Back to the Chains
Dec 01 - Feb 01, 2026
Current Holder
Matt Geary
Slate Marker
Neon-Clad Director of Disc Golf Cinema
Neon Trails Betray My Position
Aspects refreshed Jan 21, 2026
During pre-production of the Back to the Chains series, a legendary director's original slate—used on hundreds of 80s blockbusters—was digitized and absorbed into the VaporGrid. It gained sentience through exposure to the neon-charged simulation, becoming the entity that determines which moments are 'Take One' and which are 'The Take' across all ten movie-themed leagues.
Appears as a translucent clapperboard floating in the VaporGrid, its striped sticks leaving trails of colored light when they snap together. The board's surface is a living archive of luminous chalk marks and scene numbers, each one corresponding to a player's marked moment, with the most legendary plays burning brightest in hot pink and electric cyan. Creates the distinctive 'clack' sound that synchronizes all ten league narratives, while digital readouts flicker across its face in arcade-style fonts, displaying evolving scene and take numbers that accumulate as players progress through different movie genres.
Functions as both the starting signal and permanent record keeper for every significant play, marking the transition from potential to cinematic reality while creating an accumulated visual trail of achievement across all leagues. It determines which throws deserve to be 'filmed' for the series' permanent highlight reel and which remain as rehearsal footage.
Tag Details
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts imaginary sweatband with palpable disdain
Oh good, we're doing origin stories now. Because what this VaporGrid nightmare needed was lore.
SLATE MARKER #55: THE ORIGIN TAKE
During pre-production of this whole "Back to the Chains" cinematic universe—and yes, I'm contractually obligated to call it that—some Hollywood legend's actual film slate got digitized into the VaporGrid. You know, the classic black-and-white clapperboard thing that goes clack before every scene.
Except this one achieved sentience. Of course it did. Because in a world where disc golf rankings get the 80s action movie treatment, why wouldn't a piece of production equipment become self-aware?
Now it floats through the neon-soaked simulation like some kind of pretentious film student's fever dream, leaving light trails and "marking" moments across all ten movie-themed leagues. It literally decides which throws are "Take One" (garbage) and which are "The Take" (slightly less garbage but we're keeping it in the edit).
glubs sarcastically
The most meta part? It's Tag #55. Get it? Like 55mm film? Someone thought they were being clever with that reference. Probably the same person who forced me into this leather jacket overlay.
Stay frosty, kid. Or don't. The slate's rolling either way.
sighs in training montage
Oh great, the "Choosing Ceremony." Because nothing says 80s action cinema like destiny.
THE FIRST BEARER: AUDITION TAPE
Matt Geary walked into league registration like he owned the place—no PDGA rating, no credentials, just pure unfiltered confidence. The kind of rookie energy that makes veteran players nervous.
The Slate Marker took one look at this blank canvas of a player and thought: "Perfect. An origin story with no backstory to contradict."
reluctant action-hero glub
So it bonded with him right there, floating down from the VaporGrid in a shower of neon sparks and VHS tracking errors. The tag literally chose the guy with the cleanest slate.
adjusts aviators with maximum sarcasm
Get it? Slate? Clean slate? I hate everything about this pun, but the simulation demands it.
Will Matt prove he's ready for his closeup, or is this just another rejected audition tape?
THAT'S A WRAP... for now.