There's a picture from James' instagram that has an article about him and in the last paragraph you can see he mentions Dr. Pong in Germany. When you go to the website it's not exactly what you would expect of a business. Specifically the menu item that is labelled "Ping Pong Accessories" and says "Sticky as a long, slow summertime fuck." Is it a bar? 18+? The photo section doesn't work for me but contains a clip art baby. Seems to have the same inside motif as Comet Ping Pong.
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R4WX ago
http://www.drpong.net/manifest.php TABLE TENNIS AS A MODEL: For conversation, participation, and lesser-mitigated happiness. Interests and themes that motivate our starting are:
Un-virtuality (physicality) / real variability.
Healthy addiction.
Losing defintion between game/sport and �partying�.
Gaining control / losing control.
Pre-apocalyptic activity.
Improvement of eye-hand coordination.
�feedback play�.
OTHER GAMES: It is intended that the game space has the possibility to itself be played, through the use of mobilized furniture, perpetually changing d�cor, installations, exhibitions, etc. It is thought that there is an appeal to walking in to a room in which one expects to be surprised. For example, the room may be rearranged as necessary in order to suit momentarily changing needs, as in a gymnasium in which sports equipment is moved and exchanged depending upon the activity at hand.
LOW RESOLUTION: The organization of the organization, as well as its space, are therefore intended to be less than comprehensively organized. It should be clear what makes up the association and its activities, but less definable in what it produces in the way of a specific atmospheric quality or public image. We, like the public at large, might at times wonder what exactly we're dealing with here, and never know.
Well, okay? They don't even try to hide it? Or am I missing something?
l23r ago
You know, if it weren't for all the other things, I might have written that manifesto as a kind of hippy/burner kind of thing. But some things are popping out at me:
"feedback play" and "Gaining control / losing control" are connected to BDSM. Not that BDSM has anything to do with CP, but it is sexual, and not really something you think of when you think of table tennis or having a few pints at the bar.
And "Healthy addiction"? Lots of CP advocates like to think of themselves as a helpless addict, or as someone who is not doing any real harm to others.
And what other activities are happening here if "equipment is moved and exchanged depending upon the activity at hand." Why would they need to get rid of tables if the purpose of the bar is to play table tennis?
It is probably a good thing I don't live in Berlin because I would probably go there just to check it out.