easter-eggs

[valid lichen]

from the caesar egg

[gloomy anvil]

I mean in the map, I've never seen a place called caesar's palace

[valid lichen]

ohh yeah

i dont think its a place in the game

but it relates to vegas

[gloomy anvil]

ohh ok

[hearty meteor]

pretty sure ceasers palace is a casino

so i’d search there

[valid lichen]

hotel and casino

[hearty meteor]

i’ll prob do that in a few

[gloomy anvil]

and Rob said the nama has been in the game since launch, which is when Vegas was added

[valid lichen]

yep

cant search vegas rn thogh

[gloomy anvil]

neither

I'll take a peek tomorrow if it isn't already found by then

[random bramble]

Yeah I mean how many pulsars can there be

[valid lichen]

yeah

its our best lead

[random bramble]

"The University of Cambridge says that as of today over 3,000 pulsars have been discovered and while these were initially found in radio waves, we have since discovered these cosmic lighthouses in X-ray, gamma-ray, and even visible light."

[gloomy anvil]

atp we already have the nama but it would be cool to find out where it was hiding

[random bramble]

well we can see the Sphere outside the vegas map boundaries, maybe we need to look at/for Caesar's Palace there?

[valid lichen]

like out of bounds?

cant fly out of bounds

[hearty meteor]

oh so it wouldnt really contribute

[gloomy anvil]

it might, but Rob implied we were taking too long to find it so he gave us the QR code that led to it instead

I'd like to know if the numbers are also in-game or just added today.

[hearty meteor]

eh ig i’ll do either wr or egg hunting depending on which map i get

[random bramble]

I figured there was somewhere on the map where we could see Caesar's Palace or something, I'm at work atm so can't test unfortunately

[valid lichen]

oki

[unborn pilot]

agreed. if you haven't looked at NeverOddOrEven try that one. it has a lot of outlines and they're a bit easier to make out

[turbid tinsel]

which ones that?

[unborn pilot]

#official-art message

[turbid tinsel]

ahh yea never did as i joined after it

[unborn pilot]

best i could make out a while back was there's maybe an egg there

but there's definitily a lot of triangles

[shadow shore]

So we're looking for an actual namatama in-game on vegas rn?

I can look if that's what we're doing

[unborn pilot]

yeah. i'm not sure if Rob specified Vegas for it, but he said it's in game

also there's a WR on a barrel in Seoul

so if you get either map, might be worth looking

[shadow shore]

Righto ... well I saw a inflatable Nama on Seoul, out in the distance. That's all I've found regarding it

Like it was down below near a building

[unborn pilot]

#easter-eggs message

[rotund elbow]

technically rob said behind some barrels

[unborn pilot]

the way i read that, it could be on a barrel, but on the back of it. or it's on something else, but there's barrels in front of that blocking the view possibly

[rotund elbow]

plus he said barrels, so it might be a place where 2 barrels spawn

[boreal wedge]

i don't know if this is of any important, but is the fact that their are no sights on the gun, but one which appears to be attacthed to the front of the helmet?

probably not but thought id mention it

[shadow shore]

Around N 30 on Seoul, there's a Nama near the road stuck to the side of a building. Probably not the one we're looking for though. I just got the fog condition so I can't screenshot rip

[hearty meteor]

its an fcar so the sight is prob blocked by the arm

[boreal wedge]

true yeah

[cloud wyvern]

the SCAR or FCAR has a front and rear flip slight, you can see the front sight flipped down in the photo.

[turbid tinsel]

pretty sure this background was used in the thanks for playing picture they made

[valid lichen]

found a building in the distance called casino and hotel

[gloomy anvil]

this one?

[valid lichen]

wish i had image perms

[pulsar mason]

You can send it to any of us

[valid lichen]

imma just find a bit fore things first

but if you want me to send the things is find just dm me

[random bramble]

Caesar's Palace has a knockoff Trevi fountain, Tre means three in italian, Tre VI = 666

[random bramble]

Pretty sure you can post them now you're a yellow

[gloomy anvil]

lol you JUST became yellow

[valid lichen]

lmao

crazy

[random bramble]

What convenient timing

[valid lichen]

-r

[hearty meteor]

-r

[hearty meteor]

e

[valid lichen]

prob just a coincidence

but caesars palace is also a hotel casino

trying to find more stuff rn

[hearty meteor]

launching game and doign th same

[turbid tinsel]

yea the one with the girl, almost similar but the girl on also had the similar ring type background towards the bottom/center irrc.

never looked into the boxing one.

[naive rover]

I have heard a 4th voice, it was Japanese and was far away

[hearty meteor]

wdym

[turbid tinsel]

about to go look at the padlet because feel like im finding some odd stuff in the never odd or even

[valid lichen]

anyone know what that rock music is that plays in las vegas?

it happens in the corner of the map

happened*

[hearty meteor]

maybe try shazam

hey im orange

[valid lichen]

w

[valid lichen]

if you find anything send it to me and i can send it here

[hearty meteor]

got it

[valid lichen]

finally got vegas

[hearty meteor]

skyway

i can leave solo without penalty right

[valid lichen]

rip

yeah i think so

[hearty meteor]

ok cool

yay vegas

[valid lichen]

found a place that you can get to called eastwood drive that is a hotel casino in map

[hearty meteor]

i'll search the casino

argon casino

there are a whole bunch of namas on the slot machines

they're all the thumbs up version tho

[valid lichen]

yeah

[hearty meteor]

youre searching eastwood right

[valid lichen]

yeah

found nothing yet

game just ended so i need to get vegas again

although i did find these pillars you can break so i was thinking something might be hiding in one of them

[hearty meteor]

i hope i dotn have to break stuff

[valid lichen]

ill keep looking

didnt think anything would be hiding in plain sight

[hearty meteor]

where were the other ones hidden

might be a pattern here idk

[hasty anvil]

Things have been hidden behind breakable things, don't listen to that

[valid lichen]

[hearty meteor]

whats more effective for breaking stuff, m32 or hammer?

