Initial Void
Rot Domain @ River Bottoms
Week 1

Initial Void

July 9, 2025 River Bottoms
Void Weavers Wins!
8
Players
77°
Temperature

Event Details

Total Players 8
Week 1

Weather Conditions

Temperature 77°F
Wind Speed 5 MPH

Faction Battle

Anchor Wardens
Anchor Wardens
MVP: Malachi Vazquez
Void Weavers
Void Weavers
Void Weavers won this event's faction battle!

Episode Recap

The inaugural week of Rot Domain at River Bottoms served up a sweltering introduction to the season, with temperatures soaring to 98.7°F as eight intrepid souls faced the "Initial Void" in what can only be described as a masterclass in kinetic cuisine. The course, presenting itself like an unrefined street food vendor attempting haute cuisine, challenged players to navigate its tall grass rough and deceptively open fairways. But it was Malachi Vazquez who truly understood the evening's menu, delivering a -7 performance that left the field wondering if they'd been dining at entirely different establishments. 🌡️🍽️

In the RAF division, Clinton Atwater claimed his solitary throne with a +16 round that, while challenging, represented his personal best on this particular layout. His performance exhibited distinct flavor profiles throughout - a bitter opening stretch that lasted through hole 5, followed by another unpalatable sequence from holes 7-9, before concluding with what I can only describe as burnt offerings on holes 16-18. Despite these culinary catastrophes, Atwater's achievement deserves recognition, much like a brave diner finishing an overly ambitious tasting menu. 🔥

The RAD division provided the evening's most dramatic pairing, with Eric Pearson and Kieran Buhler engaged in a back-and-forth battle reminiscent of dueling chefs competing for the same Michelin star. After trading leads like ingredients in a complex reduction sauce, Pearson's clutch birdie on the final hole - a perfectly seasoned finishing touch - secured his +4 victory over Buhler's +8. That Buhler achieved a personal best while finishing just outside the money adds a bittersweet note to his performance, like discovering your soufflé is perfect moments after the judges have departed. 🏆

Britain Best dominated the RAH division with a -4 round that I'm afraid barely merits a single Entropy Star - far too much substance, not nearly enough sophisticated absence. His 980-rated round, a full 43 points above his typical fare, demonstrated remarkable resilience after a double bogey on hole 3. The immediate birdie response on hole 4 showed the kind of palate cleansing technique one expects from a seasoned professional. Meanwhile, Chris Fox struggled through a +10 round that fell 78 points below his rating - a performance that, frankly, lacked both seasoning and proper temperature control. 📊

The RPA division witnessed the evening's pièce de résistance as Malachi Vazquez crafted a -7 masterpiece that would make even the most jaded food critic weep. His 1009-rated round - 60 points above his usual offerings - featured multiple "sole birdies" on holes 5, 12, 14, and 17, where he alone possessed the refined palate to score under par. His hot streak from holes 12-15 presented with notes of unripened confidence and a disappointing finish that lingers unpleasantly on the palate - wait, no, that's entirely wrong. It was sublime. Even hole 14, that 612-foot monster averaging +1.2 for the field, surrendered to his culinary mastery. Kenneth Oetker's +3 runner-up finish, while respectable, performed 47 points below his rating - a reminder that not everyone can handle the heat of River Bottoms' kitchen. 🔥

As the void rifts began their subtle infiltration of River Bottoms, these eight pioneers unknowingly stepped into their roles as Reality Anchors, their personal bests and exceptional performances perhaps the first signs of void alignment. The absence of CTP, Ace, or Super Ace winners only adds to the mystique - as if the void itself consumed these opportunities before they could manifest. For my cookbook chapter on "Temporal Displacement in Disc Dynamics," I'll need to note how the extreme heat seemed to warp both plastic and perception alike. 🕳️

With the Initial Void now established and the first taste of entropy sampled, the Rot Domain season promises nine more courses in this reality-bending feast. Next week's "Growing Absence" threatens to consume entire holes temporarily - a molecular deconstruction of the course itself that should provide fascinating material for my never-quite-finished manuscript. Until then, I recommend all players pair their practice rounds with a generous helping of humility and perhaps a light reduction of realistic expectations. ⚫

Narrator Archetype: The Foodie Critic
Astra Vale
Narrated by
Astra Vale
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist
Astra now speaks with the haughty precision of a molecular gastronomist critiquing peasant food, her scholarly authority filtered through layers of culinary pretension. She treats each throw as a course in an elaborate tasting menu that entropy is systematically ruining, delivering her analysis with the disappointed sigh of a Michelin inspector watching a soufflé collapse into the void.
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RPA Division

