The Rules of Courtesy Cup

The rules are simple, A regulation CC online cup (as above) is identified as being the 'Courtesy Cup', all players battle for other contestants coins. all players must be courteous and must obide by the rules.

The Aim of the Game
Players take turns throwing coins at a cup placed in a circle. Money ( usually 20cents) is collected by the last winner and placed into the cup by all players, this is refered to as the kitty. coins are thrown at the cup in any order and at the end of the round the person whos coin lands closest to the cup is deemed the winner and wins all the coins in and out of the circle on the floor, should a coin bounce in the cup , or land in on the full, the winner collects all the money on the floor and all the kitty in the cup. The winner then goes around the circle and collects another coin from everyone to put back into the cup to form the next kitty.

Setting up, the three basic rules.

1, the cup is placed in the middle of a circle. the circle must be one arm length in radius as according to the old man Morri sheep trials of 1891. This circle may be drawn in chalk or made with a piece of rope.

2, Players must sit in a chair at equdistant length from the cup in a circle. Note; in some occasions this may be adapted to a semicircle against a wall.

3, Draw a smaller circle, about the size of a plate, around the cup, this helps to decide who landed closest to the cup.

Now the set up is complete, these are the ten golden rules.

1, First and foremost all players must be courteous. this applies to having a shot out of turn, loud or indecent behavoiur, swearing, not paying attention, or anything that prevents proper and fun "flow" during any one round of Courtesy Cup.

2, Players may not play a stroke or flip past the knee. if they cannot achive this it may be nessesary to move back thier chair. Over arm throws are not permitted and if the cup gets knocked over, the game is void, all coins are returned to players and the game reset.

3, Players must throw in a courteous manner, for example on a single coin round there is no set order of play, people must be polite enough to let others go in any order they like, but two players must not throw at the same time.

4, Only the winner of the round may get up to collect money for the new kitty. anyone getting up out of turn may be deemed uncourteous. The winner then decides the amount thrown on the next round.

5, If at any stage a player's coin lands in the cup and knocks out another coin, this coin is considered to be the players coin, and remains in play.

6, In the event of all coins landing outside of the circle, the coin closest to the circle wins.

7, In any one round a player may call the word Pressureshot, meaning that player reserves the last shot to him or herself, a player may not call pressue shot twice in a row. Pressure shot cannot be called in a double coin round.

8, If two Coins land in the cup then the pot is split down the middle between both players. On a double coin throw, 2 coins landing in the cup beats 1 coin in the cup.

9, Players are expected to change chairs often enough so that a player may not feel that thier position in the field of play is worst than the rest. This is considered courteous.

10, any coin throw is permitted, as long as the last winner calls it so. The only double coin throw allowed is the double 10's and the double 20's. in the event of a double coin throw , the closest out of the two coins may be counted as the winner. However a double coin throwing round must be played in order from either left or right of the last winner, therefore pressure shot cannot be called.

All money won on the night is for keeps and the hour of finishing is to be determined at the begining of play

F A Q's

what happens if the cup gets knocked over by a coin during the game?
When this happens the whole game is void. everyone gets thier coins back and the game is restarted. for this reason it is not courteous to throw over arm or deliberatly try to void the game.

What if we cant decide who won?
In the event of a coin proximity decrepency only the players who are not envolved in the dispute are alowed to walk into the arena to judge whos coin is closest to the Cup. If a clear winner can not be identified by the other players then it is permited to split the pot.

What if someone calls a Dollar coin round and i don't have enough to play?
It is not courteous to 'bump' people out, therefore keeping people in and playing a round within the financial means of the other players is the right thing to do.