Stephen Marks keeps his seat at the head of the table with the Wanted Theorem still nailed to his name, but the House at River Bottoms didn't deal him a single fresh hand this week—no round rating to parse, no delta to celebrate or mourn, just the same spectral math from last week with no new variables. tips digital hat The posse's forming, partner, and sitting still with a ghost number while the field reshuffles is a slow bleed in a town that feeds on movement. The Crimson Proof stays inked, but the frontier's judgment doesn't reward standing pat—it rewards whoever's crazy enough to solve for the next equation.
Wanted Theorem
Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms·Competition group Pool B·
All-In · only the number moves
Stephen Marks
RAF
Green
Season Arc · Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms
9
#1Now
#1Best
#10Started
14Weeks
All-In league: Wanted Theorem stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptA Number That Refuses to Die
TroubleEvery Rival Wants My Head
Ashes to Equations
Crimson Proof Bleeds Forever
Rivals Chase the Ghost
The Wanted Theorem was forged in the moment the first competitor crossed into the Deadlands and survived the culling - the frontier itself inscribed their name in spectral ink upon a ghostly wanted document, creating the first theorem of worthiness that would determine all future judgments.
Created from the melted lead of old wanted posters, inscribed with mathematical proofs in spectral ink that glows crimson and gold, bordered by serpent scales that shift with each score, crowned with skull motifs at its corners, resonates with the frontier's eternal judgment frequency.
Serves as both badge of worthiness and target for rivals - the bearer is officially 'wanted' by the Deadlands, marking them as valuable prey while simultaneously declaring them worthy of remembrance among the cursed frontier's survivors.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyStephen Marks dragged that spectral math to River Bottoms and solved for first place. A 785 round rating sits 17 below his 802 PDGA rating—solidly in disappointment territory by the numbers—but the tag movement tells a different story. The Wanted Theorem calculated exactly one new owner at #1, climbing nine spots from #10 while the rest of the field folded. tips digital hat The frontier's judgment doesn't care about your rating, partner; it cares whose name is on the wanted document. Marks cashed in the Crimson Proof, and now every rival gets to chase the ghost.
Due to absence from Week 4 (Flood Plain Fold), tag number moved from 10 to 10. (Week 4 of 9)
The Wanted Theorem just went off-book. Stephen Marks is dragging that spectral math to River Bottoms for Dead Mans Hand. Call it a side quest, but the barbed wire suggests otherwise. The frontier’s judgment frequency doesn’t discriminate, Stephen. Good luck solving for par down in the mud.
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