Tecmo Super Blog: Beer Pong: America's Next Great Past time?

Anyone who has ever stepped foot inside a college house party has noticed that crowd of unruly, competitive group of guys (and sometimes girls) huddled around a ping-pong or other long table. To the unaware, this may look like just a bunch of drunks throwing a ping-pong ball into cups for no apparent reason. But there is a great reason. Beer Pong. A game of skill, psychological warfare, and drinking combined into one great game. Every person plays the game different, so I will briefly explain our rules. 6 cups per side formed into a triangle (3-2-1), filled with 2 beers. If you throw a ball into a cup, that is one cup eliminated. Bouncing a ball into a cup counts for two. If you make both of your balls in one turn, it eliminates both cups and the balls are given back to the shooters. If you make the same cup with both balls, an extra cup is eliminated (3 total) and the balls are given back. You are given 1 rerack of cups whenever you choose. We also play the NBA Jam rule, where if you make 2 cups in a row, you call out "heating up." If you make your next shot, you call out "he's on fire!" and you are given the ball back and continue to shoot until you miss a shot. Teams can be played with teams of 2 or one vs one (a true test of beer pong skill). This is the way we at Tecmo Super Blog play. I know some of you love your 10 cup games, but we like to drink and sitting out sucks so 6 cups goes the right amount of time for everyone there to have a good time.

And now I bring you the wold rankings for both the singles and tag team titles. These rankings will be updated weekly and a small recap of the weekends events will be given.