Members of the Class of 2025 have been eliminating each other in the popular game “Senior Assassin.”
“Senior Assassin” is a game where seniors eliminate each other with water guns and post a picture on the app Splashin. The entrance fee to play is $20, and the last person standing gets all of the money that everyone paid. Although this game has been around for a while, it is gaining popularity at GCHS. Last year’s seniors were the first group to begin playing the game.
“I don’t know, it just seemed pretty fun,” senior Reece Cooley said. “A group played it last year, and it sounded fun. The money is not too bad either I guess.”
There has been much thought put into the rules of the game in order to keep it fair for everyone. Students are put into a Life360 circle to see their target’s location. They go on the app “Splashin” and see who they are assigned to eliminate. Once their target is known, the student must shoot them with a water gun and take a picture with them, then upload it on the app for everyone to see, or it does not count. The eliminated student’s target is then given to whomever eliminated them.
“I went to town one night and killed Elijah Webb, and it didn’t count because I didn’t get a picture,” senior Jase Mathis said.
If someone is wearing goggles on their head or eyes, or they are wearing floaties on their arms or waist, they are then “immune” to being eliminated. If they are shot with a water gun, it does not count as an elimination. If the administrator turns on “purge” then anyone who is playing the game can be eliminated regardless of who their target is.
There are some places where no one is allowed to eliminate their target. Targets cannot be shot at their house, at school (except sporting events) or at work during their shift. Athletes who are playing a game at that moment cannot be eliminated, but they can be when they walk out of their field house. If a “bounty” is called on someone, anyone can eliminate that person.
Every Wednesday, a new round starts. If someone has not yet eliminated their target, they are then out of the game. If someone is caught cheating they are removed from the game.
“They kind of started it off for the school or whatever and I don’t know, I feel like it’s something to carry on in the next few senior groups,” senior Makenley Turner said.
The senior class is having fun playing this game, and many of them have shared their attempts to eliminate players.
“Yesterday I went to go get groceries at Walmart, and I saw my target, and I tried to assassinate him and it did not work,” senior Max Johnston said.
Playing at night can become difficult.
“I mean I even shot my cousin because I couldn’t see anybody in the dark… I shot five people before I shot him,” senior Brailee Eubanks said.
