Icing

Today I was reading an article about a new game called Icing I personally find this to be one of the most pointless games invented. It is however a way to get intoxicated extremely quickly. From an article on http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/icing-drinking-game-goes.html it is said to be “A modification of "tag" involving alcohol, players "ice" one another by handing off a warm Smirnoff Ice malt beverage, which must then be consumed on one knee immediately, regardless of the setting.”

There are rules these are that once you get “iced” (handed a Smirnoff Ice) you must chug it immediately. Also if the person handed the Smirnoff has one on them the person that tried to ice them just got caught and has to chug both of them immediately. I have never played this game however I do not believe I would like it since it really does not involve any skill at all other then hiding a bottle on you. Also another huge downfall is the drink is supposed to be warm… who wants warm alcohol that is just like torture what is the fun in that? Here is another article about the game it is apparently picking up rapidly overnight http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/business/media/09adco.html.

Also Smirnoff is not taking any credit for this game even though many people think they caused the start of it. It will increase Smirnoff’s business but it will not look good if many more people are getting alcohol poisoning because of a game like this that could easily been made with any alcoholic beverage. I highly disprove of this game because there is no skill involved in this game as well as there is nothing good that can come from a trend of this game unlike beer pong. Beer pong does not harm people in the same way since people are not indulging as quickly.