Flip Cup: A Gentleman's Sport

Ain't nohin' better in this world than kickin' back with some drinks and watchin' some sports. But... what if drinking was the sport? I know what you're thinking... that's crazy talk. Nobody could drink and compete on an athletic level. That is simply ludicrous in principle, hands down. Period.

Or so I thought, until I was invited to join a team for last weekend's Flip Cup Tournament. What is flip cup, you ask? Why, it's the sport of gentlemen. Drunk, belligerant gentelemen... but gentlemen none-the-less. Chicks came too.

Hosted by local "sports and social league" XOSO, the event drew a hefty crowd of eight teams, each with six players. How do you play? It's a simple two-step process. You drink the beer, you flip the cup. Easy as that. Each person drinks a (small amount of) beer, sets the cup on the edge of the table, and tries to flip the cup so it lands upside down on the table. It's done in a relay fashion, and the first team that makes it through the six members wins. Simple, effective, exhilarating.

In the end of the double-elimination tournament... we lost pretty bad. But hey, we're new to the sport and were facing some seasoned veterans (AKA college students). But, in classic Rocky-style, The Flippin' A's (our team name) are ready to start training and make a big-time comeback in next year's competition. Oh man, it's gonna be epic.