the Clipperton Suite: the institution refuses to count him
Clipperton must have been just broke out in brass and plastic, but he had no official ranking whatsoever: since his Glock 9 mm. and public intentions were instantly legendary, he was regarded by the U.S.T.A. as never having had a legitimate victory, or even a legit match, in sanctioned play.
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The ranking apparatus's verdict on the unplayable player is total erasure: mantels of trophies, "but he had no official ranking whatsoever," "never having had a legitimate victory, or even a legit match, in sanctioned play." To the institution a body's whole competitive existence is its number, and Clipperton has none — the sport processes wins into rank, and a win nobody dared contest can't be processed. He has beaten everyone and, in the only ledger that counts, done nothing.