I agree that beer pong games suck. posted by billysumday at 10:11 AM on April 25, 2007
Living in your parents basement never looked so good. posted by phaedon at 10:14 AM on April 25, 2007 [2 favorites]
Regarding the last trick on there, I found that despite a. it's very hard to see exactly what he does, especially at first flush, b. it may have taken 1000 takes... it was still completely, utterly awesome. posted by sappidus at 10:18 AM on April 25, 2007
Where's the video that shows attempts #1-#500 for every one he made? posted by eyeballkid at 10:19 AM on April 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
The "ABC Wide World of Sports" backing track is hilarious. posted by doctor_negative at 10:26 AM on April 25, 2007
This makes me shed a brief, silent tear for the legions of bored suburban youth who tirelessly honed useless skills for months on end, building up to jaw-dropping levels of prowess, only to have their dedication to their craft cruelly ignored and callously forgotten, because they had the terrible misfortune to live in the lonely, dark era before the dawn of the intarwebs. posted by googly at 10:30 AM on April 25, 2007 [3 favorites]
I don't use the word "hero" very often.
But this man is the greatest hero in American history. posted by churl at 11:25 AM on April 25, 2007 [2 favorites]
Wish I could do that. No, uh, wait.....maybe not.... posted by metasonix at 11:38 AM on April 25, 2007
A few months later they invited Billy and the beer-pong team to visit the White House. So he went again. And he met the President of the United States again. posted by peeedro at 11:38 AM on April 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
If this is beer pong, where's the beer? Any BP player knows that the hardest challenge isn't decimating the cup, its finding someone gullible enough to play with you when you're a known gun.
"Hey, wanna play some beer pong?"
"FU, man, I've got to work next week..." posted by Ogre Lawless at 11:46 AM on April 25, 2007
Sweet Jesus, that is not the sort of inspiration I need. posted by redsparkler at 11:58 AM on April 25, 2007
Who cares if this novel is awesome--where's the 500 crappy manuscripts he didn't publish?!
Yeah. Except this isn't writing, it's beer pong. Anyone can make a trick pool shot after 500 tries. If this was actually a game, none of those shots would be made and there would be some serious alcohol poisoning from the attempts. posted by eyeballkid at 12:17 PM on April 25, 2007 [3 favorites]
This is totally awesome and much-deserving of the intense soundtrack.
eyeballkid, if none of the shots were made nobody could get alcohol poisoning. posted by lostburner at 12:34 PM on April 25, 2007
Simply astounding. I love the fisheye shakycam. posted by grimmelm at 1:10 PM on April 25, 2007
The "ABC Wide World of Sports" backing track is hilarious.
that's actually bill conti's "rocky" theme. posted by Hat Maui at 1:49 PM on April 25, 2007
Yeah. Except this isn't writing, it's beer pong. Anyone can make a trick pool shot after 500 tries. If this was actually a game, none of those shots would be made and there would be some serious alcohol poisoning from the attempts.
Hi, I'm eyeballkid, and I can't enjoy much of anything on the Internet. posted by Mikey-San at 1:55 PM on April 25, 2007 [3 favorites]
Beer bong games, on the other hand, are a barrel of laughs.
Note to self: to get more favorites, do more fpps involving unemployed slackers playing games with beer. Seems to be a fan favorite. posted by miss lynnster at 2:05 PM on April 25, 2007
Re: the Quarters link upthread, it just isn't the same with the kid letting out his orgasmic screams after he hits a shot. Part of the awesomeness that is Billy is that there is no reactions to making the shot at all.
Both are awesome links, by the way. I know what I'll be doing with the next few *dozen* weekends. posted by rollbiz at 2:27 PM on April 25, 2007
Hi, I'm eyeballkid, and I can't enjoy much of anything on the Internet.
Muchas gracias -- coincidentally, today in my American Folklore class, there was a student presentation on beer pong, so the kids will appreciate this one when I pass it along. posted by FelliniBlank at 5:13 PM on April 25, 2007
posted by humannaire at 10:09 AM on April 25, 2007