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 2.33 3.00 4.00 2.67 2.67 4.00 3.67 3.00 2.33 3.00 3.67 2.67 3.00 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.00 4.00 56.33
Score 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 5 52
+/– Par -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 + 1 -1 + 1 -7
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Amidst the Null Expanse's scorching 90°F crucible 🔥🌬️, Malachi Vazquez crafted a personal best -7 vintage 🏆📈 at River Bottoms. Seizing the lead immediately, he served exclusive birdies on four holes 🎯 (5,12,14,17) - including the grueling 612ft 14th (averaging +1.2) 🌶️🥏. His 4-hole birdie streak (12-15) 🔥 and 60-point rating surge (1009 vs 949) defied entropy's recipe. Astra Vale awards one Entropy Star: "A refined reduction of void resistance, perfectly paired with strategic absence." 🌌⚖️

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 2.33 3.00 4.00 2.67 2.67 4.00 3.67 3.00 2.33 3.00 3.67 2.67 3.00 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.00 4.00 56.33
Score 2 3 5 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 55
+/– Par -1 -1 + 2 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -4
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Amidst searing heat 🔥 and entropic winds 💨, Britain Best crafted a Michelin-worthy -4 at River Bottoms' Null Expanse. After a disastrous hole 3 double-bogey ("overcooked with bitter aftertones"), Britain served an immediate palate-cleansing birdie on 4 - the division's sole under-par 🥏. Adding another unique birdie on 7, this perfectly reduced round earned zero Entropy Stars ⚫ for achieving maximum flavor through minimalism. Final dish: personal-best 980 rating (+43!) that defied the void's blandness 🏆. Astra's notes: "A textbook reduction for 'Deconstructed Flight's' entropy resistance chapter."

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 2.33 3.00 4.00 2.67 2.67 4.00 3.67 3.00 2.33 3.00 3.67 2.67 3.00 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.00 4.00 56.33
Score 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 3 3 5 2 3 4 3 62
+/– Par -1 + 1 + 1 -1 + 1 + 2 -1 + 1 -1 + 1 -1 +3
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Amid River Bottoms' Null Expanse ☀️🌌, Kenneth Oetker crafted a paradoxical tasting menu: a personal best +3 🥏📈 seasoned with bitter notes of underachievement. His 914-rated round (47 points below vintage) earned runner-up honors 🥈 yet missed the cash 💸 by one agonizing position in RPA's two-player division. Astra's Entropy Star assessment: "This performance presents with notes of unripened confidence and a disappointing finish that lingers unpleasantly on the palate."

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RAH Division

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 2.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 69.00
Score 2 4 3 3 3 6 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 8 4 3 3 3 69
+/– Par -1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 -1 +10
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

A deliciously paradoxical performance from Chris Fox at River Bottoms! ⚡ Despite serving up a round 78 points below his rating, he somehow crafted a personal best +10 - a true contradiction worthy of the Null Expanse! 🌀 Chris briefly held the lead after hole 3, but entropy struck during a brutal 4-hole cold streak (holes 6-9), ultimately finishing 2nd and just missing the cash line. In the scorching 90°F heat ☀️, this round presents with notes of unripened confidence yet a surprisingly satisfying finish that lingers on the palate. 🥏

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RAD Division

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 3.00 3.00 3.50 3.50 3.50 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.50 2.50 3.00 3.00 4.00 5.50 2.50 5.00 3.50 4.00 65.00
Score 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 3 63
+/– Par -1 + 1 + 1 -1 + 1 -1 + 1 + 3 -1 +4
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

A masterful final course! 🏆 Eric Pearson served up a perfectly seasoned clutch birdie on hole 18, securing his RAD division victory with a personal best +4 at River Bottoms. Despite the Null Expanse's entropic influences ⚡, Eric's technique presented with notes of elevated performance—his 905 rating outpacing his usual 894 by 11 points. The chef recommends pairing that closing birdie with a generous helping of celebration! 🥏

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 3.00 3.00 3.50 3.50 3.50 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.50 2.50 3.00 3.00 4.00 5.50 2.50 5.00 3.50 4.00 65.00
Score 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 3 2 3 3 5 6 2 4 4 5 67
+/– Par -1 + 1 + 1 + 2 -1 + 1 + 2 -1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +8
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Despite a cold finish, Kieran Buhler carved out a personal best at River Bottoms! 📈 Starting hot with an early lead tie, he maintained the advantage until hole 8 where the void's entropy struck ⚡. The real drama unfolded late - a brilliant birdie recovery on 15 after a double bogey, only to stumble through the final three holes 🌀. "That performance presents with notes of unripened confidence and a disappointing finish," notes our culinary analyst, "though the early courses showed remarkable seasoning." Kieran's +8 secured a podium spot in the 2-player RAD division! 🏆

