What you should know about the Sting graduation game

Two grade 12’s set up the game Sting, hoping to create a tradition at Riverside.

By: Carmen Moldovan

Riverside students, Emily Rosh and Hannelie Jogha, two grade 12’s, started a graduation game called “Sting,” which allows other grades 12’s to come together and compete in a series of tasks.

Rosh and Jogha saw that other secondary schools in the district were also playing the game, so they decided to bring it to do Riverside.

They started by making an account on Instagram and then signed a due date to stop collecting money.

The game started on October 4th,2021. To join the game, one would need to pay $5.

They made about $340, and at the end of the game, 50% of the money goes towards the winner, and the other 50% goes towards graduation.

The objective of the game is to complete all tasks that are given throughout the day, and if they aren’t achieving the task in a non-safe zone, you could get stung.

Whoever plays is assigned a target that they’d have to watch and sting if they weren’t doing the task that was given that day.

In order for the sting to count, it has to be recorded, so the creators will know if it’s fake, and the person that is getting stung must be failing the task during the event of the sting.

The game runs 24/7, so they have safe zones. Their safe zones: classrooms in session, at work including breaks, during sports, the gym, in your own home, washrooms, and change rooms.

Rosh and Jogha are planning to have the game running as well next semester because “Some seniors wish they joined when they could,” said Rosh.

According to Rosh, It was a lot of work to create the game because they had to satisfy everybody’s wants, and they needed to take in a lot of consideration and thoughts while making the safe.