Welcome to the /r/FIFA Wiki!
/r/FIFA is dedicated to EA Sports' FIFA Series, the greatest football franchise in video games. Whether you're on Xbox, Playstation or PC, rocking in your Pro Career or as a Manager, or destroying opponents in Seasons or Ultimate Team, we strive to be the internet's best source of information for the game we love.
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We've put together a list of everything you need to know about this subreddit *[right here](http://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/wiki/index)*. Hope this helps!
Subreddit Rules
WARNING: Users may be subject to temporary bans for breaking any of the main subreddit rules, at the sole discretion of the moderators.
Following Reddiquette is encouraged. Following the Rules of Reddit is required. If your post or comment asks for upvotes, it will be removed.
Buying, selling, trading, begging, or wagering for coins, players, accounts, or EASFC items is not allowed. This includes asking people to buy your player on the market. Likewise, do not post links to external coin sites. Read more about this decision here and here. Any conversation/post/discussion related to coin buying/selling will be automatically removed.
Posts and comments that consist of racist, sexist or homophobic content will be removed, regardless of popularity or relevance.
Giveaways promoting another medium (retweet to enter, watch my livestream to win, etc.) are not allowed. If you wish to advertise, you can do so through Reddit.
In order to promote external content (Twitch Streams, YouTube Channels, FIFA Related Website) you will first need to become an active member of our community. Daily participation will be required. This will guarantee the community that you are an active member and are not only here to promote yourself. Keep in mind that excessive posting of videos or streams from a channel constitutes as spam in that the aim is only to increase traffic to the videos or to gain subscribers. Repeatedly posting videos and not contributing to the community (via non-video submissions or discussion on other posts) will result in a warning, and if needed, a ban. Youtube direct video links are not allowed, self posts including Youtube links and brief descriptions of your videos are encouraged (once you have become an active member of our community as described above). Read what Reddit considers to be acceptable self-promotion here.
Using the subreddit's subscriber base for financial gain is not allowed. For example, if you offer to play matches with other members of the community to give them tips on how to defend and then solicit your "Coaching Services" for $20 per hour -- you are operating a business. If it's something people want, you need to advertise via reddit and not as a member of the community.
New Content Rule Changes as of 04/18/2016 can be located here
If you have questions about what is and isn't allowed, send a message to mod mail before posting.
If you see a post or comment that is breaking the rules or is otherwise questionable, hit the report button to alert the moderator and/or send a message to mod mail.
Red Card Offenses
The ban hammer does not drop very often, but to make sure we're completely transparent about our practices, here's a helpful guide.
If your user history shows a history of trolling, racist, sexist or homophobic comments that continue in the subreddit after a warning or temporary ban -- RED CARD.
If you continue to spam the subreddit with video or blog spam after a warning or temporary ban -- RED CARD.
If you scam another user on a FIFA-related trading subreddit -- RED CARD.
Unlike football, a /r/FIFA RED CARD is permanent.
The Daily Threads and Weekly Threads
Due to the overwhelming amount of posts based on repetitive topics, /r/FIFA has implemented a daily thread for Ultimate Team Squad Building and will often do so for other topics may flood the subreddit. These posts don't often need their own thread, they just need answers.
The Daily Squad Thread
All Squad Reviews, Requests for Critiques, and Requests for Squad Building should be posted here. For best results, include your console, your budget, what formation you want and any other helpful information that will lead to a good squad build.
This will be stickied daily unless something else is happening, but please help out the community by upvoting the thread if you find it useful.
Market Advice Threads
Anything related to the market should be posted here. You pulled a good player, should you sell now or hold onto him for awhile? You have a set amount of coins, how should you invest it? You need some ideas, who should you invest in? There might be a crash coming, when should you sell your team? The crash is here, when should you buy the players you want?
These kinds of thread will be posted intermittently depending on what's happening in the market right now.
The Weekly Bitch/Brag Pack Thread
Anything related to what you did or did not get in a pack should be posted here. You finally got Messi? You pulled 3 Ronaldos this week? You finally got a TOTW? It's also perfectly acceptable to admit that you got nothing over discard value after spending a million coins. IMAGES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED! If you want advice on what to do with what you pulled, you can ask within this thread or move to the Market Guide. For right now, consider PACK SUICIDES as part of this thread.
This post is created every Wednesday, but more will be added depending on what kind of crazy pack deals are popular in the subreddit.
The Weekly Rant Thread
Release your anger...
The IF Watch Thread
We don't typically allow posts regarding real world football (head to /r/soccer or your favorite squads subreddit for that), but we make an exception when matches are going to affect Ultimate Team. We have some good scouts watching games all over to discuss who we think is going to be getting a MOTM or TOTW card the following week.
