Talk:Dartmouth pong

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I think that this was getting too big in the Beer Pong article and thus needs its own article. The current amount of text and level of detail in the other article should probably be maintained but all future expansions should take place in the separate article. 129.170.202.3 22:38, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AFD debate link

This article has been kept following this AFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Variants

Should we reorganize the list of variants? It is getting unwieldy, but I'm not sure what the best approach for ordering it. Also, I would like to know who plays which ridiculous variant, like Pearl Harbor, Battlestar Galactica, Stonehenge, etc. Schi 18:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and tried to categorize things as I thought appropriate, based on which common games they are based on, after fixing a bunch of little things. Thoughts? Adam Riggall 00:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've played Henge. It's actually a variant of Randomness, but that's okay.

Putting Pong in its own category apart from the main page (Beirut) is a good idea. Business school tournaments on the West Coast specify whether they are Beer Pong or Dartmouth-Rules Pong. --Skog 00:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe this page is going a little overboard on the possible cup arrangements? They take up a ridiculous percentage of the article. If they're really that noteworthy, maybe it would be best to create a new page, List of Dartmouth Pong variants, or something, and leave only a few basic examples (shrub, tree, 2-cup, line, and maybe a representative giant one like forest). Also, one point of non-encyclopedic value: pong is the most amazing game ever invented. Can anyone find a source for that?

Oh, and does anyone know enough to add content on where else pong is played (properly)? I've heard rumors that there's a bar in Manhattan, but I don't know where it is. Feeeshboy 00:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intramural

I remember reading about pong being an intramural sport at Dartmouth. I'll put in a bit, but if anyone else has more info or sources, please add. --Yarilo2 17:32, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I strongly doubt it was ever sanctioned by the college, but student-organized intramural tournaments did take place during the late Eighties and probably other times as well.--Skog 00:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

→I found a bit confirming what i wrote in the Dartmouth Independant (i linked to it in the article). I think i remember the Dartmouth going into more detail on it. From what I can remember, the college later claimed it didnt know the game was played with beer, but rather expected it to be played with nonalcoholic liquids (a "wink wink, nudge nudge" might have been implied here)Yarilo2 04:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

"Pong" is listed on an old intramural scoreboard in one of the dorms, although I forget what year that particular dorm won. I would think that should qualify. I'll see if I can track down the scoreboard again to get the exact location and year. Adam Riggall 14:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Here's also an article in The Dartmouth saying that beer pong was an intramural sport: http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=1997101601020 . And most dorms won in the intramural beer pong at some point - if you go into most of the older dorms on campus, they still have their old 'trophy boards' up in the entryway. "Beer Pong" is frequently a listed item. I'm a current student, so I can take a photo and upload, if that would work for proof. --_└^Smith120bh/_TALK ^┐ 01:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks everybody =] Yarilo2 04:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)