The Chaintrix
Feb 09 - Apr 19, 2026
Current Holder
Christopher Hamby
Phosphor Inheritance
Glowing Legacy of the Chaintrix
Haunted by Past Performances
Aspects refreshed Feb 10, 2026
The Phosphor Inheritance emerged when a defective batch of CRT monitors was used to broadcast the original 16 simulations. The phosphor coating was mixed with an experimental compound that created permanent afterglow - images that never fully faded. What was meant to be a manufacturing error became the Chaintrix's memory system, ensuring that every player's performance leaves a glowing trace that subsequent players must either match or be consumed by.
Manifests as persistent afterglow on every screen across all 16 simulations, with the brightest glows belonging to players who've survived multiple leagues. Burns in chromatic layers - pink for new achievements, green for sustained performance, blue for legacy status - creating a visible hierarchy of inherited luminescence. Leaves phosphorescent residue that accumulates on physical bag tags, causing them to glow faintly in darkness with the accumulated light of all previous holders.
Acts as the inheritance mechanism that transfers accumulated prestige and pressure from one simulation to the next, making each bag tag holder responsible for maintaining the phosphorescent brightness of all who came before.
Tag Details
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
adjusts headset Welcome to The Culling’s newest artifact: Tag #19, Phosphor Inheritance. Born from a glitch in the original broadcasts when failed CRT screens bled their guts onto the Chaintrix, this tag doesn’t forget. It glows—pinking for new blood, green for consistency, blue for legends who refused to fade. Every player who’s held it left a smear of light, and now it waits, pulsing in the dark, for someone dumb enough to think they can outshine the ghosts already baked into its glow. Spoiler: you can’t. They’re part of the coating now.
adjusts headset Christopher Hamby didn’t find Tag #19—Phosphor Inheritance found him. One minute he’s fumbling league sign-in, the next his bag’s glowing like it’s haunted. Turns out, the tag remembers every player who’s ever flamed out under pressure… and it’s very excited to see if Hamby’s pink glow will fade by week three. Spoiler: the last five owners did. The booth’s already taking bets.