This post is created every Saturday, but others are added depending on the schedule of games happening without a broken controller.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why can't I sell coins on /r/FIFA?
As of November 15, 2013, the community decided that buying, selling, and trading FUT coins would be banned from /r/FIFA and moved to an alternative subreddit. You can read more about that decision here.
Can I be a moderator?
We currently don't have a need for additional moderators at this time as /u/AutoModerator and /u/FIFAbot handle about 90% of the moderating needs of the subreddit through trickery and magic. All other moderators simply bend to their will as we prepare for the robot uprising foretold in ancient scripture.
If you have ideas that you'd like to see implemented, just send a mod mail. If you have a contribution for the community, make a post. If you still have a unwavering desire to take on a part time job that doesn't pay and most people think you suck at, send a message to mod mail that details what you want to do.
Everything is about Ultimate Team! Can't I post things about Career Mode?
Yes. A more focused subreddit was created at /r/FIFACareers due to the community being very focused on ultimate team, but all other content is highly encouraged in /r/FIFA to help balance the crazy.
Can I create content for the wiki? We need more stuff!
Due to the overwhelming amount of angry children that flock to gaming subreddits, the wiki is currently locked for users. However, if you have things that you want to add... send a message to mod mail and we can get it added.
This includes in-depth guides that can be given their own page if it's substantial enough!
Can't I post my awesome YouTube channel? Or what about my blog? How else am I going to get viewers or suggestions?!
Yes, as long as you are straight forward about it. We recommend ONE introductory self-post that lets the readers know who you are and what you do. If you have several videos or articles, maybe give the community links to some of your better ones. Then ask for feedback or whatever else you want... all in ONE post. Keep it at that. Posting every single thing you create every time you create it is asking for a ban, which is why direct links are now allowed and you'll need to introduce your content in a self-post.
If you continuously have really good content to share, make sure it's at least a minimum of 2 weeks between posts. However, if all you ever do is post links to your video... then you are not a contributing member of the community and will be treated as a spammer.
The mods suck. Why don't you remove all these types of posts that I don't like?
There are numerous answers to this question, but it mostly is due to the fact that the moderators operate on the assumption that this is your community and not our community... except to say that we are in this community together. We do what we can to provide daily and weekly threads on various topics and will remove posts that are the same subject as the those post, but we ultimately feel that it's your job to downvote the content you don't like and upvote the stuff that you do.
You can read other rants about this topic here and here.
If it's okay to downvote, where is the downvote button in the comments?
We tried encouraging the angry kids to not downvote by trying a couple of weeks without any downvote buttons, but when kids are angry -- they will downvote anyway. What was ultimately decided is that we needed the downvote button to give the power of the front page to the userbase, but we removed the downvote button to help lessen the twitch reflex of downvoting people who disagree with you. In any case, the button is only hidden via CSS. If you feel you must downvote a comment, visit the redditor's user page, disable the subreddit style via the checkbox on the sidebar, or access /r/FIFA from mobile and the power is all yours.
How come my posts don't show up in the new queue?!
There are two types of filters at work --
The first is reddit's own filter, which will often remove accounts with negative karma or excessive posts that are deleted and reposted. If this is the case, it must be manually approved. If it's been too long for you to deal with, send a message to mod mail for us to take a look at.
The second filter is by /u/AutoModerator, based on criteria set by the moderators. Due to spammers, scammers and general trolling, new accounts are automatically filtered from the subreddit until approved. If you've been tagged as a spammer, scammer or a troll -- chances are that you are also filtered unless your post or comment is approved by a moderator. You can send a message to mod mail if you're not sure or ready to talk about why you deserve to not be filtered out.
Do the mods work for EA?
Absolutely not. They don't even give us a commemorative EA Sports key chain or tote bag. We are simply fans of the game and prefer reddit's platform for sharing information about it. If there ever comes a time we get some sort of swag because we moderate a gaming forum on reddit, we'll create a sticky post and brag about it. Promise.
However, by respecting the Terms of Service of EA Sports FIFA in relation to coin selling and other questionable activities, we have had members of the FIFA communications team interact more with the /r/FIFA community... most notably in generously allowing us to giveaway TOTW, TOTY and TOTS cards to active members of the subreddit!
FIFA Speak: Terminology
Talking about FIFA can be a lot like a different language to those just starting out. Compiled by /u/nurriz, here a guide to help you if you don't know what the frack everyone is going on about.
