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Elite Nerr
Francis
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According to researchers, it's better to be on the red team than on the blue team.
| Quote: | As is the case with most team-based online shooting games, players of Unreal Tournament can choose to be on either the red team or the blue team, and their avatars wear those colors. But that choice is not as neutral as it seems: 55 percent of the time, the red team won, according to the study published this week in the journal Cyberpsychology & Behavior.
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Another study found in 2005 that wearing red is an advantage in real-life sports. British scientists found that athletes wearing red in one-on-one events like wrestling at the 2004 Olympics were more likely to win.
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What do you think? Does the red team have an advantage in Mario Kart? And where do teams Green and Yellow fit in the food chain?
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Super SlimeKnight
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Does it really matter what color you're wearing? Maybe the red guys were a little more skilled. |
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Elite Nerr
Francis
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:41 am
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| SlimeKnight wrote: | | Does it really matter what color you're wearing? Maybe the red guys were a little more skilled. |
I'm pretty sure the teams were repeatedly randomized. |
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hai
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:48 am
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inb4happyhappy-color--color-
I think it's because red may trigger a sort of adrenalin boost in the contestants.
But this is , overall, utter bullcrap if you ask me. |
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Popple
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Actually that is only relative to games where each side is doing the same thing.
In TF2 it is actually the Blue team that has the advantage on most maps aside from neutral CP and CTF.
In Halo though I also disagree. Pink Elites own everything. |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
Geno
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If you ask me it's because in a lot of games, red is the first team listed between it and blue. It's the same concept as Pokemon games. More people will go for the first in the set, like Red, Gold, Ruby, and Diamond. Since more people pick it, it will have more of a chance to have good players.
As for the research, even if randomized, there could have been more instances of better players on the red team. |
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THE BIRTHDAY GIRL
King Harkinian
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Uh...but isn't it true that people wearing red into battle die first? |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
Geno
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:51 pm
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| King Harkinian wrote: | | Uh...but isn't it true that people wearing red into battle die first? |
Um... No? |
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lovegod703
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No. That's all bull. The Blue Team wins plenty of times for me. USUALLY, not always, though, the Blue Team wins in MKWii. (for me, no matter what team I'm on.) |
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Lord Bob
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The red guys probably felt like they were better when wearing red and their brains gave them a boost. |
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THE BIRTHDAY GIRL
King Harkinian
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| Pokémoneinstein wrote: | | No. That's all bull. The Blue Team wins plenty of times for me. USUALLY, not always, though, the Blue Team wins in MKWii. (for me, no matter what team I'm on.) |
This is about TF2. |
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Lord Bob
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| King Harkinian wrote: | | Pokémoneinstein wrote: | | No. That's all bull. The Blue Team wins plenty of times for me. USUALLY, not always, though, the Blue Team wins in MKWii. (for me, no matter what team I'm on.) |
This is about TF2. |
No, it's about Unreal Tournament. Look at the quote. |
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THE BIRTHDAY GIRL
King Harkinian
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| Lord Bob wrote: | | King Harkinian wrote: | | Pokémoneinstein wrote: | | No. That's all bull. The Blue Team wins plenty of times for me. USUALLY, not always, though, the Blue Team wins in MKWii. (for me, no matter what team I'm on.) |
This is about TF2. |
No, it's about Unreal Tournament. Look at the quote. |
Oh...but it can apply to TF2, rite? |
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Larry Koopa
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I lol'd at this news update from a different site. All abunch of GARBITCH. It doesn't matter what fecking team you are on, its the players. Everyone with an IQ over 50 would know that. >__>  |
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Mandew
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Color psychology? |
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