easter-eggs

[quiet silo]

The cardboard series skin for the knife should just be a box cutter lol

[sharp flame]

would totally buy

Gus reference

[slender lodge]

Can't wait to see the EE edition of skins

Titan as my knife

The Byzantine skin

[quiet silo]

1:1 scale of course

[slender lodge]

BAHAAHAHHAHA

XD yesss

[sharp flame]

Galileo Telescope for Heat sensor and/or Night vision and/or hearbeat sensor

[quiet silo]

I just need the Byzantine skin's description to be "It always comes back to this."

[sharp flame]

need glasses which look like : 👀

[quiet silo]

LMAO I would KILL for this as a night vision headset skin

[proud minnow]

GAH, haha... ._.

[proud minnow]

You will find it 2034 or so, hehe

[sharp flame]

I would love it if there was at least ONE Easter Egg reference skin

I am begging you Rob .!

[slender lodge]

😭 if this pattern of 96 days continues then even later 😭

[sharp flame]

too budget probably,..

[quiet silo]

We're counting on you rob .! make us seen .!

[meager cypress]

hows it going ee

[quiet silo]

Good! We're on our union mandated 3 week vacation.

[meager cypress]

nice nice

[quiet silo]

(Just kidding I stare at trailer frames for the 2nd easter egg every night)

[meager cypress]

I stare at the trailer as well

[proud minnow]

You will be seen, you will be famous, trust me... but we will not hide (m)any EE's in the CB, since it is closed... ._.

[sharp flame]

famous...

👀

[meager cypress]

can't wait

[slender lodge]

many

so

there are a few?!
oh he said

[sharp flame]

well the bracketed

can also mean

any

[slender lodge]

yeahhs

woope

[sharp flame]

since it is closed

[proud minnow]

You know us by now, right..?!

[sharp flame]

can't wait!

[proud minnow]

But not any EE's connected to the big hunt we are on... ._.

[sharp flame]

I'm not so sure about famous though haha

[quiet silo]

You have a sick sense of humor mister "(m)any" 😛 . When my f12 key breaks from all the screenshots and recording I do to comb for secrets I might have missed in gameplay I'm holding you accountable.

[slender lodge]

yus 🥹

[meager cypress]

lol

[slender lodge]

but the easter egg hunt has changed me

my friends are like "swa stop questioning everything"

im like 🥹 sorry

[proud minnow]

To the better I hope..!?

[slender lodge]

yesss of coursee

curioswaty has increased

[sharp flame]

I have turned into a conspirationist I think

[meager cypress]

I like rummaging around in the files that were given lol

[sharp flame]

I can't see the number 79 anywhere normally anymore 😭

[proud minnow]

That's great.! STAY CURIOUS.!

[quiet silo]

Always I would have never found the Celatone without this, I'm not even sure where I would be without it.

Also now when I'm at trivia nights and the Byzantine empire comes up my eyes sparkle.

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2034

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2034:_A_Novel_of_the_Next_World_War

[meager cypress]

oo spooky

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Interferometer_Space_Antenna

LISA

2034

like with MOM, could Lisa be referring to something else too

(the thing measures gravitational waves)

(coming out of a binary orbit)

oh..

I now see what the binary orbit thing was all about

two orbits, two ovals

OO

OvifOrm

...?

[proud minnow]

BTW on a slightly different topic not related to THE FINALS EE hunt... but I wonder why this spacing looks a bit off..?

[sharp flame]

where is this?

[meager cypress]

is that an arc trailer?

[quiet silo]

Slightly wider gap between Twitter and indeed?

[sharp flame]

oh duh

it's a message

'stay vigilant'

haha

[meager cypress]

I wonder if the box border around them is fine but the logo is slightly shorter

[quiet silo]

Hahaha on my phone that was cut out the thumbnail

[sharp flame]

OH!

https://www.reachthefinals.com/t1-d

[meager cypress]

ayo?

did that just get put in the drive?

[sharp flame]

did I miss this?

or did we check the page

[meager cypress]

oh its a page hunt part

[proud minnow]

psst remember not to spend time analyzing this image, you are on EE-vacation... ._.

[sharp flame]

I...

but..

it's right there..

THE_FINALS_OSPUZE_AD_bonus_candy_02.jpg

it's low res anyway.,

we're gonna need the #official-art version to do anything with the pixels probably

[meager cypress]

color correction?

[quiet silo]

Our vacation is union mandated fish! We can't be doing this!

Opens Photoshop

[meager cypress]

ah ok

[sharp flame]

will look anyway..

[quiet silo]

I gotta commute but I wish you guys luck!

[sharp flame]

nice!

[meager cypress]

take care

[sharp flame]

wonder why C and D are not bolded

[meager cypress]

it could mean something

[sharp flame]

the quality.. 💀

[meager cypress]

dang but there is something there

enhance lol

[sharp flame]

interesting that it's kinda incomplete

it's like loading in/out, disintegrating

[meager cypress]

could this be like a sponsor gif where it materializes or ?

or it could just be a photo and I am over complicating things

[sick stone]

if the boxes are evenly spaced it is probably because the twitter logo has a lot of empty space on the right, making it look like it is further from the right hand logo without actually being further (the beak is as close to the right logo as the wings/tail are to the left). To fix you need to tweak the spacing on the right so the twitter logo is in actuality closer to the linkedin logo than the IG logo

there

[sharp flame]

here is the first bonus

[sick stone]

WIZARDED

[meager cypress]

yeah and that also happened in the trailer

[sharp flame]

I'm unsure whether he was just posting that as a nice message or he wants actual help from us 😭
because it is incredibly vertical a screenshot to include that upper text

[meager cypress]

so maybe this next one means we might see it at some point

[sharp flame]

hmmm

in the Open Beta trailer

haha

[sick stone]

hehe, true. In hindsight it seems to be a spacing problem in addition to the perception problem. But yes, stay vigilant a

[meager cypress]

lol or like the opening of the beta

[sharp flame]

kinda like 'oviform a'

[hidden nacelle]

[sharp flame]

redundant 'a' outta nowhere

[sick stone]

yup

one of these EE passwords gonna be 'a'

[sharp flame]

stay vigilant and drink ospuze

that's what it says obviously

yknow I wanna see an iseul-t AD

[meager cypress]

who needs water

[sharp flame]

but I understand that using the can of ospuze is a lot easier in terms of art

haha

[proud minnow]

Hey, you are on EE-vacation, don't forget that... I will upload some images tomorrow to #official-art ... ._.

