Seniors at Rocky Mountain High School were excited to be coming into the final semester of their required education, not just for graduation though! A new trend called senior splashin has taken over the country as senior classes across the nation use a specially designed app to play what is essentially a large game of water tag.

The app is called “Splashin” and has now been downloaded by over one hundred thousand people. RMHS, like many other high schools, decided to have a buy-in for their game where the winning team would win the pot of nearly $1400.

During the establishment of the rules, there were many different ways that the rules could have been established. Teams were comprised of two people. With discussions of if both team members needed to be eliminated for the team to be out, or whether or not one could return to the game at the start of a new round.

During a normal day of the game, players have a specific target that they are supposed to get, limiting the number of people that can be eliminated on any given day. There are safe zones that everybody is allowed to remain untouched, and wearing swim goggles and floaties outside of these areas keeps you safe.

However, there is a special day called a “purge day,” decided by the leader of each game. Here the safe zones still apply, but immunity items and targets go out the window. As the name implies, no one is safe, and people can eliminate more than just their target.

With 184 members to start, the eliminations were slow coming. After three purge days, there are only three full teams of two out of the game currently. Push back to the established rules has risen.

“You should remain out if you are got. Your teammate can continue to play but you stay eliminated even in the next round,” senior Cody Arrnett said.

He is not the only one who feels this way. It remains to be seen what changes will be made to the game to increase the suspense and speed at which the game is played.