Birpong: the rules of the game for a fun company

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

When a large and cheerful company gathers, someone will definitely offer to play something. All in all, it's a very good pastime. But the banal "Crocodiles", "Friday", "Fool" and so on have already become pretty fed up. Truth or Dare is very popular these days. In the west, people have been cutting into it since school, but in our country this entertainment is just gaining momentum. Another game that came to Russia not so long ago is Beerpong, the rules of which are quite simple. The game is fun, gambling, with elements of sports and very drunk. If you want to diversify your leisure time and try something new with friends, then we will tell you the rules of the game "Birpong". You have probably seen American students play it in movies or TV shows.

Game Launch

The name of the game "Birpong" comes from the merger of the English words beer(beer) and ping-pong (table tennis). The Russian version sounds beer-pong, but the essence of this does not change. This entertainment has absorbed the elements of the game of table tennis with intoxicating accompaniment.

The game originated in the middle of the twentieth century in student dormitories in the United States of America. The students, known for noisy parties and dedications, decided to add more excitement and beer to table tennis. At first they played with the help of rackets, with which they threw the ball into beer glasses. Currently, the game requires nothing more than a ping-pong ball and glasses filled with foamy drink.

Birpong: the rules of the game

The essence of this alcoholic game is that players, throwing a table tennis ball across the table, must hit them in a mug or glass of beer, standing at the opposite end of this table.

Compete, as a rule, two teams. Each has a pyramid of glasses or mugs of beer at her end of the table. In the first row there is one container, in the second two, in the third three and in the last four, respectively. Players must hit the ball into mugs or glasses, thereby "knocking" them off the table - the container into which the ball hit is removed, and its contents are immediately used by the team. The winning team is the one that first eliminates all the opponent's cups. There is a rule in Beerpong - if after some time both teams have the same number of unbroken glasses on the table, a pen alty shoot-out is announcedjust like in football. The opponents take turns throwing until one side knocks out one more glass with the same number of shots.

Game distribution

The game has become very popular in the student dormitories of America due to the fact that various fraternities have always competed with each other, and here you could also fight in an alcohol duel. In addition, beer is the most affordable alcoholic drink for poor students. In the format of the game, it is much more fun to use it, besides, the girls losing 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 beerpong made its way into movies and TV shows, its spread was unstoppable. The game has gone to sports bars, various drinking establishments and has become part of American youth culture. And the students made this game part of the initiation for freshmen. The senior students were already experienced players with trained shots and resistance to alcohol, so as a rule, in "Beerpong" they beat the "green" beginners in two counts.

In bars, the game has become an opportunity for the establishment to sell as much beer as possible and sell snacks for 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 the winning award.

He alth effects

The rules of how to play "Birpong" are known to all Westernyouth. Because of this, a wave of public indignation periodically rises, since this entertainment, like all games with alcohol, is associated with serious he alth risks.

After all, the game promotes drunkenness, can lead to alcohol intoxication due to excessive use and even alcohol poisoning. Yes, and the ball can bring into the glass some bacteria that surround us everywhere.

Game ban

In some states, because of all of the above, there are even bans on the game of "Beerpong" at the legislative level. Somewhere it is strictly forbidden to allow people to play it in bars, cafes, restaurants and specialized drinking establishments. In some places it is banned altogether.

Some schools strictly enforce that students do not drink too much while playing beer pong. For example, at Georgetown University, not only the game is officially banned, but all equipment for it - special gambling tables and the possession of several table tennis balls.

In any case, the game as such does no harm. As always, the people themselves are to blame for everything, unable to control themselves and the amount of alcohol they drink, even if it is as weak as beer.