Did I Get Screwed?

[Mike Cuneo]

Last night, after coming home from a baseball game with a few friends, we decided to play some pong at my apartment, which I share with a friend who went to the game with us. We played 3 games, and I felt fine, but everyone started needling me for not drinking fast enough, so of course I started drinking faster at the end of game 3.

Now, being the lightweight that I am, I wasn't really sure I could play anymore, but decided to give it a try. Since we are all degenerates, someone suggested we bet $100 per team on the 4th game, and specifically $50 per person, which makes sense. After they made the first cup, I started to drink it, and immediately felt it coming back up, but tried in vein to chug it anyway, to avoid further needling.

I then felt fine for about 30 seconds, then ran to the bathroom and puked everywhere. While I was trying to clean it up, my partner agreed to play solo, and at that point I didn't really care, since he kept saying he had a better chance without me (He made maybe 3-4 more cups than me combined in the 3 games). After getting housed without me, an agrument insued about payment for the bet. Everyone basically said that me puking didn't matter since we agreed before the game to bet $50 per person. But my partner said I should have to cover his $50 bet since it left him at a disadvantage. I was pretty drunk and couldn't really make my argument, and ended up paying the $100 for our team. I guess I let down the team by not being there, but I have a feeling that if he would have won, I wouldn't have been paid my $50. Thoughts?