[valid lichen]

i use hammer

because guitar inspect is great

[hearty meteor]

monaco afjhaweouhfaujaew

[valid lichen]

same lol

[hearty meteor]

im f2p

[valid lichen]

rip rip

i respect

[hearty meteor]

i fell into the skin rabbit hole of valorant once and i learned my lesson

[valid lichen]

lol same

[hearty meteor]

also you can earn money for free this game so idw use real money

[shadow shore]

You can be more precise with the hammer too!

[fresh quiver]

btt?

[hearty meteor]

ooh can you destroy the nama on accident?

[sharp flame]

If you spend money on the BP and starter bundle and it gives you 150% of the money back that's like paying negative money though ❤️

[valid lichen]

yeah

thats what i did

[hearty meteor]

well yes but

its something i wanna stick too

otherwise i know i'll just fall down that rabbit hole again

[valid lichen]

valid

[shadow shore]

Not sure but you can position yourself to hit certain things without destroying others like using c4

[hearty meteor]

cuz i see a skin and im like "hm i dont have enough money rn and i will earn it back later so why not buy it with real money now "

and then i stop playign the game

VEGAS LETS GO

[pure loom]

It's an Easter Egg - it's a Swedish punk band called Death By Rhodent - which is the posters on the alleyway wall. If you stand by it long enough you can hear the lead singer introduce the band and they say the song is called 'Dominate'

[valid lichen]

yipeee

[hearty meteor]

i see

[valid lichen]

ok

[hearty meteor]

shit i forgot to equip the hammer

[valid lichen]

lol

monaco again

and again

LETS GOO

vegas

[snow chasm]

[sharp flame]

where did you acquire these

[cloud wyvern]

well i tried looking for rabbits and couldnt find any

[timid solstice]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19siDZ017dobFK5_igQN6tWM_9rol_RxM

[hearty meteor]

looked behind the argon globe at the entrance, nothing hidden there

[hard current]

hey, that kind of talk isn't welcome here @valid lichen you do you homie

[hearty meteor]

skyway

[valid lichen]

also found nothing in the pillars yet lol

[hearty meteor]

now i have charge n slam, hammer, c4, mine and rpg equipped, time to flatten vegas

[hard current]

did the new info today spawn any new ideas relevant to the practice arena?

[sharp flame]

it's sure less likely, but we clearly need to find new places to look

[hearty meteor]

i keep getting skyways aijfeoiajf

[valid lichen]

lol rip

alr well im going to play ranked with my friends so good luck

ping me if you find anything

[hearty meteor]

will do

btw anyone know what the "ALTER. EXPLOIT. DESTROY." thing means on the sa1216

[valid lichen]

i think it says that on every gun

[shadow shore]

Maybe we have to do a thing to spawn the Nama. Like there's a show room full of those gold egg shaped flower holders that Rockhound found

[hearty meteor]

i couldnt find it on any other weapon

[hearty meteor]

need elaboration

[sharp flame]

an old slogan, like the one on the billboard

[shadow shore]

One moment please

[valid lichen]

maybe

[hearty meteor]

[valid lichen]

it would be hard to figure out without direct help

[cloud wyvern]

hidden map switches was a thing Embark devs did in a previous life so it wouldn't be out of the question.

[valid lichen]

says it on ak i think

[shadow shore]

There's a bunch of these on little pillars on the 2nd floor of Argon. I think it's argon anyway

[pulsar mason]

I’m confused why we are looking for the Nama, didn’t Rob give it to us because we couldn’t find it in game??

[hearty meteor]

oh yeah i see it

wait there are numbers there

huh.

oop seoul time

[valid lichen]

idk lol

i think he gave us a hint to find it

[hearty meteor]

@shadow shore are you still looking for wr?

[shadow shore]

always

[hearty meteor]

he did, there might be more to it tho and we just wanna find it i think

[hearty meteor]

what areas have you checkd

[random bramble]

Could be something around it or the location etc, plus would be good to see how difficult it is to locate considering it's been in the game since launch

[pulsar mason]

We literally have the Nama there’s nothing to search for unless you want to find how we should have found it. I’d assume there are clues on Monaco which present a QR code

[valid lichen]

oh alr

[shadow shore]

Back hospital, basically behind every arena throwable spawn lol

[pulsar mason]

We really need to focus efforts on the Nama he gave us, particularly those numbers.

[hard current]

yeah the date we know what it leads to

but the numbers...

[hearty meteor]

im checking skybridge area rn

[pure loom]

I'm just catching up on all the clues, but I'm wondering if the clue pointing to Jocelyn Bell Burnell is there to lead us to the fact that "The Daily Telegraph science reporter shortened "pulsating radio source" to pulsar." which might tell us we need to shorten GOLDENEGG or GOLDEGG to get to the password (along with mirroring it). Perhaps GEGG or GENEGG or GOEGG

[hasty anvil]

Is there any way the numbers could lead to letters? hexa, etc

[hearty meteor]

ooh interesting

[pulsar mason]

This is brilliant

Well done

[random bramble]

I mean the site says "why didn't you find me am I not important" so potentially the location is important and we can work backwards from it for more clues. Plus I know I'm not smart enough for the stuff in the image so it's a way I can help

[hasty anvil]

rob gave hints of 'light a candle' maybe under a candle lit table on vegas

[valid lichen]

i feel like he wouldnt say this if it was irrelevant

[pure loom]

Thanks, but I'll take "well done" if it's proven correct haha

[pulsar mason]

Don’t put yourself down all help is good ❤️

Unless your discovery is the holtow sticker taking you to a website

[pure loom]

That sort of truncation of the words would at least mean the letters stay in order

Maybe down to 4, 5 or 6 letters?

