The third week of Spoons has seen an extreme decrease in Spoons gameplay. As students and faculty walk through the hallways, it is becoming less common to see students with plastic cutlery, meaning we are getting even closer to a winner emerging.
For those unfamiliar with the rules of Spoons, here is a link to the first article of this series where they are explained!
This week, players had to deal with the complications brought on by last week’s “purge.” Due to the randomness of the Spoon Purge eliminations, reassigning players’ targets became a difficult endeavor. To compensate, it was decided that all players who held onto their spoons this week could move on to the third round, whether they had successfully gotten someone out or not.
Due to this change, this was the first week in which students who did not get their targets out could not move on to the next round. This means that players could no longer remain passive, so many players were eliminated.
During this week, two major events were declared spoon-free zones. These include the Pep Rally on Friday and the senior’s Mr. Cherokee event that night. The announcement of this fact during the show got negative reactions from the Mr. Cherokee attendees.
Over the last three weeks of Spoons, players have created tactics for staying in the game. While some are relatively common, including removing your account from Saturn, an app that helps students track their class schedule, some are less common but still effective.
Liliana Nguyen (‘24) is known for one of these tactics, dubbed “Spoon Scoliosis” where players take “a spoon that is malleable and not hard plastic (that it snaps) and [bend] the handle so that it curves with your hand, like a handle. It gives you (in my opinion) a better grip and chance to pull your spoon away towards yourself without breaking it.” Thus, this tactic helps players escape dire situations with less risk of their spoon breaking because if their spoon breaks, they are out of the game no matter what.
The week of Jan. 21-27 saw at least 34 players eliminated. With the end drawing nearer, it is still vastly unclear who will be the last one standing.
Congratulations to all players who made it to the end of the third week! All of our information and stories come from interviews and personal accounts, so if you have a story about Spoons you would like to share for the next article, please email [email protected]. Good luck in week four!
