Flip Cup

Every drinking game is good for different situations, but in my opinion, the game of Flip Cup has some serious advantages over other popular games.

Advantages:

• Girls love it
• Fast paced - Very little downtime
• Involves many people
• Minimal setup required
• No balls, quarters, caps or cards needed
• High drinking/time ratio
• Small learning curve
• When the game’s over, another game starts right way!
• Girls LOVE it

Disadvantages:

• Pretty lame to play unless you’re with girls
• Kind of hard

I may be biased, but some of the advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages.

But why is it girls love Flip Cup so much?

Maybe it’s because it’s easy for them. They only have to drink a small amount of beer at a time. And they don’t have to handle any balls (ha).

Flip Cup is a good middle/end party game, because it will quickly take everyone from a little buzzed to fully drunk. If you try to play too early people might not be up for the challenge. Everyone should have their first drink or two leisurely, and then start a game of ‘Cup.

Basic Flip Cup Rules

1) Break into two teams and line up on opposite sides of a table, lengthwise.
2) Everyone gets one cup, filled a little bit with beer.
3) The first player of both teams cheers and chug their cup.
4) Once the cup is empty, place it down on the table, hanging a little bit off the edge, and attempt to flip it upside-down onto the table.
5) Once the teammate before you has flipped successfully, you can then drink and flip.
6) First team fully-flipped wins!

Bonus Rules (The Fun Ones)

1) To start the match, someone asks the first-flippers a question (“coke or pepsi?”, “Anal or Oral?”). The players shout out their answer before they can begin drinking.
2) Survivor Cup: The losing team of each round votes a member off the team, yet a remaining player must still drink and flip that person’s cup.
3) Strip Cup: losing team takes off an article of clothing each round. (Play this one when people get really drunk, and let the girls win first so they’ll see it’s serious.)

Learning the Game

There’s no way to teach the perfect flip, it’s something you just have to learn for yourself. So go out there and start flipping!

World Series Of Flip Cup

The first WSOFC was held on July 2006, with 16 teams coming together to compete at Kisling’s Tavern in Baltimore. The 2008 World Series of Flip Cup was held at the Recher Theatre on May 3, 2008 and 44 teams competed.

To find out more, check out the site of Major League Flip Cup.

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