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The Red Team Wins

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the every-last-leg-up dept.

Voltageaav writes "Recent studies indicate that in both First Person Shooters and even athletic competitions, wearing red gives you an advantage. It's speculated that this distracts the other team slightly due to the psychological aspect of people turning red when angry." Of course the Blue Team loses — as evidence I submit the history of the Detroit Lions.

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  1. Re:Wearing red? Really? by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Blue is a better camoflage colour in UT. They have numbers on this I believe. Blue has a slight advantage over Red.

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  2. Re:TF2 Stats say... by DanWS6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That has more to do with the design of the map since each team switches color when going from offense to defense.

  3. Re:WAAGH! by warlorddagaz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "WAAGH! (Score:4, Informative)"

    QED

  4. Re:Being angry helps? by sznupi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also, wearing red doesn't help Polish representation much - in major sporting events they typically win only in third game, the one that's solely for "honor" ;P

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  5. Re:Does Red Cost You More? by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Red is more of a 'HEY POLICE OFFICER, CHECK MY SPEED' color. And you'll end up getting more tickets. And since it's a flashy red car, the officer will be less likely to make it into a warning. So, yes, your insurance rate will be higher.

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  6. Re:Does Red Cost You More? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What matters is your driving record, your sex, the price of the car (repairs), and it seems these days strangely enough...your credit rating?!?! Yeah, turns out the actuaries discovered a close correlation between bad credit (poor decision-making skills) and bad driving (poor decision-making skills). That, and people with bad credit skip out on their bills more often.
  7. Colorblindness by mellow106 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Approximately 7% of males are red-green colorblind, and so have a slightly impaired ability to distiguish a red figure from a green or brown terrain. This might have something to do with it.

  8. Re:Does Red Cost You More? by darth+dickinson · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Pisses you off? Then slow down.