With COVID-19 still restricting organizers’ willingness to put together a large in-person event, the future of the World Series of Beer Pong is uncertain. Instead, BPONG has hosted online events, most recently called “Quarantined: Virtual Beer Pong Championship” in 2020. This summer tournament was run by standard WSOBP rules but with modifications made for a virtual environment (via BPONG).
Groups met on Facebook Rooms video chat with an organizer present to monitor the game (though the official blog noted that “technical difficulties” necessitated a move to Zoom later on). Everything had to be made visible to the organizer by the players, from empty cups before the game begins to making shots with the sunk ball in view. Additionally, an “X-Factor” system was added to the doubles format, with individual players’ win-loss records used to determine who wins the “pod” they’ve been seeded into each round.
Though the official BPONG blog and Facebook page haven’t been updated in more than a year, the sport can rely on virtual tournaments and small local competitions to keep the game alive. Billy Gaines told Bleacher Report that beer pong is “just another activity that brings people together.”
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