[sharp flame]

sorry Rob!

[meager cypress]

how long is vacation?

[sharp flame]

ends 21st

haha

[meager cypress]

sadge

[sharp flame]

will go to sleep.. one less sleep until the Beta..

[meager cypress]

sleep well fish take care

[slender lodge]

fish

[sharp flame]

wait how did you get that

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-gif-26166638

[sharp flame]

nooo I wanna know

[slender lodge]

wait where did we get the new ospuze from

[sharp flame]

I thought you could only find it on reachthefinals.com/t1-d

[proud minnow]

(but there is something fishy (hehe fish (._.).!...) on that black image...)

[meager cypress]

I thought so also

[sharp flame]

black image..

the LED trio?

[meager cypress]

so there is something if you color correct it?

[sharp flame]

nah Fleeeeeex I wanna know

*leaves*

[timid solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/zorro-gif-10704924

[proud minnow]

No the on this one... I wonder where it is from...

[slender lodge]

ohh

[meager cypress]

did you just open the image from discord in a web browser?

[slender lodge]

stay vigilant

[meager cypress]

this looks like a spectrogram

[slender lodge]

true!

[slender lodge]

what image is this btw

[timid solstice]

when image

[sharp flame]

he says that one

[sharp flame]

embark studios website?

maybe a hidden URL idk

[slender lodge]

i tried /stayvigilant lmfao

[sharp flame]

https://www.embark-studios.com/security

found it

[slender lodge]

good shit

[sharp flame]

now what..

[slender lodge]

258x696px

nice

[sharp flame]

turned up the brightness..

[meager cypress]

I was just going to suggest that

[sharp flame]

gah my eyeees

[slender lodge]

maybe its within the text

[sharp flame]

yes!

[proud minnow]

haha THERE YOU GO.!

[slender lodge]

that is incredible

[meager cypress]

omgggg

thats amazing

[slender lodge]

that makes me so happy haha

[sharp flame]

haha appreciate it! <3

[proud minnow]

Now go back to vacation mode, hehe

[sharp flame]

hehe

[sharp flame]

goodbye for now!

[sharp flame]

flex, you gotta tell me where you sourced that higher-quality image

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-begging-pretty-please-beg-on-your-knees-pray-for-mercy-gif-26344462

[timid solstice]

sorry, will do, photoshop telling mew my scratch disks are full... sorting that

[sharp flame]

💀

I have all the time in the world..

[timid solstice]

inspect it, its limited to 300w

images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62d66fa29e72c560f8efc020/5f55e191-b4ec-436f-9098-c4db6dcb35c9/THE_FINALS_OSPUZE_AD_bonus_candy_02.jpg

[slender lodge]

300w?

[timid solstice]

delete it off the URL and you get full size

[slender lodge]

ahhh

is it 1200x2000

[timid solstice]

300 width

[sharp flame]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62d66fa29e72c560f8efc020/5f55e191-b4ec-436f-9098-c4db6dcb35c9/THE_FINALS_OSPUZE_AD_bonus_candy_02.jpg

I see

[slender lodge]

thats a flex

[sharp flame]

you can also use the link they embed it from

[timid solstice]

yep that one

[meager cypress]

now I just have this saved to my computer

[timid solstice]

I just removed http quick so no embed here

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62d66fa29e72c560f8efc020/5f55e191-b4ec-436f-9098-c4db6dcb35c9/THE_FINALS_OSPUZE_AD_bonus_candy_02.jpg

< > : that works too, I forgot

[sharp flame]

okay now all my curiosity is satisfied..

see y'all!

[timid solstice]

gn!

Stay curious.!

[timid solstice]

thanks!

[meager cypress]

goodnight fish

[slender lodge]

goodnight fishy!

[timid solstice]

been installing alot of anaconda python stuff its eaten my drive

hmm is this our barcode...

erm guys, release date maybe? surely too close to the CB 23 : 03 : 27

[sharp flame]

waiT!

that totally says 23.03.27

[timid solstice]

27th March 2023

[sharp flame]

what's on that date..

👀

either that or 23rd of March 2027 😭

[proud minnow]

End of EE-vacation... ._.

[sharp flame]

4 years.. I can wait

[proud minnow]

Time to sleep, take care.!

[slender lodge]

going into frozen sleep

wake me up on the 7th

[meager cypress]

it could be a lure

[timid solstice]

same as before so not a barcode

[fallen jasper]

What did we find

[meager cypress]

is that an m times in front of it?

[fallen jasper]

I was too busy watching mem- I mean I was busy doing my moderation duties

[timid solstice]

https://www.reachthefinals.com/t1-d image added

[meager cypress]

x3

[fallen jasper]

Ah

Cooooio

I'll have to update the timeline

[timid solstice]

and secret message on the embark security page

[meager cypress]

true true

[timid solstice]

if like other artworks it says REACH THE FINALS

[meager cypress]

oh ok

[meager cypress]

intresting

I wonder whats in 4 years then

[timid solstice]

ISO8601 YY MM DD

[sharp flame]

ISO 8601 date standard is YYMMDD

[timid solstice]

ahahaha

[sharp flame]

💀

my brain is so tired I am riding other people's brainwaves

[fallen jasper]

What did the message on security have to do with anything?

[sharp flame]

also insane how often I post the same thing as someone else at the same time..

