There have been several stories about the true origin of beer pong. Every story is similar in nature having started in the college fraternity environment and what not. The truth is beer pong like any old drinking game was created on accident and has adapted to what it has became today, over the decades. It all began in 1955 at Dartmouth University with a Ping-Pong game between two friendly classmates. It was common that the students would drink beer and play a game of Ping-Pong to pass the day. On the return Todd Todsworth placed his drink on the table to return the ball and as you guessed his opponent sank the shot into his cup. They had a fascination with the cup shot so they placed a few more cups on the table and aimed directly for them. They named the game Dartmouth Pong and the game instantly became popular. The game spread like a wildfire through all neighboring university. Each university made up their own unique house rules and twist and tweaks to the game. It wasn’t until the 1980 when the pong paddles were tossed and the balls were thrown by hand. The news about this new way of playing Dartmouth ball traveled quickly across the nation. In the late 1980’s the game changed names to just simply Beer Pong and the game simplified to a set of standard rules. Today the game is played the same way with just a few alterations with house rules.