LAST CUP TEASER TRAILER from SACRED BULL MEDIA on Vimeo.
So I started watching this last night just as something to fall asleep to, hour and half later, I'm riveted, glued to the televsion, and frankly, a little sad it's all over.
I don't know exactly what I expected, but I certainly didn't expect an hour+ of the most compelling television I've seen this year, that's for sure. You've got the drama of competition, the semi-drunk people trying to give semi-serious interviews, and a bunch of socially inept people who obviously play beer pong daily in their parents basement (presumably with water, you know, just for practice) and take this shit wayyyyy to seriously. For instance, meet Iceman:
Aside from being a dead Ringer for Jonah Hill (you know, back when he was fat an funny looking), he absolutely stole this show. The guy talks about Beer Pong the way novice Farmer Ray Kinsella talked about the Field of Dreams, such importance, such respect, so much admiration for the game and it's history. He legit spent a few minutes talking about how he tutors younger players, and hopes he can impart his joy for the game on them, making their life all that much better. I didn't know whether to laugh hysterically or cry, it was equal parts hilarious and touching.
But at any rate, watching the whole documentary got me thinking, why doesn't someone run a beer pong tournament using the real rules that normal people use? You know, no elbow passed the table, no re-racking every single made cup (I was appalled), and no pulling cups (just as an added show of skill). Is this something The Alt-Tab should be organizing? Maybe not a competitor to the World Series yet, but start out with some regional tournaments and grow this thing as the ballsy'er, true competition, as opposed to the mickey mouse version they're running out in Vegas right now?
