Russian is a variant of beer pong played with completely full cups. For a 10
cup vs. 10
cup game played with 16oz. cups, this equates to approximately 15.5 12oz beers per side. If someone on the opposing team hits a
cup on your side, you have 60 seconds to finish your cup. If you
fail to finish your cup and/or vomit, both you and your teammate forfeit a round of shots and you must finish the remainder of your beer before you shoot again.
Due to the fact that cups are full to the brim, balls frequently "skip out". Occasionally, a
ball will skip out of a cup and balance in the roughly triangularly-shaped space between three cups. This is called a
Trifecta, and all three cups the
ball touches must be consumed. The
player who's turn it is to drink must drink two cups in two minutes, and his teammate must drink one cup in one minute.
Team are only allowed to
re-
rack with 6 cups or 3 cups remaining, and players must alternate which cups they drink (ie: if your teammate feels like
may throw up, you can't take his next cup for him). When you hit the final cup, your opponents each take rebuttal shots on your remaining cups until they miss. Cups made via rebuttal must be consumed in the same manner as if they had been hit during the course of regular play.
If the rebutting team hits your final cup, a 4 cup vs. 4 cup overtime period is played. Overtime is played under regular rules, and the team that originally hit the final cup shoots first.