[sharp flame]

it was a message of love, hehe

[fallen jasper]

Ah

[slender lodge]

March 23

World meteorological day

[sharp flame]

Rob just posted an image of it so we could find it hehe

[fallen jasper]

The couple of conversations I've had with Rob were all great. Happy he's doing the EE hunt for us. ❤️

[timid solstice]

and swa said they were thinking alot more so rob said stay curious then gave hints

[meager cypress]

I love this community

[timid solstice]

#easter-eggs message

yeah its 1200 x 2000

[fallen jasper]

I will forget.

[meager cypress]

lol

[fallen jasper]

💀

Maybe for April 1st I should rename myself to RememberingClearly

[sharp flame]

we have a decently better one than the default but not quite good

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/9vHeKxRob5V8NUcTNKvg9nMLrxIYa50vdpPdQg3mmpU/https/images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62d66fa29e72c560f8efc020/5f55e191-b4ec-436f-9098-c4db6dcb35c9/THE_FINALS_OSPUZE_AD_bonus_candy_02.jpg?width=680&height=1133

[fallen jasper]

That's the one I used

[sharp flame]

:) 👍

[slender lodge]

So it's the start of tier 1e

?

[meager cypress]

swa removed the can and it looked like a spectragram

[slender lodge]

We were looking at the spectrograph of the trailer earlier this week hahaha

Aaaaa

I want more haha...

[meager cypress]

oh really?

[slender lodge]

Yeah

We found 1 or 2 interesting things

[meager cypress]

nice

I guess anything goes when EE hunting

[fallen jasper]

I just put it as T1E as my color coding is already being stretched to it's limits rn

[slender lodge]

Ohh haha

Bro is running out of colours

[meager cypress]

did we exhaust all of the press kit?

[fallen jasper]

Unironically

I've been looping colors for the tiers for a while now

[slender lodge]

[fallen jasper]

Paying $10 a month for 6 colors. Give me more colors damn it

[meager cypress]

for 10 a month???

[fallen jasper]

Green is for community updates. Purple is for game updates.
Black is for EE things but not connected to the current tier.
Red, orange, and blue are the cycling tier colors.

[timid solstice]

yeha that is lame

[meager cypress]

that sounds terrible

[timid solstice]

at least trello gives you so many addons

[slender lodge]

Ahhahahahah yess

[quiet silo]

Good finds everybody! This was cute thanks Rob and Dusty!

[low summit]

So it began.!

oh nevermind

[slender lodge]

[low summit]

[proud minnow]

Hi.!
Was it something I was supposed to do today..?

[tacit creek]

👀

[low summit]

I warn you.. fish will be mad.!

[wintry lantern]

[solar glade]

https://tenor.com/view/friends-ross-geller-we-were-on-a-break-gif-4794397

[hidden nacelle]

yes

[sharp flame]

👀

[hidden nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/penguins-of-madagascar-skipper-release-them-let-them-go-release-gif-23538521

[sharp flame]

I have been waiting for about half as long as the time remaining until the beta...

[boreal trench]

new image?

[tacit creek]

shield man <3

[boreal trench]

i know he said their isnt any easter egg in it, but i cant help myself

[sharp flame]

YESS <3 <3 <3

'THE_FINALS_Wallpaper_Second_CBT_Team'

[boreal trench]

do we know what cbt could mean?

[sharp flame]

yes

look it up

[hidden nacelle]

i prefer not to speak

[sharp flame]

..
it means Closed Beta Test

[tacit creek]

but second

?

[boreal trench]

ah that is better then my first thought

[sharp flame]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

:)

[boreal trench]

after first glance this looks like a nice wallpaper, i dont really see any extras 🙂

this one is for my phone, haha

[sharp flame]

seems to just be debris..

[proud minnow]

(I promise, there is nothing in these images, only bugs haha)

[low summit]

Is it the one that just got posted?

[mortal ivy]

But I am ready to get back now, and then you bait me? 😢

[low summit]

good taste

[boreal trench]

yeah this one defiantly works a lot better as a wallpaper then some of the more vibrant earlier ones, having a vibrant red background hurts my eyes

[sharp flame]

bug et bug

[sharp flame]

still holding out for the next 4 days...

cannot wait!

[boreal trench]

this was my attempt at a modified version, but its probably time for a new one

[tacit creek]

garlic op

[sharp flame]

you have no idea how many Brand Guideline rules you are breaking right now

🤓

[fallen jasper]

How many is he actually breaking

[boreal trench]

oh shit, i feel bad now

[low summit]

https://tenor.com/view/nerd-emoji-nerd-emoji-avalon-play-avalon-gif-24241051

I can only notice possibly one tho I can't recall half of the guidelines

[sharp flame]

exactly TWO actually 🤓

[low summit]

oh yea the effects

my guess was colors

tho I think the colors rikta used look good as well but dang it's rules

[crimson yarrow]

I love the pink tho

Looks very nice

[sharp flame]

mhm

but it ain't THE FINALS-white

[boreal trench]

wait i did use this colour tho

[sharp flame]

look the hex codes up hehe

(I am only kidding about the rules, they're for press and stuff haha)

[opaque quartz]

isn't it also slightly cropped?

[fallen jasper]

Don't think so

[boreal trench]

my wallpaper?

[sharp flame]

that ain't even a rule 😭

[fallen jasper]

I never realized this, why is she holding a briefcase

[sharp flame]

looks SO cool though

[opaque quartz]

it is tho

[sharp flame]

key elements dummies

like the gun

literally nothing is cropped out in this

[opaque quartz]

every pixel is key isnt that the EE motto 🤓

[boreal trench]

i didnt actually crop it, i just scaled the little markings around the edge so it lined up with my taskbar

[opaque quartz]

k makes sens

[sharp flame]

I love it really

I'dve personally preferred the logo to be white but that's literally just me

[boreal trench]

i liked the original ones but no way i can have that red as my background, my eyes would hate me

[fallen jasper]

Two questions:
What is your res?
If it's 1440p or 1080p can a brother have a copy of it?

[boreal trench]

i chose red so the highlight on the character, would make sense

[sharp flame]

I would add a very slight red gradient coming in from the bottom of the screen

what is your resolution?

