Beer pong: how do you play?

[Taera]

Well I'm on the hunt for an 8' table to use for beer pong and I got to thinking about the different rules I've heard and I got curious of all the different rules people have come up with. I know there are the official rules and the constitution of beer pong but we just play however we like. This is how we play:

- both balls in same cup: balls back and oppenents drink 2
- if you shoot and manage to grab your ball without moving your feet you get a trick shot
- 1 rerack
- if one cup gets seperated from the rest, you get the option to call "island" and if you make it in a seperated cup (you don't have to call which cup if there are multiple islands) opponents drink 2. Can only call once per game but both people on the team can call it.
- first Team to shoot is the first person to make it in a cup while staring the opponent straight in the eyes while shooting at the same time as the opponent.
- redemption: when one team has beaten the other, both players on the losing team get to shoot until they miss and those cups made are drank by the winners. If it's a game with 1 cup on each side left, the losers get to shoot for the cup and if they make it, each team sets back to 3 cups in a line and 1 beer dispursed between the 3 cups.

I think everything else is standard. What are some other peoples rules? I'd love to get some new ideas to incorporate.

[Quixon]

- both balls in same cup: Game Over

- 1 re-rack

- First Team to shoot is the first person to make it in a cup while staring the opponent straight in the eyes while shooting at the same time as the opponent.

- We play shoot till you miss at the end of the games. Team loosing shoots till they miss. If they make all the cups it goes to overtime.

-Bounced in -> 2 Cups

-If one team makes a shot into a cup that someone is in the process of drinking. The game is over.

-3 Shots in a Row by 1 person and you get the ball back (He's on Fire!)

-Both teammates make their shots on their turn, they get to shoot again.

[Taera]

Man I hate bouncing. We don't play bouncing rules cause like 2 people we play with actually bounce. I've got a buddy who supermans the ball like a fucking boss and he rarely misses. (superman: baseball style pitch shot)

[Wakabo]

Whats wrong with just drinking your beer instead of playing with it?

[Taera]

What's wrong with drinking a beer while playing with it?

[ZarakiKujata]

What's wrong with drinking a beer while playing with it?

Getting herpes.

Beer pong is seriously so fucking dirty if the ball ever leaves the table. And even then, I've played on some rank ass tables. If I play I do it w/ water and then just drink out of a bottle/can when I need to.

[Priran]

i go to keggers and play it with my bros and then we bang hot chicks while playing halo

[Kailee]

Beer pong is seriously so fucking dirty if the ball ever leaves the table. And even then, I've played on some rank ass tables. If I play I do it w/ water and then just drink out of a bottle/can when I need to.

This x100.

[Omnipotent]

- Satellite cup rule: If there is a lone cup separate from all other cups, you can call satellite, (once per turn), and if you sink it the other team drinks two cups. Makes the game more based on strategy and giving yourself opportunities for satellites.

- Both people make shots get to shoot again

- Rebuddling - which is when you sink the last cup, the people with no cups left get a chance until they miss to do the same to you.

- Allowed to bounce, bouncing = 2 cups. If they bounce you are allowed to smack the ball away. Smacking a cup by accident and tipping it over means you lose that cup + drink another.

[ZarakiKujata]

- Rebuttalling/Rebuttals

ftfy.

Curious if thats a CT thing or if law school/prelaw folks came up w/ it.

[Omnipotent]

ftfy.

Curious if thats a CT thing or if law school/prelaw folks came up w/ it.

Well played.

[Arvin]

Getting herpes.

Beer pong is seriously so fucking dirty if the ball ever leaves the table. And even then, I've played on some rank ass tables. If I play I do it w/ water and then just drink out of a bottle/can when I need to.

Yes, you always use water because if you poured the beer it's absolutely disgusting.

As for the rules, here are some that I can think of we use:

- 2 Re-racks whenever you want
- Both balls go in cups (different) you get them back
- Both balls go into the same cup, balls back and they drink 3 (including the one that was sunk)
- Elbows can't go past the end of the tables
- Bouncing is two, can block of course.
- If you hit 2 in a row you call 'heating up', if you sink the 3rd you're on fire and you can shoot til you miss.
- No blowing, rollbacks or retarded shit.
- If you sink the last cup with two balls there is no rebuttal
- If there is a rebuttal and the game is tied, sudden death with 3 cups.

Oh, also in the rare chance you shut a team out completely they have to commence the rest of the night/party doing something embarrassing that you get to choose.

[Furtwangler]

-Depending on where I go, guys can finger girls can blow,
-can bounce for 2 cups, but it can be swatted.
-some play rollbacks, others dont, for those that do if it is rolledback (on table) you get a trick shot
-can call island
-after 3 in a row you shoot till you miss
-1 rerack per game
-if tied at 1 and both are made it goes back to 3
-rebuttals
WATER OR BUST gd drinking out of these would be gross.

[FNH]

Yes, you always use water because if you poured the beer it's absolutely disgusting.

