Beer pong rules?

[Roush97]

I was wondering what everyone's rules are for beer pong. It seems that everyone plays there own way so I kind of want to get a idea of some new rules we might want to try out for are home games.


Are rules for a typical 6 cup 2 person game are.....

- 1 beer for every 3 cups ( basically 2 per game)

- you shoot for first, unless the pervious game winner are on the table

- throwing and bouncing equals 1 cup, no catching the bounce

- no blowing the balls out of cups (not even girls)

- if the 1st person makes a cup, the cup remains on the table until after the 2nd person takes his shot. If both make different cups, you send them back, if they make the same cup they get one shot back.

- If you knock your own cup over it is then out of play, or if you drop your ball in your cup it is then out of play.

- you are allowed 1 re-rake, it must be used after one cup is out of play, and a re-rake can not be used if the balls where just sent back.

- we do not enforce a elbow rule (are table is 12 feet long, so we really do not have to) but on smaller tables the elbow can not cross the edge of the table.

- If some throws the ball and hits a cup and the cup is falling off the table you are allowed to catch it from falling. This will not count as a cup unless the ball has been made into the cup. A example of this would be when your a****** friends think they are Randy Johnson when they are throwing and hit the base of the cup to try and knock it over.



Are rules for a "Big game" are teams of 3 people, with a 30 pack being used...

Same rules as above except the following...

- to shoot for first, the team picks one person to throw facing the wall ( so you can not see the cups) and on the count of three both sides throw the ball at the same time, if no one makes it then another person from the team goes, same goes if they both make it. Also it's really not that hard to do since there 45 cups on each side.

- to get a sent back all 3 people must make the balls into the cup, otherwise no dice.

- the bouncing/throwing rules remain the same.

- no re-rakes.





I think I got all of them.

[Pillamyd]

this is how i play:

10 cups, 3 beers.

to decide who shoots first, you have to do a staredown, ie, stare at opponent, and shoot. whoever makes a cup first, their team shoots first. if there is a tie, keep going.

winner's own the table from then on out.

re-racks at 6 and 3. you have to call out your re-racks, they won't be done for you. no mid turn re-racks, ie, if you get a roll back, you have to wait till your next turn for the re-rack, and if you make another cup, you missed your re-rack.

no pull cup. if first teammate makes the cup, leave it there till the 2nd teammate shoots.

if two teammates make the same cup, that is 3 beers, and a rollback.

if two teammates make separate cups, those 2 beers, and a rollback.

bounces count. 2 cups.

if a bounce, you can defend it.

girls can blow.

you knock a cup over, it is done. (i had someone knock down 6 cups before)

elbow rule is slightly enforced, if someone is really leaning, i'm gonna call their ass out. other than that, i'm don't really care.

i think that about does it.

[Firebird Lady]

On new years we decided to shake things up a bit and get really f***ing trashed.

We did the 10 cups, no special rules or anything, but we put about a shot and a half of tequila in each cup.

All I know is, I made 3 cups in a row by throwing it after having taken 4 shots myself. So . . . apparently the drunker the better for me!

[gettinthere]

Originally Posted by JasonKK

this is how i play:

10 cups, 3 beers.

to decide who shoots first, you have to do a staredown, ie, stare at opponent, and shoot. whoever makes a cup first, their team shoots first. if there is a tie, keep going.

winner's own the table from then on out.

re-racks at 6 and 3. you have to call out your re-racks, they won't be done for you. no mid turn re-racks, ie, if you get a roll back, you have to wait till your next turn for the re-rack, and if you make another cup, you missed your re-rack.

no pull cup. if first teammate makes the cup, leave it there till the 2nd teammate shoots.

if two teammates make the same cup, that is 3 beers, and a rollback.

if two teammates make separate cups, those 2 beers, and a rollback.

bounces count. 2 cups.

if a bounce, you can defend it.

girls can blow.

you knock a cup over, it is done. (i had someone knock down 6 cups before)

elbow rule is slightly enforced, if someone is really leaning, i'm gonna call their ass out. other than that, i'm don't really care.

i think that about does it.

This is pretty much word for word how we play.

I have 2 more rules though.

1. The "Wash" rule. If the ball lands on the ground or gets dirty, you mush dunk it in the rinse cup. If you don't, you have to slam a full beer which is poured before the game starts and is left there all night until someone forgets to wash a ball off. So the same beer could be sitting there for 4 hours.

