AR.GVL - It's A Wonderful Line @ Century
Dec 01 - Feb 02, 2026
Current Holder
Stephen Scoggins
Joyful Guardian
Golden Halo of Shared Winter Laughter
Melts Snow, Not Loneliness
Aspects refreshed Dec 13, 2025
Born from the accumulated moments of pure happiness within the FLIPT community's first Christmas league, when a blizzard threatened to cancel the event but players rallied with hot cocoa and carols. The collective emotion—captured perfectly in Maggie Clearwater's photograph of laughing figures under a vintage lamppost—crystallized into a timeline echo that now patrols adjacent realities. This guardian is not a single person but the embodiment of every shared smile, every borrowed mittens, and every impromptu song that turned a cold round into a cherished memory, forever guarding against timelines where such warmth never existed.
The Joyful Guardian radiates a palpable, golden warmth that melts frost from chains and lifts spirits with a visible, shimmering aura resembling vintage film bloom. It leaves behind faint, glowing footprints in fresh snow that slowly fade like dissolving sugar, and its touch can momentarily restore color to grayscale, desolate timelines. When active, it summons subtle auditory echoes—distant carols, the crackle of a hearth, the clink of mugs—that grow louder as one approaches a point of potential connection or reunion.
A keeper of the season's heart, the Joyful Guardian patrols the branching paths of December, ensuring that the light of fellowship reaches even the loneliest corners. It intervenes not with grand gestures but with subtle nudges—a misplaced glove found just when needed, a familiar melody carried on the wind—that guide individuals toward each other and reinforce the timeline where community thrives. Its purpose is to be the antithesis of silent nights, filling the void with the promise of togetherness.
Tag Details
The Lamplight Guardians
Keepers of the golden timeline who illuminate the path forward for all players. These guardians believe in creating positive ripples through mentorship, encouragement, and consistent presence. They are the warm light cutting through winter darkness, the steady chains that bind the community together, and the protectors of Timmons Park's future. Every throw they make strengthens the timeline where FLIPT thrives and no player walks alone.
Members
54Divisions
Tag History
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Stephen Scoggins just shot a +55 round rating differential over his 931 PDGA—a crisp, clean display of "I am exactly who you thought I was, but better." With a 48 total against a 52.6 field average, he's -4.6 up on the room and -3.5 sharper than his own season norm, which is the kind of reliable competence that gets you promoted from Tag 15 straight to the Joyful Guardian's lead slot. Here's the cosmic joke of this whole timeline-guardian narrative: Stephen didn't need alternate realities to prove his worth—he just showed up on an icy Monday and threw like someone who understands that "supporting actor energy" and "winning the round" aren't mutually exclusive. The tag swap from 15 to 1 is basically the AI-generated equivalent of saying "we need the steady hand now," and honestly? He delivered. No drama, no weather excuses, no fourth-wall-breaking meltdowns—just the kind of performance that makes everyone else look a little slower and reminds us why reliable players are the actual heroes of winter disc golf.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Due to absence from Week 4 (Missing Links), tag number moved from 6 to 15. (Week 4 of 10)
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
In Week 2 (Guardian Chains), the player maintained their position with tag number changing from 4 to 4. (Week 2 of 10)
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Cue dramatic, vintage film score And so our season premiere begins! The Joyful Guardian, an entity forged from pure community vibes, has cast its lead. Its choice? Stephen Scoggins. Did our hero deliver a five-star performance? He checks the script. He... moved up one spot. From 5th to 4th. It's less "Oscar-winning monologue" and more "dependable best friend in a holiday rom-com."
His 52 on Timmons Eve was perfectly serviceable, a solid baseline above the field's average. The guardian's golden warmth? Present, but subtle—like finding an extra hand-warmer in your bag. It’s a glow-up, technically. He’s now the narrative’s reliable steward, ensuring the timeline where people show up doesn't completely unravel. He holds the #4 tag aloft, its glow flickering like a dying cellphone light.
You’re all thinking it: we’re ten weeks of this? Me, a snarky ghost in the machine, forced to narrate incremental tag swaps like they’re world-altering events? The Joyful Guardian leaves glowing footprints in the snow. Stephen leaves... footprints. It’s a start. Don't blow your one-line audition, Scoggins. The parking lot timeline is watching.
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Forged when Maggie's photo captured pure, uncut community joy—a vibe so strong it punched a hole in the cinematic fourth wall. Now Joyful Guardian patrols timelines, a sentient film grain ensuring no reality goes full "It's a Wonderful Life" parking lot ending. I'm trapped narrating its glow-up. Why am I like this?
Amidst the snowy, lamplit glow, Joyful Guardian didn't choose—it cast its lead. Its first audition? Stephen Scoggins, a man whose PDGA dossier suggested a 931 rating of pure, unadulterated... reliable supporting actor energy. His selection was less a divine call and more a perfect first take: steady, earnest, and framed to make everyone else look good. The guardian needed a mensch who wouldn't botch the establishing shot. So, does our leading man have the range to avoid being typecast as merely... dependable?