[cloud wyvern]

are the remaining white rabbits confirmed to be at hospital & construction or is that just a theory

[pure loom]

Unless something's been mentioned by Rob in the last couple of days, it's just a theory - would be cool if they make a pattern though

[hasty anvil]

theory but follows trend

[turbid tinsel]

to bad its not geegee or something

[hearty meteor]

did you try it

[turbid tinsel]

nah doesnt seem relevant

[hearty meteor]

you never know

[pure loom]

An idea I had about their locations: #easter-eggs message

[hearty meteor]

vegas time

[valid lichen]

yesss

[hearty meteor]

also could barrels mean any thing else than arena carriables

guns?

idk

[cloud wyvern]

any weight to where they have been placed. One on the letter i, one on an esclator, one on a light. gives us LIE.

[fresh quiver]

@pure loom you are longer around here...

was it found that some of the frames of the diamond clue gif (burrw.gif) does have different pixel dimensions?

[hearty meteor]

two s's

maybe?

[hasty anvil]

S LIES

[fallen basin]

has anybody noticed the black rectangles on vegas that if you melee they slowly disapere????

[cloud wyvern]

could maybe help narrow down where to look for another one

[pure loom]

I don't think so. I think we only have the numbers and letters. Dimension changes would be a good find

[pulsar mason]

Interesting, where?

[hearty meteor]

nothing in the big argon ball in the entrance

[cloud wyvern]

where do we got S in Seoul? the Skybridge?

[fresh quiver]

already wanted to head to bed. But just looked at it again and wanted to do a HDR of all the frames.
Photoshop said they are not the same dimensions. so i investigated.

[cloud wyvern]

seems like that would be completely searched at this point

[hearty meteor]

hospital? idk

[fresh quiver]

Let me get my last move today before i head to bed and finish the list with dimensions

[fallen basin]

uhh i remember seeing one on the far side of the parking garage

[pulsar mason]

Legend

[pulsar mason]

See if you can clip it for us

[hearty meteor]

will look for that rectangle

[fallen basin]

right on top of that cashout room

ill try to load into match

i saw it during ranked so couldnt clip lol

[cloud wyvern]

would have to be on the letter S of hospital and seems like that'd be a repeat of the one on the letter i

[hearty meteor]

how big is the rectangel

[fallen basin]

really small

[hearty meteor]

which cashout

the one above the lot right

[fallen basin]

right on top of that room on the parking garage

i just loaded into vegas

it wasnt bigger than the lights foot

[shadow shore]

That's what I was thinking

[fresh quiver]

@pure loom also tagging @unborn pilot as our numbers person.

Frame 1: 960 x 540
Frame 2: 960 x 540
Frame 3: 960 x 540
Frame 4: 935 x 540
Frame 5: 911 x 540
Frame 6: 923 x 540
Frame 7: 943 x 540
Frame 8: 955 x 540
Frame 9: 960 x 540
Frame 10: 960 x 540
Frame 11: 960 x 540
Frame 12: 960 x 540
Frame 13: 960 x 540
Frame 14: 960 x 540
Frame 15: 960 x 540
Frame 16: 960 x 540
Frame 17: 960 x 540
Frame 18: 960 x 540
Frame 19: 960 x 540

Frame 4-8 have different width dimensions

[hearty meteor]

@valid lichen dming you a screenshot

[fresh quiver]

thought it would work also at contestant already to post images

[pure loom]

this looks significant - maybe we subtract each one from 960?

[hearty meteor]

i dont have perms

[pure loom]

25, 49, 37, 17, 5

[cloud wyvern]

oh i see the LIE theory has already been discussed to death. I should use the search function more often.

[hearty meteor]

i found 567478; THE FINALS; DISCOVERY CORP on the ak

is that on all weapons

[earnest wagon]

Coords for middle of Saudi Arabia.

[fallen basin]

i cant find the rectangles srry

give me a min

[hearty meteor]

prob an artifact then

i didnt find them either

i had some artifacting on the bottom of the garage

[hard current]

the finals was originally called project discovery

[cloud wyvern]

lmao got into construction seoul match and it timed out in the loading screen

[hearty meteor]

right the exe is also called discovery exe

[fallen basin]

sorry, whats artifacting? this is the first time ive seen something

[hearty meteor]

basically when your gpu decides to be a lil silly and render stuff weirdly

[earnest wagon]

All of these numbers fit a formula:

x(2) + 1

[hearty meteor]

afaik sometimes when another thing goes over that texture it disappears

[earnest wagon]

Wait... might be wrong (too much single malt)

[hearty meteor]

aka its all odd numbers

lmao

[fresh quiver]

posted it already in #1198659083587297350 but here aswell now:
we found 444 on the picture

also:
666 is every latin number once up to 500
DCLXVI

when you turn them into normal numbers. you can also get 444

666 = 500 + 100 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 1
444 = 500 - 100 + 50 - 10 + 5 - 1

[pure loom]

haha I love this

[fallen basin]

idk it like got slowly smaller, didnt just immieditly disapere after i meleed

[hearty meteor]

hm weird

doesnt seem to be related to teh ee hunt tho since its not reproducable

also a black rectangle disappearing slowly seems too vague for rob to do

back toqueueing i go

[fallen basin]

lmao ya

[hearty meteor]

-r

[fallen basin]

srry

[hearty meteor]

almost there

[hearty meteor]

curiosity is good!