2. The "Half-Court" rule. If a ball thrown by you bounces or rolls back towards you past 1/2 court, you can grab it for a re-throw. But the other team can also grab it.

We always us the "Wash" rule but only use the "Half-Court" rule if we are outside or have ALOT of room.

[Botz99ss]

10 cup 3 beers

To start off stare down rule as mentioned above...count down from 3 - 1 then shoot...you go until only one person makes it it...winners have table from then on.

You can shoot regular or bounce it. Bounce is 2 cups but can be blocked.
Once a cup is made the team has to pull it out right away because if the "party cup" is hit twice its game over.

If you knock over any cups those cups are gone.

Losers drink the rest of the beer...but usually at the end of the night if we are running out of beer we will just leave it.

Both people make it in you get it back.

Can't rake in middle of turn and you have to call rake.

Last cup can be put anywhere on the table.

[Beetlejuice]

Originally Posted by Botz99ss

Last cup can be put anywhere on the table.

Interesting, never heard of this adaptation.

[Botz99ss]

Originally Posted by Beetlejuice

Interesting, never heard of this adaptation.

I've played this way at a few colleges visiting friends and whatnot. Basically instead of having the cup in the dead center of the table you can put it at a corner. Doesn't really do much but when you have been aiming dead center all night going to the edge of the table may throw you game off a bit.

Edit - My biggest trouble is when someone puts the cup closer to me if that make sense. Not on my side of the table but just like where the first head cup would be when starting 10 cup.

[3GROC]

Originally Posted by Jason

this is how i play:

10 cups, 3 beers.

to decide who shoots first, you have to do a staredown, ie, stare at opponent, and shoot. whoever makes a cup first, their team shoots first. if there is a tie, keep going.

winner's own the table from then on out.

re-racks at 6 and 3. you have to call out your re-racks, they won't be done for you. no mid turn re-racks, ie, if you get a roll back, you have to wait till your next turn for the re-rack, and if you make another cup, you missed your re-rack.

no pull cup. if first teammate makes the cup, leave it there till the 2nd teammate shoots.

if two teammates make the same cup, that is 3 beers, and a rollback.

if two teammates make separate cups, those 2 beers, and a rollback.

bounces count. 2 cups.

if a bounce, you can defend it.

girls can blow.

you knock a cup over, it is done. (i had someone knock down 6 cups before)

elbow rule is slightly enforced, if someone is really leaning, i'm gonna call their ass out. other than that, i'm don't really care.

i think that about does it.

pretty much how we all play too.

on some website there is a big poster that has all these rules on it plus some others that i normally dont play with. if i find it Ill post it. I have the poster but it was a gift to me so I dunno where the f*** it came from.

[gettinthere]

Originally Posted by Botz99ss

Losers drink the rest of the beer...

Isn't this rule just kind of implied?

[Botz99ss]

Originally Posted by gettinthere

Isn't this rule just kind of implied?

Yea but no hurt is actually saying it.

[barn928]

Originally Posted by Roush97

- throwing and bouncing equals 1 cup, no catching the bounce

I always play 10 cups, 3-4 beers. I also allow to swat the bounce.

[Amandla]

These are the rules me and some of my boys developed. They are played with a few differences here and there, but the basics are the same.

1) 10 cups, 4 beers.
2) No reracks, ever. Only people who cant aim ask for reracks.
3) Never less than 2 players on a team, and for every extra player...add 5 cups and 2 beers.
4) Satellite cup is used. One cup 6in from top of triangle. Teams must hit this cup before any other cups. Also 1st team to hit it may call which variations of rules may be used.
5) Roll backs: roll backs are done on an individual basis. You hit your cup, you get your ball back. Basically "you shoot till you miss"
6) "On Fire!!" You are one fire after 3 consecutive cups. Hit 3 in a row on the same turn and you are "On Fire", and every cup after that is worth 2 cups.
7) You must announce that you are on fire, or you do not get to claim extra cups
8) Bounces worth 2, if bounced while "On Fire" it is worth 3
9) You may defend the bounce, after it has hit the table
10) No Blowing!!! EVER
11) Rebuttels: Game is automatically over if the last cup is hit 3 times between teammates on the same turn. If not then the other team may attempt a rebuttle. They must then hit all the remaining cups of the opposing team (assuming they are not also on last cup) and then the last cup as many times as was hit. If this is done, then teams go to overtime.
12) Overtime: 1st overtime is a 3 cup triangle with a satellite. Start of game rules apply here. Satellite must be hit first. And all previous rules apply.
13) Overtime 2: if there are mulitpule overtimes then add 3 cups per overtime, untill back at starting cup count.
14) A cup that is hit and knocked down is still good as long as there is beer in the cup. If the beer has been completly spilled, fill it back up and place on the table.
15) You knock a cup over you take it out. Last cup can never be knocked over.
16) Cups are removable as soon as they are hit, a modification of "Death Cup" applies here to cups that are not removed and are hit by both teammates. If this happens, both teammates are automatically bumped up to 3rd cup status. meaning after their second hit they are on fire.
17) Challengers always supply the table's beer.
18) More to come.....

