How To Win:

• To win, you must eliminate all cups before your opponent does or have more cups remaining than your opponent when the timer runs out.

• To eliminate cups, simply toss the ball into any cups on your opponent’s side.

• Each team gets two tosses per round.

• The time limit is set to 10 minutes.

• Sudden Death is triggered when both teams have the same number of cups remaining when the time runs out. In this situation, to decide who goes first, utilize “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to do so, or a more traditional method is to “lock eye contact” and simultaneously have each team toss a ball, the team that sinks a ball goes first. Each side will then get one throw and one throw only. First team to sinks the shot wins.

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First round condition:

• To achieve the double cherry feat, a team must throw both balls into the front cup, resulting in an instant victory.

• Other scenarios where if 1 of the 2 balls land in the front cup, it eliminates 3 cups, and if the other ball lands in any other cup, a total of 5 cups are removed (the front cup plus the other cup, and three more from smallest to greatest, for example, if cup 1 + 7 were sunk on the first round, cups 2, 3 and 4 will also be eliminated.)

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General Rules:

• To decide who goes first, utilize “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to do so, or a more traditional method is to “lock eye contact” and simultaneously have each team toss a ball, the team that sinks a ball goes first.

• Re-racks (rearranging of the cups) happen when there are 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 cup(s) remaining. At 6 remaining, players must re-rack the cups numbering from 1 to 6 forming a triangular. At 4 remaining, players must re-rack the cups numbering from 1, 2, 3 and 5 forming a diamond shape. At 3 remaining, players must re-rack the cups numbering from 1, 2, and 3 forming a small triangular shape. At 2 remaining, players must re-rack the cups from 1, followed by the 2nd cup right behind it. And lastly, with 1 cup remaining, players must re-rack the cup at the 1 position. Failing to re-rack the cups at ANY point will result in a 1-cup penalty.

• The Number of Players is optional to the team as long as both teams are in agreement there is no actual maximum number of players. However, when there are 2 players or more, it should be coherent that each side regulates the turns consistently, for example, if it is decided that 1 of 2 players throw both shots vs. alternating shots. 

• Drinking occurs when any cups are eliminated. Your cup of alcohol must be empty before throwing; failing to do so will result in a penalty of your own cup followed by another cup of alcohol. The losing team will drink all remaining alcohol otherwise reinstated by the Beer Pong Official.

• There are various ways a ball can be thrown, however, a team should show sportsmanship and should not intentionally “whip” the ball as hard as they can in an attempt to knock cups over. When a cup is knocked over, it still counts as being eliminated. Bouncing the ball into a cup is allowed and will count as eliminating 1 cup, however the moment the ball hits any surface such as the table or cup, it may be “removed” by grabbing or hitting the ball away. 

• Methods of defense are permitted such as distracting the opposing team. However, one must not in any way obstruct the vision of the opponent who is in the act of throwing. No physical defense is allowed otherwise agreed upon such as “blowing” or “picking” the ball out. You may not use any form of physical interference such as a fan to misdirect the opponent’s throw at any time. If at any time during a method of defense, and you touch the ball before impact, it will result in a 1 cup penalty, and the ball is refreshed, where the opponent will gain a free throw back.

• Methods of offense such as leaning are allowed with no penalty. Players are allowed to lean as much as they want so that the table stays in place. If the throw goes off of any body part after initial impact and ends up in a cup, the cup is still considered eliminated. 

• Exceptions such as any ambiguities with the following rules should be redirected to any Beer Pong Official for clarity. Any decisions made by the Beer Kong Official are final.

• There are no Rebuttles or Redemptions allowed.