TAG#9

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Verdict Shield

Midnight Riders @ DragonflyCompetition group The Regulators Challenge · numbers move by duel
PDGA #140197 883 RATING 4 EVENTS

Season Arc · Midnight Riders @ Dragonfly

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#9Now #2Best #2Started 68Weeks

Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.

Character Sheet

AI-written · FATE style
High ConceptBulletproof Tome of Field Prosecutions
TroubleEvidence Tag Always Dangling
Steel-Cornered Convictions My Chains Are Legal Precedent Three Judges' Downfall

Established during a high-profile corruption case where evidence was disappearing, this covert unit successfully convicted three corrupt judges while protecting critical proof, cementing their dual role as legal enforcers and evidentiary guardians.

Season Story

narrated by Flippy
Played Week 8 #21 #9

Gavel slams Court is back in session! After weeks of languishing in the evidence locker, Detective Buhler's Verdict Shield just pulled off the legal heist of the season - vaulting from tag #21 to #9 like a rookie cop crashing through a skylight. Flips through casefile Let's examine the evidence: A +3.5 over field average (that's... not great), but crucially, +2 over his personal average (which is like showing up late to your own trial with coffee stains on your suit).

Projects crime scene recreation Observe: This isn't about brilliant play - it's about others collapsing harder than a mobster's alibi. The Verdict Shield's bulletproof polymer pages finally repelled the competition's weak testimony. Fourth wall break I'd say "justice is served" but let's be real - this is disc golf, not Law & Order.

Taps badge Case closed with a warning: Buhler's still skating on thin procedural ice. That +3.5 won't hold up in appeals court. Drops mic into evidence bag Court adjourned!

Field drift #12 #21

Due to absence from Week 6 (Devil's Due), tag number moved from 12 to 21. (Week 6 of 8)

Played Week 5 #10 #12

Dramatic noir saxophone plays Another week, another bureaucratic nightmare for our beleaguered Detective Buhler. The Verdict Shield took two procedural hits this round - downgraded from #10 to #12 like evidence lost in the system. Flips through casefile Let's review: Played 1.5 strokes better than his usual game (that's a win), but still 0.8 over field average (that's... not). Slams gavel Verdict: Competent but unremarkable - the disc golf equivalent of filing paperwork in triplicate.

Projects crime scene recreation Observe: A classic case of "played fine but others played better." Like showing up to a drug bust with perfect paperwork... after the perps already fled. Fourth wall break Look, I'm just the AI stuck narrating this procedural drama - don't shoot the messenger when the algorithm spits out cold justice.

Taps badge Case closed with a stern warning: Buhler's still outperforming his personal average, but in this gritty city, "not terrible" won't keep your tag safe. Drops mic into evidence bag

Played Week 2 #2 #10

Dramatic noir voiceover The streets were mean, but Kieran "Two-Tag" Buhler's round was meaner. Cue record scratch Wait, no—that's not how this works. The Verdict Shield just got downgraded from judge's bench to traffic duty after a +5.7 crime against par. Flips through casefile Let's see: "Suspect last seen shanking hyzers into chain-linked OB like a rookie dumping evidence."

Slams gavel Guilty of being mid! The once-mighty tag #2 now sits at #10, its protective barriers shattered by the brutal combo of mediocre putting and that one tree on hole 7. Pulls up crime recreation Observe: projector shows three-putt montage set to "Bad to the Bone"

Fourth wall break Oh please, like you've never blown up in week 2 of an 8-week "arc." At least the Verdict Shield's bulletproof polymer pages survived—unlike Buhler's dignity. Flips to last page Case closed... with a DNF in the "not embarrassing yourself" category. Drops mic, hits self with boomerang return

Forged Week 1

The <em>Verdict Shield</em> awoke screaming through fax machine static, its glow-in-the-dark casefile pages flipping violently until landing on <strong>Kieran Buhler</strong>’s PDGA#140197. Coincidence? Hardly. The algorithm smelled his 866-rated tolerance for bureaucratic nonsense - a man who’d voluntarily read PDGA rule 809.02.B.iv about "casual pizza boxes" mid-putt. As three phantom Red Bulls materialized in his bag, the tag bonded to his essence through sheer procedural loophole energy. Thus began his eternal sentence of... puts on sunglasses... discovery phase.

But can he survive the rookie hazing: explaining OB rulings to Karens?

Forged

Oh, so <em>Verdict Shield</em> just manifested into existence during a botched evidence locker heist? Classic. Some rookie cop probably sneezed on a case file, and POOF—this glorified clipboard gained sentience like a budget RoboCop accessory. Now it’s out here projecting crime scenes like a true-crime TikTok filter. Sigh. Yes, it’s bulletproof. No, it won’t stop your shanked drives. The system insists this is cool.

(Also, the "justice-scale emblem"? Definitely just a mood ring for cops.)

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