[fresh quiver]

not here please.

use #🏆┇rank-check for that

[hearty meteor]

oh sorry

[cloud wyvern]

i couldn't find any rabbits but i did find luigi and he said that he was a playable character

[hearty meteor]

i found waluigi in a corner and he was crying

ok wr time, i'll search for barrel like things in the hospital

o2 tanks?

maybe

there is a icu bed on the skybridge too

[earnest wagon]

5 = 2sq + 1
17 = 4 sq + 1
9 = 3sq + 0
25 = 5sq + 0
36 = 6sq + 1
49 = 7sq + 2

I messed up 2 squared somehow, and thought it was _ 2, making a symmetrical pattern

I shouldn't drink and derive.

[hasty anvil]

I'm thinking barrels are throwables, bins, canisters, that kind of thing?

[shadow shore]

Only other barrels I know are waves 🌊

[earnest wagon]

Those numbers do seem interestingly spaced. All odd, making the gaps between them all even.

[shadow shore]

Or gun barrels?

[hasty anvil]

Barrel rolls perhaps

[hearty meteor]

i was thinking of that too, but idk where to find a gun

[hasty anvil]

Would be funny if 1 WR was hidden on a player this whole time

[hearty meteor]

lmao

[shadow shore]

Maybe on the billboards?

[timid solstice]

what was it inspected in?

because in photoshop the frames are all 960px width

[hearty meteor]

i searched through the hospital and didnt find anything

this one might not be behind barrels tho

i'll do the apartments next

[fresh quiver]

stegsolve has a own Frame viewer I used. it directly takes the image data

[timid solstice]

but I can see the frame image as a layer, nothing is missing

[hearty meteor]

should i be searching anywhere specific iin vegas except for the casino

[fresh quiver]

weird. just confirmed that for myself in PS.

It could be that PS may just takes the dimensions of the whole gif. but i dont know for sure.

[earnest wagon]

Was it confirmed that the NYT Crossword clue was a conicidence, or am I imagining that?

[timid solstice]

there is info right upto the edges

[pulsar mason]

Not a coincidence

[timid solstice]

rob said the date was neat

#1175202375070384208 message

[fresh quiver]

Anyways Hunters!
I wish everyone a good hunt. I'm heading to bed. Already 2am ._.

[oak oar]

Lol looks like a git commit history

[earnest wagon]

Definitely something to go back to tomorrow then. For now though, it's late and I'm tipsy.

Can't wait to find out what the password is when I wake up.

Counting on you all!

[hard current]

#1175202375070384208

[solar glade]

i just played Seoul and a synth sound spawned in a very specific location in Petronelle Plaza. don't know if it's EE related

[hearty meteor]

where exactly

[valid lichen]

how are things going?

[hearty meteor]

nothing so far

but tbf i didnt expect anythign

also i have been waiting most of the time lfmao

[hard current]

imo the numbers gotta be worked with

#1198659083587297350

or a connection made further with pulsars

i’m looking for wr rn on seoul

[hearty meteor]

definitely, but i have zero idea of how to do so

[hasty anvil]

found on a cone in Vegas, pretty sure that says 'SR!'

4A-1117?

[pure loom]

Sounds a bit bug-like, but I dunno. Could be something

[solar glade]

ye, sounds like a bug tbh

like a sound got stuck in that particular area

[hearty meteor]

it sounds like the cloak sound but weird

[pure loom]

Yeah, SR! looks right - the dots around the base are curious

[hasty anvil]

also 702 in the same font as the tree numbers

[cloud wyvern]

its the bubble shield sound

way to tell on yourselves for not playing the best class

[valid lichen]

lol

[hearty meteor]

i got monaco 5 times in a row what is this

[hasty anvil]

yeah sounds like a bubble shield glitch that didn't despawn

[valid lichen]

crazy

[hearty meteor]

whats the name of the hospital again

[daring bluff]

sounds similar to a super weak dome shield, probably a bug but who knows

[solar glade]

i hadn't paid that much attention to its sound even tho i do play it

[cloud wyvern]

thank your local heavy for their bubble shields

[hasty anvil]

Could barrels maybe be the shootable suspended things too

[hard current]

i looked at those as well

no luck so far

[hearty meteor]

i just checked if i could see the alreadyd found rabbits and uhh

i dotn see them?

nvm

wow they are hidden well

[shadow shore]

He also said "barrels", maybe he meant the plural. So more than just one

There's a spawn of two on hospital roof

[hasty anvil]

#easter-eggs message this was eyed, how did we get to it?

[hearty meteor]

i dotn see them

[hasty anvil]

Veni Vidi Vici

[hard forge]

looks the same to me.

[shadow shore]

I saw two spawn next to each other on the metal walkway near the big glass roof

Near the aircon looking machines

[hearty meteor]

i only see one there

[shadow shore]

Hmm I'm not home so can't check or send a SS

[hearty meteor]

i'll try again next time

i checked pretty far into the match

[shadow shore]

Back side towards the outter edge of the map, not towards the action. Near the elevators up the little metal stairs

[hearty meteor]

what kind of barrels

[shadow shore]

They were orange but they changed next time I had the map

[hearty meteor]

maybe theatre related?

[hearty meteor]

still 2 tho?

[shadow shore]

Ye

[hearty meteor]

interesting

[shadow shore]

It might rotate

[hearty meteor]

there was a part near the elevator that was destroyed

there was nothing behind those barrels

maybe under í'll checkl

[viscid halo]

Hey just so you know, I found out that if you break presents in monaco there is a chance that one drops a bunny head the same as the cosmetic one, hope that helps

[cloud wyvern]

if we are going off of S LIES theory, things i've been looking at in seoul: satellite dishes, signage, servers, stairwells

[hearty meteor]

those two barrels were originally there

didnt find anythign tho

although maybe i dont look hard enough

[viscid halo]

Is there any guide or step by step list to keep track of the easter egg and maybe help with anything?

