{
  "study": "Career Simulator 10,000 paired-seed strategy experiment",
  "published": "2026-08-13",
  "versions": { "game": "1.0.0", "balance": "1.0.0", "content": "1.0.0" },
  "pairedSeeds": 10000,
  "simulatedCareers": 20000,
  "positions": { "forward": 2500, "midfielder": 2500, "defender": 2500, "goalkeeper": 2500 },
  "strategies": {
    "fixed_attribute_order": { "meanScore": 76.31, "eliteCareersScore95Plus": 125, "eliteRate": 0.0125 },
    "greedy_best_available_rating": { "meanScore": 85.65, "eliteCareersScore95Plus": 1314, "eliteRate": 0.1314 }
  },
  "differences": { "meanScorePoints": 9.34, "eliteRatePercentagePoints": 11.89, "eliteCountRatio": 10.512 },
  "reproductionCommand": "npm run test:engine",
  "limitations": [
    "This is a deterministic engine diagnostic, not observed player behavior.",
    "The fixed-order policy is a baseline, not a random-choice policy.",
    "Both strategies use the same seed, position rotation and alternating career-event branch for each pair."
  ]
}