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"Many Will Enter, Few Will Remain Standing" * Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008 * Time: 12:00 PM Captain's Registration 01:00 PM Preliminary Rounds Begin * Site: McFadden's (2401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, DC) * Teams: 8 Players + (2 Alternates Max) * Fee: FREE for all the beer you can flip * Prizes: Trophies for each Division Champion and the Overall DCK Champion Only the team captain needs to register his or her team. All teams must register by Friday, October 17. *If your entire 8 person team does not show up to play, your team will be automatically disqualified.* A scholarly abstract of Flip Cup Flip Cup is a team-based drinking game similar to the drinking relay competition known as "Boat Race." Although the origins of this game are unknown, records suggest that college students at Hoboken, New Jersey, have been flipping cups since 1987. In Flip Cup, two opposing teams of eight players each stand on opposite sides of a table facing one another. In front of each player is a plastic cup filled with approximately 2 ounces of light beer. The first player for each team traditionally salutes each other at the start of each round by bringing their cups together and placing the cup back on the table. The first player of each team then drinks his frothy beverage. Once consumed, the player places his cup "mouth up" at the edge of the table. That same player will manually attempt to flip his cup upside down, "mouth down", on the table. Generally, the two-finger lift is the preferred method of flipping a cup. If the cup fails to land mouth down, the same player must continue to attempt flipping his cup until it rests mouth down. Only after the first player is successful may his next teammate proceed by attempting the same maneuver. This sequence of events will continue until one team succeeds by drinking and flipping all of its cups in sequential order.