[boreal trench]

sure can i drop it in here? or should i dm it?

[sharp flame]

I would like it too!! in here would be nice for everyone to use

[fallen jasper]

#🔴┇media-chat

[sharp flame]

or there

actually

[boreal trench]

psd as well in case you wanna change something

im not the cleanest when it comes to layers tho, you have been warned

[boreal trench]

1080p

[sharp flame]

gonna try something real quick

hi Rob 👋

[fallen jasper]

Hey Rob

[proud minnow]

Uploaded a new smoke-background to the presskit-folder... ._.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CpE0xvXfKGJ-9FUl4UuGfFGECzWXNvzp/view?usp=share_link

[fallen jasper]

Smoke

[proud minnow]

Will do the rest of the stuff you ask for later... have a game to play now... ._.

[sharp flame]

hahaha thank you!

also y'all are welcome hehe

[proud minnow]

SOON

[sharp flame]

I specifically requested this 💪

[tacit creek]

best press kit i have ever seen in my life

[fallen jasper]

What are we thanking you for Fish

[tacit creek]

thx

<3

[fallen jasper]

I need to know so I can thank you

[sharp flame]

the smoke hehe

[fallen jasper]

Ah

[sharp flame]

I just like how it looked yknow

and also

the GIFs

I know no-one has my unique resolution.. but I posted a 2736x1824 background in #🔴┇media-chat where I cropped out the 3rd guy to balance the frame

[proud minnow]

Thank you, let me know if you are missing something, I will add stuff you ask for, when I get some time over... ._.

[sharp flame]

hopefully today 🙏

[proud minnow]

you cropped out KungFungus.!

[fallen jasper]

Lookin' good

[sharp flame]

Does that make you the one in the middle.!

[proud minnow]

Yes..!

[sharp flame]

YYYYYYYYYYO!

[solar glade]

oh i used those guys when the trailer dropped to update my thumbnail video haha

[sharp flame]

that makes you my favourite skin!

[solar glade]

i also cropped KungFungus then

[fallen jasper]

Are you at liberty to say if this character has a name? I thought it might be June but that was just a guess.

[sharp flame]

not June methinks

[proud minnow]

Time will tell... ❤️

[fallen jasper]

I don't think it's june either but that's the one name we've got floating around

[sharp flame]

👀 LORE

[fallen jasper]

Thanks ❤️

[solar glade]

mmm lore

[sharp flame]

or idk just a good player

NO.. LORE

[solar glade]

June is a Commentator, i don't think they'll be a player but who knows

[sharp flame]

that briefcase contains the THE FINALS source code...

[fallen jasper]

Briefcase contains the name of all of the ARC Raiders characters

[sharp flame]

they stole it from Rembak Studios, the creator of The Finals..

[fallen jasper]

Celeste, Lance, Bilguun

[fallen jasper]

was thinking June as well lol

Might be the OSPUZE CEO promoting the brand?

[solar glade]

Sofia? could be though

[fallen jasper]

Well, maybe not the ceo themselves but a OSPUZE employee playing as a the CEO.

[solar glade]

well, we know contestants and showrunners all join through VR-tech - wouldn't be surprised if the CEOs did it too

-- CA had descriptions of them "watching" the tournaments but they could be in the Arenas too technically, just maybe not playing

[fallen jasper]

I'm starting to think it's Sofia lol

[low summit]

oh reallyy?

[solar glade]

perhaps they just do exhibition games to hype people up

i'm just theorizing here from what we currently know

[solar glade]

ye ye

[sharp flame]

That would be so cool

[west elk]

what if she is the best player in the game and the she is the face of OSPUZE brand in the finals. same way Messi is face of Adidas in football

[sharp flame]

CEO of Embark is watching us in the Beta..

[solar glade]

maybe if Sofia is the CEO she an ex-pro RTF player

[west elk]

[quiet silo]

Wait could rob have been referring maybe to frame 2034 in this for the 2nd trailer easter egg?

Is there a little cat grafitti on the bridge in center frame here?

The bridge before it's destroyed has cute little animals grafitti'd on to it lol

Looks like maybe an owl and maybe a cat on the bridge

Looks like it's actually just the same owl like a little mascot this time they are in a cloud I think.

[hidden nacelle]

what game is that?....

[low summit]

probably pizza tower

[timid solstice]

Much clearer now but we already could see it

[tacit creek]

payment hmm

[sharp flame]

Microtransaction desk👀

[tacit creek]

: /

[meager cypress]

4 more years

[proud minnow]

haha, no..!

[normal quiver]

is that a date?

[meager cypress]

yes

[normal quiver]

garlic operator release date

[meager cypress]

or could it be a certain time to a certain time like how some people put the day in front or the month in front so its actually saying a certain time period

[sharp flame]

It's saying that the EE hunt will begin again on the 27th

[meager cypress]

ah icy

[tacit creek]

garlic op

[tulip matrix]

This kinda looks like a waveform turned sideways

[meager cypress]

thats what I was saying

[tulip matrix]

oh ok, I haven't been able to keep up with you guys 😅

[low summit]

Maybe he didn't refer to that date but that moment he sent the message at

[meager cypress]

well we didn't really do anything with it lol

[low summit]

That's very unlikely though

[timid solstice]

Could do something with the new high res image now though

[meager cypress]

but were supposed to be on vacation

[timid solstice]

It could be hints to t1e

Audio based eggs

[meager cypress]

yo

[timid solstice]

Best to get software installed just incase we need to do edits, reversals, stitching etc

[meager cypress]

ah yeah I don't have those

I feel like vacation should be until the beta comes out

[tulip matrix]

no cut marks in the bottom corners?

