The Highlands Hunger Games 5: “War of Justice!” was an awesome SUCCESS!!!! But how would we know what flaws were made and what we could improve on? By conducting a play test, of course! On Tuesday, November 11, Highlands Student Council members came down to the StuCo Room to play test this year’s version of the Hunger Games early in the morning. Two teams were split up with half of us play testing and half of us being referees and launching the parachutes. The first thing most Tributes do is make alliances with other Tributes -- strategy! Regardless, most ended up in the corners to protect themselves from getting shot and bide their time in order to make a break for it! And whenever the parachutes were launched into the arena, everyone ran towards them for extra points! Eventually, the first round ended (probably the most boring, hahaha) and the second round began by having the groups playing switch out with the people referring the game. By contrast, the second round went by sooo fast as people knew what little time we had left resulting in no alliances being made. Tributes went complete savage until the starting bell of the day rung, which concluded our play test for the Highlands Hunger Games 5! In the end, we concluded that we needed to just play with 1 flag hanging like a tail on the back side of each Tribute as opposed to two flags hanging on either side which was way too easy for Tributes to get eliminated. We also got to learn our roles better and as a result we will have a better game and an even better assembly! Merrick, Athletics Committee Chairperson
