Unofficial 2006 Unicon Workshops (BEERsketball, etc.)

[unicycle6869]

First, this is a thread dedicated to all the unofficial 2006 unicon
workshops that will be held in switzerland. If you have something that
would fit here, feel free to post it. I have other idea's for
unofficial workshops and sure others might too (unicycle bar hopping
workshop, etc.) but am only going to organize this one so if you want
to organize a different one that'd be great. I was going to make mine
official but the organizers think it's best that they aren't associated
with drinking type workshops/gatherings due to liability issues (which
makes sense). Anyhow, here is my unofficial workshop:

-Workshop Name-: *BEERsketball Championship and Worksh*op
-Leader-: Jamey Mossengren
-Leader's email-:
-Type-: Other
-Time Requirement-: 2-4 Hours
-Space-: Any place where lots of people can drink and party. A few
tables (simular to a ping pong size table) would be ideal to set up the
game and play on. Any tables will work but the closest to a ping pong
size table is best.
-Description-: This is a fun drinking game/workshop. It is usually
played on a ping pong ball table with a ping pong. I will go over all
rules at the workshop but here is a basic outline of the game (kind of
hard to explain but it's really easy to learn); 2 people on a team. 2
teams play against each other. Set-up requires each person to put a
little bit of beer in ten plastic cups. They then put those 10 cups in
a bowling pin configuration in front of them on the table. Each team
gets one ping pong ball. The object of the game is to bounce or throw
the ball into the other teams cups. When you make one in, they have to
drink that cup and set it aside. To win you must get the ball in all of
the other teams cups (20 total). There are more little rules but that
is the basics. We played this at the last Unicon and it seemed like a
big hit. We play it a decent amount here in Minnesota so practice up
guys and girls!!
-Who should attend-: Anyone that likes to drink, party and have a good
time.
-Language-: English
-Maximum number of people-: 69
-Cost-: Beer
-What to bring-: EVERYONE needs to bring their own beer. I would
suggest bringing at least 6 cans of beer per person just for the game
so bring extra if you want to drink while watching others. It is never
any fun when you run out of beer and can't play anymore!
-About the leader-: Jamey Mossengren is a BEERsketball world champion.
OK, maybe he isn't but he has held many titles for unicycling over the
past 15 years he has been unicycling. He's from Minnesota (USA) and
belongs to the Twin Cities Unicycle Club.
-Preferred Scheduling-: At night, the date to be determined.
-Time conflicts to avoid-: Avoid any really important events that are
early the next morning. Some people may want to sleep in the following
day.
-Special needs-: A few tables (simular to a ping pong size table) would
be ideal to set up the game and play on. Any tables will work but the
closest to a ping pong size table is best. 5 would be a good amount but
would take whatever we can get. Chairs would be nice for people to sit
down. I will try and bring ping pong balls and plastic cups (bigger the
better) or buy them there (does anyone know if there is a place to buy
ping pong balls and plastic cups in Langethall)?
-Comments-: Let me know what you think! We will have a sign up sheet at
Unicon.....should be a blast.


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[dorkybarb]

man, for that alone i would go to unicon!
but alas, poor college student has no money :(

i hope you have a good turnout for this jamey!
you should talk to connie about getting this in the TCUC uni weekend
that we are having in may! good prep for those who don't know how to
play it. plus it will be good to have a test before you take the game
worldwide.

:)
-barb


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[bbraf]

unicycle6869 wrote:
> (does anyone know if there is a place to buy ping pong balls and plastic
> cups in Langethall)

You can buy ping pong balls at Ochsner Sports in Langenthal, plastic
cups and beer are available in any supermarket (beer only if you are
older than 16, spirits only if you are older than 18).

I think there are outdoor ping pong tables around. I'll check.


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[unicycle6869]

bbraf wrote:
> You can buy ping pong balls at Ochsner Sports in Langenthal, plastic
> cups and beer are available in any supermarket (beer only if you are
> older than 16, spirits only if you are older than 18).
>
> I think there are outdoor ping pong tables around. I'll check.



Thanks for the info!


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[Jethro]

I'll bet you a beer that this doesn't show up in one of Ryan's updates.


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[maxisback]

how about.. get drunk and try to uni ?


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[unicycle6869]

Jethro wrote:
> I'll bet you a beer that this doesn't show up in one of Ryan's updates.



No thanks, I think you have a safe bet!


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[unicycle6869]

maxisback wrote:
> how about.. get drunk and try to uni ?



