How many troll results you had this season ?

[Tactician]

Yes. I trolled a team 7-1 after they beat me 4-1. A troll occurs when the result is ridiculous in light of the quality of the teams and whether the team is being managed. For this reason, a result of 8-0 when both teams are similar in quality and both are managed is a troll.

For me, these are typical troll results:

- An abandoned team that is 20%+ lower in quality wins or draw
- An abandoned team that is 40%+ lower in quality loses by less than 2 goals
- An actively managed team that is between 10-20% lower in quality wins by more than 1 goal
- An actively managed team that is between 10% lower in quality and 10% higher in quality wins by more than 4 goals.

The hallmarks of a troll result:

- the opponent barely gets a shot on target but the goals per shot on target are 80%+
- a 15%+ weaker team has approximately 33% possession but has almost the same number of shots on target and shots as the better team.

An active 10-20% weaker team can win by 1 goal or more if the stronger opponent had many of the other factors against him. For example, if the opponent got a decent fraction of his tactics wrong and top of that he got a bad roll of the dice. That will be not be a troll as 20% quality advantage is not expected to overcome the bad effects of the other 2 factors.

Maybe the game is significantly more about luck these days as compared to 3-4 years ago, and hence why more unexpected results happen. They reduced the complexity in the calculation match outcomes maybe to reduce CPU and RAM loads on servers, and hence cut operating costs.

[Lucian1986]

An active 10-20% weaker team can win even by 2 goals or more if you have many of the other factors against you. For example, if you got your tactics wrong and top of that you got a bad roll of the dice. That will be not be a troll as 20% quality advantage is not expected to overcome the bad effects of the other 2 factors.

Maybe the game is significantly more about luck these days as compared to 3-4 years ago, and hence why more unexpected results happen. They reduced the complexity in the calculation match outcomes maybe to reduce CPU and RAM loads on servers and hence cut operating costs.

The assumption is that if you are losing and much stronger, you would change your tactics. A bad roll of the dice is a troll in the making.

[Tactician]

The assumption is that if you are losing and much stronger, you would change your tactics. A bad roll of the dice is a troll in the making.

Yes, it is a troll if they set the total % effect that random variables have on match outcomes too high.

[Max]

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[Lucian1986]

I also note that the number of goals being scored against defensive teams has increased. Usually, I get scored 18-22 goals a season yet I am already at 28 this season.