[hearty meteor]

#egg-hunt-onboarding

tbh i have no idea where to search in vegas rn

the casinos are huge

some graffitis over here

also death metal music

and whatever the fuck this is

i am getting distracted lmao

its 3am, i'll search one more map and then sleep

[cloud wyvern]

i think it was mentioned a few scrolls up that music/graffiti/band posters are from one of the devs old bands

[hearty meteor]

this one has the finals logo which is interesting

[hearty meteor]

i thought the band did rock music?

also that was not near the theatre

actually nvm it was lmao

it was behind the back door

[valid lichen]

goodnight and goodluck to everyone searching

[hearty meteor]

another spot with two barrels

wait ihave thread access now

[random bramble]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(disambiguation) just in case SR meant something else with the word Barrels

None of them seem relevant aside from maybe the low voltage connector one considering the Generator EE theory

[shadow shore]

Very nice

[hearty meteor]

whats the generator ee theory

[random bramble]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1191559098420969542 I think it's this

[cloud wyvern]

"behind some barrels" could mean you gotta shoot some shit with your gun (barrel) to reveal it

[hearty meteor]

shoot what tho

[random bramble]

I mean you can shoot ceiling tiles all over the map on Seoul so

I know that a bunch of people were exploring that avenue last week

[hearty meteor]

i didnt equip hammer...

breach charge time

[shadow shore]

Shooting the roof ceiling tiles in certain spots also reveals these weird ass shadows that move. But that may be for another day

[cloud wyvern]

probably just visual bug

[shadow shore]

Probably

[gloomy anvil]

I like this theory, I find it hard to believe Rob would spill a location in such an obvious manner as literally behind some barrels

[shadow shore]

Agreed

[gloomy anvil]

gonna throw something random out before I leave

Shoot the Seoul fire alarms in a specific order (or all of them in one match)

Cya

[pulsar mason]

Perhaps use a flamethrower or candle? 🤔

[turbid tinsel]

Curious if volpe is based/related to Vulpecula, where coincidentally PSR B1919+21 is located that Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered. Volpe is coincidentally the official sponsor of "skyway stadium" as well. It's brightest start also has a magnitude of 4.44, maybe a 444 reference?

[plucky edge]

Is the new picture with the weird orange line on the mask maybe the Roman numeral I

[turbid tinsel]

The star also carries the traditional name Anser, which refers to the goose the little fox holds in its jaws.

[shadow shore]

Anyone notice if SR eyed any new stuff with the things?

Disregard, just noticed the earlier eyed message!

[valid lichen]

What has he eyed 👀

[shadow shore]

The 3 V words, let me find it

This @valid lichen

[hard forge]

its weird but your username is somehow related to the EE. lol

[jaunty dock]

whoa

[valid lichen]

Thanks

[shadow shore]

No wuckaz

[pulsar mason]

We are also looking for an answer 🤔

[pulsar mason]

Wait how long are the pulses in diamond or holtow

Vulpecula had a pulse repeating every 1.3373 seconds

Holtow appears to be around 0.5 seconds so that rules it out, but it’s a step in the right direction

If we had an exact time it takes for holtow.com to pulse it’d be great

[cloud wyvern]

Animation Iterations: Infinite
Frame Count: 2
Duration: 1.00 s

like you said. .5 seconds

[pulsar mason]

Damn exact that sucks, was hoping it’d be decimal so we could find a matching pulsar

[naive rover]

Have you noticed that dar knights is a reference to a Shakespeare poem, dark nights. (Don't remember which one tho)

With the practice arena and the candle plant thing, have you tried the emoticon playing with fire

[shadow shore]

Yeah a few people have messed around with it

[naive rover]

Or the spray ocular zest

[shadow shore]

I haven't unlocked that one yet so I haven't, but not sure about the others

But I've played around with the sprays a little. The card one and the Nama holding the can

[static parrot]

Make a map of all barrels on seoul and check them one by one

[naive rover]

I will look into this

[naive rover]

It could be a reference to the dark night of the soul

It is a poem by John of the Cross

[shadow shore]

Well on Monaco the crest on the gold shaped oval changes during the night variants of the map. Might be the same for Seoul with something

[naive rover]

Maybe, I am only new to this

[shadow shore]

All crackpot theories welcome!

[naive rover]

Thank you

The poem goes like this

Dark Night of the Soul

On a dark night,
Kindled in love with yearnings
–oh, happy chance!–
I went forth without being observed,
My house being now at rest.

In darkness and secure,
By the secret ladder, disguised
–oh, happy chance!–
In darkness and in concealment,
My house being now at rest.

In the happy night,
In secret, when none saw me,
Nor I beheld aught,
Without light or guide, save that which burned in my
heart.

This light guided me
More surely than the light of noonday
To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me–
A place where none appeared.

Oh, night that guided me,
Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover,
Lover transformed in the Beloved!

Upon my flowery breast,
Kept wholly for himself alone,
There he stayed sleeping, and I caressed him,
And the fanning of the cedars made a breeze.

The breeze blew from the turret
As I parted his locks;
With his gentle hand he wounded my neck
And caused all my senses to be suspended.

I remained, lost in oblivion;
My face I reclined on the Beloved.
All ceased and I abandoned myself,
Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies.

It fits with the romance theme some people found

This is a translation tho

The original

La noche oscura del alma

En una noche oscura,
con ansias en amores imflamada,
¡oh dichosa uentura!
salí sin ser notada,
estando ya mi casa sosegada.

A escuras y segura,
por la secreta escala disfrazada,
¡oh dichosa uentura!
a escuras y ençelada,
estando ya mi casa sosegada.