As for the rules, here are some that I can think of we use:

- 2 Re-racks whenever you want
- Both balls go in cups (different) you get them back
- Both balls go into the same cup, balls back and they drink 3 (including the one that was sunk)
- Elbows can't go past the end of the tables
- Bouncing is two, can block of course.
- If you hit 2 in a row you call 'heating up', if you sink the 3rd you're on fire and you can shoot til you miss.
- No blowing, rollbacks or retarded shit.
- If you sink the last cup with two balls there is no rebuttal
- If there is a rebuttal and the game is tied, sudden death with 3 cups.

Mostly this depending on house rules
We play with each team having a hot water cup near the middle where we wash between shots
mostly 1 rerack and only before start of another turn.
we do play with a rollback we call the gentlemans rule, if it crosses the line on the center you take a gentleman's shot(shoot behind the back) or ladies shot(shooting under the leg captain morgan style).
can flick the ball out if it is rolling around the cup until it touches beer.
redemption 1(unless same cup both balls)- have to make a cup but the other team doesn't have to drink it
redemption 2- the second time the team has to shoot til miss to get all of them, if they succeed it is overtime and you play with 3 each sudden death

[FNH]

- both balls in same cup: Game Over

that would be quick games where I play, do people not hit same cup often there?

[Headspace]

Ping pong paddles and table.


You niggas talking about Beirut.

[Kidnoftle]

Ping pong paddles and table.


You niggas talking about Beirut.

This.

That aside there's also a variation on the 2balls1cup rule that every cup touching the double sunk cup is out as well. Normally this is only used when its 5 person teams and not standard 10cup.

[Korietsu]

10 Cups
- Three Beers, or 3 Sodas + Liquor
- Eye to Eye to choose who shoots first, or previous winners have the table.
- 2 Re-racks, only at the beginning of a turn, cannot re-rack during balls back or on fire.
- If both balls are made into cups, balls back to shoot again
- If both balls are made into the same cup, pull cup made, shooting team chooses two for a total of 3 cups, or if you want, defending team pulls cups (what I prefer, makes it more interesting, only play shooting team chooses with non regular guests over.)
- If ball is made in cup currently being drank, it's a death cup, and game's over, no rebuttal.
- Bounce is 2 balls, cup to cup bounce is also 2.
- Guys Finger, Bitches Blow bullshit, swatting bounces, also can fuck with opponent without touching the ball or going to their side of the table.
- We also play on fire. If you make two in a row, call heating up, third is on fire, shoot till you miss.
- If you make more cups than are left on the table, no rebuttal. IE 3 cups, you sink two in the same cup, you get to shoot on one cup for the kill, or if there's two, and you make the same cup, game over.

Rebuttal:
- Unlimited Reracks
- Shoot till you miss.
- Gentlemen's Pong, no distracting or other extraneous bullshit other than D on swirling balls.
- If all cups are made 3 cup overtime, made in a triangle rack, no re-rack, sudden death.

Skunk rule (Shutout):
- Naked lap around the apartment complex.

6 Cup
1 Rerack, 1 shot per turn, 1 v 1.

[Not not Mattaru]

Yes, you always use water because if you poured the beer it's absolutely disgusting.

As for the rules, here are some that I can think of we use:

- 2 Re-racks whenever you want
- Both balls go in cups (different) you get them back
- Both balls go into the same cup, balls back and they drink 3 (including the one that was sunk)
- Elbows can't go past the end of the tables
- Bouncing is two, can block of course.
- If you hit 2 in a row you call 'heating up', if you sink the 3rd you're on fire and you can shoot til you miss.
- No blowing, rollbacks or retarded shit.
- If you sink the last cup with two balls there is no rebuttal
- If there is a rebuttal and the game is tied, sudden death with 3 cups.

Oh, also in the rare chance you shut a team out completely they have to commence the rest of the night/party doing something embarrassing that you get to choose.

Basically exactly the same. The flicking and blowing is often a contested rule, but its so open to fuckers ninja blowing/flicking that I won't play if the rules are allowed.

[EckoGecko]

- 2 Re-racks whenever you want
- Both balls go in cups (different) you get them back
- Both balls go into the same cup, balls back and they drink 3 (including the one that was sunk) Variation: Both balls go into same cup all cups touching that cup are eliminated, called EXPLOSION
- Elbows can't go past the end of the tables
- Bouncing is two, can block of course.
- If you hit 2 in a row you call 'heating up', if you sink the 3rd you're on fire and you can shoot til you miss.
- If you sink the last cup with two balls there is no rebuttal
-Death cup, if someone is in the process of drinking an eliminated cup and you make it in, automatic win.
-Celebrity shots, random person can shot for a participant, only if they call it out.

my favorite rule is;

-Troll rule: if someone doesn't make a single cup during the duration of the game that person sits under the table for the entire next game.

I've played at houses which require you to make 2 cups in order to not be trolled, also at a house that required you to wear a pink full body pajama on-top of sitting under the table.