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RULES

Section 1. Cups.

(a) All cups shall be plastic, and shall be sized between 6 and 16 ounces, depending on the size of the table involved.

(b) The first round shall use six cups, the following rounds shall use 10 cups.

Section 2. Table.

(a) The table will be a regulation ping pong table

Section 3. Balls.

(a) All ping pong balls must meet a minimum of the one-star rating.
(b) All balls must be standard white.
(c) Competitors must use the same balls during the tournament. Players may not reserve their own balls for their personal use.

Section 4. Beer.

(a) During the first round, 24 ounces of beer will be divided among the cups. The following rounds will use 36 ounces.
(c) The beer may be apportioned among those cups at the individual contestants discretion, though each cup must have sufficient beer in the cup to ensure its stability.

Section 5. Cup Arrangement.

(a) All games shall use the standard pyramid formation.
(b) At any point in the match a rearrangement of the cups, may be called, but only once.

Section 6. Tossing.

(a) No thrown ball shall be counted as a made cup if it bounces on the playing surface. Direct throws are the only acceptable sort.
(b) If a defensive contestant fails to remove a ball from the playing surface and that ball subsequently enters into his or her cup, either on its own power or as a result of the attempted defensive play, that toss shall count as a made cup.
(c) If a tossed ball causes a cup to tip over, the defensive player shall be penalized one cup for not placing enough beer in said cup to ensure the stability of the cup. This rule applies only to cups that are knocked over, and not to cups which slide off the edge of the table as a result of a slick playing surface.
(d) Players shall alternate shots during the game. There shall be no exceptions to this rule.
(e) Balls may be cleaned or dried at any point during the match without incurring a penalty.

Section 7. Rebuttals.

(a) When one team has made their opponents final cup, the team who is facing defeat is allowed two rebuttal shots.
(b) If a contestant makes a rebuttal shot, that contestant may remove the ball from his or her final cup and continue playing. The contestant on whom the rebuttal was made must drink the cup that was made as a result of the rebuttal and remove that cup from play.
(c) The previous subsection does not apply if the rebuttal shot is made in his or her opponent's last cup. In such a situation, where both contestants are shooting at the last cup, players must move to overtime.

(d) Overtime is operated by three cups being placed in a triangular formation on each players side filled with one twelve ounce beer. At this point it is as if a new game has begun.

Section 8. Drinking.

(a) When one contestant makes a shot in one of his or her opponent's cup, the contestant whose cup was made must drink the beer in that cup and remove the cup from play.
(b) Play shall not continue until all of the beer in the made cup has been consumed by the contestant whose cup was made.
(c) There shall be no surrogate drinkers. Each contestant shall consume all of his or her own beer or face disqualification from the tournament.
(d) A failure to drink all of one's required beer shall result in the immediate disqualification of said contestant.
(e) At the end of each match, the loser must drink the remaining cups of his or her opponent. Sportsmanship on this point is encouraged, but not required.
(f) If a contestant throws up before all of the beer in play during that match has been consumed, said contestant may continue playing if he or she continues drinking as is his or her responsibility under this section.
(g) Intentional vomiting is forbidden and is grounds for disqualification and or forfeiture of the individual match, to be determined by a majority of the participating contestants.

Section 9. Time outs.

(a) Each player is allowed two timeouts per match in the second and following rounds.
(b) No timeout shall exceed 3 minutes unless the contestant who calls that time-out is in the process of moving his or her bowels or vomiting. In such situations, the timeout shall last as long as the bowel movement or vomiting takes.
(c) If a contestant calls a timeout after he or she has used his or her allotment of timeouts for the match, said contestant shall forfeit the match in which he or she is immediately involved.
(d) If a contestant unnecessarily or willfully delays the game, said contestant shall be charged a timeout with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants. If a player does so when he or she has used his or her allotment of timeouts, the player shall forfeit the match with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants.

Section 10. Coin Toss.

(a) At the start of every match, a third-party shall toss a coin. The winner of said coin toss shall have the option of selecting which side to defend or to take the ball first. Whichever option the coin toss winner chooses, the opposing contestant may select the other option.

Section 11. Zamboni.

(a) At the beginning of each match, the playing surface shall be wiped clean of freestanding beer or other debris that could alter the bounce or trajectory of the ball or the movement of the cups.
(b) Cleaning the playing surface shall not be allowed during the course of a match unless a cup is accidentally tipped over or unless player carelessness has resulted in a playing surface that is unfit for competition. Such a determination shall be made with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants.

Section 12. Caddies.

(a) Contestants may hire or appoint a caddy to clean their balls, set up and fill their cups, and provide them with strategic or emotional support. Said support may only be verbal.
(b) Caddies may not address the opponent, or the opponent's caddy, during the course of a match if said exchange is in any way derogatory or in an attempt to physically or mentally hamper the opponent's ability to play.
(c) All caddies are honor bound to uphold both the letter and spirit of these rules in the exercise of their duties.
(d) If a caddy is deemed to be interfering with the outcome of a match, or is deemed a distraction or nuisance, said caddy may be barred from performing his or her duties with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants.

Section 13. Sportsmanship.

(a) All players and caddies shall refrain from unsportsmanlike conduct. Such conduct is subject to a fine, to be determined at the beginning of each and every tournament with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants.
(b) Infractions shall be determined by a majority of those participants who witnessed the alleged infraction.
(c) For each infraction, a guilty contestant shall pay the agreed upon fine.
(d) All monies from fines shall be collected and set aside as part of the prize money for the tournament.

(e) Distractions are allowed, but the distracter must stay on his or her side of the table, and should refrain from such excessive distractions as covering the cups with his or her shirt. Excessive distractions shall be determined with the concurrence of a majority of the participating contestants.

So basically.......

We are playing 6 cup 2 beer 15 minute time limit in the first round, and 10 cup 3 beer unlimited time in the next two rounds.

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