NT's have a strange concept of "fun"

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Would you people stop looking into it so deep?
People like throwing water balloons at people, and people like running from them. It's fun because its testing your skills of being able to dodge, or hit people. Later you all can brag to each other about it, and everyone has a fun time. It makes for conversation.
Some people just like getting wet.

It has NOTHING to do with "obeying rules".

That does not sound like fun to me at all. That sounds more like an assault and harassment.

I have actually experienced this type of assault, except it had nothing to do with college. I was just walking on the street when a car full of teenage boys drove by, stopped next to me and they sprayed some drink all over me and then drove off laughing. I got really upset about that and I would not have felt any different if it had been a part of some stupid initiation ritual. I don't see how something like this would be acceptable just because it's a college ritual.

I don't know why so many NTs enjoy things like this. Maybe they just go along and participate out of desire to fit in, and later on get their turn to humiliate someone else the same way. They probably don't find such experiences as painful, terrifying or upsetting as many aspies do, maybe because they haven't had to take abuse most of their life, deal with sensory issues or struggle with interacting and reacting "correctly" to other people. For them it may be a one off and therefore easier to put up with, while for many aspies it's just yet another painful experience in addition to everything else and therefore harder to handle.

I hate situations like that, where I don't know/can't predict what will happen or what to expect and when and I've had enough of people having fun at my expense.

I'm glad that my college had already made strict rules about those things before I started college, so the initiation ritual was well within reasonable boundaries.

I can't see how it would be fun. Unlesss I'm swimming or having a shower I despise water, especially when fully clothed.

This is exactly the kind of reason why I decided to pick a local uni so I could keep my flat that I was already living in (I moved out of home at 16, got this flat at 18) so I wouldn't have to live amoungst people that find this sort of behaviour fun. I avoided freshers week and refused to participate most of the time when directed to. Sure there were a few activites that I could enjoy and did go to (ones that I'd found myself that weren't promoted such as the radio and various solo sports) but most of it involved trawling through the local area wasting money on getting incredibly drunk in places filled with flashing lights and thumping music. I never understood how most of the 'bonding' activities that were encouraged are fun.