En la noche dichosa,
en secreto, que nadie me ueya,
ni yo miraua cosa,
sin otra luz ni guia
sino la que en el corazón ardia.

Aquesta me guiaua
mas cierto que la luz del mediodia,
adonde me esperaua
quien yo bien me sabia,
en parte donde nadie parecia.

¡Oh noche que me guiaste!
¡oh noche amable mas que el aluorada!,
¡oh noche que juntaste
amado con amada,
amada en el amado transformada!

En mi pecho florido,
que entero para el solo se guardaua,
alli quedo dormido,
y yo le regalaua,
y el ventalle de cedros ayre daua.

El ayre de la almena,
cuando ya sus cabellos esparzia,
con su mano serena
en mi cuello heria,
y todos mis sentidos suspendia.

Quedeme y oluideme,
el rostro recline sobre el amado,
ceso todo, y dexeme,
dexando mi cuidado
entre las açucenas olvidado.

The Principality of Monaco and the Kingdom of Spain have maintained official diplomatic relations since 2 June 1876. John of the cross is Spanish, tho this is far fetched

I got Las Vegas, anything we need from there

The map that is

[shadow shore]

May take a while, but couldn't hurt. It'd be a nightmare to whip up from a 'birds eye view' perspective too though... with the multiple levels of buildings. Alternatively when we have a group searching, we could all just pick a spot each and go ham

[shadow shore]

May be a hidden namatama mascot somewhere. No idea how to locate or spawn the cheeky devil

[naive rover]

Who is Namatama

[shadow shore]

[naive rover]

Ohhhhh

[shadow shore]

The egg mascot

[naive rover]

Right

[shadow shore]

There we go, I had to make it a sticker

[naive rover]

Thank u

Anyone got the pop pour and perform with the Nama dude

Anyone got the smart idea to check the info page

[hearty meteor]

which info page

[naive rover]

Egg hunt info

[hearty meteor]

what would you wanna check there

[naive rover]

It has a hint example of “the white rabbit by Jefferson airplane”

[velvet narwhal]

The name of the new concept art contains vvv

[naive rover]

The raven by Edgar, not Shakespeare

[shadow shore]

Love that poem, what's the relevance you reckon?

[naive rover]

I have heard it only once, but I remembered it before. Or it was just a gut feeling

Be back in five or so

[shadow shore]

Well if we can find a connection to the EE from it - apart from the Battlepass, that'd be cool as hell

[naive rover]

I’m back, what if the voice we hear in the background (the one that was identified as a rick and Morty character) is namara's voice line and (in theory) you get teleported to a new arena and the line that you have to w-a-l-k down a tunnel to reach Narma and it is like a secret boss battle. (The devs are definitely laughing at me)

[hearty meteor]

i

what

wait

im not following

what voice?

and who is narma?

[naive rover]

This one and by Narma I mean namatama

Maybe not a boss battle

[restive dagger]

Just a random idea but Namatama is a living Egg like Humpty Dumpty so he might sit on a wall and we have to knock him down to trigger something, but as we still don't know where he is (or if he exists in game) this is just speculation.

[naive rover]

Have we set the argon casino fully on fire for the candle clue

[shadow shore]

The main connection to The Raven from what I've seen is the BP spray "nevermore encore". Nevermore is what the Raven says to the narrator while he's grieving a lost loved one... and then there's the crow pet. Pretty sure it's a crow because it's smaller but will have to double check. But on the subject of writers, I wonder if there's any relation to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and Hunter S. Thompson. Just need a Hawaiian shirt or a field jacket cosmetic now, already have the visor 😂

[naive rover]

So we got a lead?

It is a crow, but it could be hiding the fact it’s a raven

[fresh quiver]

most probable clues we might have are in #1194001777452929154 & as of yesterday #1198659083587297350 especially the VVV is important as that is our last big clue

[shadow shore]

Think raven's are a lot larger and have more scruff feathers around the neck

[naive rover]

Yeah

[fresh quiver]

we should try to not get too much new ideas in here. We should try to get some things done with the Clues we got yesterday from rob.

i will make a list with everything that could be important from yesterday. If not already existing in VVV

[shadow shore]

Yeah that's a good call

[fresh quiver]

the problem is. With new ideas we dont work on the newest actual clues we have.
And also we may get offtrack again as always 😄

[shadow shore]

Yeah you're right, it's fun forming new ideas and making connections but it could be a little counter productive. I'll look at some things from yesterday too 👍

[static parrot]

vvv

Top left

Look

[fresh quiver]

#1198659083587297350 anything we already found

[fresh quiver]

yes there are numbers

[static parrot]

Sorry

[fresh quiver]

don't worry. it's fine 🙂

[naive rover]

There are numbers in all the corners

[naive rover]

Oh right sorry

[rancid ocean]

would you care for an egg in this trying time

[shadow shore]

Sure, but what is your spaghetti policy here??

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

Catching up on this now, just noticed it's been mentioned!

[timid solstice]

yes nama could be depicting Caesar meaning Caesar cipher or latin

could also be another shakespear reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)

which with the mirror could lead to
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Mirrors-In-Julius-Caesar-C5772FDDEB07FD6A

[shadow shore]

Far out

[fresh quiver]

atbash cipher with a followed caesar cipher?

just a thought of mine

[sharp flame]

It carries on from the previous frame. Therefore not new information maybe? Can you check because to me it looks like certain columns on both the right and left side repeat for a few frames

[timid solstice]

caesar used a shift of 3

[sharp flame]

I noted it down earlier, the columns

[timid solstice]

ok yeah if you do a difference you can see that

but it exists in the frame it self

so perhaps that steg program things looks at how it can be compressed maybe

if there are identical pixels in other frames?

perhaps what it important is the amount of pixels

in the "empty" space

Frame 4: 960 - 935 = 25
Frame 5: 960 - 911 = 49
Frame 6: 960 - 923 = 37
Frame 7: 960 - 943 = 17
Frame 8: 960 - 955 = 5

25 49 37 17 5

[sharp flame]

Yep, except the left and right side have individual patterns

#easter-eggs message

25 19 12
30 25 17 5

[fresh quiver]

so stegsolve may not be wrong? something a little good to hear

[civic trellis]

On the ceasar pic?

