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3.04.08 - 10 Strategies for Winning a Beer Pong Tourney
1. Know the house rules. Do they automatically re-rack? Are fingers/blows allowed? Don’t start a game without knowing the rules of the tournament.

2. Always Aim for Clusters. If you’re going to single out a cup, why not look for one that is surrounded by other cups?

3. Rollbacks are king. If you both make it on the same turn, you get the balls back and get to shoot again. Not only do you have a chance to make more cups, but your opponents just got skipped.

4. Find a shot that works for you. Some people prefer to shoot with a lot of arch; while others prefer a “laser” strategy with almost no arch. Either style can work, but make sure that your shot works for you.

5. Choose your partner wisely. You don’t want to be stuck on a team with two people who can’t make the last cup.

6. Forgo that victory jager-bomb. You may be feeling pretty good after that first victory, but the last thing you want is double-vision when you are playing in the championship. So save the shooters for the spectators.

7. Bounce that ball! Bouncing the ball counts for two cups under most rules, so when your opponents are busy flirting with the beer pong groupies, go for the bounce.

8. Always have a good psyche out. When a game gets close, you need every edge you can get, so make sure you have some means of distracting the other team. Just make sure that you’re never “that guy” who puts your hand over the cup and thinks it’s funny.

9. Never knock over your own cups. Under most rules, if you knock a cup over it’s gone, so make sure to keep yourself in check. Nothing is worse than giving your opponents a free cup.

10. Defend the bounce. In general, pay attention to the game, and make sure you don’t give up bounces. Always keep track of your opponent’s eye contact. If they’re getting ready to shoot and keep looking at you to see if you’re paying attention, they probably want to sneak in a bounce.

2.27.08 - The Beer Pong League
So the league is currently underway at Spurs, and we would like to get some more teams in this week. We have changed the setup for the post-season, so now ALL teams that play in the league will be guaranteed a chance at a PBR Snowboard, which is the grand prize for the winning team.

When it comes down to it, let's all be honest with ourselves: the only thing better than flinging that ping pong ball into the last cup left on the table is being able to brag that you do it better than anyone, and this is what the league is all about. So show up tomorrow night, sign up for the League, and let us do all the behind the scenes work that goes into the league.

And props to Cozy, who's currently made more last cups than anyone.

2.19.08 - That's right, we have a blog!
Sometimes you have a great idea, and then completely forget about it. That's kind of what's been going on with this blog. I was all like "hell yeah, I'll do a blog," and then just sort forgot to update it for a month. Anyway, the Beer Pong League has started, but we are still accepting new entries. If you are a die-hard beer pong-er on the southwest side of Denver, get out of the house Thursday night and check out the league at Spur's Bar & Grill in Morrison.

2.01.08 - Fighting Over Beer Pong
The tournament last night had a great turnout, and we had 14 teams vying for the honor of champion at Spurs. Everything went great... until the championship game, when someone took exception to some smack talk and got in someone else's face over it. Nothing really happened, but there was enough chaos that we had to shut everything down in the middle of the championship. Our apologies to team Noob Slayer and Team J.M., as we would've liked to see that tournament closed out properly, but we have zero tolerance for fighting.

Talking shit is an inherent part of beer pong, as are distractions and whatever other craziness happens. For this reason, the environment has to be loose and fun. If you want to get in someone's face, or are going to take exception to a little shit talk, then play beer pong at your house, and beat up your friends.

1.21.08 - Beer Pong vs. Beirut
One item that never ceases to start a drunken argument (or at the very least spawn retarded comments on message boards) amongst beer pong players is what the game should be called. Since I've been around the game for a few years, I've heard it all: beer pong is played with ping pong paddles, beirut is not... beirut is east coast, beer pong is west coast... real players call it beirut, posers call it beer pong... In the end, the entire discussion is simply inside baseball, and here at Beer Pong Junky we choose to use the terms interchangably.

From playing at CU, we prefer the name beirut. But if you were to walk into a random bar (outside of a college town) and said you wanted to play beirut, they would probably assume you are a terrorist and call the cops. And what if this sites' name was beirutjunky.com? $20 says that I would get more emails about wild lebanese tourism than beer pong.

Beer pong is simply a perfect description for people who haven't played the game. You throw a ping pong ball into cups, and drink beer. Hence: beer pong. Now try to explain why it's called beirut, and you'll find that it's impossible. It's like trying to explain Britney Spear's behaviors without using the words "substance abuse."

College Humor has a great Beer Pong vs. Beirut map for a full breakdown of how people across America play, as well as what they call they game.

1.16.08
We've dumped the news section, and starting today we will be posting updates to the blog instead. There's not much to add right now, other than the fact that you need to get your ass over to Spurs Bar & Grill tomorrow. Check back soon for more updates.

Please feel free to email any thoughts or comments to me at aaron@beerpongjunky.com