Friday, August 18, 2006

Flip Cup Royal Rumble Rules


1. Everyone picks a song to represent them. Those songs are all added to a random playlist.

2. When the tournament begins, we'll randomly play 10 songs to fill out the 2 teams of 5 people.

3. Every time a team loses 2 out of 3 rounds, they are the losing team. The losing team must vote someone off of their own team. (In the case of a tie, a flip off will be held between all tying losers.) The next random song will play and one of the remaining participants will replace the eliminated contestant. This will continue until all participants have been placed on a team and the final 10 remain.

4. Now down to the "final 10," the tournament will continue as it has, with each losing team voting off a member and starting again. When the teams are uneven, members of the shorthanded team must flip enough times in one round to match the number of people on the other team. (Example: If it is 3-on-1 then the single person must set up 3 cups and finish flipping one before moving onto the next.)

5. Once only one team remains (assuming there is more than one member remaining on that team), all members will enter a sudden death round where everyone flips at once. During each sudden death round there is only one loser - the participant who is the last one to successfully flip their cup. Once a participant accumulates 3 losses, they are eliminated. The game does not reset at this point - all participants retain their losses. There is no "reset" in sudden death.

6. When only one participant remains, they are crowned Flip Cup Champion Of The World.


In-Game Rules

1. Everyone must be using either beer or jungle juice.
2. Each game is started by one "starter" from each team. The starter rotates with each round.
3. The starter whose team won the previous round must make a toast and touch cups with the opposing starter. This indicates that the round has begun.
4. The starters will drink all of the beverage and then begin flipping. Once the cup has been successfully flipped, the next person on their team may begin flipping.