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Amandla

These are the rules me and some of my boys developed. They are played with a few differences here and there, but the basics are the same.

Welcome to the site. How did you find us?

[Amandla]

just surfing the web, started reading a few posts and thought that it would be some fun to be part of this.

[Nick]

Awesome.

[BigT]

I gotta get back into beerpong, no one here ever wants to play

[SuperX]

it will get you f***ed up ... fast

see here:

http://forum.alcoholreport.com/t6961/

[Tucker]

Originally Posted by Jason

this is how i play:

10 cups, 3 beers.

to decide who shoots first, you have to do a staredown, ie, stare at opponent, and shoot. whoever makes a cup first, their team shoots first. if there is a tie, keep going.

winner's own the table from then on out.

re-racks at 6 and 3. you have to call out your re-racks, they won't be done for you. no mid turn re-racks, ie, if you get a roll back, you have to wait till your next turn for the re-rack, and if you make another cup, you missed your re-rack.

no pull cup. if first teammate makes the cup, leave it there till the 2nd teammate shoots.

if two teammates make the same cup, that is 3 beers, and a rollback.

if two teammates make separate cups, those 2 beers, and a rollback.

bounces count. 2 cups.

if a bounce, you can defend it.

girls can blow.

you knock a cup over, it is done. (i had someone knock down 6 cups before)

elbow rule is slightly enforced, if someone is really leaning, i'm gonna call their ass out. other than that, i'm don't really care.

i think that about does it.

We play the same except the reracks can be done at any point in the game.

Knock a cup over and you have to drink another one of the opposing teams choice. (If it's knocked over by the ball this doesn't apply)

I like Brian's addition of the rinse rule

[Mills]

We play:
10 cups, as many beers as we feel is needed
If both teammates make it, they shoot again.
You can swat bounce shots.
2 racks per game.
Cup gets knocked over just put some more beer in it and drink.


we are very relaxed and do it just to drink.

[Pillamyd]

Originally Posted by Tucker

We play the same except the reracks can be done at any point in the game.

Knock a cup over and you have to drink another one of the opposing teams choice. (If it's knocked over by the ball this doesn't apply)

I like Brian's addition of the rinse rule

i play with these as well, but just forgot to add them

i don't know who doesn't rinse the ball when it is your turn

[upsizin]

10 cups, 3 beers

if the team makes it in the same cup, then it's game over... so the teams should be pulling the cup immediately after someone makes it.

if they both make it in separate cups then they get the balls returned.

you spill a cup, you drink a cup, no exceptions

game starts with a stare down "corking"

bounces are two cups

no blowing... sometimes we play blowing's for hoes

you can swat the bounces

you must drink your beer before you can shoot

[omgitsjess]

Originally Posted by Jason

this is how i play:

10 cups, 3 beers.

to decide who shoots first, you have to do a staredown, ie, stare at opponent, and shoot. whoever makes a cup first, their team shoots first. if there is a tie, keep going.

winner's own the table from then on out.

re-racks at 6 and 3. you have to call out your re-racks, they won't be done for you. no mid turn re-racks, ie, if you get a roll back, you have to wait till your next turn for the re-rack, and if you make another cup, you missed your re-rack.

no pull cup. if first teammate makes the cup, leave it there till the 2nd teammate shoots.

if two teammates make the same cup, that is 3 beers, and a rollback.

if two teammates make separate cups, those 2 beers, and a rollback.

bounces count. 2 cups.

if a bounce, you can defend it.

girls can blow.

you knock a cup over, it is done. (i had someone knock down 6 cups before)

elbow rule is slightly enforced, if someone is really leaning, i'm gonna call their ass out. other than that, i'm don't really care.

i think that about does it.

yea these are my house rules.
except we play on a real ping pong table and majorly enforce the elbow rule.

[willybonk]

different depending on who runs the table....all these rules sound good though