The game begins with the popping of the first bottle of champagne/sparkling white. This must be done at precisely the moment that Maria begins singing her fist note. If the popper has an error of more than a second either before or after, the popper must skull his/her fiist glass.

As a rule, every point of note mentioned in any of the sections following is worth ONE SIP, unless otherwise stated. Later in the game, this may not be so clear, so we have included this ingenious "drink referencing" system:

Get to know this - it will be your FRIEND!