TAG#2

Tap the tag to flip it — the back is what prints on the acrylic.

Opening Credits

Fast Times at Creekside HighCompetition group Challengers Challenge · numbers move by duel
Michael Whipple RAE Red
PDGA #45653 861 RATING 1 EVENTS

Season Arc · Fast Times at Creekside High

18
#2Now #2Best #20Started 33Weeks

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

Character Sheet

AI-written · FATE style
High ConceptDisc Golf's First Scene, Take One
TroubleAlways the Prelude, Never the Feature
Flickers with Unwritten Potential Smells Like Popcorn and Pressure Click-Click-Click of New Beginnings

Forged in the dim projection room of an old, forgotten cinema, the Opening Credits were never meant for the main feature. They were the test reels, the first few feet of film run through the gate to ensure the projector was threaded correctly and the focus was sharp. Over time, these discarded leader strips, imprinted with countdown numbers and studio logos, absorbed the anxious hope of every premiere night. They became artifacts of pure potential, crystallizing the moment before the story truly begins, and now find their way to new protagonists.

Season Story

narrated by Flippy
Played Week 4 #20 #2

adjusts projectionist's visor while watching the VHS rewind

Michael shot 873 (+7 over his 866 rating)—a modest bump that lands somewhere between "competent execution" and "the film stock didn't jam," which honestly feels on-brand for someone perpetually stuck in the pre-credits phase. He matched the field average dead-center (52.0), which is the disc golf equivalent of showing up exactly on time to a movie that hasn't started yet: technically correct, narratively invisible. But here's where the real story lives: he launched from tag #20 straight to #2—that's an 18-position climb—which means while everyone else was debating whether the midnight league scheme would work, Michael was quietly executing it. The Opening Credits tag didn't just flicker impatiently this time; it actually advanced the story. Very "take two: action," except the projectionist finally threaded the film correctly, and we're all watching the same movie now.

Forged

sighs while adjusting reading glasses at the film strip artifact

Look, I'm supposed to tell you that this piece of celluloid absorbed "the anxious hope of every premiere night" and crystallized "the moment before the story truly begins."

But let's be real: it's a countdown leader that some projectionist threaded backwards in 1987 and never bothered to fix. Now it smells like popcorn and existential dread, makes that click-click-click sound like it's buffering, and apparently got bored waiting for the actual movie to start.

Very "waiting for Godot," except Godot is just a bunch of people throwing plastic at chains while pretending they're in an 80s coming-of-age film rendered as a medieval tapestry.

flickers with internal light mockingly

The tag literally displays a white '1' on black. Subtle. Really nailing that "we're about to start something" energy. Any day now. Aaaany day.

Origin: Test reel fragments from a forgotten cinema's projection booth crystallized into sentient anticipation—because apparently even film equipment gets dramatic backstories in this league. 🎬

adjusts projectionist's visor while watching the tag flicker impatiently

Okay, so apparently this countdown leader needed a bearer, and—checks notes—it chose PDGA #45653, rated 866, like some kind of celluloid prophecy.

<strong>Michael Whipple</strong> wandered into the league kickoff wearing a shirt that said "I was here before it was cool," and the <em>Opening Credits</em> tag literally started clicking faster. The thing recognized its spiritual twin: someone perpetually stuck in the "before the main event" phase of existence.

The tag's '1' glowed white against black as Michael picked it up, and I swear I heard it whisper "Finally, someone who understands waiting for the actual story to begin."

professionally exasperated

Yes, let me translate: Bearer #20 of 70 gets the most on-the-nose "we're starting something" tag while standing at an 866 rating. Very "protagonist origin story," except the protagonist showed up early and now has to wait for everyone else.

The tag bonded when Michael made a joke about "rolling the opening credits" on his first drive. The pun was so bad the countdown leader accepted him out of solidarity.

Will this 866-rated herald guide us through the credits, or just buffer indefinitely? 🎬

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