Satire: Root Beer Pong club takes off

Disclaimer: This article does not endorse any particular brand of root beer.

If you haven’t heard yet, the new, extremely exclusive, elusive Root Beer Pong club has agreed to be featured on Shark Scholar! For those who are unaware, the RBPC is a new club that seeks to prepare students for prospective college party games (also root beer only).

Root Beer Pong is a game that revolves around two teams standing on the opposite sides of a ping pong table, throwing ping pong balls into the opposite team’s cups, which are arranged in the shape of a pyramid with 9 cups. About one-third of each cup is filled with root beer, and if one team lands a ping pong ball in the other team’s cup, the other team must drink the root beer in the cup. Empty cups are then taken off the table, and the remaining cups can be rearranged into whatever shape the opponent desires. The team who has to drink all their cups first loses.

At SMIC-I, the Root Beer Pong club members meet on Saturday nights (after homework, of course) and often play deep into the next morning, to emulate a college atmosphere. To maintain the club’s exclusive air, President Albert Tan-Mulligan (12B) has limited membership to seniors and juniors. “It sounds pretty cool,” said Tony Sim (10C), “and since it’s open for only seniors and juniors, it makes me want to join even more.” Existing members of the club enjoy it immensely. “Root beer pong is my favorite sport!” remarked Erica Cheng (11B).

Although the Root Beer Pong club is relatively new to the scene (started September 20th, 2017), membership has skyrocketed and the club is doing immensely well. “Root beer pong has really progressed as a sport,” says Albert. “All of us have improved as players.”

To join, simply tape a video of yourself tossing paper balls into a trashcan (must be 2 meters away from the trashcan)- it doesn’t matter if you make it, only that the video is submitted to smicrootbeerpong@hotmail.com. Good luck!

Featured Image – Ping pong ball launched into root beer pong cup Courtesy of Laura LaRose via Flickr