there is a way to prove this aside from what accyrover has mentioned.

[VriheddMartin]

I think the only way to prove that the games are NOT pre-determined is by getting a substitute player that substitutes an injured player and scores a goal or makes an assist, reason being would be the match engine would not be able to determine that would happen before kick-off because its a result of your manager interaction during mid-game.

Santos Lima comes in and scores.I made the substitution.

[marc31]

Sadly to say, but yesterday saw something strange and come to conclusion that results are pre-determined.
I watched one match of my friend, and shortly after the HT, when score was 0-5, I went to his profile to see how was in the League. I was suprised to see that the ranking was updated with the match in progress. I went back to Live, curious to see if it remain the same score, but no, till the end, my friend scored another 2 goals. After all round over, the rank was unchanged from the ~57th minute of live match.

[July Fourth]

I think the only way to prove that the games are NOT pre-determined is by getting a substitute player that substitutes an injured player and scores a goal or makes an assist, reason being would be the match engine would not be able to determine that would happen before kick-off because its a result of your manager interaction during mid-game.

Kevin Mensah injured in a match and I put Savage on in play and he scored, so that theory goes out the window.

[Stafford]

Kevin Mensah injured in a match and I put Savage on in play and he scored, so that theory goes out the window.

Savage

[July Fourth]

No not that Savage, This Savage here...

[marc31]

But guys .. does it really matter? All in all, even if the games were predetermined, what would it change? It's 3 minutes of our life, or 7.5e-8% of our lives. We'd still have to watch the match, for one reason or another.

Not really matter, but no more panic to change tactics/players live, as the result was determined before start. Now is more important to give importance to tactics/quality when prepare the game... Once that came the 2 minutes before game it is nothing more to do, than open the beer and "watch" the game, and maybe make 1 sub to receive the blue pack.

Kevin Mensah injured in a match and I put Savage on in play and he scored, so that theory goes out the window.

In this pic Savage scored, but not he replaced Adams and not injuried Mensah? :P

[July Fourth]

Not really matter, but no more panic to change tactics/players live, as the result was determined before start. Now is more important to give importance to tactics/quality when prepare the game... Once that came the 2 minutes before game it is nothing more to do, than open the beer and "watch" the game, and maybe make 1 sub to receive the blue pack.


In this pic Savage scored, but not he replaced Adams and not injuried Mensah? :P

Hmmm... I find that very strange because when I was playing I swapped Mensah straight for Savage and then Vasko for Adams.