Beer Pong, also known as Beirut, is a game often associated with college and drinking. The game is really a unique collage of beer drinking, throwing balls in cups, intense competition, social relaxation, and witty psyche-outs. There is no right or wrong way to play, but you've come to the right place. You love this game. We love this game. So allow .:: BPONG.COM ::. to guide you in all your Beer Pong / Beirut endeavors.
Beer Pong is spreading wildly, from what I can tell. I've been hearing about it a lot, and now there's even a World Series of Beer Pong. Link.
Addendum:
I found this in my later surfing:
Anheuser-Busch has dropped its Bud Pong promotion. The company said it notified distributors the promotion was over after executives found Bud Pong was being played improperly. . .
Anheuser-Busch executives said Bud Pong was different than beer pong, a drinking game played on college campuses and in bars in which players toss or hit table tennis balls into cups of beer. The game usually involves chugging large amounts of beer; when one team sinks a ball into a beer cup, the other team is required to drink the beer. Katz said that Bud Pong was different from beer pong because Bud Pong rules call for water to be used, not beer.
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So let's see. Anheuser-Busch (a brewer, if memory serves) hears about a new drinking game called "Beer Pong." It then appropriates the game for one of its promotions and names its appropriation after its bestselling beer ("Bud Pong"). But to avoid the stigma of appealing to youth, it tells people that the game is supposed to be played with water, and then is dismayed to learn people are construing it as a drinking game.
If I could spell "disingenuous," I think it'd fit perfectly here.
