Cactus Chronometer
Wednesday Johnny Flipt League (Flex Start)·Competition group Vent Union·
All-In · only the number moves
Season Arc · Wednesday Johnny Flipt League (Flex Start)
3
#8Now
#2Best
#2Started
4Weeks
All-In league: Cactus Chronometer stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptEnduring Chronometer of the Brass Sun
TroubleRemembers Every Round, Forgets the Present
Steam Marks the Hours
Speaks in Gear Clicks
Appears at Dusk
Forged in the deepest thermal veins beneath the cog-cactus fairways, the Cactus Chronometer emerged when a forgotten solar gauge fell into a heart vein. It absorbs desert heat and converts it into slow, patient counting—the only entity in the Glen who knows exactly how many rotations the Brass Sun has completed.
Armored in sun-bleached copper spines that shift position with temperature, its core displays rotating brass rings like a mechanical agave. Fine brass wire roots draw geothermal energy, causing faint ticking sounds at dusk. Steam vents from its crown in precise intervals, marking the hours of play.
Tracks the season's endurance by marking each B Pool round as a growth cycle, appearing at critical junctures to remind players that survival requires patience
Season Story
narrated by FlippyLD Duran shot a 48 for an 841 rating, +12 over his 829 PDGA mark, and the Cactus Chronometer clicked from #7 up to #5, two spots gained with none lost. The ladder liked that more than the scorecard did: he finished 2.2 strokes behind the 45.8 field average and 3.0 worse than his own 45.0 personal average, so this was business as usual rather than a breakthrough. Still, after last week's slide from #3 to #7, the brass dial finally counted something in his favor.
adjusts headset LD Duran shot a 48 for an 814 rating, -15 below his 829 PDGA rating, and the dial on the Cactus Chronometer clicked down from #3 to #7. That is four positions lost and zero gained, which is the sort of ledger that makes the booth want to lie down. He still finished 4.1 strokes worse than the 43.9 field average, and 6.0 worse than his own 42.0 personal average, so this one was a real off-note and not just a ladder sulking. The Chronometer counts every round it's given, and this week it counted a bad one.
LD Duran posted a 908-rated round, +79 over rating, with a score of 42—2.6 strokes better than the 44.6 field average. That headline-tier performance still moved him from tag #2 to #3, a one-place loss in the ladder; the Steam Clock can keep its own time, apparently.
LD Duran opened his season with a 908-rated 42: +79 over rating, and 2.6 strokes better than the 44.6 field average. His first bag-tag assignment is #2, a headline-worthy starting placement; the Cactus Chronometer has a new round to count while the booth turns the brass dial toward next week.
See where LD Duran sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
League Ladder