Raging at FIFA 21 might actually be good for you, says health reports EA SPORTS \/ WebpixJust what diehard FIFA fans have been wanting to hear\u2026 \u2018FIFA rage\u2019 and \u201ctilting\u201d in FIFA 21 games, especially high-stakes Ultimate Team clashes, may actually be good for your health, a new Leeds University study has discovered: here\u2019s why. Every single FIFA fan has had a moment of madness playing EA\u2019s divisive football simulator title at one stage or another. If you haven\u2019t, you may just be the epitome of calm \u2014 the series\u2019 janky gameplay is renowned across the gaming community. As frustrating moments stack up, gamers fall under the spell of \u201cFIFA rage,\u201d which has seen controllers broken aplenty, and one too many angry messages sent to victorious rivals after a close FIFA 21 Ultimate Team battle. According to a newly-published Leeds University study, however, the notorious \u201cFIFA rage\u201d may actually be good for your health. Not in the moment \u2014 especially not for your controller \u2014 but overall, the game has a positive effect for players. How, you ask? Well, that\u2019s a very good question. Here\u2019s why FIFA 21 Ultimate Team may actually be good for your health, according to researcher Dr. Andrea Utley. \u2018FIFA rage\u2019 actually relieves stress: FIFA 21 report The main reason playing FIFA matches \u2014 especially against \u201ctotal strangers online\u201d \u2014 is so good for your health, Dr. Utley explained, is due to the fact that it provides \u201ca reduction in all stress\u201d after playing in three conditions in Ultimate Team. The three conditions are playing against an unknown player, a known player, and the AI engine. These conditions all generate stress reduction, post-game. This is in direct opposition to a player\u2019s condition during a match. The study reports FIFA players will have a \u201chugely elevated heart rate\u201d during games, which spiked a further 70% in FIFA 21 games where the opposition scored the opening goal. The report also noted there was a \u201cgreater level of arousal, rage, and anxiety when playing against a random stranger,\u201d mainly in the ultra-competitive Ultimate Team modes like Weekend League. \u201cThe findings are interesting. Playing a random stranger clearly enrages players, but at the end of the game, participants feel less stressed,\u201d Dr. Utley said. \u201cI guess if playing a game of FIFA did not make you feel good, you would not play.\u201d FIFA 21 game equal to \u201cbrisk\u201d 20-minute walk Feeling less stressed wasn\u2019t the only positive either. Heart rate spikes from rivals scoring reportedly fires players\u2019 heart rates as high as 140 beats per minute. That equals a brisk walk (average of 135 beats per minute) meaning that conceding in an Ultimate Team game is actually decent exercise. The heart would \u201cremain elevated for the remainder of the game\u201d too, so it stays for nearly 20 minutes. The report\u2019s conclusion was the most interesting: despite \u201cFIFA rage,\u201d every tested player actually had a huge dip in stress and anxiety post-game, win or lose. Surprising, right? Considering just how many people take to FIFA forums to complain about the game, EA\u2019s \u201cshoddy\u201d engine, and the pay-to-win format Ultimate Team has become, it is actually a relatively calming game. So there you have it \u2014 why FIFA 21 (and conceding goals in FUT) is actually good for you. Make sure you keep this article handy for next time your parents tell you to go for a walk instead of playing FIFA again! They can\u2019t argue with facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Raging at FIFA 21 might actually be good for you, says health reports EA SPORTS \/ WebpixJust what diehard FIFA fans have been wanting to hear\u2026 \u2018FIFA rage\u2019 and \u201ctilting\u201d in FIFA 21 games, especially high-stakes Ultimate Team clashes, may actually be good for your health, a new Leeds University study has discovered: here\u2019s why. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}