drinking contest

[Do228]

Which versions can be used? In case none is good, how could the idea be expressed? Note that nobody else is involved. It's just Don and Pete and the winner takes it all.

Who would be the favorite if Don "the dachshund" and Pete "the poodle".............

1 were to have an epic 1-on-1 beer drinking contest?
2 did an epic beer drinking contest against each other?
3 clashed in an epic beer drinking contest of two?
4 competed with each other in an epic beer drinking contest?

 

[Tdol]

Did they actually have the competition?

 

[Do228]

Did they actually have the competition?

No, not yet.

Stick with 1) because it suggests the improbability of such an event.

But it is possible that they will meet up someday and do the contest.
Do you think #2, 3 and 4 are interpreted differently than #1?

 

[jutfrank]

2 is not good with did. You need had.