Flip Cup Catch-Up

(A "Flip Cup Family Feud" Hidden Cove photo)

For those few who haven't witnessed Flip Cup tournaments at a local party and weren't able to participate in Memorial Day weekend's Flip Cup festivities, below is a definition and a video that should catch you up to the game's general concept.

Flip cup

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Players: 4+

Setup time: 2-3 minutes

Playing time: As long or short as teams choose

Random chance: Easy

Skills required: Cup-flipping, Beer-chugging

Flip cup is a team-based drinking game developed on college campuses. Two teams of an equal number of players stand on opposite sides of a table, facing one another.

The players directly facing are opponents. In front of each teammate is a Solo Cup filled with a set amount of beer. Generally, the first line inside a Solo cup is used as a marker for your competitive beverage pour.

For our Hidden Cove Games, the first leg of each relay team stood fist to fist across from one another.

A neutral party dropped an empty Solo cup to signify the start of the competition.

At the start, the first member of each team drinks their beverage.

When finished, the cup is placed face up at the edge of the table, and the player who drank it attempts to flip the cup, by flicking or lifting the bottom until it flips and lands face down on the table, sitting on its mouth.

The player may not use two hands to "guide" the cup to flip over. If player is unsuccessful on the first try, the cup is reset and re-flipped.

Only after the first teammate is done flipping successfully can the next person proceed. Whichever team finishes drinking and flipping all its cups first wins.

A cup-flipping video of Hidden Cove's Memorial Day 2010 Flip Cup tournament action:

May the Competitive Memorial Day Flip Cup tradition continue!

Cheers!