Beer Pong Controversy

by mrpelicanpants on Oct 6, 2025 3:03 PM EDT

10 mins north of Gulf Shores,AL

http://www.pongalong.com/Beerblog/index.php/the-33-best-beer-pong-tables-ever-created/

Beer Pong. An American sport. I think......anyway, this past weekend, we were playing beer pong on an actual ping pong table....hey, it works.... I am quite sure we werent playing by the rules. So my instinct is to ask my fellow bretheren the following about gameplay and rules... (to cut down on the controversy).....

The type of beer....for some reason, one or other participants thought it would be fun to randomly put Smirnoff Ice in random cups. I am against all things Smirnoff Ice'd.

Can you mix and match your opponents beers? Put crappy beers of all sorts and mix and match, like Pabst, Schiltz, Keystone, Icehouse etc?

What I would like is just a basic, no holds barred, rules for playing with people from all over. I know the rules vary from north to south, and east to west, just want to know the in's and out's. Usually there are teams of 2 each, and we play with 6 cups for speed.

The biggest form of controversy was in the ending of the game, like with Les Miles, in the rebuttal stage. I think "house rules" should be in order, since its at my house, my rules. Others thought "for the good of the game" consult the internets. I think thats a bunch of crap. We thought we had won,and they actually won with a rebuttal...or something...I was drunk. We play basically a rollback "make 'em, take 'em" type of game, and with distractions, without covering the cups,and with the "flagship" rule firmly in place. And we place fierce defense.

And you can go thru a helluva lot of beer in a short period of time.

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Our rules

1. You choose your own beer.

2. 2 teams of 2. Make it take it, and if you both make the same cup, it’s 3 cups off and bring it back.

3. Blowing is for girls only.

4. Bouncing is allowed and takes 2 cups off. If bounced, you are free to swat.

5. NO REDEMPTION.

For whatever reason, I have been outvoted on the airball rule and it is no longer in effect. However, I think it is a great rule regardless. Airball = your opponent takes one cup off.

by TaterSalad on Oct 6, 2025 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

tournament play= no bouncing

NBA jam rules have to be agreed upon before you start. Rebuttal works- surprised you guys don’t use it.

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by Londonjoe on Oct 6, 2025 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I play basically the same as tater

But

1. we do 10 cups minimum, otherwise its like baseball playoffs (e.g. a random number generator). Also, I tend to favor domestic light for tournament league play, but if you were interested in spicing it up for a recreational game, I see nothing wrong with that.

2. make both=bring it back, no third cup

3. we usually make some rule, depending on whether the table is regulation length, about leaning and a cup penalty if you violate the gentlemen’s agreement repeatedly.

4. I agree with no rebuttal.

5. Cup fill should be between 1/4 and 1/2. Again, this is a gentleman’s game, we leave it to the gladiators to determine their appropriate fill level beyond that. However, if a ball pops out or somehow knocks over the cup, it is assumed you have not properly filled the cup and that cup counts against you.

6. Also, solo cups only. Those crappy styrofoam cups are a royal pain in the ass to play with.

by Blue_in_NOLA on Oct 7, 2025 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Couple things I forgot:

1. We always play that if the same team hits both balls in the same cup, its game over. If youre being too lazy to clear your cups, chasing tail or whatnot, you deserve to drink 6-8 beers in under 5 mins.

2. Must finish any beers begotten of the game before you shoot again.

3. Consolidation: each team gets one consolidation per game, to be used to create whatever formation they want, whenever they want.

4. Fun rule if you feel like being meaty: play rebounds (e.g., when the ball hits the ground, its live, whichever team recovers it, gets to shoot it. This works well after multiple shots of jack daniels. This is not a good idea if you are afeared of physical contact or playing with girls.

by Blue_in_NOLA on Oct 7, 2025 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

We play with rules #1 and #2 also.

