Beer Pong Table +1

[Valhallodin]

I meant to post this a long time ago, but I basically completely forgot.

Basically, my entire goal for the summer was to make a Beer Pong Table. With the 'help' of Bas and Stri, I managed to make it happen, and this is the result of my woodworking skill...

[Striveldt]

she's a beaut

[Ikonic]

How do you play with it sideways like that?

and...

That's cheating sitting it on an existing table. Give it legs damnit!

oh, and ...

What is beer pong?

[Valhallodin]

It doesn't have legs because it is already pretty heavy, plus legs would make it extremely hard to move. We usually set it on the kitchen table or on a couple of stools, or if they're around, sawhorses work really well.

Beer Pong is a team game, with 2 people per team. Most places have their own regional rules, so how you play varies by place to place, but this is how we play:

First, take 12 or 20 plastic cups (we prefer to play with 20 cups), and set them in a triangle on each side, so there's either two 6-cup triangles or two 10-cup triangles.

Next, take 1 or 2 beers on each side of the table, and fill the cups evenly (usually 1 beer for 6 cups, 2 beers for 10 cups), so each cup has about 1/5 or 1/6 of a beer in it.

Next, decide which team is going to shoot first. Whoever is shooting first takes 2 ping-pong balls, and tosses them at the cups on the opposite side of the table. If they make a ping-pong ball in the cup, then the other team has to drink that cup. If both players on a team make their shot, they get to shoot again. If not, the people on the other team wash the ping-pong balls (each side has a water cup to dunk it in, in case it picks up some debris from the floor), and shoot at the cups on the opposite side.

If you want, you can try to bounce the ball off the table and into the cups. If you bounce the ball into a cup, the opposing team has to drink 2 cups. However, once the ball hits the table, the other team is allowed to swat the ball away, so if you're going to try to bounce it, you have to try to do it when the other team isn't paying attention. Also, if you do swat away a bounce attempt by the other team, it is strongly encouraged that you shout "Don't bring that weak shit in my house!", or something similar.

The first team to get rid of all the other teams cups wins the game, and the losers have to drink the rest of the beers on the other teams side.

[Basillisk]

Man... turning my kitchen into a beer pong arena was one of the better ideas of the summer.

[Urielle]

Ahahahaha. Val that is so cool man ^^

what a great table too ! nice finish

Funnily enough I've been buidling a fully decked out poker table this month, the grand unveiling (I really only did the carpentry bits, my mates done all the trimmings this week at home) is on Saturday, accompanyed by a game of course. Ill get a good pic and post up.

Its not going to be as cool as a Beer Pong table, lets face it but....

ps. Evil version of Beer Pong :- loser has to drink the wash water ;D

[Urielle]

Behold the Beast !

I won the first game on it too.

[Slayerz]

ok a couple things

first off, if the ball falls on the ground, who cares? more of an insentive not to miss. secondly, i think the losers shouldnt get any more beers period, the winners should. doesnt that make more sense? and btw i LOVE the tables i really wanna make a beer pong table now...

[Valhallodin]

Yeah, most people tend to think it is better to lose since the losers have to drink the remaining beer. However, we almost always play 'winner stays', so if you keep winning, you keep playing, thus winding up with more beer in the end.

Second, if you ever saw the floor of our apartment, you would realize making someone drink a cup after a ball had been in the floor went into it would be just too cruel and unusual.