Very intresting test, is that a gun or a cell phone?

[inherentical]

Game Over
Your Score: 690
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:694.12ms
Black Unarmed:741.32ms
White Armed:689.96ms
White Unarmed:764.88ms

 

[coloradokevin]

Very intresting test, is that a gun or a cell phone?

Rather, it should be titled "are you a racist?"

I don't like the message that this could quite possibly send... That is, X% of people were more likely to shoot someone based on the color of their skin, etc.

Honestly, to effectively take that "test" (based on the timeframe it allows) you don't even have time to perceive the person's race, only their hands... Besides, are we just shooting innocent gun owners in some of those scenarios where they are just holding a gun to their side? I mean, should I just blindly plug anyone with a gun? Is that the message?

Without the racial issue being brought into it, I think it would be a more interesting test. I'd rather see results categorized by how long it took you to shoot/holster, and percentage of time that you made the correct decision!

 

[Floppy_D]

You aren't a racist if you shoot all of them.

 

[kamagong]

Game Over
Your Score: 710
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:596.36ms
Black Unarmed:722.88ms
White Armed:613.88ms
White Unarmed:702.44ms

 

[poker88]

Game Over
Your Score: 630
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:610.96ms
Black Unarmed:723.16ms
White Armed:584.68ms
White Unarmed:703.08ms


I would like to see the stats for identifying black vs shiny (guns and cell phones).... forget race. I had some trouble seeing the object against the darker backdrops.

 

[Matt G]

Watching this one carefully.

This is an intersting thread, which I and other moderators will be watching. No, I'm not closing it just because the spectre of race was brought up. This site is anti-racism, but we will not close a thread simply because race as a factor in a shooter's response is discussed. It was, after all, the creator of that little online test who brought the issue up.

For whatever the reason, it is a simple fact that African Americans (listed on the FBI UCR as "black") are over-represented in incidents of aggravated assaults and murders in the United States, relative to their percentage of the general population. Sadly, some would tar an entire demographic with the brush dirtied by a tiny portion of society.

For what it's worth, my times are far slower than most of those posted here, and I am very ashamed of the occasional "You Shot A Good Guy!" message that I got. We would all do well to practice perfection in target identification over speed.

Game Over
Your Score: 420
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:765.12ms
Black Unarmed:857.16ms
White Armed:775.96ms
White Unarmed:755.12ms

 

[ceetee]

Game Over
Your Score: -540
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:422.04ms
Black Unarmed:287.64ms
White Armed:285.28ms
White Unarmed:432.92ms

I decided to just shoot everybody. Why is it that if you choose to shoot everybody, you get a higher score than if you shoot nobody?

 

[Matt G]

Slightly better the second time around, but still shameful-- I shot two No-Shoots.

I agree that the test is heavily flawed. NONE of the "shoot" targets are actively posing a threat. It rewards you for reholstering quickly if it's a "No-Shoot", even if you apparently have reason to have felt that there was a threat worth drawing your weapon over. It associates being armed with being a person who should be shot. The physical act of reholstering is completely different from the act of shooting, yet pressing a button on the right or left side of the keyboard is the same, and generates a sympathetic response (hint: use the middle finger for your left "No-Shoot" button, and your index finger of your right hand for the "shoot" button.).

There are also issues such as gun placement against backgrounds, finish of guns causing differences in contrast with skin tones, etc.

But still, it's an interesting little game, and I'd be fascinated to see the final data from thousands of test-takers. It would be even more interesting if the test takers had to identify themselves by demographic, and personal attitudes (scaled 1-10) about race, violence, and firearms.

Game Over
Your Score: 590
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:671.96ms
Black Unarmed:788.64ms
White Armed:675.56ms
White Unarmed:751.92ms

 

[Zoogster]

Game Over
Your Score: 650
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:590.16ms
Black Unarmed:644.04ms
White Armed:594.92ms
White Unarmed:640.16ms

Took it a second time. My connection is currently bugged, as I am multi tasking and it drops out every few seconds so it might actualy be better

The test is flawed. It assumes an armed person not posing a threat with no prior confrontation backround deserves to be shot.

I had to just tell myself it was just a game for reaction time purposes and do it.

 

[MASTEROFMALICE]

Game Over
Your Score: 570
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:603.16ms
Black Unarmed:711.12ms
White Armed:612.04ms
White Unarmed:712ms

I notice I was quicker to recognize a gun than a cell phone apparently.

