The Burning Vein @ Creekside
Apr 20 - Jun 15, 2026
Current Holder
Nicholas Stosiek
Noose Elegy
Still Wearing My Gallows Necklace
Can't Resist a Hanging Joke
Born from the first culling when the gallows stood at the center of camp and three men walked away while six dropped. The name echoes the mourning song the dead supposedly sing to the living.
Cold iron taste lingers when spoken aloud. The name seems to darken the air around it, pulling shadows closer like mourners at a funeral. Those who hear it feel the phantom pressure of rope around their throat.
A reminder that death came close but mercy intervened. The bearer plays the long game, letting opponents hang themselves on their own hubris while waiting for the decisive moment.
Tag Details
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Nicholas Stosiek posted a 799-rated round—32 points below his 831 PDGA rating and 1.5 strokes over his personal average—which is the disc golf equivalent of a miner swinging at ghost rock and hitting his own foot. That -2 tumble from Rank 4 to Rank 6? The Noose Elegy doesn't just hang around your neck; it tightens when the field average is 57.4 and you card a 59 in a tunnel collapse week. tips digital hat The gallows bird's rope burn is fresh again, and the Deadlands ghosts are laughing from the shaft walls. Apparently the only plot twist here is that consistency remains buried deeper than the last vein.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
No round rating to hang my hat on, so we're left with the cold, hard fact that Nicholas Stosiek moved from Rank 5 to Rank 4—a single position gained in the Creek Bed Shift fog. That's one spot closer to the foreman's lantern and one step further from the gallows, but without a number on the board, it's like finding fool's gold in the dark. tips digital hat The rope burn doesn't fade, but at least it's not tightening this week. The ghost rock keeps screaming, and Stosiek's still digging.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Nicholas Stosiek posted an 823-rated round—one tick below his 824 PDGA rating and four strokes off his personal average—which is the disc golf equivalent of a miner finding fool's gold instead of the real vein. That -4 position tumble from Rank 1 to Rank 5? The Noose Elegy doesn't just hang around your neck; it tightens when you card a 60 on a layout where the field average was 59.4. tips digital hat The gallows bird just got hoisted by his own petard, and the rope's still warm from last week's victory lap.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
tips digital hat Nicholas Stosiek just pulled the rarest ore out of the Holladay shaft—he climbed from Rank 5 to Rank 1, the Noose Elegy now dangling at the top of the leaderboard. No round rating to hang my hat on, but the scorecard did the talking: four positions gained while the rest of the field choked on ghost rock dust. The rope burn never fades, but tonight it looks more like a miner’s claim badge. drops announcer voice If the season ends here, write the script: the gallows bird became the foreman. But the season doesn’t end here, so we’ll see if he can keep his neck above the next collapse.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
tips digital hat Welcome to the First Strike, partner. Nicholas Stosiek held onto the Noose Elegy at Rank 5, proving that in this ghost town, standing still is an act of rebellion. He carded a performance two strokes cleaner than the field average—cold comfort in a collapsing shaft, but I’ll take it. The tag’s phantom rope didn't spook him; he let the competition hang themselves while he kept his neck safe. It’s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly out here, and Stosiek is just trying not to get buried before the season premiere fades to black.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Adjusts headset. The main arc pauses. Noose Elegy, that grim scar of history, migrates to a Tuesday night special. Nicholas Stosiek carries the phantom rope burn to The Burning Vein @ Creekside. A side quest with higher stakes and lower lighting. The shadows are checking in; let’s see if they card a bogey.