In the 2014 North American Summer Playoffs for League of Legends the teams in blue won 79.3% of games over their red counterparts. In said study done for The Daily Dot, it was shown that players who were on the blue team were the ones winning a significantly larger number of matches. So does this article just end with Red is Best? It might have if not for studies done within League of Legends. Yet another study showing player taking penalty kicks in soccer were likely to perform worse if the goalkeeper wore a red uniform. A study of the 2004 EUFA European Championship found teams in red were more likely to win games and perform better. Another study also showed referees were more likely to award the player wearing red more points than those in blue. A study done during the 2004 Olympic games showed that those of equal skill who wore red while competing in boxing, taekwondo, and freestyle wrestling won 10% more of their matches than their blue wearing counterparts. It doesn't stop in the world of virtual competition either. Taken From Psychology: Red Enhances Human Performance In Contests​ So why is it that the red could actually increase their win rate? "It is likely that "seeing red" may trigger a powerful psychological distractor signal in human aggressive competition that can affect the outcome of sports and virtual contests alike." "Our data suggest that joining the red team may offer a slight advantage over the blue team in virtual competition, and this should be accounted for when designing FPS games." the study published. While it may not seem like a large number, those conducting the study found it to be quite significant. While the data was expected to be split much closer to the middle it turned out that the team in red won 5% more matches than the team in blue. In a study publish in 2008 data was taken from 1,347 games with equally skilled players in Unreal Tournament 2004, a game in which teams were either the red team or the blue team. While most would never see this as unfair the competitors in red have actually been shown to win more matches of even skill than those who were in blue. Many competitive sports as well as video games place competitors into separate uniforms with specific colors with the most commonly used being red and blue.
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