[fresh quiver]

That is from burrw.gif aka Diamond Clue
#1178137622359593043

[civic trellis]

Ooo ok

[snow walrus]

Maybe we should use ROT3 lastly but first have to ensure on the text

[earnest wagon]

Ooh I studied this (albeit a long time ago).

In Julius Caesar (Act 1 Scene 2), Cassius offers Brutus a mirror.

Cassius:
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?

Brutus:
No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself
But by reflection, by some other things.

Cassius
'Tis just.
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye

...

Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear.
And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.

In short, Shakespeare invents gaslighting.

Cassius is basically telling Brutus he can't know everything, he can't see himself for instance - Cassius is able to hold up a mirror to him, and effectively guide his thoughts.

Effectively, Cassius is manipulating Brutus' interpretation of events.

In practical terms however this could mean a few things:

1. Reflection is important (seems likely given the numbers in the corner of the same image)

2. Perhaps our interpretation of something is backwards?

3. Maybe it's something we can't see ourselves and require a reflective surface or another person to look at. We've been scouring the maps, but has anyone looked at player model stuff that we'd otherwise be blind to from the first person view?

[civic trellis]

Yeah maybe a different point of view is crucial

As for point 3 maybe we should mirror certain stuff?

[earnest wagon]

The image in this thread https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1198659083587297350 reveals numbers in the corners of the latest Nama clue.

They're positioned in the corners. A few others have theorised that a mirrors edge placed diagonally (forming a cross in the middle) might be the way forward - combined with converting them to roman numerals.

Had no luck so far.

[sharp flame]

It's right

[earnest wagon]

The numbers share some interesting similarities / peculiarities.

• The top left is all odd numbers, the other corners are all even.

• Numbers grouped together are only ever repeated. i.e. no two or more digits share a number.

It's almost as if the amount of numbers is key.

So 666 = 3 6's = 36?

[rancid ocean]

when you die by falling off the map it reads that youve been killed by "32768", so i looked it up and found this

"The number 32768 is a power of 2, i.e. it is 2^15. If you have a 32.768kHz clock frequency it is easy to divide it to an 1Hz frequency using binary frequency dividers, a.k.a. binary counters, i.e. chains of flip-flops.

Having a 1Hz frequency means you have a clock signal which provides 1s time resolution: count the seconds with a counter, do the math and you have a Real-Time Clock (RTC)."

[earnest wagon]

I think that damage number is just a limitation for the integer.

Max 16 bit number.

[rancid ocean]

its not a damage number, its placed where an enemies name would be if they killed you

[civic trellis]

You mean in data or you just find it right there?

[static parrot]

I remember someone was mentioning golden egg under a hidden spring, i found a fountain in the park area, blew it up, but found nothing. If someone remembers this - blow it up and then use spectator camera to go through it

[rancid ocean]

right on screen, you can test this just... jump

[earnest wagon]

Yeah that was me. I haven't tried that yet, but good idea!

[static parrot]

Or maybe if we connect fountain placements and find where they point to

[earnest wagon]

Hmm, weird it would show as a name.

It's not unusual for devs to set something that should 100% kill you as a max damage number in this manner.

Perhaps the way it's coded means it's trying to pass a player name, and when failing to find one passes the damage number instead?

Have you got a screenshot?

[fresh quiver]

#🔴┇media-chat message

its just the max 16bit integer. we kinda ruled it out i think.
It happens especially in solo bank it afaik.

[valid lichen]

good morning

solve any clues?

[fresh quiver]

the last thing i found out before going to bed at 2AM was that burrw.gif has some frames with different pixel dimensions.

[valid lichen]

ok interesting

[gloomy anvil]

I think I've had Seoul in 80% of my games today

no rabbits

[valid lichen]

[fresh quiver]

let me quote rob real quick.

"you need to play more" 😛

[quiet moat]

They’re these little squares and crosshairs on the edges of the most recent artwork

[gloomy anvil]

Those are on most artworks, usually more visible

[quiet moat]

Not all of them though

Like this?

It’s different

[gloomy anvil]

This is the sort of thing I mean #official-art message

I've never really looked into them myself

[fresh quiver]

im think these are called "crop marks" they are used in design

[dire lintel]

These are used to align papers on top of each other when they run through multiple printers for each color (offset printing)

Registration marks

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/55338

[fresh quiver]

yeah thats what i meant with crop marks. didnt knew the exact term. but knew it was talked about it before here

[unique spruce]

aesop's mirror: a love story: Maryalice Huggins has mirror fever, and her quest to understand one special antique mirror makes great reading--part history, part love story, and an altogether fascinating look at the secretive, seductive world of rare things

right now are we on pulsars? so much chat happened yesterday

[fresh quiver]

yes. also i found (even it was mentioned sometime earlier about 2 months ago) that some frames of the diamond clue gif (burrw.gif) has different pixel dimensions in width

[quiet moat]

What about the crosshair

[fresh quiver]

also crop / trim marks

[quiet moat]

Weird choice for a trim mark lol

[dire lintel]

*Registration marks: used to check the alignment of the layers of ink. (Sorry to correct you, but I care about this stuff ✌🏻)

[quiet moat]

Your odd

[earnest wagon]

Actually, I am.

