Last night we made dreams a reality, sending a bunch of alpha males in their late 20’s back to a world of no responsibility, no rules and no noise restrictions…..college. The following signs of colleges rebirth occurred without fail as if to say we had awoken from a 5-year nightmare of employment and adulthood:
- A legitimate party/drinking-fest was thrown on none other but a weeknight
- The only available drinks in the whole place had the word “light/lite” written on them, save one exception. Thats right, our favorite blue ribbon winner PBR
- An unknown neighbor stopped by during the heart of the party asking to speak with “whoever owned the house”
- 21 year old college girls with questionable motives and morals stopped by circa 11pm because “they heard a party going on”
- The combination of the original sausage fest + said college girls led to everyone’s favorite testosterone-driven competitiveness
- And finally, and of course most importantly, we held a beer pong tournament
Simple format: 8 teams of 2, bracket style tourney, losers bracket, double elimination, etc, etc. The goal of the beta test tourney was to jumpstart an actual beer pong league - which it looks like will be the case. Thanks to wikipedia and our creativity, some of the best rules were as follows:
- NBA Jam: If a contender makes two cups in a row they must declare “he’s heating up”. Three in a row, “he’s on fire!”, after which you get to throw the ball continually until you miss. If you don’t yell out the words, your streak doesn’t count. I never played this way in college, but it is currently my new favorite all-time rule
- 2-in-1-cup: If a team sinks two balls in one cup before the other team removes the cup from the table after the first ball has gone in, the game is over for them. This happened a remarkable number of times, including about 30 seconds into the first game of the night. It also works to keep people very focused on the game
- Flip Cup: If your game reaches the 15 minute time limit, you must play flip cup with the remaining cups to determine the winner (credit goes to Mitch). This happened once, in a one on one dual, in which one of our own (to remain nameless) went down to an early 20’s co-ed….
All in all, it was a successful night that spawned a Thursday tradition. And to quote Johnny Drama, VICTORY!!!
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I still can’t believe that Karl and I let you guys come out of the losers bracket and beat us for the championship.
Despite my love for the NBA Jam rule it really bit us in the ass on that one.
Agreed. Well spoken J Diggles. Being a late comer, I had no problem finding which house was throwing the pong tourney. I heard screams of delight from young women a block away. I propose this tourney be continued through the summer months. There is nothing that makes you feel young again like waking up on a workday with cotton mouth and a ridiculously full bladder of yellow piss.
Honestly, 5am came calling, and I have never felt that kind of bladder pain in my entire life….well worth it
PBR rocks! That is some tasty booze indeed.
yo i need some advice on builting up a beer pong tourney here in el paso texas, help me out!!!!