Archive for December, 2007:
33 of the most awesome beer pong tables I’ve ever seen
Our friends over at Pong A Long posted a pretty cool rundown of The 33 Best Beer Pong Tables Ever Created. Among them are some serious works of art and ingenuity. Head down to #23 and you’ll see a table you’d swear was a basketball court if the camera was zoomed in any further. There’s a pretty nice football field table down at #18, though I wish they had used any team but the New England Patriots. Finally, my personal favorite; #13. All I have to say is BUILT IN TV’s.
A lot of the other tables are uniquely designed, but some of the designs seem like they would take away from the game of beer pong more than anything. Thanks to Pong A Long for compiling this great list.
Bouncing off the ceiling? Genius.
Here’s a tip for complete beer pong domination: instead of bouncing off the table, why not try the ceiling?
This is utter genius. To pull off a bounce shot using the table, your opponent either has to be distracted or just really slow. Bouncing a ball off the ceiling not only adds an element of surprise (who would be expecting that, honestly?) but the ball only has to go up and back down again, leaving your opponent less prepared to slap it away. When you bounce off the table, the ball must travel from your hand, down onto the table, back up again and then down once more into the cup; three direction changes instead of two.
Of course, you’ll have to defend your shot against complaints, but hey - a bounce is a bounce, right?
Show everyone you’re a beer pong champion
I came across this shirt today and felt like it was something I had to share. It’s definitely one of the cooler beer pong shirts I’ve seen - a lot of them tend to come off a bit cheesy, but this one has a more cool, mature design. I wish the words “beer pong” didn’t use such a cartoony-looking font, but that’s just me.
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UC Santa Barbara students create beer pong league, host tournament
The Daily Nexus, the University of California at Santa Barbara’s college newspaper, reported today on an upstart beer pong league created by two of its students.
The Isla Vista Beer Pong League, founded by Keith Russel and Bradley Odom, held its first two-day beer pong championship this past Saturday and Sunday. The winning team of John Phelps and Daniel Chang gained entry into the World Series of Beer Pong. The IVBPL boasts 54 teams - 24 of those teams took part in the two-day championship tournament.
As beer pong continues to catch on, look for more leagues to pop up on college campuses and in cities and towns across the country.
Beer pong tips
I came across wikiHow’s beer pong page and noticed it had a tips section. There aren’t many beer pong tips floating around online, so I thought I’d share a few:
- “Always aim for a specific cup.” This is good advice. The more you practice aiming, the better your accuracy will become.
- “…put your shooting hand on a 90 degree angle…” This is also a great tip. Make sure your forearm, from your elbow to your hand, is at a straight 90 degree angle. When you throw, move your forearm forward and keep it completely straight. This tends to be much more accurate than lining the shot up with your eye while your elbow is not directly under your hand.
- “…follow through.” Make sure your hand continues to follow through toward the cup you’re aiming for after you release the ball.
If you want to check out wikiHow’s beer pong page, here’s the link.
Beer pong promotes drinking in moderation
The Observer, Notre Dame’s student newspaper, published an article on Wednesday about beer pong - For the love of the game.
In it, writer Tae Andrews covers hits on a few of the reasons why she loves the game of beer pong. Tae actually brought up a point that seems to be missed by a lot of beer pong’s detractors: beer pong actually promotes drinking in moderation. Unlike many other drinking games, if you end a game of beer pong without having drank one beer, you are a force to be reckoned with. If you get through a game of flip cup without drinking, it’s because you weren’t playing; maybe you weren’t even at a party, you just imagined it.
The next time you rack up and play a game of beer pong, be proud to know that you are not only playing the greatest sport in college history, you’re also setting a good example for the world. Drink in moderation.