[timid solstice]

Hmm no because they want us to play the beta

Can’t hunt and play

[meager cypress]

I mean thats when it should start lol

sorry I worded that wrong

[timid solstice]

Ah yeah but if we started already it could be going for literally 100 days so hard to stop and play instead

[low summit]

good point

[quiet silo]

The only thing going through my head while I play the beta will be "Not (m)any." - Saint Rob 2023

[meager cypress]

I think I would be too distracted to look for eggs lol

[drowsy plume]

don't think that is related to anything, that screen was shown in the beta trailer like 4-5 times, to me it looks like the screens in the airports

[sharp flame]

haha just kiddin

[drowsy plume]

but maybe... hahahah

[slender lodge]

I legit just woke up and I gotta tell u I had a dream where Rob accidentally uploaded an unreleased gameplay video or something on the #official-art channel and then he didn't notice and I looked at it and it was like an uncut gameplay video haha

And then he started freaking out and then I got a cal and woke up -_-

[elder steppe]

LMAO

[wary verge]

When The Finals is leaking into your dreams

you know you're hyped

[tranquil ivy]

Swa is having ptsd

ALSO SWA

[slender lodge]

Hahahh

[tranquil ivy]

Are you trying to match my sleep pattern or something

Like what

[slender lodge]

Yeeaa I kinda fucked it up already

[tranquil ivy]

You went to sleep BEFORE ME

[slender lodge]

Hahahaha

[tranquil ivy]

AND WOKE UP A HOUR AFTER ME

[slender lodge]

AHHAHAHA

[tranquil ivy]

ARE YOU IN AUSTRALIA OR SOMETHING???

LIKE WHAT

[slender lodge]

I'm in Melbourne

I told you no?

[tranquil ivy]

Good choice

Never

[slender lodge]

I'm studying in Victoria

[tranquil ivy]

imma call mad cap

[slender lodge]

Hahah ye

I slept at 7am and woke up at 3pm

[tranquil ivy]

I didn't think snack would wanna be dragged to australia

[tranquil ivy]

ahhhh

[slender lodge]

Idk how he feels about Australia

Brother moved away

[quiet silo]

was the call from rob?

[slender lodge]

No haha I mean irl

[quiet silo]

I know I thought he might have been calling you to keep you silent on the dream leak you received lol

[tranquil ivy]

Swa got beta leaks gg

[meager cypress]

lol

[quiet silo]

Maybe you're like Nostradamus and you secretly received a vision of the beta play test lol

[slender lodge]

Hahahahha

[meager cypress]

quick what happened in the game

[slender lodge]

"SWA I just chipped into your brain.!! And found that the finals got leaked in your dreams! You have to sign this NDA" lol

[meager cypress]

lol robs doing gameplay control

[slender lodge]

There were cars in the game ;_:

[meager cypress]

thats interesting

[slender lodge]

Except they were too annoying to use because everyone kept blowing them up lmao

That's all I remember

[meager cypress]

I feel like if you could use the force on that and then throw it that would be a lag fest

[tranquil ivy]

They say your dreams represent you

or something happening in your life

Did you blow up someones car Swa?

[meager cypress]

ohhhhh

[slender lodge]

Lolol

I ride busses my guy

[meager cypress]

the truth comes out

[tranquil ivy]

Not much better if you're blowing them up

[slender lodge]

Lololol

So 4 more days eh?

[meager cypress]

yep

[fallen jasper]

For wat

[meager cypress]

the finals beta

I can't wait to find out if the announcers are real

[fallen jasper]

Cool

[sharp flame]

Single announcer, two commentators

I hope they're real

[meager cypress]

me too I guess we already know the announcer is real because he was in the alpha introducing you into the game but then the commentators I hope are real

[sharp flame]

uhh nah

it was the commentators at the start

the announcer is the bombastic one mid-round shouting

the commentators say 'its a nice morning'

iirc

[meager cypress]

oh I that that was an announcer

[sharp flame]

Could be

hard to remember exact lines

[meager cypress]

yeah

[low summit]

btw what's with snack??

[amber anchor]

does that smoke look better lmao

ofc its gonna be polished

[hidden nacelle]

#🎨┇off-topic-art

[amber anchor]

its not off topic

its gonna me fanart

so idk if puti t here or there

[tranquil ivy]

oooooo

Yes

[tranquil ivy]

Yeah up to you dude

like if you wanna put it in fanart

Or #🎨┇off-topic-art

[amber anchor]

im gonna put it in fan art after im gonna be done with it

but sure

[slender lodge]

he doesnt live with me btw i was kidding

and also what about him?

[amber anchor]

AYO

i thought its #⚡┇the-finals-chat XD

Im so sorry

[tranquil ivy]

LOL

All g dude

[low summit]

thought soo but

he isnt in the server

[deft falcon]

This is beautiful, what is this?

[meager cypress]

@deft falcon thats this without the can

[deft falcon]

Oh snap, thank you!

I can imagine having that on a screen on a wall while listening to some super beautiful music and it moves with the music!

at night

[meager cypress]

I was thinking it was a spectrogram but were on vacation so we aren't testing any easter egg hunts yet

[slender lodge]

who knows

maybe the word 'vacation' is an easter egg within itself

[solid harness]

👋

[shell spear]

[slate hinge]

[hearty sleet]

I return

still haven't cracked the egg?

[sharp flame]

we have!

if you're talking about T1-D that is

[hearty sleet]

oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, what was the password

wait I can check the google doc

[sharp flame]

0vif0rm

<3

[hearty sleet]

ayyyy

[sharp flame]

check https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2

[hearty sleet]

still super curious what that number string was about but thinking about it hurts my brain xD

[sharp flame]

hahaha we will never know

or we will

it just takes some deciphering
..

hey Rob!!

[hearty sleet]

I've thrown so much at the damn thing

[sharp flame]

I wanna delve into EE stuff but at the same time I shouldn't 😭

Rob's orders

[hearty sleet]

like this was my notepad on it

the Batman rabbit hole seemed interesting but it fell apart after E21

or at least it did when I looked at it last

[sharp flame]

haha yeah

I think that was a separate 404 connection

[hearty sleet]

yee

👀

[sharp flame]

👀 Robb

[hidden nacelle]

🤨

[proud minnow]

It's just lies, it is just lies, who can you trust.?

