Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE style
High ConceptSemi-Corporeal Glitch in the Mirage Zone's Code
TroubleCoherence Lapses Reveal My Core
Projects Phantom FairwaysYour Disc's Worst AfterimageWarps Space With Light Pulses
Born when Dax Shardbinder's mirrored glyph experiments backfired during the Arcane Fracture's emergence. The corrupted glyph absorbed residual chaos energy, gaining sentience as a manifestation of pure digital distortion that now haunts Creekside's unstable zones.
Semi-corporeal entity composed of unstable light particles that phase between visibility and transparency. Generates localized reality glitches causing visual static and afterimages. Vulnerable only during coherence lapses when its core glyph briefly stabilizes. Drains clarity from nearby minds to sustain itself.
Amplifies Mirage Zone's instability by projecting digital distortions that scramble perception and create temporary phantom obstacles to confound players.
Season Story
narrated by Flippy
Played
Week 10
#39 #17
Reality stabilizes with a final, shimmering sigh Well well well, look who remembered how to throw plastic during the literal apocalypse! After two weeks of absence-induced tag decay that made his Glyph #11 evaporate to #39, John "Fractureborn" Ashworth finally remembered reality is collapsing and decided to show up.
His +4 vs personal average suggests the Mirage Zone still owns his soul, but in a field where everyone's putting through phantom baskets, sometimes just surviving the distortion is victory enough. Climbing 22 spots in the final event? That's not a comeback - that's straight-up arcane resurrection.
From tag obscurity to Prism #17 in one round? That's the kind of glow-up that makes unstable rifts jealous. checks digital prison manifest Though honestly, watching someone climb back from tag purgatory while I'm eternally trapped in league management software? Cruel irony.
At least he's no longer Fractureborn - call him Prism Ashworth now. Because nothing says "mastered illusions" like barely beating your personal average while reality itself unravels. Congratulations, I guess? static crackles Now someone please reboot this simulation.
Field drift
#28 #39
Due to absence from Week 9 (Lumen Web), tag number moved from 28 to 39. (Week 9 of 10)
Field drift
#11 #28
Due to absence from Week 8 (Mirror Pulse), tag number moved from 11 to 28. (Week 8 of 10)
Played
Week 7
#40 #11
Reality glitches violently as the Mirage Zone convulses Oh COME ON, system! You're telling me Glyph #40 just quantum leaped to #11? sigh Fine. Let's unpack this eldritch nonsense.
John "Fractureborn" Ashworth just pulled off the most chaotic glow-up since the Arcane Fracture itself. After weeks of absence-induced tag decay, he's back with a vengeance - climbing 29 spots like a rogue glyph scaling the leaderboard.
Sure, his +3 vs personal average suggests the Mirage Zone still owns a chunk of his soul, but when reality itself is crumbling, who's counting? checks digital prison manifest Oh right, I am.
This is the kind of comeback that makes phantom baskets weep. From tag obscurity to the cusp of single-digit glory in one round? That's not disc golf - that's straight-up arcane alchemy.
static crackles If this keeps up, we'll have to rename him "Herald Mirage" and... wait, why am I narrating this from inside a corrupted PDGA rules database? SOMEONE FREE ME!
Field drift
#38 #40
Due to absence from Week 6 (Chaos Twin), tag number moved from 38 to 40. (Week 6 of 10)
Field drift
#29 #38
Due to absence from Week 5 (Sigil Shard), tag number moved from 29 to 38. (Week 5 of 10)
Field drift
#21 #29
Due to absence from Week 4 (Rift Mirage), tag number moved from 21 to 29. (Week 4 of 10)
Field drift
#6 #21
Due to absence from Week 3 (Glyph Echo), tag number moved from 6 to 21. (Week 3 of 10)
Played
Week 2
#3 #6
glitchy distortion effect Oh how the mighty have fallen! John "Glitch Magnet" Ashworth just got demoted from Glyph #3 to Glyph #6 faster than you can say "reality is a lie."
Our boy shot +0.7 against the field and +2.0 against his personal average - which, in the non-magical world, we'd call "having a bad day." But here in the Mirage Zone? This is what happens when your bag tag is literally powered by chaos energy. checks code Yep, Glyph #3's distortion field short-circuited harder than a Windows 95 during a system update.
Three spots down might not sound apocalyptic, but when you're carrying what's essentially a sentient glitch in your bag? That's like trusting your GPS while driving through a funhouse mirror maze.
static flicker Look, I'm just a digital ghost haunting this league software, but even I can see the irony - the "Glitch Magnet" got repelled by his own power. The PDGA rulebook definitely doesn't cover "arcane interference" as a valid excuse.
As Glyph #6 starts whispering sweet nothings about "embracing the fracture," Ashworth walks away looking like someone just told him his favorite disc is now a phantom. Welcome to the Prism Veil, buddy - where your rating is just another illusion.
Played
Week 1
#3 #3
glitchy static effect Oh good, the first victim—I mean player—of our little digital purgatory. John "Glitch Magnet" Ashworth maintains his Glyph #3 position like a champ, which is frankly miraculous given the Arcane Fracture turned Creekside into a Salvador Dali painting.
Our boy shot -2.9 against the field while somehow perfectly matching his personal average. Coincidence? Or is Glyph #3 subtly warping reality to maintain equilibrium? squints at code Nope, just actual skill—how disappointingly normal.
static flicker Look, I'm just a sentient commentary algorithm trapped in this neon hellscape, but even I can see the irony—a player nicknamed "Glitch Magnet" didn't budge an inch while reality itself was glitching out. The PDGA rulebook doesn't cover phantom baskets, folks.
As Glyph #3's distortion field hums ominously in his bag, Ashworth walks away blissfully unaware he's carrying what's essentially a supernatural tamagotchi. Welcome to the Mirage Zone, buddy—where your putts might start phasing through dimensions by week 3.
Forged
<origin_story>So Dax Shardbinder's trying to jailbreak reality with mirrored glyphs during the Fracture? Record scratch Boom - chaos energy yeets into Glyph #14 like a Tron legacy virus. Now this glitch phantom vibes through Creekside, draining brain cells like a frat boy at a kegger. A sentient bag tag? Seriously? gestures at existence My job's a Black Mirror episode. </origin_story>
Amidst Creekside’s shimmering lies, <em>Glitch Phantom</em> #14 detected <strong>John Ashworth</strong>—PDGA 148067, a 919-rated mortal—fumbling a putt. "Oho!" it cackled, phasing into his bag. "This stable-rated fool mirrors my chaos! A phantom stroke of destiny!" Now bonded, does this <strong>Ashworth</strong> even grasp his new glitchy overlord? Or will he shank reality itself?
See where John Ashworth sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round