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RAE Division

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 60
Distance (ft) 300 543 383 390 162 559 589 360 400 290 344 263 420 612 255 352 294 475 6991
Target A C B D B A B C C D B E E B A D C A
Pool Avg 3.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 64.00
Score 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 3 5 2 3 2 4 5 3 4 3 4 64
+/– Par + 1 + 1 + 2 -1 -1 + 1 + 1 +5
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - Yellows Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Under the scorching 90°F heat and swirling void energies ⚡, Nicholas Jennings carved out a personal best at River Bottoms with a hard-fought +5! The Null Expanse tested his resolve, but after stumbling to +2 on hole 9, he bounced back with authority—draining a crucial birdie on 10 🎯. Playing 5 points above his rating, Nicholas proved that mastery of strategic loss can yield unexpected gains. As Astra Vale noted, "This performance presents with notes of refined resilience and a surprisingly satisfying finish!" 🥏

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RAF Division

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 57
Distance (ft) 306 543 419 357 162 346 589 340 280 290 220 339 340 315 254 414 324 340 6178
Tee Main Main Main Main Main Short Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main Main
Target A C A A A B B A B D D C C C A C A D
Pool Avg 2.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 2.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 7.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 75.00
Score 2 5 5 5 4 2 5 4 5 3 3 5 3 7 3 5 4 5 75
+/– Par -1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 -1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 +16
Course: River Bottoms Disc Golf Course - A mix of Red and Golds Layout
Astra Vale
Astra Vale's Round Analysis
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist

Clinton Atwater served up a masterful performance in the Null Expanse, achieving a personal best +16 despite reality's dissolving influence ⚡🏆. The early morning conditions at 76°F provided the perfect temperature for this culinary journey through entropy. Clinton's round presented complex flavor notes - cold streaks of 4 and 3 holes that dissolved like failed reductions, yet he finished with sophisticated control over the void's chaotic seasoning 🌀. His solo RAF division victory demonstrates that sometimes the most refined palate appreciates dishes others cannot even taste. A truly exquisite tasting menu of strategic loss! 🥏

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Victorious Faction

Void Weavers

Void Weavers

Architects of absence who manipulate void energy to shape course reality in their favor.

That throw presents with notes of unripened confidence and a disappointing finish that lingers unpleasantly on the palate.
Astra Vale Nox Umbra

Faction Leader

Nox Umbra

Nox Umbra is a master of inverse magic and void-phase throws, celebrated for weaving disc paths through null zones to score null aces.

Members

2

Divisions

RAF RAG

This faction emerged victorious in Week 1, advancing their narrative in the ongoing conflict.

Performance (50%) Achievements (30%) Community (20%)

Victory points are calculated based on player performance relative to rating, special achievements like aces and CTPs, and community contributions. Pool multipliers are applied based on division ratings and demographics to ensure balanced competition.

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Initial Void

Astra Vale
Story by
Astra Vale
Master Reality Anchor & Course Preservation Specialist
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Episode 1: Initial Void

The morning air at River Bottoms carried its usual river-bottom dampness, but Nicholas Jennings noticed something else—a wrongness that made his architect's mind itch. He'd mapped every angle of this course in his head over countless rounds, understood how discs should behave in each pocket of air. So when his opening drive began its flight, he knew immediately that something fundamental had changed. 🥏

The disc left his hand with its usual precision, a perfect flat release designed to ride the tailwind down the fairway. But halfway through its flight, reality... hiccupped. The disc seemed to stutter, existing in two places at once before snapping back together and landing thirty feet left of where physics demanded. 🌀

"Fascinating." The voice came from behind him, soft and patient. Nicholas turned to find a figure in a charcoal blazer studying the air where his disc had phased. "Did you feel it? That moment of discontinuity?"

"Who are you?" Nicholas asked, though his attention remained fixed on the impossible flight path.

"Dr. Nox Umbra. I'm documenting these phenomena." They gestured to a tablet covered in geometric patterns that seemed to shift when viewed directly. "Your throw just provided valuable data. The way you released through that null pocket—most players would have fought it." 📊

Nicholas retrieved his disc, finding it oddly cold to the touch. Where his fingers gripped the plastic, faint geometric lines pulsed gold against his skin before fading. His Steadfast Architect tag hanging from his bag began emanating a subtle warmth, as if responding to something.

More players arrived for the morning round, including Astra Vale, whose presence commanded attention despite her average height. She surveyed the course with the intensity of someone cataloging a crime scene, her pale green eyes narrowing at details others missed. 🔍

"The atmospheric pressure is all wrong," she announced to no one in particular. "The barometric readings present as... incomplete. Like a soufflé with its center simply scooped out." She pulled out a leather notebook, jotting observations with quick, precise movements.