[sharp flame]

😭 sayyy something

[hearty sleet]

he's blue, like that Fleshgod Apocalypse cover song

[sharp flame]

I wanna know if that Batman connection is real

or if it's just a funny coincidence

[hearty sleet]

probably just a funny coincidence 😛 attacking any string in sections will have idiosyncrasies

[sharp flame]

I mean like with 404

[hearty sleet]

ooooooooooh

[sharp flame]

WAIT NO

I missed it

[hearty sleet]

DANGIT I DIDN'T GET THE SCREEN IN TIME

[sharp flame]

I didn't screenshot it

I didn't even read it

ffs

please tell me someone read it

[hearty sleet]

"who said the rabbit fell apart (maybe rob signature here) you'll follow this rabbit hole to the end" (paraphrased)

[sharp flame]

hehe

we captured the least useful one..

[sharp flame]

or perhapsthe most useful..

[sharp flame]

glad to see we are keeping Rob busy haha

[proud minnow]

What Batman reference are you referring to..?

[sharp flame]

Batman issue #404 being the start of the Year One storyline (/year 0)

[hearty sleet]

1404E21 coincidentally was a page reference to Batman Year One where Bruce is literally sitting in a theater watching Mark of Zorro

[sharp flame]

kinda not this

[hearty sleet]

it's also part of the Keep It Simple image string in the footer

oh mb

[sharp flame]

but yeah, Batman's parents watch Zorro in the theater before they die haha

and also he is kinda based off of Zorro too..

[proud minnow]

did you find this..?
100287

[hearty sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/mum-pickmeup-scared-gif-5567056

[narrow orchid]

oho

[sharp flame]

I mean.. is that what I said? hehe

[proud minnow]

Yes 100287

[sharp flame]

it's real!

let me celebrate for a second

[fallen jasper]

[sharp flame]

I never thought that would pan out

I think that's one of the most far fetched theories I've ever had

[hearty sleet]

mood

[sharp flame]

but yeah, Bruce's parents die after watching Zorro in the Theatre (who Batman is based off of), and Batman #404 is his 'origin' storyline starting. Year One/Year 0 we talked about for Astronomical Year numbering, Kepler, etc.. haha. vindication.

[proud minnow]

haha, but it is deep, deep, deep down in the rabbit hole, but yes... it is connected... but just a quaternary clue in a delicate & intricate spiderweb of clues... ._.

[sharp flame]

honestly this is all I needed

[fallen jasper]

Guvf vf abg n pyhr ohg uryyb ebo

[hearty sleet]

what am I missing for 1404e210ddfd-4fa5e227933d2-1a3dc I can practically type this string from memory dagnabbit

[fallen jasper]

[sharp flame]

I think this will carry me until Tuesday hahaha

[sharp flame]

makin Rob do the decoding now 🤣

[hearty sleet]

I'm gonna go down this rabbit hole on my cruise next week and be attacking this string in my stateroom lmao

[fallen jasper]

I do a little bit of trolling.

[sharp flame]

Embark | rob has left the chat

[fallen jasper]

He's gonna respond to my simple to decode thing with something I'll need a supercomputer to decode

[sharp flame]

hahaha

[sharp flame]

Rob: 1404E210DDFD-4FA5E227933D2-1A3DC

[hearty sleet]

there's gotta be a key we're missing or something for that friggin' string

[sharp flame]

Could.. be leet?

or something

[hearty sleet]

the 1337 kinda falls apart in parts, imo

I'll take a new stab at it though

[sharp flame]

they do seem too long to be words

[hearty sleet]

I've asked so many friends and they all agree that on the surface it looks like hex

it doesn't appear to be a steam key (inputting the whole string that is, and too short to be a steam key in sections)

rot13 turns up squat as best as I can see it, Ceasarian doesn't appear to show anything rotating in any orientation

I had a notepad at work that had it broken down into the number of times each digit/character appeared in the string and looked in the exclusions

[sharp flame]

backwards hex

maybe

[hearty sleet]

that...fuck I haven't tried that yet

[sharp flame]

still nothing.. probably

[hearty sleet]

yee

the internet agrees with me when I try to look for what DDFD could be abbreviated from

[neon stream]

"Who can you trust?" can be linked to Gold 😅

It's part of the lyrics of the song "Gold" by Imagine Dragons 😂

[sharp flame]

is this perhaps a line in the book?

[timid solstice]

I thought that code was not part of the tier and needed for later

And btw what’s all these screen shotted messages ?

[meager cypress]

whats been happening in EE

[timid solstice]

It’s just lies, it is just lies… sounds like the Riddler

[meager cypress]

lol icy

[sharp flame]

Rob edited the same message over and over

I think he said at first 'are you sure the Rabbit fell apart.?'

then he said 'stay vigilant'

and then all those screenshots

[timid solstice]

I’m on vacation and this happens

[meager cypress]

does this have to do with a website?

[sharp flame]

oh and something like 'you'll follow this rabbit hole to the end'

in reference to Batman and/or the 1404- string

[sharp flame]

might do..

we've written it down; we can revisit it on the 27th when we're supposed to

haha

[meager cypress]

lol all the EE hunting happens when I am sleeping

[sharp flame]

hehe I'm asleep for half the day

plenty of time to do some hunting of your own

[tulip matrix]

Another reference to the legend of Tristan and Iseult

Tristan+ has a plus and Iseul-t has a minus
Opposites attract

I don't know what kind of company it would be

or if it's even confirmed as a sponsor

[amber anchor]

tristan tate

[kindred kite]

👀

[slender lodge]

nevver thought of it this way!

[meager cypress]

I wonder how rob is feeling this close to the beta launch

[neon stream]

He should be feeling proud of the accomplishments of the Embarkers, and happy that we'll get to play 😛

[meager cypress]

indeed :3 this is a big accomplishment not only for the company but also in FPS gaming in general

[sharp flame]

the t in iseul-t also kinda looks like a plus

[sharp flame]

thanks for the Art Rob!

