Can RGB improve your gaming? ROG Lab says ‘results inconclusive, but it sure looks awesome'

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced a new ROG Lab initiative designed to scientifically settle once and for all the question of how RGB lighting affects gaming performance. Preliminary findings suggest RGB lighting boosts gamers’ confidence and helps them “identify as alpha players.”

“The numbers speak for themselves,” said ROG Lab’s Consumer Relations Specialist, OMNI the M.O.U.S.E. “It's unclear how, exactly, glowing lights impact your effectiveness in pressing buttons. But 69% of respondents said they felt more equipped to ‘kick ass’ when surrounded by strobing orange hues while playing Call of Duty.” He then shared a graph indicating a small group of gamers were adamant that RGB materially improved their in-game performance. “Any perceived skill boost appears to be purely psychological. Respondents told us they felt cooler with RGB on, like they were ‘in TRON.’ In turn, they entered matches with improved posture and heightened focus, indirectly boosting their kill-death ratio.”

OMNI provided another infographic indicating that while one-third of PC gamers chose to play games with RGB off, two-thirds of PC gamers were still pretty cool.

ROG Lab’s Chief Science Officer, Hugh J. Brayne — an employee mysteriously absent from company records — was more colorful in his description of his lab’s findings. Chugging energy drinks from behind an RGB-lit podium, Brayne shouted at journalists and demanded they cover the study’s early findings indicating RGB was, in fact, “super sick.”

“We’ve been asking this question since 2006,” Brayne said. “And only now is there data to back up our assertion that RGB is changing the game.” He argued harnessing light for amusement could demonstrably improve people’s lives and experiences, citing the precedent set by Thomas Edison. He then showed off an ROG Strix G’s full-surround RGB lightbar, attempting to hypnotize everyone in attendance at the conference.

At press time, one journalist questioned the necessity of Brayne's RGB podium, but he dismissed the individual and stated glowing podiums were products he would proudly stand behind.