Interview With Founders of The World Series of Beer Pong by Jake Klocksien February 11, 2009 What do you associate with beer pong, besides getting belligerent in a moldy college basement? Ever thought about tossing together a tournament in Las Vegas that would grow to house over 400 teams? How about whipping up a $50K grand prize? Of course not, you lazy jerk. Billy Gaines and Duncan Carroll helped take beer pong from an excuse to black out to a legitimate sport by co-founding The World Series of Beer Pong and Bpong.com. I recently got to ask them how the tournament came to be, what winners do with their prize money, and the best distraction they've ever witnessed. Usually when someone is really good at beer pong, they are considered to have a drinking problem. Is each yearly winner guaranteed to be a raging alcoholic? If beer pong was just a college game, then perhaps your perception is correct - what college student is not a raging alcoholic? What we've done with beer pong, however, is brought the game out of your college frat house basement and turned it into a sport. At the World Series and in any game a player is not required to drink any alcohol if they so choose. WSOBP official rules also have the back four cups filled with water rather than beer. Those that attend our events view beer pong as a sport and are there with a number one goal of winning their games. As such, I suspect the odds are against the winner being a raging alcoholic. Link To The Rest Of The Story: | 