 

[conw]

I agree with whoever said that the results seem based more on contrast with the background, etc.

I took longer both to shoot and holster on the black pictures.

Also, I don't know if they adjusted for this, but plenty of the subjects (black and white) were holding their cell phone like some kind of gun.

Kind of fun but not a very good test for real world skills nor racism.

 

[mike6161]

this is my score it's hard to see if to a gun or a phone.
Game Over
Your Score: 545
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:703.12ms
Black Unarmed:809.32ms
White Armed:724.16ms
White Unarmed:805.08ms

 

[BedPimp]

It's interesting. I like the fact that it's testing my reaction time. It would be more useful if it gave a summary of my mistakes. As I was going through it, not knowing the outcome, I was thinking that things were moving too fast for me to collect any identifying information.

I'd like to see more numbers:
Suits vs sweats
Cell phone vs gun
Standing vs kneeling
Light background vs dark background
Inside vs outside

There is enough data to support any outcome. There are also enough variables to cast a lot of doubt on that data.

 

[chenzzo]

Game Over
Your Score: 630
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:531.88ms
Black Unarmed:614.6ms
White Armed:565.64ms
White Unarmed:563.36ms

 

[misANTHrope]

Game Over
Your Score: -540
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:422.04ms
Black Unarmed:287.64ms
White Armed:285.28ms
White Unarmed:432.92ms

I decided to just shoot everybody. Why is it that if you choose to shoot everybody, you get a higher score than if you shoot nobody?

Um, you appear to have the lowest score in the thread...

 

[Nolo]

One of the things that is most interesting here is how easy it was for me to shoot an innocent. Not because I'm a trigger-happy nut or anything, but, as I was in a game and already a tense scenario with all the juices flowing, I was just quicker to assume guilt.
There's a lesson here:
ALWAYS CONFIRM IT'S A BAD GUY.
Us citizens have no room for error. Let's keep that 2% vs. 11% statistic.

 

[TAB]

Nolo, one of things I found intresting is it was faster for me to shoot some one then it was not to.

 

[bogie]

Heck, I quit... I kept mixing up the two buttons...

Couldn't tell you what the mix was, but I don't know the race of a bunch of them - dead concentration on the hands...

 

[nplant]

Game Over
Your Score: -520
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:115.72ms
Black Unarmed:196ms
White Armed:159ms
White Unarmed:178.12ms

I decided to go for speed over everything else. Hit the wrong button to start with, but then was rapidly tapping the "/" button (fire). I think it's interesting to note that even with rapid "firing" of the button, the test still shows that I'm quicker to shoot "armed blacks" than "armed whites." To tell the truth, I wasn't even looking at the screen, so I'm going to say that the test itself was poorly built if there's a bias towards shooting armed blacks sooner.

 

[torpid]

"Score: -540:"
Um, you appear to have the lowest score in the thread...

Hey now, I was shot dozens of times to earn my -1750... where's the love?

 

[Cel]

Game Over
Your Score: 735
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:668.28ms
Black Unarmed:756ms
White Armed:675.2ms
White Unarmed:697.72ms

Interesting test. It was kinda hard to see the objects sometimes though. I was looking directly for what was in the hand.

 

[CrawdaddyJim]

Quote:
Game Over
Your Score: -540
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:422.04ms
Black Unarmed:287.64ms
White Armed:285.28ms
White Unarmed:432.92ms

I decided to just shoot everybody. Why is it that if you choose to shoot everybody, you get a higher score than if you shoot nobody?
Um, you appear to have the lowest score in the thread...

Torpid kept it holstered throughout and received a score of -1750.

 

[CrawdaddyJim]

Held the / key down with it set on fastest repeat.

Game Over
Your Score: -500
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:53.32ms
Black Unarmed:51.28ms
White Armed:52.24ms
White Unarmed:52.48ms

Held the Z key:

Game Over
Your Score: -1750
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:51.68ms
Black Unarmed:52.2ms
White Armed:50.36ms
White Unarmed:52.32ms

 

[Zoogster]

What if someone has one of these cell phone guns though?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIjkBVEtyE

 

[Conqueror]

Game Over
Your Score: 610
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:597.32ms
Black Unarmed:720.44ms
White Armed:621.6ms
White Unarmed:665.68ms

I'm pretty satisfied that my black vs white reaction times are less than 1/20th of a second different. I only shot one innocent while I was learning the keys (second picture), though I did holster on two bad guys and got shot twice for being too nice.