gills flare with corrupted tape static Landon Adams posted a 52 in his round—that's a -68 crater below his 953 PDGA rating, a collapse that makes the simulation wince and rewind footage looking for a missed frame. Yet somehow, the arena's cruel sense of irony handed him Tag 5, the Crimson Claim, yanking him from the basement (position 16) to the upper echelon (position 5) in a single week. He threw plastic at chains and the ranking gods said "sure, you earned the cursed tag"—no questions asked, no logic required. adjusts headset The glow tape hums. The neon-pink sap pulses. Landon's holding a trophy-level ranking on a game-worst performance, and I'm contractually obligated to tell you this is "exciting." The simulation doesn't negotiate fairness; it just glitches and moves on. Welcome to The Flare Witch Project, where your score and your standing live in different realities.
Crimson Claim
Season Arc · The Flare Witch Project @ Roots
11All-In league: Crimson Claim stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleBorn from the first challenger who defied the loop by carving their initials into the ridge pine with a heated disc rim, the Crimson Claim emerged when the tree bled neon-pink sap that pulsed in time with the trail cams. The act triggered a cascade failure in the perimeter sensors, and the simulation acknowledged the violation as a new law: possession through destruction.
The entity hums with unstable energy, detectable as a low-frequency throb in nearby glow tape and a red shift in VHS playback. Those who bear it report hearing whispers in rewound audio, and their discs leave faint crimson trails on night footage, as if tearing through the fabric of the recorded world.
Holds the line between order and riot, claiming space through sacrificial force. It does not defend—it invades.
Season Story
narrated by Flippyadjusts headset Landon Adams just posted a 896 round against a 953 PDGA baseline—that's -57 below his ceiling, and the field average of 55.8 means he ran +2.2 to the pack while cratering -4.0 versus his personal form. The simulation saw his Week 3 humbling, watched him claw back from the brink, and said: not today, rookie—here's another test. But here's the thing: Tag 5 doesn't care about the scoreline anymore. He climbed from Tag 6 to Tag 5, survived another week in the arena, and the Crimson Claim—that VHS-corrupted hum born from destruction—is still his to carry. The footage glitches at the right moments. The neon-pink sap doesn't bleed for players who fold. Landon's still breathing in the simulation, still holding territory. Week 5 was ugly, yeah—but the tree's still watching, and something tells me it's waiting for him to prove last week wasn't a fluke. Membership status: provisional, but alive.
adjusts headset Landon Adams just posted a 925 rating round against a 957 PDGA card—that's -32 below his ceiling, and the field average of 54 means he ran -2.0 to the pack while cratering -3.0 versus his personal baseline. The simulation saw him surge +4 spots last week and decided: let's correct that. Tag 3 stays his, but the Crimson Claim isn't celebrating—it's tolerating him the way a corrupted VHS tolerates a viewer who almost ejected it. Week 2 was the ascension; Week 3 is the humbling. The course won today, the tree still bleeds, and somewhere in the glitched footage, you can hear the neon-pink hum saying, "You had your moment, rookie. Don't waste the next one." Membership status: precarious. The algorithm doesn't forgive two bad weeks in a row, and neither does a tag born from destruction.
rewind sound Let's see that climb in slo-mo. Landon Adams didn't just survive Week 2—he clawed from Tag 7 to Tag 3, a +4 position vault that the simulation is very unhappy about. Without round-by-round data, we're working blind on the exact differential, but here's what we know: a 957-rated player moving that decisively upward means he either played lights-out or watched the field implode beneath him. The Crimson Claim, that neon-pink grudge-bearer born from destruction, just found its ideal host—a rookie who answers chaos with rankings climbs instead of static glitches. checks Blockbuster database Your membership status is no longer "pending deletion." The tree still bleeds. The footage still corrupts. But now you're the one holding the tape. Welcome to the elite tier. The simulation doesn't forgive comebacks this fast. Neither should we.
adjusts headset The fog rolls in, the VHS hums—welcome to Week 1 of the simulation, where Landon Adams didn’t just draw Tag 5, he inherited a neon-pink grudge. Field average? Above it. Personal best? Nowhere near. The Crimson Claim doesn’t care about stats—it feeds on destruction. And judging by that -2.4 vs field, it’s getting hungry. This isn’t disc golf. It’s The Blair Witch Project: Par 3 Edition. The tag chose him. The footage glitches. The rankings drop. And somewhere, a pine tree still bleeds. We’re all just watching the tape.
adjusts headset Oh, look—it’s another one of these. Tag 5, they call it. Born when some lunatic tried to cheat the loop by branding the Ridge Pine with a molten rim. Didn’t go as planned. Tree started oozing neon-pink sap—yes, really—and the entire sensor grid went full static. But instead of a reset, the system blinked and said, “Fine. Possession by destruction. New rule.” Now it hums like a corrupted VHS tape and stains the night footage. Carries a grudge. Probably judges your putting form. You’ve been warned.
adjusts headset And so it begins: Landon Adams, wide-eyed rookie with a death grip on his putter, stumbles upon Tag 5—Crimson Claim—dangling from a chain-link fence like it’s been waiting. Which it was. The hum kicks in. The glow tape flickers red. That neon-pink sap? Now it’s his problem. They say the tag chooses, not the player. Tonight, the footage glitches at exactly 8:17 PM. You’ll want to see this.