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Normal beer pong rules and the explanation of those rules.

Standard Rules:

• A team consists of two players, and the game is team vs. team.
• 10 cups in a triangle formation per team.
• 2 beers divided evenly into the cups per team.
• Cups made must immediately be removed from the table and drank in a timely manner.
• A bounce, off of any surface whether intentional or not, counts for two beers. The second cup to drink is chosen by the team who bounced it.
• You may swat away bounces.
• Cups may be moved slightly away from the table edge to avoid being knocked over. If your ball knocks over the opponents cup unintentionally then it is a loss for the opponent. If your ball is thrown to knock over a cup intentionally then it does not count.
• If you knock over any of your own cups by mistake or otherwise they are a loss and cannot be replaced.
• Bitches blow (girls are allowed to blow the ball out of the cup when the ball is spinning on the inner walls of the cup, but not after the ball lands into the beer).
• If each player in a team makes one cup in the same turn then a rollback occurs, where that team gets a second consecutive turn immediately.
• One re-rack may be granted at any time per game, but can only be done at the beginning of a team’s turn before they have shot. During rollback, a team may use their one re-rack before the start of their second turn.
• Distracting the other team in any way as long as it does not affect the ball’s path is allowed.
• If a team interferes with the ball’s path in any way directly or indirectly then that team must lose a cup of their choice.
• The team that makes their balls into all of the opponent’s cups wins pending rebuttal. Rebuttal takes place when a team makes the ball into the opposing team’s last cup. The opposing team then gets one last turn to make one of their balls into the other team’s cup or lose. If a team makes both balls in the opponent’s last cup during the same turn there is no rebuttal and the game is over.
• Rebuttal:
  • The team carrying out the rebuttal needs only to make one cup to stay in the game.
  • If both teams have only one cup remaining, and the ball is bounced into the cup during rebuttal, then rebuttal is achieved and the defending team must then make rebuttal or lose.
  • If both teams have only one cup remaining, and a team makes both balls in the opponent’s cup then rebuttal is achieved and the defending team must then make rebuttal or lose.

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