When a big and fun company is going, someone always offers to play something. In general, this is a very good time. But the banal "Crocodiles", "Friday", "Fool" and so on have already managed to pretty fed up. Nowadays, "Truth or Action" is very popular. In the West, they have been playing in it since school, and this entertainment is just gaining momentum in our country. Another game that recently came to Russia is Birpong, whose rules are pretty simple. The game is fun, gambling, with elements of sport and very drunk. If you want to diversify your leisure time and try something new with your friends, then we will tell you the rules of the game in Birpong. You probably saw in the movies or TV shows how American students play it.
Game appearance
The name of the game "Birpong" comes from the merger of the English words beer (beer) and ping-pong (table tennis). In the Russian version, beer pong sounds, but the essence of this does not change. This entertainment has incorporated elements of a game of table tennis with a hoppy accompaniment.
The game originated in the mid-twentieth century in student dormitories in the United States of America. Students, known for noisy parties and initiations, decided to add more excitement and beer to table tennis. At first they played with the help of rackets, which threw the ball into beer glasses. Currently, the game does not need anything but a ping-pong ball and glasses filled with a foamy drink.
Birpong: rules of the game
The essence of this alcoholic game is that players throwing a ball for table tennis through a table must get into a mug or glass of beer at the opposite end of this table.
As a rule, two teams compete. Each one at its end of the table has a pyramid of glasses or mugs of beer. In the first row there is one tank, in the second two, in the third three and in the last four, respectively. Players must get the ball into mugs or glasses, thereby “knocking” them off the table - the container into which the ball landed is removed, and its contents are immediately used by the team. The winning team is the one that first eliminates all the glasses of the enemy. There is a rule in “Birpong” - if after some time both teams have the same number of unbroken glasses on the table, a penalty shootout is announced just like in football. Opponents take turns throwing until one of the sides knocks out one more glass, with the same number of shots made.
Game spread
The game became very popular in student dormitories in America due to the fact that various fraternities always competed among themselves, and here it was also possible to fight in an alcoholic duel. In addition, beer is the most affordable liquor for poor students. In the format of the game, using it is much more fun, besides, the girls who lose to the guys quickly lost control of themselves, which is why the entertainment became so popular. Well, the simplicity of the rules of the American “Birpong” played a role.
When the birpong entered films and TV shows, its distribution could no longer be stopped. The game went to sports bars, various drinking establishments and became part of American youth culture. And students have made this game part of a freshman dedication. Senior students were already experienced players with trained shots and resistance to alcohol, therefore, as a rule, “Birpong” beat the “green” newcomers in two counts.
In the bars, the game became an opportunity for the establishment to sell as much beer as possible and sell snacks to it. As a prize they usually give tickets for some matches or a small amount of money, which only increases the interest of the audience and the desire to fight for a winning award.
Health effects
The rules of how to play Birpong are known to all Western youth. Because of this, a wave of public indignation periodically rises, since this entertainment, like all games with alcohol, carries serious health risks.
After all, the game promotes drunkenness, can lead to alcohol intoxication due to excessive consumption and even alcohol poisoning. Yes, and the ball can bring into the glass any bacteria that surround us everywhere.
Ban game
In some states, because of the foregoing, there are even bans on playing Birpong at the legislative level. Somewhere it’s strictly forbidden to allow people to play it in bars, cafes, restaurants and specialized drinking establishments. In some places it is prohibited at all.
Some schools strictly monitor that students do not get drunk while playing beer pong. For example, at Georgetown University, not only the game is officially banned, but all the equipment for it is special gambling tables and possession of several balls for table tennis.
In any case, the game as such does no harm. As always, people themselves are to blame for everything, unable to control themselves and the amount of alcohol drunk, even as weak as beer.