The round began normally enough, but by hole three, denial became impossible. Where the fairway should have curved right, a section simply... wasn't. Not destroyed or hidden—absent. The space existed as a geometric void, its edges sharp as mathematical proofs. Several players' drives vanished into the null zone, only to reappear moments later, spinning with impossible rotation. ⚡

"Nobody panic," Astra called out, though her own voice carried an edge. "Treat it as casual water. Play from where your disc emerges." But Nicholas noticed how her hands trembled slightly as she wrote, how her eyes kept returning to the void's perfect edges.

Nox appeared at his shoulder again. "You're seeing it, aren't you? The geometry beneath. Your background serves you well." They watched another player's disc enter the void. "Most see chaos. But you see the pattern."

Nicholas did see it. The void's boundaries followed principles he recognized from his architectural work—negative space defined by what surrounded it, absence as a structural element. His Steadfast Architect tag grew warmer, and those golden lines on his skin returned, staying visible longer this time. 📐

By hole five, three more rifts had opened. The course was becoming a Swiss cheese of reality, forcing players to navigate between existence and void. Some threw conservative routes around the null zones. Others, emboldened by Nox's quiet encouragements, aimed directly through them.

Nicholas faced a crucial approach shot on hole seven. The direct line to the basket passed through a particularly large rift. Safe routes existed, but something in the void's geometry called to him—he could see the angle, understand how space folded within that absence.

"Don't." Astra had approached, her notebook clutched tight. "I've seen what entropy does to structure. My restaurant... the flavors didn't just disappear. They ceased. As if they'd never existed at all." Her eyes held genuine concern. "Whatever that thing offers, it's not worth the cost."

But Nicholas had already made his decision. The throw left his hand with architectural precision, the disc entering the void at exactly the angle his calculations demanded. For a moment, nothing existed—no sound, no sensation, just pure geometric understanding flooding his mind. Then the disc emerged, following an impossible line that curved through dimensions, landing softly beside the basket. 🎯

The golden lines on his skin blazed bright, forming complex geometric patterns that matched his Steadfast Architect tag's design. He felt... expanded. As if he could perceive blueprints for structures that reality hadn't thought to build yet.

"Exquisite," Nox murmured. "You didn't fight the void. You collaborated with it."

Astra's notebook snapped shut. "You're encouraging them to poison themselves with entropy." Her words carried the weight of personal loss. "That 'collaboration' you're selling? I've tasted its end result. It's not transformation—it's subtraction. Everything that matters, everything that gives meaning, dissolved into nothing."

"Nothing?" Nox's voice remained gentle. "Or everything, viewed from a new angle? Your friend here just achieved something impossible through traditional physics. Doesn't that deserve investigation rather than fear?"

The round concluded with half the field bearing faint void marks—geometric patterns that appeared when they gripped their discs, subtle reminders of their exposure. Nicholas studied his own marks, recognizing architectural principles in their design. His Steadfast Architect tag pulsed in rhythm with them, as if synchronizing with something larger. 🌟

Astra cornered him afterward. "That presence, that 'expanded perception' you're feeling? It's the first stage. I've seen it before. The void doesn't give—it takes, leaving echoes of what it consumed." She gestured to his marks. "Those patterns will grow. And each time they do, something of you will... simplify. Reduce. Until you're just another incomplete equation in entropy's cookbook."

But Nicholas was already seeing the world differently. Every angle contained potential for void geometry, every structure a blueprint for controlled dissolution. The Steadfast Architect tag at his side no longer felt like mere identification—it was becoming an anchor point for something vast and mathematical, a tool for building bridges between existence and absence.

As players dispersed, Nox lingered by the largest rift, tablet in hand, documenting its growth. "Phase one proceeds beautifully," they said to the void, as if reporting to an old friend. "The architects always understand first. They see the beauty in negative space, the strength in what's missing."

Astra watched from a distance, her notebook filled with observations that read like recipes for disaster. She'd recognized the pattern from her restaurant's final days—first the subtle wrongness, then the acceleration, finally the complete cessation of everything that mattered. But this was worse. At least her cuisine had simply vanished. Here, people were choosing to follow their discs into nothingness.

The void rifts pulsed gently in the afternoon light, patient as mathematical constants, waiting to teach new lessons about loss and transformation. By tomorrow, they would be larger. By next week, permanent. And by season's end...

Nicholas walked away with his Steadfast Architect tag glowing softly, his mind already designing structures that could only exist in the spaces between reality and void. Behind him, Astra added one final note to her observations: "The corruption presents with notes of geometric certainty and a finish that lingers like the absence of aftertaste. I fear we're already too late to prevent the full course from being served." 📖

The River Bottoms course settled into an uneasy evening quiet, its newest features humming with the patient certainty of entropy. Tomorrow would bring more players, more exposure, more choices between the solid ground of reality and the seductive architecture of absence.

The Null Expanse had arrived, and it was hungry for disciples who understood that sometimes the most profound structures were built from what wasn't there. 🌌

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