As the spring season approaches and seniors are nearing the end of high school, multiple schools around the U.S. are letting seniors participate in the viral game called Senior Assassin.
Essentially, Senior Assassin is a game in which seniors are assigned a target they must eliminate with a water gun. At the same time, each student has an assassin who actively tries to get them as well. Goggles or floaties can guarantee safety from being eliminated.
Every school is different; thus, every school has different rules for Senior Assassin. For Goodpasture, Faith Ivy administers the rules of Senior Assassin.
“Managing Senior Assassin has definitely been super stressful at the beginning. I just have to be open-minded about everyone’s opinions,” Ivy said. “ It was also hard having to change the rules to make the game harder!”
Faith and all the seniors playing use the Splashin’ app. This app shows an individual where their target is at all times, but it updates every ten minutes. Some seniors have purchased a premium that allows them to see their target’s location 24/7.
To be eligible to play, seniors had to pay $10 to Faith. The winner of the senior assassin gets the prize money of $650, since 65 people are playing. As of right now, 13 players are actively playing.
“My favorite part of the game is probably not having anyone chasing me or stalking me,” Ivy said. “I can see who everyone has, and I just get to be an outsider looking in.”
For the first-round rules, goggles could be worn around the forehead or over the eyes for seniors’ safety. The first round started on March 25, and the second round starts on April 1. As the second round starts, goggles can only be worn on the eyes for seniors to be considered safe. The third round will begin on April 8.
When a senior gets out a target, they must record the elimination and upload it to the Splashin’ app for the elimination to count. There is an Instagram account under the handle @senior.assasin.26 that uploads the eliminations so everyone can view.
“My favorite eliminations have been the ones that are the least expected, where the assassin sneaks up on their target at a random time, and it’s funny to hear their shocked reactions,” Ivy said.
Goodpasture and the parking lots are safe zones, which means no one can be eliminated. If one is on the clock, at home, or doing an after-school-related activity, they are also considered safe.
To get more people out of the game, Faith initiated 2 purges, where goggles aren’t safe. These purges happened on Mar. 29 and Mar. 30. Furthermore, 2 more purges happened on April 3 and April 6.
