The match began.

One of them, user , typed in chat: "We know about the script. We have a reverse shell. Shut it down."

Every player's screen turned black, then resolved into a surreal dreamscape: The soccer field stretched infinitely in all directions. The goalposts were made of twisted Lua brackets. The ball was a glowing sphere of raw server code.

His avatar did the default Roblox dance. The ball rolled softly across the line.