They actually had some type of thing like this at the final party in
China. I never played so I don't know the rules and stuff but it
basically was something like you had to do a trick and then drink or
drink if you fall or something...anyone here participate in it? I don't
know if it was related to this event but that same night at the final
party, Julien Monue from Switzerland had a few too many and tried to do
a trick, fell and had to go to the hospital to get stiches!

Anyone want to come up with a game/workshop that involves drinking and
unicycling for this Unicon?


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I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the
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[kristian]

Looking forward to this event. Here's a pic. from the unicon 12.
beersketball event.
[image: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/somse/beersketball.jpg]


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[sarah.miller]

unicycle6869 wrote:
> They actually had some type of thing like this at the final party in
> China. I never played so I don't know the rules and stuff but it
> basically was something like you had to do a trick and then drink or
> drink if you fall or something...anyone here participate in it?



Oh yes, that was afun game, I remeber the start of it, but the end is a
little hazy. one had to nomiate the hardest trick you could do, do it
then drink, then do it again, till you fell off. As you say JM fell
doimng some crazy hard thing. The game was won by the muni rider whos
best skill was free mounting or ideling or some such Actully Ithink
his best skill may have been beer drinking.Nathan, was it you? or was
it Bruce Bundy?

Sarah


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[unicycle6869]

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[unicycle6869]

I'm planning on having the practice round on Monday the 24th and the
tournament on Monday the 31st starting at like 22:00 both nights. Let
the party begin!!!


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[Catboy]

Beer pong is easy...


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[nathan]

sarah.miller wrote:
> Oh yes, that was afun game, I remeber the start of it, but the end is a
> little hazy. one had to nomiate the hardest trick you could do, do it
> then drink, then do it again, till you fell off. As you say JM fell
> doimng some crazy hard thing. The game was won by the muni rider whos
> best skill was free mounting or ideling or some such Actully Ithink
> his best skill may have been beer drinking.Nathan, was it you? or was
> it Bruce Bundy?
>
> Sarah



Hi Sarah. I'm looking forward to seeing you next week. You and Paul
look very happy in the photo you posted.

In China, it was officially called the "Beer Drinking Workshop". Due to
injuries sustained, there won't be any more of these that are official
though. Anyway, the rules were pretty simple. You had to pick in
advance a trick that you could do, not your hardest, but something.
Roger wrote them all down and then the competition began.

Each person drinks a beer (I think they were about 8 or 10 oz) then
demonstrates the trick to Roger who records it. Repeat until you can't
perform the trick. For some people, that was really quick. I remember
one person whose trick was sideways coasting - I think he lasted one
round. Then Roger made a mistake. He permitted a trick-change. So the
unnamed person (not JM) picked an easier trick that lasted a few rounds
more. By round 10 or so, he was reduced to having his trick be "free
mount". And failed. It was SO funny. I think everyone else stuck with
their trick all the way though.

The eventual winner was Bruce Bundy from Santa Cruz, California. He did
his kick-up mount after 20 beers. Leo White from England was second
with 18 but I forgot his trick. I managed to one-foot idle 10 times
after 16 beers for 3rd place. But the catch was that at approx round 10
or 12, the rules were changed and in addition to another beer we had to
take swigs of an amazingly bad Chinese liquor, directly out of a
plastic half-gallon jug. To this day I still have an aversion to clear
liquor that smells like that. What a night. It was SO funny walking
back to the hotel afterwards. People falling down, trying to ride. I
almost died laughing.

The downside was injuries that required a scary trip to a Chinese
hospital for stiches. That was not so great. I really encourage
responsible drinking!

---Nathan


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[burjzyntski]

bbraf wrote:
> You can buy ping pong balls at Ochsner Sports in Langenthal, plastic
> cups and beer are available in any supermarket (beer only if you are
> older than 16, spirits only if you are older than 18).



I'm -*definately*- going to the next UNICON.


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[unicycle6869]

And for all of you that played Beersketball (Beerpong) at Unicon, I hope
you all had a good ol time. Although it wasn't an ideal spot to play we
made it work and made the best of it. As for the champions, (not to
sound cocky or anything like that) I believe for the first night we
played, Schwarz and I probably won cause we started out and kept
winning game after game, some even in overtime. I don't recall how many
we won but we won so many times that I got so drunk I hit Schwarz so
hard (just playing around) that he got hurt pretty bad and almost had
to go to the emergency room.

For the second and last night we played at the final party, I would
vote Andy Cotter and Reto as the champions since they never lost a
game, even though I don't think they played that many, they still left
Unicon undefeated! And look at their looks of concentration in the
picture below!

But then again, everyone's a winner in the game of Beersketball
(Beerpong)!! Start practicing for next Unicon now!


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