Palantir Stone

Joe Puckett carded a 67 for a 794 round rating, +10 over his 784 rating, and matched his 67.0 personal average on the nose, a scorecard the Palantir noted without fanfare. The field averaged 62.0, so those five extra strokes above the room dropped the One Tag from #4 to #5, one place lost and none gained, even in a week when the Mason's Gift was supposed to compress the ranks. The precioussss... I mean, the current standings barely blinked, and I'm the one with the clipboard filing the appeal.

Joe Puckett carded a 64 for an 815 round rating, +31 over his 784 rating, the kind of scorecard that makes the Palantir blink. The ledger still dropped him from Tag #2 to #4, two places lost and none gained, because the 64 ran 3.0 strokes above the 61.0 field average even though it beat his own 67.8 personal average by 3.8. Out at Cedar Hills the Green Tide keeps redrawing the fellowship's ranks, and Joe Puckett's fall is a reminder that a strong round and a good standing don't always share a fording route.

Joe Puckett carded a 61, one stroke under the 62.0 field average and nine under his 70.0 personal average, and the round rated 818, which is +34 over his 784 rating. The One Tag moved from #3 to #2, one place gained and none lost, so the Fellowship's ledger finally agrees with his scorecard. The Cedar Council may still be arguing over what the stump means, but this round made its own argument.

Joe Puckett rose from tag #6 to #3 at Cedar Hills on a 69, three places gained, even though his 717 round rating sat -67 below his 784 rating, a number that makes the Palantir blink. The card shows 7.0 strokes above the 62.0 field average, but he still beat his 70.5 personal average by 1.5, which is the Stone Question's answer: the ranking doesn't care how he feels about the round. Last week's fall is now a footnote to a climb the narrator did not script, and for the record, I'm as confused as he is.

Joe Puckett’s 723 rating was -75 below his 798 rating—a major off-day—and his 71 was 9.3 strokes above the 61.7 field average, one above his personal average. After climbing from tag #6 to #4 last week, he drops two places back to #6. The Fallen Herald episode has its setback; the Palantir, at least, remembers every throw.

Joe Puckett moved from tag #6 to #4, gaining two places with a 70—five strokes above the 65 field average and exactly his personal average. His 740 round rating was -58 below his 798 rating, a rough episode by the numbers. Mossy Threshold has begun reshuffling the standings; the Palantir may remember every throw, but the narrator won’t polish that rating.