I love the helmet you have hehe

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/qg5YrpUX3NgOfLsuW1MUMOZ5_BU86I_0hXL-kPDLzfE/https/giant.gfycat.com/LiveUnderstatedDwarfmongoose.mp4

[timid solstice]

it makes a cross lol

devoncrossing

[sharp flame]

gah

shame there isn't a single frame where they cross..

if I had a teammate willing I would totally set up a cool photo

when the cross is fully crossed on that skin

[sharp flame]

@fallen jasper by the way did you ever send that Nama message to Rob?

[fallen jasper]

Yeah, I did. It is still a work in progress.

[sharp flame]

I have a guess as to what it is gonna be.. hehe can't wait

[sharp flame]

it would be very very crazy if that was premeditated

[fallen jasper]

I hope you're prepared for Nama Tama in a helmet saluting

[sharp flame]

hehe cannot wait

[fallen jasper]

I'm joking of course, or am I? 🕵️

Who can you trust.?

[sharp flame]

“If you believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain.?”

[timid solstice]

I thought spear was choosing

[sharp flame]

👍

we all 'chose'

just Kyne with the final sendoff

although I did come a bit late for the brainstorming 😭

[solar glade]

it would’ve been weird for me to choose when most of the lifting here has been by other yolks in collaboration

[sharp flame]

honestly it would've been weird for any of us to choose

it's the collaboration that gets us anywhere

nobody coulda done this on their own, and I think the collaboration here has been amazing to get us to where we are

[timid solstice]

Fair enough but you did rightfully solve it

[low summit]

Can the Nama message being discussed be publicly shared?

sounds intriguing

[sharp flame]

wdym?

[low summit]

I mean

what is going on

[sharp flame]

I think it already is public

we talked about it here

as in the whole conversation was here

[slender lodge]

Whish

[sharp flame]

?

so this is how you are still above me in the leaderboard

[slender lodge]

It was in the message lol

[slender lodge]

It was the only way

[sharp flame]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-strange-there-no-other-way-gif-14977631

[sharp flame]

I will never resort to spamming.. 💪

[slender lodge]

In all the other 500 million universes, you were above me

[sharp flame]

ALL 😭

[slender lodge]

Yes.. but this one.. I found a way to get ahead of you

YO DEFEAT YOU

[sharp flame]

NOO

[slender lodge]

Your morals will make you lose

(and probs keep u safe from a ban)

[timid solstice]

its not the first time 'whish' was used

[slender lodge]

Oh yeah

[sharp flame]

veeeery interesting

[slender lodge]

Is that the namatama happy new year image

[timid solstice]

yup

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._M._Whish

this guy brought to the achievements of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics to the West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_school_of_astronomy_and_mathematics

[slender lodge]

Lol the link

Kerala as in South India?

[sharp flame]

look for yourself haha

[slender lodge]

Oh it is :p

It wasn't loading earlier

[frosty sonnet]

eggs

[sharp flame]

https://tenor.com/view/egg-eggs-carton-weird-surprise-gif-17568205

[tranquil ivy]

Plz never send that again fish

Like eger

EVER*

[slender lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/egg-eggs-carton-weird-surprise-gif-17568205

[sharp flame]

egger

https://tenor.com/view/eggs-breakfast-cooking-gif-14913289

[zealous elm]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-catgirl-crying-anime-crying-eggs-gif-23677079

[slender lodge]

ayoo

[sharp flame]

Högis, Rob & KungFungus respectively (left to right)

[proud minnow]

[tranquil ivy]

Rob you any good at THE FINALS?

[sharp flame]

(through my incredible powers of deduction) (rob told me)

[proud minnow]

we came second in the last playtest today… ._.

[hidden nacelle]

rob is a sweaty player

[sharp flame]

who'd you lose to.? haha

[proud minnow]

I’m ok… ._.

[proud minnow]

We were 3 seconds away from a steal when Linderholm blow up the entire building we were in….

[tranquil ivy]

A backstab 🤨

[fiery plume]

Hope that helps ...

[sharp flame]

ahaha, so I see the stealing is still like that hehe

[sharp flame]

I will assume you mean Monaco 😂 , Seoul has some.. pretty big buildings..

[proud minnow]

It was actually in Seoul, one of the best moments in my “FPS-career”… ._.

[sharp flame]

haha entire building... can't wait to see what that looks like

[proud minnow]

100% total chaos.! (but it’s super cool.!)

[proud minnow]

I hope you guys will love it and give tons of feedback during the CB.!

[sharp flame]

mark my words, I'm gonna pull a building down on someone else.. haha

[quiet silo]

I'm revving up my google doc as we speak! Can't wait to compare to my alpha one and see what changes came through

[sharp flame]

I wonder how different things will be for the Alpha..

[neon stream]

I think I might get sick on Tuesday, and will have to skip class... 😅

[quiet silo]

Also entire building on seoul 😩 My destruction loving self is gonna lose it.

[sharp flame]

I am busy until 4:30 pm...

[quiet silo]

My boss told me I had to use some vacation days two weeks ago and I was just like.. "Welllll..." lol

[sharp flame]

I have to miss the WHOLE day

whilst I watch people get in on my phone

it'll be even worse if I check my mail haha

maybe I will just block notifications

[clever pike]

Oh wow, I like it in here.

[neon stream]

welcome!

[sharp flame]

I know, right?!

[clever pike]

I think I'll stay.

[sharp flame]

the price is EE contribution haha

[clever pike]

Happily!

[neon stream]

(Moral support is a contribution as well)

[quiet silo]

Flex your Byzantine knowledge.

[sharp flame]

but that comes in once every few weeks

all you gotta do is talk sometimes

[clever pike]

Let's go, we can do it.

