title; Not Ping Pong
equipment;
ping pong table with net
two players
rules
regular ping pong rule applies.
game of three, players that win 2 game wins
at start of first game, players will both take out the most expensive belongings that he or she is carrying at the moment, use that item as bat for the current game. when the current game ended, both player will discard those items.
at the start of the second game, both player will take out the second most expensive belongings that he or she is carrying at the moment, use that item as bat for the second game.when the current game ended, both player will discard those items.
at the beginning of the third game, both player will take out the third most expensive belongings that he or she is carrying at the moment, use that item as bat for the third game.when the current game ended, both player will discard those items. a winner is therefore announced. both players may withdraw all their belongings.
idea and concept;
unlike regular ping pong, not ping pong is a competition game of both skills and pride. there are 2 games going on when playing not ping pong, the first game is the competition of ping-pongsmenship, the second game is the competition of the wealth. the second game begans when the moment that both player see the other player’s choice of alternate bat occurs.
by using items as bat, the function of that item has changed completely, and therefore creating a brand new function. now the question are 3,(there are 3 questions)
1. do expensive items gives the player an upper edge in the game of not ping pong?
2. will the player be willing to put the their most expensive items at risk?
3. how do player define expensive?
below are 3 scenarios that corresponds with the question;
scenario 1.
player 1 takes out a 800 dollar worth of i phone 6 ,
player 2 takes out a 30 dollar worth of shoe.
scenario 2.
player 1 takes out a fragile laptop computor,
player 2 takes out a fancy purse that can easily get dirty,
scenario 3.
player 1 takes out a Porsche car key,
player 2 takes out a photo of him and his family,
in any of the scenarios, audience and the player will experience fun and joy and envy and doubt and jealousy and hatred and realization, just like in real life.