Session glitch

The Session Glitch is a mysterious glitch that affects certain sessions of The Game. It is connected to the arrival of within a universe. So far, all that is known about the glitch is what has stated on HS 5953 (this page).

In a normal session, the players create Paradox Clones of themselves through Ectobiology. These clones go back in time to become the players who play the game. However, in a glitched session the players are not created in their own session. Exactly how this occurs is unknown, though it is hinted that the players are made in an entirely different session and sent to their own universe.

The glitch triggers "an unfathomable cascade of misfortune throughout paradox space". Glitched sessions also appear to be unwinnable; a group of players in such a session are said to have a failure "more comprehensive" and "more systemic" than just "simple inadequacy so common to young players of this game". The players' only option, besides accepting defeat, is to create a Scratch and reset their universe.

The glitch is stated to be the "calling card" of, and is the way he "reserves his place in a universe for later visitation". It is hinted that creating a Scratch in a glitched session allows to be summoned in the reset universe. It is also hinted that he is responsible for the glitch occurring in the first place.

The only confirmed session affected by the glitch is the pre-Scratch Alternian session, whose players would become the Ancestors of post-Scratch Alternia.