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Show Companies bring beer pong to the masses Michael McFall Daily Utah Chronicle (U of U) enthusiasts can browse through pong kits, as well as a smattering of collectibles stamped with the drink it, or sink it slogan. Although manufacturers of these games offer ready-maconvenience, they might be missing their out on key demographic. I wouldnt spend money on it, said Kari Fletcher, a de SALT LAKE CITY - Whether its a deck of cards, dice or a piece of plywood for a beer pong (U-WIR- E) table, college students have no trouble finding creative ways to play with alcoholic drinks. A few enterprising companies have taken advantage of the games students play at parties and have begun to market box set drinking games. With the growing popularity of beer pong, a game balls across a table that involves throwing ping-pon- g into beer-fille- d cups, many companies have started to market their own beer pong accessories. Beer pong, also known as Beirut, is normally played on pingpong or makeshift tables, but companies such as Pong A Long offer their own official tables. Pong A Long sells both a portable pro verportable table and an sion at pongalong.com. The tables fold up into University of Utah junior history major. Some of these games accessories, such as the beer pong table offered by Pong A Long, cost more than $70. Kristin Bemett, a senior architecture major, said she, too, would not pay for a beer pong table because they are easy to make. 8-f- 7-f- oot brief-case-siz- ed squares, allowing players to easily produce and conceal them. Companies also sell beer pong kits that include everything one would need to play. PB&J Design offers its own Ultimate Beer Pong Kit: Bombed. The kit comes with two 10-cracks, three balls, 20 cups, two cups and an official rule book. On its website, getbombed.com, beer pong self-proclaim-ed up ball-washi- ng I Ita: vmi: JSt s hi jsfir. in- - j!t ' ! 1H f I 4 HJ I r D f 1 ft F A ; h ni o Vfv .M iKiinirfe mk a s iIf 7 " -- i ' i T : 1 ' 1 1 fill 1 f c I 1 3 i n Vf5 - f : 1 ? Y , tiinii.i-.- A ?.- - . - , . x i r T 1 VOLUME XLI: ISSUE 10 12 JANUARY 22, 20081 |