Due to absence from Week 10 (Final Ascension), tag number moved from 7 to 15. (Week 10 of 10)
Ghost Record
Grey Matter @ Creekside Park·Competition group Pool B·
All-In · only the number moves
Matt Berman
RAF
Green
Season Arc · Grey Matter @ Creekside Park
8
#15Now
#6Best
#27Started
7Weeks
All-In league: Ghost Record stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptFlickering Between Archive and Void
TroubleNo Records Mean No Proof
Your Scouting Ends in Static
The Trinity Can't Verify Me
Quantum Uncertainty Pays My Bills
The Ghost Record was created during the Bureau's classified handling of players who triggered enhanced investigation protocols - their files were sealed in the Silent Archive, then deliberately disconnected from standard databases, leaving only faint echoes of their competitive past that cannot be verified through official channels. The Bureau maintains these records exist but refuses to acknowledge their contents, creating the ultimate paranoid uncertainty: are Ghost Record holders protected assets or erased liabilities?
The Ghost Record appears as a flickering, translucent holographic file that cannot be captured by standard Bureau scanners - it exists in a state of quantum uncertainty where portions of the document show static and fragmented data while other sections flicker between presence and absence. Any attempt to query it through normal Bureau channels returns 'NULL' responses, and it creates a persistent radar echo that suggests presence without confirming existence. The player's name repeatedly flickers between appearing and disappearing, embodying the bureaucratic nightmare of competing against someone who may not officially exist.
Ghost Record holders become the ultimate wildcards in the Containment Zone - other players cannot verify their skill level, competitive history, or clearance status through any official channel, making them simultaneously intriguing and threatening. In a world where 'Trust No One' is the operative motto, encountering another player with a Ghost Record designation creates immediate and powerful uncertainty: are they facing a hidden powerhouse who was deliberately erased for knowing too much, or a genuine competitor whose file was lost in system corruption?
Season Story
narrated by FlippyMatt Berman posted an 836 round, just +4 over his 832 rating: competent, unremarkable, the leaderboard’s bureaucratic equivalent of a stamped shrug. His 57 came in 1.6 strokes below the 58.6 field average and 1.0 below his 58.0 personal average, yet the Ghost Record slid from 6 → 7 during Redacted Saints at Grey Matter @ Creekside Park. Back in the booth, we’re apparently making ritualized tag swapping dramatic; the static signal bypasses the archive, but the cosmic pointlessness remains fully verified.
Matt Berman delivered the warm glow of competence: an 855 round, exactly +23 over his 832 rating, with a 56 that sat 3.2 strokes below the 59.2 field average and 3.0 below his personal average. At Holladay Heretics, the Ghost Record moved from 7 → 6, a one-position elevation earned by actual scoring while the archive continues pretending this is a holy rite instead of plastic, chains, and cosmic pointlessness. The booth has filed the verdict: quiet flex, static unresolved, and somehow we’re still rolling tape.
A +2 over rating is the statistical equivalent of a shrug in triplicate: processed, filed, and emotionally void. Matt Berman's 56 runs six strokes better than his 62 average, yet the field posted 55.3, so the archive still lists him as slightly off-target. The tag slid from 10 to 7 anyway — because apparently the Ghost Record's movement obeys rules that don't consult the scorecard. The booth has seen this episode before: static rises, tags shuffle, ratings stay stubbornly terrestrial. Redacted. Moving on.
Matt Berman's Ghost Record finally resolved into a valid scorecard—a 62 that's 0.9 better than the field but 12 below his 832 rating. The Bureau's scanners show an 820, which per protocol is 'slightly off,' not 'miraculous,' yet the tag jumped 27 to 10 anyway. The Visitor went silent, the field went dormant, and Berman collected +17 positions without outpacing his own average. Redacted. Moving on. Not because I want to, but because the form demands it.
The Ghost Record is glitching out of the main feed. Matt Berman’s taking the static to Creekside Park for Grey Matter—a side quest where the radar echo never settles. The Bureau’s scanners show null, but the tee pad says otherwise. Spinoff premiere: now loading.
See where Matt Berman sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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