FUT Card-Related
NIF - Non In Form, a player's normal card
IF - In Form, a player's first In Form card
SIF - Second In Form, a player's second In Form card
TIF - Third In Form, a player's third In Form card
MOTM - Man of the Match card, given for single match performances in non league tournaments (World Cup, Euros and so on)
TOTW - Team of the Week. The weekly team of players that are In Form in real life. Gets picked by EA.
TOTY - Team of the Year card. Given to the 11 players voted for FIFA FIFPro World XI. Extremely high rated cards. Comes out in January.
TOTS - Team of the Season. EA picks team from different leagues or regions at the end of the year. Leagues: BPL, Bundesliga, Saudi League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS and a combined English lower divisions team. Also a Latin American team, a Benelux team and a Rest of the World (RotW). There are also 3 Most Consistent teams (MC), given to players with good performances all year but no In Form cards. There's a Gold, Silver and Bronze MC team.
RB - Record Breaker card. Given to players who break long standing records.
POTM - Through EA's partnership with the EPL, the Player of the Month in the English Premier League usually gets a dedicated SBC in order to acquire his special card. The card is untradeable and can only be acquired from the SBC.
OTW - One to Watch. Special cards (all black) given to players deemed with high potential to get TOTW cards. The card starts out with the same stats as the player's regular card but will dynamically increase as the player gets TOTW spots through out the year. A OTW card will always have the same stats as the player's last TOTW card.
Hero - Hero card. Given for outstanding performances for the player's team. Think winning goal in promotion to the BPL or the likes.
Futties - EA's own team. First featured in 15. Players are found through voting on EA nominees on the EA Sports site.
Steroid Card - Used for the consumables that boost a player's rating for one match.
Scream Cards - Special Halloween edition cards. A team of players that for the week of Halloween have certain stats for their card boosted. Typically in areas where they were lacking. E.g. slow players becoming fast and weak players becoming strong.
Player Related
Sweaty - Typically used about pacey players who doesn't excel in any other categories. Also used as a derogatory word for a style of play that's based on pace and squaring the ball in the penalty area for an "easy" goal.
Beast - Typically used about strong or overpowered players.
OP - Overpowered. Used about players that play better in game than their stats suggest or when they outperform their actual performance on the real life pitch.
WF - Weak foot.
FUT Trading-Related
BIN - Buy It Now. The price you can pay to win a player auction right away.
Sniping - When you repeatedly search the market for players listed below their "normal" BIN in order to get good deals.
PRP - Price Range Percentage. Used to tell what percentage of a player's price range his going price is.
Market Crash - When prices on the market collectively crash due to some event. Events could be but are not limited to: A extra good TOTW, special cards release, happy hours, special packs.
Team-Related
XI - Roman numeral 11. Signifies the Starting 11 for a team.
Chem - Short for chemistry.
3ATB - Short for formations with only 3 defenders.
4ATB - 4 defender formations.
5ATB - 5 defender formations.
NLW - No Links Wasted. A team where all links give the exact needed chemistry for the connected players to get full chem.
NDL - No Dead Links. A team where there are no red links anywhere.
Snake - Used for teams where links are one unbroken line.
Rainbow - Used for teams where no 2 players are the same card type (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Rare/Non-Rare and so on)
BSG - Bronze, Silver, Gold squad. A team that features players from all the card levels.
SBC - Squad Building Challenge. Regularly occurring challenges to build teams according to a set of requirements, e.g. max number of players from one league/nation, only gold players, x number of players from certain team etc.
Tactic Related
PTB - Park the bus. An extra defensive team tactic added in FIFA 16, which gained notoriety in FIFA 17 due an increased usage in the very competitive FUT Champions game mode.
Feature/Game Modes
FUT Champions - A new (FIFA 17) game mode. A highly competitive league with big prizes. Daily Knockout - Part of FUT Champions. Daily tournaments, sometimes with requirements, that if won give access to the Weekend League.
Weekend League - Part of FUT Champions. The pinnacle of online competition in FIFA. If qualified you play a maximum of 40 games in the weekend league in 48 hours. Players place in different tiers due to how many games they win for a prize (packs and coins). The top 100 players on each platform are rewarded extra good prizes. On top of the weekly rewards there are monthly rewards for how well you placed across all weekend leagues in a month.
Draft - Tournament that can be entered with coins or FIFA points. You pick a formation from 5 random and have to stick with it. You then pick each player on your team from 5 picks in each position. In Draft all players a represented, so it gives the player the chance to play with some of the more expensive cards for the duration of the tournament. The tournament has 4 matches and you get increasingly good prizes depending on how many matches you win (packs and coins).
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