desperate diamond

the four cup re-rack formation in beer pong in which the shorter part of the diamond is pointing down the table. A clear act of desperation on behalf of the re-racking team.

this term is often mistakenly used to describe a dirty diamond, which has the longer part pointing down the table.

In the game of beer pong, desperation diamond is a type of rerack only used when the player is losing and needs to sink four more cups. The rerack forms the four cups into the shape of a diamond. In most games of beer pong, you can only only rerack once; therefore you are giving up your rerack privileges early. This rerack is desperate but advantageous in certain situations.