2011 SNOWDOWN BEER PONG RULES

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READ THE RULES. REMEMBER WE ARE NOT IN YOUR GARAGE. FOLLOW THE RULES. THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OR DICTION: 1. Always wash your filthy balls! 2. Every game begins with rock, paper, scissors to decide which team throws first, best two out of three. 3. At least one pitcher of beer each table, each game. Don’t stack empty cups. Water is an option. 4. Six (6) cup starting formation tightly racked (tops touching) in a forward facing triangle 3,2,1. 5. 2 ball game, Each team member gets a shot, When a cup is made into an opposing teams cup it is to be immediately pulled from the rack and drank, if not and 2 balls make it in one cup, game over. If both team members make it in two different cups they get the balls back, otherwise team 2 will throw. *IF BOTH (2) PLAYERS ON ONE (1) TEAM MAKE BOTH (2) BALLS IN ONE (1) OF THE OPPOSING TEAMS CUPS DURING THE SAME OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITY, THE TEAM THAT MADE BOTH (2) BALLS IN ONE (1) SAID CUP ATUOMATICALLY WIN THE GAME REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY CUPS ARE STILL IN PLAY. Pull cups from rack as soon as one is made. 6. Re-Rack cups with 4,3,2, and 1 cups left after opposing teams offensive opportunity. Re-Rack cups in the following formations: Diamond shape at 4, forward facing triangle at 3, forward facing straight line at 2, positioned in middle at back at 1. 7. No Mid-Racks, including balls back situations. 8. Players should re-rack at appropriate times without being asked. 9. Players must wait for cups to be fully racked before throwing. Fully racked means in the proper formation. 10. No hooks or blowing 11. No extreme leaning. This is a gentleman’s game. Both teams must regulate them- selves and the opposing team they are playing. You should have read the rules. If you have made it this far continue reading, you will get to play soon enough. 12. Both players may throw at same time. 13. One table, four players, no exceptions. No Stand-ins. 14. No time-outs, no potty breaks. 15. Rebuttal shooting opportunity at the end of the game for losing players, each team member gets a shot, shoot until miss. SUCCESSFULL REBUTTAL STARTS OVERTIME, IT IS NOT A WIN FOR THE COMBACK TEAM. 3 CUP OVERTIME. 16. Both balls in last cup, no rebuttal. 17. Bounces count for two cups, once the ball touches any surface it can be swatted. 18. Cups must be completely finished before next team throws. 19. If a ball is made in a half-drunk game cup that a ball had previously been made in and thus pulled from the original rack, game over. The team that made the cup wins because it has then been made clear that the other team had been cheating. Drink your entire game cup immediately after opposing team has made a ball in it. 20. Knocked over cup counts as made cup regardless of circumstances and should be pulled from the rack. 21. If a player, for any reason whatsoever, drops a ball into a cup on his own side, he must drink it. Additionally, his teammate has the right to smack him on the head for being such a dumbass. 22. Referee on hand has the last say on interpretation of the above rules. SNOWDOWN BEER PONG RULES 64 TEAMS, 128 PLAYERS, SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT

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READ THE RULES. REMEMBER WE ARE NOT IN YOUR GARAGE. FOLLOW THE RULES.

THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OR DICTION:

1. Always wash your filthy balls!

2. Every game begins with rock, paper, scissors to decide which team throws first, best

two out of three.

3. At least one pitcher of beer each table, each game. Don’t stack empty cups. Water is

an option.

4. Six (6) cup starting formation tightly racked (tops touching) in a forward facing

triangle 3,2,1.

5. 2 ball game, Each team member gets a shot, When a cup is made into an opposing

teams cup it is to be immediately pulled from the rack and drank, if not and 2 balls

make it in one cup, game over. If both team members make it in two different cups

they get the balls back, otherwise team 2 will throw. *IF BOTH (2) PLAYERS ON

ONE (1) TEAM MAKE BOTH (2) BALLS IN ONE (1) OF THE OPPOSING TEAMS

CUPS DURING THE SAME OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITY, THE TEAM THAT

MADE BOTH (2) BALLS IN ONE (1) SAID CUP ATUOMATICALLY WIN THE

GAME REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY CUPS ARE STILL IN PLAY. Pull cups from

rack as soon as one is made.

6. Re-Rack cups with 4,3,2, and 1 cups left after opposing teams offensive opportunity.

Re-Rack cups in the following formations: Diamond shape at 4, forward facing

triangle at 3, forward facing straight line at 2, positioned in middle at back at 1.

7. No Mid-Racks, including balls back situations.

8. Players should re-rack at appropriate times without being asked.

9. Players must wait for cups to be fully racked before throwing. Fully racked means in

the proper formation.

10. No hooks or blowing

11. No extreme leaning. This is a gentleman’s game. Both teams must regulate them-

selves and the opposing team they are playing. You should have read the rules. If

you have made it this far continue reading, you will get to play soon enough.

12. Both players may throw at same time.

13. One table, four players, no exceptions. No Stand-ins.

14. No time-outs, no potty breaks.

15. Rebuttal shooting opportunity at the end of the game for losing players, each team

member gets a shot, shoot until miss. SUCCESSFULL REBUTTAL STARTS

OVERTIME, IT IS NOT A WIN FOR THE COMBACK TEAM. 3 CUP OVERTIME.

16. Both balls in last cup, no rebuttal.

17. Bounces count for two cups, once the ball touches any surface it can be swatted.

18. Cups must be completely finished before next team throws.

19. If a ball is made in a half-drunk game cup that a ball had previously been made in

and thus pulled from the original rack, game over. The team that made the cup wins

because it has then been made clear that the other team had been cheating. Drink

your entire game cup immediately after opposing team has made a ball in it.

20. Knocked over cup counts as made cup regardless of circumstances and should be

pulled from the rack.

21. If a player, for any reason whatsoever, drops a ball into a cup on his own side, he

must drink it. Additionally, his teammate has the right to smack him on the head for

being such a dumbass.

22. Referee on hand has the last say on interpretation of the above rules.

SNOWDOWN

BEER PONG

RULES

64 TEAMS, 128 PLAYERS, SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT