Assassins!

Battle Royale Breaks out at UPEI

In an innovative game organized by Jon Millington, UPEI students find themselves pitted against each other in a game of survival.

“Assassins”, brought to UPEI by Millington himself, is a game that Students target other students, picking from a hat their target and hitting them with an elastic band. At UPEI, killers may be ruthless: sling-shots as well as head shots are allowed. Once killed, the victim is to assign their killer their own target. For example, were this reporter to die by the merciless elastic of Shawn Bruce, this reporter would then tell Bruce that her target was Neil Guo. Bruce would then attempt to pick off Guo in a manner equally as ruthless as he (theoretically) picked off this reporter.

This has been ongoing since Monday, October 20th. There are three designated safe zones: libraries, cafeterias, and bathrooms. The campus has been largely affected by this game. As an example, in the writing of this story, this reporter spied a crude crucifix-esque wooden creation that was clearly intended for elastic propelling. Upon asking why the slingshot was constucted so sacreligiously, the builder (who did not want to be identified as to not compromise their mission) simply stated in reply ‘in case they are also vampires.’
In another example of human nature, competitors have been sneaky in their means of attracting their victim. In severe cases, competitors have called victims pretending to be Millington and claiming that they would be disqualified if they didn’t come to UPEI at a certain time. Players have also been targetted in classes, during midterms, and in their own apartments. James Webster, a business student, learned the hard way not to open his door to midnight callers, as he became an unwilling victim.

The winner is not he or she that lasts the longest, but rather, he/she whom picks off the most people prior to dying.
Stats regarding current placeholders have not yet been released, however there is wide speculation regarding potential winner.

About 55 people are involved in this game, not all of which are UPEI students. For more statistical information, the facebook group (called simply ‘assassins!’) is updated with every kill.

Death List (as of 12:16pm, Monday, October 27th)
Ernesto Carranza
Jason Morais (riddled by elastics in midterm)
Ashley MacLeod
Tyler Wheeler
Sarah MacDonald
Angus MacPhail
Laura Blezy
Danielle MacDonald (shot down in her own dining room)
James Webster
Anthony Yu
Emily McKenna
Chris Reid
Jackie Skinner
Shawn Bruce
Rob Livingstone
Kate McKenna (alas - Ed.)
Neil Guo
Asher Fredericks
Nicole Lane
Greg Bradley
Matt Yeo
Danielle F. MacDonald
Sarah Bulman
Alex Keoughan
Kaja Gerstein
Brittany Banks