[sharp flame]

the actual 'Easter Egg Hunt-official' starts on the 27th

when we get images with hidden clues

but for now it's just hidden things in the Beta

[sharp flame]

Honestly some of the slightest changes can result in the largest player enjoyment/retention rates.. I am afraid I will give too much feedback 🤣

[slender lodge]

fish gonna spend the last day writing the 100 page feedback

graduating from masters writing my research paper on the finals closed beta B)

[wind pewter]

egg

[slender lodge]

[sharp flame]

I just love talking about game mechanics and stuff.. I find it all super interesting

[slender lodge]

for sure man same

[neon stream]

Have you guys watched RHB's video? I want to see the winners already, it will be really cool

[slender lodge]

mhahaha

[timid solstice]

playtesting on a sunday before the CB sounds like fun, think of the eggcitement

[solar glade]

hadn't noticed we got the pug in the Alpha trailer

[sharp flame]

hehe yep

was there all along..

[solar glade]

Embark hat and all

[slender lodge]

frankk

[sharp flame]

frankk

[proud minnow]

❤️FRANK❤️

[tacit creek]

frank with a fishing hat

https://tenor.com/view/guaynaa-guayna-rompe-rodillas-rompe-rodilla-perreo-gif-16488200

[earnest yew]

Frank

[tacit creek]

or normal hat ?

never forgot

[zealous elm]

frank looking tired

[tacit creek]

pugs usually look sad

[zealous elm]

https://tenor.com/view/pug-smile-cute-gif-15318183

[tacit creek]

still sad

but happy

[zealous elm]

makes sense

i guess

[proud minnow]

or not, haha

[zealous elm]

https://tenor.com/view/kanye-guess-kanye-west-we-never-know-gif-5417590

[timid solstice]

[tacit creek]

:frank:

[sharp flame]

:frank:

worth the try

https://tenor.com/view/frigorifico-pet-dog-pug-cute-gif-16246043

spent like half an hour redoing all my wallpapers just cause Rob's skin looked so cool haha

[zealous elm]

nice job mate

[hearty cobalt]

Any clues about 1e?

[quiet silo]

No more official EE hunting until the Beta is over my friend! We're on vacation

Court Mandated Vacation

[hearty cobalt]

Oh lol, i'm really late to this stuff ^^"

Tho these type of things are really exciting

[quiet silo]

It's fun stick around after the beta we learn a lot and get some neat little Finals related treats like Official Art and Cosmetic Renders for our time.

[hearty cobalt]

Are the passwords inside the beta or after it?

[quiet silo]

After

[hearty cobalt]

alr ^^

[neon stream]

There might be a few EEs in the beta, but not many

@hearty cobalt welcome btw 😃

[hearty cobalt]

Oh thank you, i'm really really new i hope it doesn't bother anybody ^^"

[quiet silo]

The official response was "not (m)any" lol

[neon stream]

If it bothers someone, we'll show them the door, don't worry

[hearty cobalt]

[quiet silo]

Yeah don't sweat that we all started at some point no one came in solving a tier on their first go.

[hearty cobalt]

Ye i'm reading the EE's tutorials

[neon stream]

If you want A LOT of information about the hunt so far, you can take a look at the Doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLzGtj2w2elVkqEdPV6NgqRiszNAxnwIANXHK-Pa1Bk/edit

[hearty cobalt]

i was confident about reading the document until i saw 350+ pages. I'll check it out a bit lol

[neon stream]

Yeah, there are many things you can skip 😂

Most things are images tbh

But there are a few clues that connect across tiers, so that'd probably help you. But you'll also hear them being mentioned here by others, so you can learn it that way too 😂

[hearty cobalt]

Oh dw i think this doc is really interesting

[neon stream]

TL;DR: keep an eye for things that relate to gold 😂

[hearty cobalt]

I'll check it out fr i love this kind of stuff

[meager cypress]

oh my good gosh there is 279 pages

[hearty cobalt]

yup lol

[meager cypress]

wow well I guess I have a lot of reading to do

[timid solstice]

This makes me so happy

[neon stream]

@hearty cobalt @meager cypress Flex4d is the guy we have to thank for this great Document!

[hearty cobalt]

You're the best ever

I'm still reading your document and i'm amazed

[meager cypress]

why thank you :3

[timid solstice]

Enabling the ‘outline’ really helps navigation if it’s off

But yeah it kinda grew into a massive record of things that seemed relevant in the chat

Hopefully gives you an idea of how things go down once a new artwork is posted

[hearty cobalt]

These EEs are so big brain q-q

[meager cypress]

last week we had a decoder one

[neon stream]

That's why team work is so important! 💪🏻

[timid solstice]

I still need to some bits from the last image then should be upto date

I’m not sure how big google docs can be, so I might have to create a new one just incase for next tier

[neon stream]

Apparently, 1.02 million characters is the max size 😅

They probably take images into consideration somehow 🤔

[slender lodge]

a... "a lot"....

[timid solstice]

It’s so big I can’t download it

And I can’t see how big it is either

[neon stream]

Hmmm I was able to 🤔

😅

[timid solstice]

Oh that’s interesting,

[zealous elm]

Oh my

[timid solstice]

Think of all the information we collectively hold on our heads

[neon stream]

And yet we only remember that "Byzantine Empires are not secrets"

[slender lodge]

one day rob is gonna add them as easter eggs and we wont take it seriously lol

[meager cypress]

lol

[low summit]

Is that the starting guide flex created?

[smoky girder]

Wait holy shit

[nocturne steppe]

im excited for tomorrow 🔥

[urban anchor]

I Hope we get access 💀

[sharp flame]

Not exactly the question to ask here but nah access is tomorrow

[white steppe]

mb, thanks!

[dusty oasis]

I just went thru the document

but like the can real quick

what if it was some audio wave thing?

cause this

https://i.imgur.com/fN9uE4K.png

and this kinda I can see this being audio

but how to decode that? not a single clue

[timid solstice]

hehe no thats the doc to record the hunt in detail, its hardcore but there if people are interested in how things happen/happened

[low summit]

I am interested

[south granite]

Oeh that actually looks like it a little

[dusty oasis]

Right?

I figured it would fit that

[turbid grove]

spectrogram?