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A little late.... (#10)
by dp on Tue Jul 25 2006 at 11:17 PM EST
You guys are just in time to sign up for the 2nd annual WSOBP.

www.bpong.com

First off...... (#11)
by Trevor on Wed Jul 26 2006 at 12:35 AM EST
Just checked the site.  And I love the fact that somebody is actually taking steps towards crowning a national champ.  For me personally, the article was a light-hearted........yet serious plea to a Spike, FX, or ESPN2 to put together a March Madness style Beirut tourney.  

I have couple quibbles with your rules and I was wondering if you could walk me through some of the reasoning behind it.  First off, I note that you guys are playing 6 or 10 cups per side (TBD).  I don't want to sound like a Beirut snob, but I'm not sure how you can have a regulation game without using 15 cups (with one rerack at 6 cups).  To me, 6 or 10 cups isn't really enough.  Secondly, I see that leaning is permitted, w/ some restrictions.  I hate leaners.  I think they ruin the purity of the game.  What are the restrictions you guys put on leaning?  

Thanks for reading the article and coming over to visit Sportscolumn.com.  You should download this week's episode of "Poor Man's PTI" when it comes out tomorrow as we really go over the game of Beirut in some detail.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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rules (#12)
by skinny on Wed Jul 26 2006 at 8:46 AM EST
In choosing many of the rules behind the tourney, the organizers are using what they feel to be the consensus of the beer pong community. While 15 or 21-cup games are fun, most tournaments are held in a 10, or more commonly a 6 cup format. In addition, the prelims (most likely the first two days of the event) of the world series of beer pong (wsobp) will include games that are limited to 20 minutes (they have to be in order to fit in all the games scheduled), which could cause a problem for 15-cup pong. Yes, a decent team should not have a problem with this time restriction, but you would be surprised.

As far as leaning is concerned....it is allowed. You are allowed to have your body touching the table, but you are not allowed to put weight against the table. This has been the subject of much debate on the bpong.com website. The truth is, a leaning rule (such as no elbows past the edge of the cups) is very hard to enforce equitably and consistently in a tournament of this scale. It is something that the organizers have considered for some time...the consensus seems to be that leaning should be allowed...though this may change in future years.

I would suggest that you sign into the forums on the bpong.com site to argue (excuse me...discuss) your points. The organizers are always looking for feedback.....

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Thanks for coming by and reading the article (#13)
by Trevor on Wed Jul 26 2006 at 9:01 AM EST
I will definitely login and weigh in on the leaning debate.  I agree with the stance that your elbows have to be behind the edge of the back row of cups.  I absolutely hate playing people who release the ball from a spot which essentially six inches to a foot past the front of top row of cups.  We use to have a Drinking Olympics amongst people at my college and leaning was not only not permitted, doing it made you the subject of intense ridicule.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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