The Rules

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The rules of beer pong vary between locations and can cause great strife amongst rivaling teams. The number one rule is that the house that is hosting the tournament controls the rules. The house rules must also be announced at the beginning of the tournament. The official rules located on Wikipedia may give you a good foundation for the general rules. Alterations in the game usually form from city traditions. In Valdez, Alaska, a place well known for its intense game of beer pong, there is a common tradition of using quotes from Family Guy and BASEketball to distract the other player. Usually after a few beers these jokes miraculously become funny. Another beer pong tradition is to force the losing team to streak publicly. The website PongRules allows people to post their own rules around the world (PongRules). Remember, beer pong is governed by the drinkers for the drinkers.

There are two types of table measurements players may use. The official rules state that the table must be eight feet long, at least two feet wide, and stand four feet tall. However, it is more commonly played on a ping pong table where the height reaches 30 inches (Organization). For the purposes of this project, I will be deriving my calculations using the dimensions of a ping pong table. The regulation ping pong ball consists of being 3-star, 40mm in diameter, and weighing 2.7 grams.

Now, at each end of the table ten cups must be sorted in a triangular position similar to bowling pens but with the rims touching like so:

Usually three 12-ounce beers of your choice are divided equally among the 10 cups. Two teams of two will be separated on both sides of the table face to face. Two regular size ping pong balls are used along with a cup of water to wash away any filth that may collect on the wet balls.

To start the game, one player on each team will toss the ball simultaneously into the opponent’s cup while staring into their enemy’s eyes. The first person to make it into their opponent’s cup starts off the game with both balls. The basic objective is to make your ping pong ball into one of your opponent’s cups. If this is achieved your opponent is not allowed to proceed with his shot until he finishes that cup of beer and sets it aside. If both players make a shot, then the opponents must drink up and pass their balls back. Also, if both players make it into the same cup, then the game is over and the rest goes towards the loosing side. Another advantage is the bounce shot. If you are able to make it into your opponent's cup after a bounce on the table then they must chug two cups. But be aware, once a bounce shot is engaged, the opponents are welcome to swat it out of the way. If your opponent is down to 6, 4, 3, or 2 cups, then a reformation may be called and must be aligned appropriately in these formations:

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Also keep in mind that verbal psyche-outs can be used to break your opponent's concentration. Keep in mind, variations of these rules are common. Now you know the rules and are ready to begin your first step towards sobriety or alcoholism.