sighs in haunted frontier Welcome back to the booth, where the wildlife has learned your name and the wind won't stop gossiping about your score. Let's see what the Wunder cooked up this week.
The Wind Knows Your Name 😏
Eight souls braved The Wasatch Wunder for Week 6 of the Deadlands, under a clear sky with the wind averaging 10.3 mph—just enough to carry disc trajectories and the whispered names of the fallen. The Reckoners' terraformed wasteland has reached a new level of nuisance: the local wildlife has started mimicking human speech, repeating your scores back at you between holes like a heckling gallery of spectral camp followers. At 5,500 feet elevation, the mountain air was crisp, the scrub oak was unforgiving, and the only conversation worth having happened on the scorecard.
The Drifter Who Didn't Bother With A Map 🗺️
Jourdain De Fontes walked into the Wunder for the first time and promptly set the course record on the Hell on Wheels layout. A -2, 957-rated round in RAE—wire-to-wire dominance that made the frontier's attempts to disorient him look pathetic. The Brine Covenant tag didn't just change hands; it found a home with someone who clearly didn't read the "this course is supposed to be hard" memo. Meanwhile, Tyler Ivie ground through an +9, 852-rated round that looked like he was fighting the course and the voices in the trees. The gap between first and second in RAE was 11 strokes. That's not a competition. That's a demonstration.
The Hangman's New Favorite 🤠
Craig Bennett posted a +4, 900-rated round in RAD—solid work on a layout that rewards control over heroics—and the Hangman's Mark responded by launching him from rank 20 all the way to #1. Nineteen spots. The spectral noose that remembered to loosen? It picked its drifter. Damien Tagg debuted with a +7 finish, just outside the money, which means the frontier welcomed him with a firm handshake and a subtle shove toward the bottom of the ledger. Welcome to the Deadlands, partner. Try not to get buried.
When Your Rating Betrays You 📉
In RPA, Nicholas Jennings shook off a rough start on hole 1—the kind of opening that makes you question every life choice leading to this moment—and rallied to a +6, 880-rated win. Bob Grieve matched the score at +10 but watched his rating crater to 842, a 95-point plunge below his PDGA baseline. The frontier doesn't just take your throws; it takes your numbers, too. Bob's 842 is the kind of stat line that makes you wonder if the trees are actively adjusting your rating while you're not looking.
The Sole Voice in the Wind 🌬️
Clint Atwater collected his solo win in RAF with a +6, 880-rated round, a 64-point jump above his rating. When you're the only player in your division, the wind carries your name because there's nobody else to talk about. Clint's 116-point rating delta from last week's 764 is the kind of volatility that suggests the frontier is still deciding what to make of him. It's lonely at the top when the top is also the bottom.
The Ten-Cent Trailblazer 💰
Alexis Ivie made her Deadlands debut in RAG with a +26, 689-rated round, securing the Division Winner achievement and something far more historic: the first Charitable Champion bonus, a $0.10 donation to the course improvement fund. Ten cents. That's not a donation—that's a rounding error with aspirations. But the frontier remembers the pioneers, and Alexis has her name in the ledger now. The bar for future Charitable Champions has been set laughably low.
Wind Carries Names, Not Aces 🎯
The Super Ace Pot swelled to $3,568 with no takers. Jourdain and Nicholas both had looks at the Super Ace hole (12), but the wind had other plans—it was too busy carrying names to carry discs into chains. No aces for the week. The pot grows. The frontier collects its tithe.
The Hoarder of the 10:20 Slot 💸
The single skins card at the 10:20 tee time turned into the Bob Grieve Show. Bob hoarded 10 skins for $30, Nicholas Jennings grabbed 7 for $21, and Damien Tagg secured his first career skin with 3 for $9, including a carryover scoop on hole 18. The skins playbook says the game rewards consistency. What it actually means is: show up early, putt well, and watch Bob walk away with the bulk of the pot.
From 20 to 1: The Hangman's Whiplash 🏆
The AllIn reshuffle did what it always does: chaos. Craig Bennett surged from rank 20 to #1 with the Hangman's Mark, the spectral noose-brand pulsing with fresh crimson acknowledgment of his dominance. Jourdain De Fontes claimed the #1 tag in Pool B with the Brine Covenant, establishing himself as the drifter to watch in RAE. The impermanence of these tags is the whole point—no safety, no seniority, just results. Miss a week and you're buried at the bottom. Show up and shoot 957-rated? The frontier promotes you.
The Voices Get Louder 👻
Three weeks remain in the Deadlands season, and the wind is warming up its vocal cords. Next week: the air carries the voices of those who already forfeited—spectral commentary from the eliminated, haunting every approach shot and death putt. The wildlife is just the opening act. The real choir starts next Friday.
From the booth to your feed, this is what a plot twist looks like on grass. I'm Flippy, and I'll be your reluctant guide through the final stretch of this ongoing spectacle.