The battle is on and seniors at Chapin High School are ready to knock each other out in a game called “Senior Assassin.”
In this game, seniors will join a team of 4 people, pay $3 for their entry, and fight ‘to the death’ with water guns. The game is organized in brackets and every team has the locations of their opposing team, which updates every 10 minutes. The game is not affiliated with Chapin High School and is completely student organized. Several places are off limits:: all school property, inside someone’s house without parental permission, students’ jobs, and any school sporting or school events. If the opposing team is wearing goggles (on their eyes) or floaties, they are immune to getting out.
From hours spent staking out at different places to wearing goggles and floaties in public, these seniors have gone all out to eliminate the other team. Several seniors talked about their excitement, strategies, teammates, assassinations, and why they didn’t join the game.
Dylan Wessinger was at Cash’s Chicken, on his way from CATE, when he got assassinated. He became one the first seniors to get “knocked out” in the game. Getting out does not just affect your team though, and the remaining team can continue through the end of the week. The first eliminated person’s teammate, Akin-Oluwa Ojo, tells us how he feels to be on a team with the first person to get knocked out of the game, “It was a fluke, but we are still going to win.” It just so happens that his teammate’s assassin, was in the same area as Akin and they began to argue.
It is safe to say tensions are high at Chapin High School. It is said not to trust anyone and in this case, it is true. Grayson Zammiello assassinated one of his friends and knocked him out of the game. We asked him how he felt about assassinating his friend and he stated that it, “felt good.”
With the prize fund being at about $600 dollars every senior hopes that they will win. We talked to Aksel Sogaard, Grayson Zammiellos’ teammate, about his team being the first to assassinate someone and he said, “It feels really good. Rollins did a good job. We’re starting off strong and we are the top dogs in this tournament. Best of luck to other teams.”
Aksel is not the only person who thinks their team is going to win it all, Rowan Hardee thinks they have the win secured saying, “I’m very excited and me and Molly are going to win it.”
Not all teams have a strategy to win the game, but senior Rachel Dufford told us her strategy: “To not go places. I am going to go to school, work, and home.” Some teams might think this is the easy way out but others might think that it is the best strategy.
Even though it seems the Seniors are having fun playing Senior Assassin, there are some seniors who did not play the game. Elizabeth Vann and Alice Oh said they were not playing. “It is a waste of time and money. You have to put in too much effort,” said Elizabeth. “Most of my friends didn’t want to do it and I didn’t want people showing up to the gym and my house. That’s weird!” said Alice Oh.
Many other seniors stated that they did not play due to people knowing their locations at all times. For the people who do play, they say the game can be compared to the book series The Hunger Games but without actually being killed–of course. As they say in the books, “May the odds ever be in your favor.” With that let the games begin.
Edited by Caroline Phillips
