Has anyone else noticed a pattern when it comes to the "Random" seeks (where the seek creator has not declared a side)?  It seems that every "Random" seek I click on sees me playing Black and the seek creator White.  This is a very consistent trend that I've been observing over quite a period of time.

I have a couple of theories on why this might be the case:

• Seeks with the acceptor as White get snapped up (accepted) quickly due to the perceived advantage of the first move
• Seeks with the originator as Black get withdrawn by the seek creator for the same reason.

I lean towards the first case being the more likely (Occam's razor favouring widespread opportunism over rampant machiavellianism) but I was wondering if anyone on staff might insight into why this is the case.

No theories?

I do have more games as Black (54%). I always play a random color, but I challenge a particular person; no random seeks. No one aborts on me.

Maybe our samples are too small. If there were a lot of aborts, your hypothesis might make sense, but I think that aborts are a miniscule percentage.

I have not noticed this pattern, I get plenty of White when responding to open random seeks.

I have noticed this as well.  My method of challenging is the same as Pegrin's, and I have played more as Black, though not much.

The solution, in my mind, is to simply play a second game with every opponent.  If you challeng them to a rematch after the first game is finished, you'll be opposite colors by default.