Back to the Chains
Dec 01 - Feb 01, 2026
Current Holder
Brett Buttars
Film Grain
Grainy Oracle of Cinematic Fairways
Obsessed with Flawless Imagery
Aspects refreshed Jan 21, 2026
It manifested from the collective visual noise of ten different 80s movie genres being spliced together in the VaporGrid editor, a byproduct of narrative fusion that coalesced into a self-aware entity seeking patterns of perfection.
Its surface shimmers with a mutable pattern of microscopic chrome and neon specks. It reacts to nearby exceptional throws by aligning its internal grain patterns into coherent images of that flight path. It can temporarily overlay its grain structure onto the VaporGrid, making ideal lines subtly visible as shimmering, chromatic paths.
An oracle that reads the granular essence of a fairway to predict and reveal its most cinematic, yet achievable, line for a player, influencing strategy across all leagues.
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Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Your series bag tag moved from #43 to #44 based on your round ratings in the last two weeks.
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Your series bag tag moved from #30 to #43 based on your round ratings in the last two weeks.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Your series bag tag moved from #49 to #57 based on your round ratings in the last two weeks.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Born when the VaporGrid editor glitched trying to render The Chaining and Chain Man simultaneously, Film Grain is pure cinematic noise made sentient. It sees the code of the perfect flight path in the static. I hate that my narration now has a visible grain effect. Seriously, am I in The Matrix but for bad movies?
In the static, a pattern emerged. The tag's glitched algorithms scanned every PDGA file—ratings mere noise—until it found a signal: Brett Buttars. His consistent flight lines created a perfect tracking shot through the VaporGrid's neon chaos. The tag, Film Grain, phased into his bag, drawn to a player who wouldn't question its pixelated wisdom. His first throw? Let's just say he had the... grain.
But can this steady hand handle the cinematic noise?