Tournament Tuesdays

With every other Tuesday comes a new tournament at the Anoka Ramsey College, Coon Rapids campus. This week’s tournament selection was Big Buck Hunter. It might sound silly to have tournament games on campus, but to the students, who like these games, it gives them something to do that is different from being in a classroom, along with meeting other students that you wouldn’t have already have met.

For these fun filled tournament Tuesdays, the ARCC student government plans out each event accordingly, along with taking suggestions for new games to play. For the Big Buck Hunter game, the tournament went from nine in the morning until two in the afternoon at the courtyard commons.

While watching Amanda Ramseth and her friend play the game, I had asked her if she is pretty familiar with the rules of Big Buck Hunter. “Yes, I’ve played a lot before, but I have mostly played the newer version of it that’s a little bit different and a little harder to play.” As Amanda finished her turn, she realized that she was in the number one position for the game, “Whooo hoo I’m number one! But I am only the fourth person to play so far, so anything’s in the air.” Amanda said to her friend that was with her. Amanda’s friend went next, but her surprise she finished in fourth place so she didn’t even fill out the tournament form since they only give out one prize to the number one winner.

There weren’t a lot of rules that were involved in participating in the tournament. They were more like guidelines so that it was more organized to find a winner of the game. Some of the guidelines were that if you wanted to be entered to win a prize, you had to fill out the form that consisted of writing down your first and last name, your telephone number, and your initials that you used in the game. You also can only play the game once. The game rules were a little more in depth though. To be eligible for the tournament, everyone had to go to the same region (on the games map) to play. If you choose a different part of the map, you were disqualified for not following the rules. Another thing you strive for in the game is to only shoot the bucks, if you shoot them when they are farther away then you get a higher score, or if they are a bigger buck, you can also get more points for that as well. If you shoot a Doe (female deer without antlers) your turn is done. But pending on how high your score is after you’re done with a round, you might be eligible to do a different bonus game that consists of shooting boars or other types of animals.

With the ARCC student government putting together the tournaments a few Tuesdays a month, the prize always changes, and you never know what it is until they call you to tell you that you’ve won. So with a little bit of intrigue, students try their luck at different games that goon for many fun reasons. Whether it’s a game that they’re really good at or something they’ve always wanted to try. So all students are encouraged to try out their hand at luck and give a game a shot.