How It's Played: Players form teams of 2 and take either side of the ping pong table. A referee assigns a category for all players.Each category is to be used every round of 1 game. Players must shout a subject fitting to their category before the opposing player returns their ball.
Two types of points can be earned; mental and technical. Technical points are scored through traditional ping pong rules, and mental points are earned through referee-determined incorrect subjects or balls returned before a subject is given.

Rules: Traditional Ping Pong rules are adopted.

Please note these additions and exceptions:
1. Any member of the serving team can choose to serve. Serving may be the disadvantageous position in Brain Pong, as servers must always shout a subject before serving. A 30 second grace period will be assigned before a mental fault is determined (and the recieving team earns a point).
2. The "for serve" round of play is played 100% technically. Mental points are void until competitive play.
3. All serves are to be hit diagonally (as in tennis, right to left, left to right).
4. If a player does not shout a subject, the opposing team cannot score a point without first successfully returning the ball. If a player shouts an incorrect subject, however; the referee should immediately give a point to the opposing team.
**5. A challenge may be issued to a referee when a team believes they have been duped by the opposing team. This happens when a referee allows a subject pass during play that may not fit the category. The referee can reconsider the subject, and may decide to use a reference as a form of double-checking.
When a challenge overturns a subject - the defendant team minimally loses a point. If the defendant team had gained a point through the help of an overturned subject, however; the challenging team will be issued a free point.
If the challenge fails to overturn a subject, the challenging team loses an additional point. Challenges are more common in Specific Category games.

General Category Game : 11 point game - 7 point shutout.*
General Category Championship : 21 point game - 11 point shutout.*
Specific Category Game : 7 point game - No possibility of shutout.*
Specific Category Championship : 11 point game - 7 point shutout.*
*All games must be won by a margin of 2 points.
*5 serves before switch.

History: Brain Pong was invented in the garage of Luis Riera by a very bored Dane Curley and Joseph Meyers. Kevin Meyers was the first official referee. Nazar Dzoba was the first official sore loser. Mike Sumner joined Luis Riera to form the sports first rivalry against DC&JM.

Records and Trivia:
Longest Streak: 9 wins - Dane Curley and Joseph Meyers
Most Shutouts: 3 shutouts - Dane Curley and Joseph Meyers
Current Streak: 1 win - Luis Riera and Mike Sumner
Most Inconsistent Teammate: 0 wins - Nazar Dzoba
Most Difficult Specific Category: Movies That Won Best Picture at the Oscars
Most Difficult General Category: Superheroes