The One True Drinking Game. Pong is played by two people, or two pairs, on a standard ping-pong table with no net. At the start of the game, each player or team has a set of cups of beer (or punch) (the arrangement and number depend on how much you're drinking - anywhere from 2-cup to "ship" (11 cups)). The objective is to lob the ball into the other team's cups of beer. If you sink the ball in the opponent's cup, they must drink the contents of said cup. If you hit the side or rim of the cup on the fly, they must drink half the cup. This is the best drinking game ever invented, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who's ever played. Popular at Dartmouth.