With regards to rule #3, we give one consolidation when playing 6 cup and two when playing 10 cup. Never tried the rebound rule before.

by GTFridge25 on Oct 7, 2025 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok...how much beer is acceptable in each cup?

we always have the front one the fullest….do yall play more than half or less than half on the rest?

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by mrpelicanpants on Oct 6, 2025 5:01 PM EDT reply actions

I played a variation that had a "killer cup" or something similar

A full beer in one random cup

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by jd is legend on Oct 6, 2025 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

to the line- three beers per rack

death cup is when you hit a cup that’s already been hit and has not been emptied.

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by Londonjoe on Oct 7, 2025 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Correct!

Each player on a two man team gets a 6-cup rack and three beers to fill it. We consolidate when there are 6 cups left on a team.

I also agree on house rules and its the visitors’ fault if they don’t know them. If you’re at a neutral site, like a bar or something, rules should be agreed upon before starting. Assume nothing.

We’re occasionally stupid enough to play with “grenades,” where a shot is substitued for a beer in each man’s rack. That’s usually the beginning of the end of the night though. If a particular group is feeling burly we’ll play full cup every once in a while, but that just gets messy.

by Big Jon on Oct 7, 2025 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Always preferred Beer Hunter

so simple, and yet, so very entertaining. Mao!

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by Jfdio Jiofdsa on Oct 6, 2025 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

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by McDammit on Oct 8, 2025 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

21 cups 3 people per side

You pick your opponent and only drink when they make it. Can’t shoot until you finish your beer. First team to clear the other teams’ cups wins, no redemptions.

Otherwise:

6 or 10 cups per side. 2 or 3 beers depending on # of cups. Bounces are worth two, but swattable. Make two in the same cup (whether it’s still on the table or pulled but not finished) is worth three and you get the balls back. Make both balls on the same turn and you get the balls back. Redemption is shoot til you miss for either partner (if your partner misses, you can still shoot) and 3 cups in the event of OT. Oh, and no blowing.

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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Oct 7, 2025 12:55 AM EDT reply actions

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Wait one minute...

Pabst is crappy beer? When did this happen?

by G_$ on Oct 7, 2025 7:31 AM EDT reply actions

1981 I think...

by mrpelicanpants on Oct 7, 2025 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions

1893 World's Fair

That stuff is ass unless you’re a hipster.

by Big Jon on Oct 7, 2025 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

we had it for a $1 forever

at a bar i worked at a few years back.

/it still rarely sold

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by CoastalCowbell on Oct 7, 2025 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

A bar in Birmingham had/has PBR on tap and really it is not that bad. I was halfway kidding when I posted that.
I would, however, stand by Natural Light as being non-crappy

by G_$ on Oct 7, 2025 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions

i have several friends that would stop drinking

if we ran outta Natty. those guys are hardcore.

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by CoastalCowbell on Oct 7, 2025 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

House Rules

are the only rules. If a visitor hasn’t ever heard of the notion of house rules, I somehow feel sorry for them.

by The Pylon That Relfed on Oct 7, 2025 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed 100%

If you are drinking at someone else’s house, they set the rules. You don’t like it, host your own party or don’t play. I don’t get why people feel the need to argue so much about it - at the end of it all, you’re drinking and hanging out with friends, have a good time with that.

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by MikeLew on Oct 8, 2025 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

When we played....

we play 2 people, 3 beers, 10 cups a side. If both players make a shot, the balls go back, but no cup penalty. If they hit a cup that has already been made and still has beer in it, game is over. Bouncing is allowed, for 2 cups, but can be swatted. No “blowing” or “fingering” the ball out, no “if the ball rolls back, you shoot behind your back”, none of that stuff.

After team A makes the last cup they are shooting on, each player on team B shoots until they miss. If they clear the remaining cups, you go to a 3 cup, 1 beer per side overtime.

Winning team stays on the table, losing team finishes their beer and the beer remaining on the winning team’s side.

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by MikeLew on Oct 8, 2025 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs