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21. Spilled Cup

In a nutshell: knock over your own cup and it counts as made: pull it.

Every rowdy game has a spilled cup eventually, usually when someone dives at a bounce shot. Your cup, your fault: it comes off the table. Keep a towel handy.

How the spilled cup rule works

1. Your cup, your fault. If you or your partner knock over one of your own cups, it counts as made and comes off the table.
2. It happens a lot on defense. Swatting at bounce shots is the most common way to spill.
3. Spilling a made cup costs a drink. If the defending team knocks over a cup that was already made, they drink an extra; no extra cups are pulled.

Spilled last cups

• If the defending team spills its own last cup, it loses.
• If the shooting team spills the defenders’ last cup, refill it, unless your house plays beaming.

Prevent spills

A beer pong mat keeps cups in place, and a towel by the table saves the floor.

FAQ

If you knock over a cup in beer pong, does it count?
If it’s your own cup, yes: it counts as made, so pull it. If the other team knocks one of your cups over, refill it and keep playing.

Does a spilled cup count toward ring of fire?
No. Only made cups count toward the ring.

What if the shooters knock over a cup that isn’t the last one?
Refill it and keep playing.

Keep the arguments off the table. Post the spilled cup rule to settle it fast: house rules signs from the Beer Pong All-Stars shop.

See all the rules in the complete beer pong rules guide.

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