So this is how the game works

So what is beer pong?

The official rule book states that beer pong (sometimes called Beirut) is a drinking game where players throw a ping pong ball across a table, with the aim of landing the ball in a cup of beer.

The official British version, Brit Pong, has two players, with 10 cups set up in a triangle formulation at each end of the table. Other versions can have one to four players, and six cups.

Each team takes a turn attempting to shoot a ping pong ball into the opponent’s cups, which have a small amount of beer in the bottom. This keeps the cups stable when the ball hits it but fails to land inside.

If a ball lands in a cup (known as a ‘make’), the other team consumes the contents and the cup is removed from the table.

The first team to eliminate all of the opponents’ cups is the winner.

For more information visit www.britpong.com.

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