Wardogs is a free-for-all sandbox military game where three separate teams battle for control over an ever-changing zone in the middle of a massive map, as tanks fire shells, artillery and mortars pepper the landscape, helicopters blast the drums of war (Eiffel 65's hit song Blue (Da Ba Dee)) through proximity chat, and dozens of try-hards run and gun.

There’s Valkyra, Red Team; Manticore, Green Team; and Lonestar, Blue Team. They look different on the field, with Red rocking a soviet style, Green wearing Persian gear, and Blue looking like a Western paramilitary, but they all have access to the same equipment and have equal chance to win. So, why the hell does the Blue Team always lose?

Lonestar has become a meme in the Wardogs community. There are dozens and dozens of montages, showing them bumble and fail, missing all their shots except the ones aimed at their teammates. It’s like a David Attenborough documentary or something, watching them gear up in their spawn area as their pilots spin up and crash helicopters before even getting into the fight.

I sent a request to the Wardogs team earlier this week to find out, first off, if it’s actually true that Blue Team sucks or if we’re in some kind of meme-induced mass hallucination. According to Bulkhead, the Blue Team sucks . It’s true. The stats don’t lie. Lonestar only won around 10% of its games at the height of the “Blue Team bad” movement, but a concerted effort has been made by intrepid redditors lately to wash off the cobalt stain, resulting in Blue Team climbing to around a 15% winrate.

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