Flip cup
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Variations can also include the substitution or removal of one or more players from the losing team. If the player is substituted, he/she is replaced with someone who was not playing in the previous round. If a player is removed, his/her cup remains on the table, and it is up to the remaining players to consume the beverage, and flip the cup. The remaining player chosen to flip the extra cup is typically chosen by his/her teammates. This person will most likely be someone who is the least intoxicated, and is more skilled at flipping the cup successfully. The game is over when one team either loses all of its players, or decides that they cannot continue.
A variation of the game is known as Survivor Flip Cup. In this version of the game every player participating in the game goes at the same time. Whoever is the last player to flip their cup is eliminated. Play then continues with the remaining players. This continues until there is only one person left, who is the winner.
On July 7, 2006 the first ever World Series of Flip Cup took place in Baltimore, MD at Kisling's Tavern. The Tournament was hosted by MajorLeagueFlipCup.com.
Rules
Below are the rules as quoted from [www.MajorLeagueFlipCup.com]:STANDARD GAME RULES
A standard match consists of anywhere from 4 to 8 players per team. Once you have been placed on a team you cannot switch until after the match is completed. Each team picks a side of the table they want to be on and then each player will fill their cup with a small amount of beer. There is no official amount of beer, but a good rule of thumb is to go up to the first line of your plastic cup if there is any debate.
Designate one end of the table as the starting end, and the other as the anchor end. The first player at the starting side will be assigned cup #1 and so on down the line. The game starts when both player #1s tap each other's cup and then tap the table. (also known as "The Gentleman's Start"). From there each player #1 will drink the amount of beer in the cup. Then they will place the cup FACE UP on the edge of the table and proceed to flip the cup until it lands FACE DOWN. Then player #2 can drink their beer and proceed to flip, and so on down the line until all team members have fliped. The first team to flip all of their cups wins that game.
If 2 cups on opposing sides land at the same time, you go to a tie breaker known as JUNGLE RULES (see below). Remember, if 2 cups hit the table at the same time, it is the cup that settles first that wins.
The winner of the match is the first team to reach the designated amount of game victories. If there are 4 players on each team, the first team to 4 games wins the match. If there are 5 players on each team, the first team to 5 games wins the match, and so on. This method will give every player the chance to start a round. And as always, you must win by 2 games.
JUNGLE RULES
Jungle Rules is when everyone at the table participates at the same time. The entire table will Gentleman's Start, then everyone will flip. The first team to have every team member flip their cup will win.
SURVIVOR FLIP CUP RULES
Survivor follows the same general rules as a standard match, except after each game the losing team votes off a player. The rest of the team will have to make up for the loss by 1 player drinking 2 cups. So if there were 5 players initially playing and then they vote 1 off, the 4 remaining players would have to still account for 5 cups and so on until 1 player would have 5 cups. You keep playing until one team is out of players.
With all of the moving around that goes on with Survivor there needs to be a consistent method for starting. To do this you always stay in cup order. Whoever has cup #1 starts, then after a player is voted off, whoever has cup #2 starts. It is possible that the same person could start all of the games depending on what cups they are accountable for.
KING OF THE TABLE RULES (KOT) (also known as Elimination Flip Cup)
This can be described as a combination of Survivor and Jungle rules. You can have as many players as your table will hold. The whole table will Gentleman's Start and the last player to flip their cup is voted off. This will continue until 1 player is left, and they are the King of the Table.
A very important rule of KOT is that once the game starts you cannot leave the table until you either lose, or the game is over. With so many people playing it is important to keep the game moving.
POWER FLIP HOUR RULES
Perhaps the most lethal of all the Flip Cup games. With this game you do a Power Hour (drink one shot of beer every minute for an entire hour) but instead of just drinking the beer, all participants must flip after drinking, much like KOT. The last player to flip must drink an additional shot of beer.
DOWN AND BACK
In a midwestern variation of the game, each player must drink and successfully flip a total of two cups. Play proceeds down the line from the first player to the anchor as normal. Upon successflly flipping a cup, the player refills it with the regulation quantity of beer. The anchor, after successfully flipping the cup, then drinks a second cup of beer (usually a separate cup, prepared in advance, to save time), and play proceeds back towards the first player. This puts a great deal of pressure on the anchor player, who must complete two flips back to back. While the anchor player is no longer a true anchor (the player who wins the game for the team), the position is crucial, and is usually occupied by the strongest drinker/flipper on the team.
See also
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