As the final weeks of school quickly near, many seniors have teamed up for a game of senior assassin. On May 1, regular routines were turned into missions as it started as soon as the bell rang.
Senior assassin is a game in which the senior class of a school gather in teams with their friends and participate in eliminating their peers that they are given as a target. The game takes place off campus until seniors’ last day after school on May 30.
Preparation is not taken lightly. Players set out beforehand to gather water guns, Orbeez guns and Nerf guns to protect themselves as well as floaties and goggles, which are used as protection. Teams are created amongst students and are placed against each other.
“First I went to Walmart and bought a bunch of water guns and floaties and a pair of goggles, and the day after I went to the 99 cent store because since they’re closing there’s a big sale,” said senior Jared Acosta.
“There’s an in-game chat and we can all text on there called ‘Splashin,’’’ said senior Jaylah Zepeda, who started the game.
On the app, “Splashin”, participants can communicate with each other. It also gave the ability to view locations of the opponents of participants every ten minutes. That is unless you decide to buy the premium subscription, allowing you to see the location of your opponents at all times and even “taunt” them by sending anonymous messages on the app.
“We were messaged by our opponents on the first night,” said Acosta.
Senior assassin is not just a game of chase as many memories are created throughout and is one of the ways to have fun with your fellow peers before graduating.
“It’s something so out of the blue and people don’t really expect a game where we all come together. It’s funny because it’s a bunch of people who didn’t even know each other before,” said Zepeda.
