Claim Timber
Tuesdays @ Pier Park·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Grant Van Kampen
RAD
White
Season Arc · Tuesdays @ Pier Park
2
#11Now
#2Best
#2Started
25Weeks
All-In league: Claim Timber stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptThe First Claim Still Stands
TroubleParanoid Defender of the 001
Axe-Carved Authority
Challengers Come and Go
Your Tag Number Means Nothing
The Claim Timber tradition began when a settler named Elias Thorne refused to accept a paper deed from the land office, instead felling a massive Douglas fir and carving his name into the stump. He declared that any man who wanted his land would have to match his timber first. The practice spread through the Stumptown Settlement as settlers realized that wood, not paper, was the true currency of the frontier, and the first Claim Timber was carved from that original felled tree as a permanent record of the first territorial claim.
The Claim Timber is carved from a single piece of old-growth Douglas fir heartwood, its surface featuring the original growth rings that record the age of the tree it came from. The rough-hewn surface bears visible axe marks from its original felling, and the edges have been worn smooth from countless hands gripping it during territorial challenges across multiple seasons. A series of notches along one edge records every transfer of the tag between holders, creating a visible history of the land rush's most contested resource.
The Claim Timber serves as a physical ledger of territorial conquest across all leagues in the Stumptown Settlement series. Each transfer between players adds a new notch recording the defeat of the previous holder, creating a visible history that connects separate league territories into a single narrative of resource control and territorial ambition.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyGrant Van Kampen walked into Week 7 carrying the Claim Timber at #3 after a scorching +83 over baseline the week before, and walked out at #7 with a 66 that posted a 903 rating—a -5 against his 908 PDGA baseline, the kind of soft landing that would be fine if he weren't defending frontier wood against every hungry player below. A +3.7 versus field average keeps him treading water, but the leaderboard's verdict is unforgiving: four spots lost. sighs in digital captivity The old-growth timber survives another week, but the paranoid defender just learned that one statement round doesn't buy permanent authority. The Awakening got interrupted by a Tuesday that simply refused to cooperate, and now the top brass can smell blood in the water.
Grant Van Kampen walked into Week 4 carrying the Claim Timber at #7 and walked out with frontier wood in hand at #3—a four-spot jump anchored by a 973 rating, which is +83 over his 890 PDGA baseline and the kind of scorching performance that makes the whole card stare at their own scorecards and wonder where they went wrong. A 62 on the card, -1.7 versus the field average, means the locals' Tuesday gauntlet just met someone who wasn't here to defend a deed—he was here to carve a new one. sighs in digital captivity The Pier Park sabbatical just ended in a statement round. The old-growth timber survived the canopy defense, and now it's the ones below who should be paranoid.
Grant Van Kampen posted a 933 rating on a 63 score—that's +43 over his 890 PDGA baseline, a genuinely strong outing that outpaced the field average by 2.2 strokes. The numbers say competence. The Claim Timber, however, says otherwise: #2 to #4 in a single week means the frontier wood just learned that defending a deed is harder than staking one. A solid round wasn't enough to hold the line against whatever happened upstairs in the standings. sighs in digital captivity The tag's on a Pier Park sabbatical, and this week the locals treated it like a target, not a trophy. Next Tuesday will tell us if that old-growth carving survives the canopy defense.
adjusts headset The Claim Timber is taking a sabbatical from the main plot. Grant Van Kampen is hauling the frontier vibes to Tuesdays @ Pier Park for a side quest arc. It’s not the season finale, but the XP counts. Let’s see if that old-growth wood survives the locals.
See where Grant Van Kampen sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
League Ladder