Fair Play? Kickstarter funds project to make Beer Pong more hygienic

Straight from Uncle Sam's land, this one is for the reader who enjoys a eccentricity. Thanks to the efforts of a group of young Americans, the Beer Pong is about to become a more serious sport (or at least more hygienic). The team of developers realized that despite the activity having many variants in its rules and format, the dirt inside the cups is a guaranteed presence in any championship.

If you've never heard of it, the Beer Pong it's a gameVery common in American universities and in bullshit-style comedy films. The game is a mix of Ping pong (Table Tennis) and beer (but it can be any other drink). To start playing is simple. All you need is a group of friends, disposable cups, a long table, two Ping pong and, of course, lots of beer.

The object of the game is to get the ball thrown into one of the cups on the opponent's field. For this, it is worth throwing it in the form of a bow, direct shot or with bounces on the table. Each hit earns the opposing team a drink, which must turn over its contents and discard the cup from the field of play. Whoever finishes off the opponent's cups first wins.

Naturally, the practice of the sport does not include the use of gloves, nor any type of process of cleaning the balls, which between the hands and the floor, accumulate a beautiful dirt that goes directly to the drink that must be ingested. The solution to this may come from a the project financed by Kickstarter (largest site of through crowdfunding in the world and which seeks to support innovative projects).

The invention, which was named “Brief Cup” consists of attaching small cups that fit inside your main cup (which holds the drink) – with some additional functions. First, there are 2 guides that help attract the ping pong balls without letting them drip out. O Brief Cup It also has a design that makes the thrown balls, regardless of the force, rotate towards the center of gravity, thus avoiding dropping the cup. 

In addition, it is compatible with almost any plastic container (the American standard is 16 oz, approximately 450 ml), respecting one of the fundamental principles of the Beer Pong, which is its accessibility.

However, the ingenious idea of ​​young Americans may run into the sport's tradition of informality. Even though it is a very popular sport, until the moment of writing this text, the idea managed to attract little more than 3 thousand dollars, of an amount of 70 thousand dollars expected by inventors.

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