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October 31, 2013
School Spirit back with ‘BOOM’ staffeditorial eatonredink.com
In past years at Eaton High School, of the bleachers yelling “chick when you walked into the gym dur- chick” followed by a resounding ing a volleyball game, you’d glimpse and unanimous “BOOM!” from twelve girls on a court playing their the entire student body every time hearts out, but you’d look to the an Eaton player winds up for a kill. right and see the student section of Something has happened this the same 15 guys sprawled across year, and who knows why, but it the bleachers who hung out at the is the greatest thing that has hapgame because they had nowhere pened to Eaton sports in a very better to be. You’d hear the familiar long while. Eaton fans are no sound of leather smashing against longer just mindlessly bored specskin echoing throughout the gym- tators; they are an interactive, ennasium as the girls bumped, set, thused, wild, participating, cheerand spiked over and over, but this ing section of fanatics. Games are was just background noise to the no longer a place to go to sit in the c o nve r s a t i o n s bleachers and between friends chat with your that were the friends. They are “We hope this main focus of a place to go to eruption of school the night. become a part spirit is only just This year, when of something you walk into the much larger than getting started.” gym during a just an Eaton volleyball game student. When at Eaton High you go to a game School, all you can see is a waving now, you become a part of the stusea of bright red and white stretch- dent section--a voice in the cheers. ing all the way up the bleachers. You become a contributing factor You can’t even distinguish faces to the overwhelming school spirit amongst the bandanas, hard hats, that has taken a hold of students face paint, eye black, headdresses, this year. and giant cowboy hats. And beThis sudden surge in spirit is tween the overalls, barrels, leggings, dumbfounding. It is awe striking. boots, and crazy socks, your chanc- It is so encouraging to see students es of spotting someone by their take a true interest in the activities legs are slim. But the highlight--the going on at their school and wantthing that has captured this giant ing to show them off to outsiders red and white crowd’s attention--is and cheer on their own schoolthe invigorating game taking place mates. on the court. No one in the stands The best part is that each game can peel their eyes away from the just gets better and better. New inball whizzing through the air as sane costumes keep popping up at it’s smashed by Kortney Lockey to every game (Did anyone else see the ten-foot line as the girl on the Jordan Adams (14) riding a blowother side of the net dives and fails up ostrich at the Lyons game?). to reach it in time. New cheers are implemented at evNow, when you enter the gym, you ery match; when Landon Koelzer cannot hear a thing over the deaf- and Estin McGraw (14) lead “Tool ening roar of “OOOOOOOHH- Time!” and “Ooh, Kill ‘Em!” the HHHHHHHHH’s” shouted by crowd goes nuts! the crowd as the opponent winds Whatever has gotten into you, up for a serve. There is not even students of Eaton High School, the slightest possibility of conduct- keep it up! Get crazy, get loud, and ing conversation in this gym when get proud of your school. We hope you are constantly interrupted by a this eruption of school spirit is distinguished voice from the front only just getting started.
GTAV most versatile yet tanneralm opinioneditor
There is a no more versatile game on the market right now. When you look beyond the prostitutes, murder, torture, robbery, explosions, tampering and vehicular mass homicide, Grand Theft Auto V is really what you make it. With many side missions and mini-games, it really helps to show what people want in games. Every experience is different, which is apparent right off the bat. Someone could hop on the game and start gunning down people, killing cops and kicking off citizens, but just as easily get on and enjoy a rousing game of golf or tennis. With every kind of activity or opportunity from mass murderer to golf champion, this game is truly one-of-a-kind. There are many child appropriate aspects to the game. It’s not only a game about guns and robbery, it has many awesome minigames as well as free roam territory to be as creative as you want. One of the first established mini-games is racing, with its unique driving view, GTA V brings new variables into
racing that other games didn’t: heavy mainstreet traffic, civilians, cops, and weapons. Who needs a blue shell when you have an RPG? Biking is a small part of the game,and as well as being a mode of transportation, bikes are also involved in triathlons(Accompanied with running and swimming) and races. Tennis is self explanatory. You and one of your friends or an NPC (Non-player character) smack a ball around until one of them misses. It has boundaries and rules that are realistic and accurate to the actual sport, along with the ability to use the racket as a weapon later on in the game. Golf is incredibly awesome in this game, especially for its realism, even though it’s just a mini game it rivals purely golf games, this helps show the immense amount of detail put into this game. Though there are many mini games, these are just a few of them that really stood out. There are others like skydiving, boating, watersports, and many oth-
ers mini games to keep loyal fans entertained for a long time. The game is also suited for the more aggressive player. With explosives, guns, possibility of driving tour busses into the ocean, so many choices are available. Multiplayer really comes into account here. Personal preference really starts to show; the possibility of making tons of money working together, or else kicking off every other player you see, are both viable options in multiplayer. There are missions, mini games and team deathmatch games. With all of these options, GTA V can compete with many different types of games at once. Not only is this game well versed for many different likings, it has also broken records for the fastest selling video game, as well as the biggest selling media ever in the first two weeks, making $1 billion in three days. Being controversial with the violence and creative with the mini-games, Rockstar Game Studios sure has outdone themselves this time.