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Red VS, Blue. Red wins 55% of the time

Twisted | June 13, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2 
The journal of Cyberpsychology & Behavior studied what colour won online matches on Unreal Tournament 2004 using the colours red and blue. Many people know of the Halo spoof called Red vs. Blue, and they decided to see which colour usually wins. The winner was red winning at 55% of the time.
Like any good video game research, which generally uses dated games for its findings, the journal of Cyberpsychology & Behavior studied the outcome of 1,347 online matches, using Unreal Tournament 2004.

The results proved less neutral than gamers might expect, with red players winning 55 percent of the time over blue. According to neuroscientist Mihai Moldovan of the University of Copenhagen, this is because red is a distracting color for men, thus blue teams struggle more for kills.

A similar study conducted by British scientists in 2005 found that one-on-one athletes who wore red during the '04 Olympics were more likely to win than those who didn't, presumably due to the aggressive nature associated with the color.

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  • 1 thumbs!
    Ameer | June 13, 2008
    Or it could be just more skilled players prefer playing as Red than Blue?
    • 0 thumbs!
      kyledawg92 | June 14, 2008
      In most games you don't have a choice. Whenever you go into a game, it randomizes who's on which team. By the way Twisted, I already posted this a couple days ago.
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    black doom | June 14, 2008
    So, see red, play better? If I had Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, I finally know who I would choose.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Tromonator133 | June 15, 2008
    I know that I would choose Red over Blue.
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    The Slayer | June 16, 2008
    I would have thought it would be the other way around, since red is easier to see and stands out more then blue does...

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