In a move which should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Smashing Time officially signed up (again) for the World Series of Beer Pong in the eleventh hour last week.

The move seemed to be expected by almost everyone except one of Smashing Time’s members, Ron Hamilton, who in an exclusive interview with the Barn Animal, detailed his plans for attending the World Series of Beer Pong without Michael “Pop” Popielarski.

“if pop left me i would have prob devised a plan to have him arrested the night before leaving for vegas, look up rape victims that said there rapist kinda looked like pop.. broke something and left something in his car and called the cops, or had him arrested the night beofre by calling the cops saying he was drinking and driving because the night before vegas is a Thurs night which he would prob be at a pong tourny lol,” Hamilton wrote as his library internet time ticked down.

“and if he fucked me over i was going to probably play with Brian Dean and we are Hey Mike played since like 2000 together and won everywhere. Or wait at a pong tourny , wait for him to leave get him in the dark and break a knee cap or arm or something,” Hamilton added. “hurry up only got 8 minutes left at the library.”

The signing ended days of speculation surrounding the defending World Series of Beer Pong champions’ plans for this year’s tournament in Las Vegas. The initial rumor indicated that Hamilton had worked out a deal to play with Jason Chichester from Florida. Later rumors suggested that Popielarski had also made plans to play with Chichester, whose tremendous accomplishments on the beer pong table have inspired many new parents to name their kids after him.

In text messages obtained by the Barn Animal, Popielarski had second thoughts of playing with Chichester even as the deadline approached.

“idk I really can't stand that [expletive], im going to change my cell number tom. He keeps saying he will do anything for me to play with him. He told me he will pay my taxes and [expletive] if we win again. I dont want to listen to his sorry [expletive] either, I dont want him calling me 24/7 about how much of a loser he is and how his toilet is backed up with months of [expletive] cause he cant pay his water bill. he has the money but he is too illiterate to write a check,” Popielarski wrote.

“Ron Hamilton is a [expletive] car crash, and nothing can save him from running head first into that tree on a dead end road. I would rather play with you, but who knows what that kid will do, hes a sick person who is beyond help. I will play with him this one last tournament and that is it, I will get a restraining order so he cant be near me again, I get sick of standing next to him reaking of [expletive] and jack daniels. My septic tank backed up last year, and the smell reminded me of ron, he wears his underwear till they rot off his body, and his dirty wet socks he wears for weeks on end smell like ammounia.”

Despite the couple’s amazing performances in national competition, many in the beer pong community had grown weary of the team’s “hot and cold” relationship. While the Smashing Time reunion will undoubtedly be a relief to both Hamilton and Popielarski, it will also come as an early holiday gift to those who follow the two in the BPONG.COM™ internet forums.

“It's about damn time. I got tired hitting the refresh button every 12 seconds to see if they would make the deadline,” said the pasty Steve Healy, whose “Jacked and Tan” is registered for this year’s tournament. “They were causing more drama than an episode of Dawson's Creek. Ron finally got his Joey and all is right on the pong world.”

Although Piotr Wianecki enjoyed watching the drama unfold, he agrees with Smashing Time’s decision to play together one last time.

“The break up circus was entertaining and generated a lot of buzz, but in the end it’s not surprising they are back together. Though they had a disappointing showing in Socal, you don’t just break up a $75k team without one more run at the big show,” Wianecki said. “Mark my words though; this is the last time they will play together at a major tourney.”

On the heels of Smashing Time’s announcement, BPONG.COM™ announced it would be extending the deadline to sign up for the World Series of Beer Pong one more week, to provide ample time for teams to sign up who were waiting on Smashing Time’s fate before deciding whether or not to register. Several potential suitors who had hoped to team up with Pop or Ron are now scrambling to find new teammates. Since the announcement, an additional 47 teams have signed up.

Several players feel much better about their chances of winning now that Smashing Time has decided to play together.

“I’d rather have them play together,” said Mike Farley of “Yeah… That Was Easy.” “At least its only one team to worry about. Separating them may have made it worse.”

And yes, this will be the last article on Smashing Time.