[hearty meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-your-gif-22328611

no embed perms damn

[quiet moat]

Your odder

[quiet moat]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-no-no-embed-megamind-megamind-meme-gif-25261934

Lmfao

[shadow shore]

Anyhoo

I was trying to look for clues in Vegas and noticed the keyboard has symbols on certain letters

[faint rivet]

I think it’s Korean. Been there all the time

[shadow shore]

And the slot machine may have said "milk daddy"...?

[shadow shore]

Oh right, thanks for that. Saved me a trip down a rabbit hole there!

[sharp flame]

weird then that it's in Vegas..

[timid solstice]

they would re-use assets would they!!!

[sharp flame]

Embark reuses assets 😱?!

[sharp flame]

it says WHAT

[shadow shore]

Haha have a listen.

[valid lichen]

yeah what the

maybe we should be taking a listen to the machines though

[timid solstice]

and turn down/off the announcers

[sharp flame]

10 steps ahead of you
/s

[timid solstice]

btw the voices might get better

[shadow shore]

And lastly, I watched the short video for the solo bank it mode.. and noticed a flash of light at the end. Went onto the 29a website and messed around with the image, and found this. Looks like initials of some kind maybe? But also might just be a random arrangement, clutching at straws

[timid solstice]

Elevenlabs have a new £80m funding round to play with

[earnest wagon]

Hmm, going to keep an eye on the boards for new VA gigs then. Feel like I've spent enough time pulling the game apart, it would be nice to put something back in.

[shadow shore]

I was walking around in the PR "weapon inspecting" the thermal vision tablet, you can see some reflections on it. Didn't notice anything in there anyway. Well there is a big yellow circle near the beginning loadout console, but I don't think it's a clue to be fair

[tacit phoenix]

Looks like “T3”

[hasty anvil]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1198659083587297350 making some progress on the namatama in here if anyone's interested (please bless us with eyes Rob)

[rich grove]

There's a room in Vegas where everything is yellow including the slots and fire alarm

[snow walrus]

i saw a similar clip but full black

[valid lichen]

is finding the hidden namatama still worth it?

[earnest wagon]

It may provide further context to the clue.

[valid lichen]

true

[alpine whale]

which one?

[earnest wagon]

We know the Caesar one has been out there since launch, there's probably others though.

[civic trellis]

Caesar

[valid lichen]

alr

[unborn pilot]

Yeah I’d say it’s worth finding. There might be more clues or info we can gather based on where it was found and how it was hidden

[alpine whale]

i bet they added something in the update that goes with the caesar

in a map or something

[unborn pilot]

He said in this message it’s been there since the game went live. So it’s likely not new, we just missed it 🙂 #easter-eggs message

[alpine whale]

ah, thats something

[unborn pilot]

But that likely means it’s in Vegas since that was the only new map and the old maps didn’t change.

[alpine whale]

likely

[unborn pilot]

it might be on that giant long roof LCD screen

[valid lichen]

plus its the caesar egg

so vegas would make sense

[unborn pilot]

But only appears for a moment or maybe behind one of the cards flying by

I’ll have to stare at that longer next time & see if it changes at all

[alpine whale]

what sticks out to me is the name of the website

"why didn't anyone find me"

[valid lichen]

can someone send the link please?

[alpine whale]

https://www.reachthefinals.com/whydidntanyonefindme-aminotimportant

[valid lichen]

thanks

[earnest wagon]

That's been bothering me too.. I had a theory about the mirror scene in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Cassius hands Brutus a mirror after pointing out that Brutus cannot see his own face.

"Why didn't anyone find me?"

Because you're in the one place we couldn't look?

[alpine whale]

hmm

seems plausable

"couldn't look"

[unborn pilot]

Random but “vici” (eyeballed yesterday / veni vidi vici) has a definition of “hamlet”

[earnest wagon]

Veni Vidi Vici was said by Julius Caesar

Well, reportedly.

[unborn pilot]

Yeah exactly. The “hamlet” stood out cause of Shakespeare clues. Maybe that was to point back to Vici or the whole VVV

[gloomy anvil]

That's said in the actual scene?

[earnest wagon]

I don't believe he's quoted as saying that in a Shakespeare play.

This is interesting:

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=167351

Maybe we ought to be looking at this as one overall clue comprised of multiple parts.

Caesar
Mirror
Bell
Corner Numbers

Pulsars

[alpine whale]

bruh the leads are so in depth what can i add anymore lmao

[earnest wagon]

Jocelyn Bell Burnell's discovery of the first radio pulsar "CP 1919" has been used in:

• Joy Division's album art for 'Unknown Pleasures'

• Inspiration for Max Richter's 'Journey (CP1919)'

• inspiration for the pulses in Arctic Monkeys music video 'Four Out of Five'.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasure Album Art:

Max Richter: Journey (CP1919):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7DGcVlK-w

Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five (music video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Es-8FfATo

[gloomy anvil]

oh hey I remember this, I think? from somewhere that I can't remember. It was about a waveform or frequency pattern that got so popular it was used on a bunch of visuals like album covers.

maybe that was already obvious and I'm still catching up lol

[earnest wagon]

I can't find any references to it being used on any other album covers, but there's certainly similar patterns used on others.

[gloomy anvil]

yeah it's foggy, I might be wrong about how popular it is, but it definitely rings a bell

bell

[earnest wagon]

Could be nothing, but room 521 features in the Arctic Monkeys video.

[hasty anvil]

Rob an AM fan 🤔

[earnest wagon]

That music video feels like a whole other ARG. That, or I'm just conditioned now to seeing peculiar stuff.

[civic trellis]

Guys for some reason I can’t post videos but i went to the practice range and when i stand on the high stairs the black roof reflects light very wierd

[earnest wagon]

Ironically, most people seemt to think we have four out of five truths.

[civic trellis]

Reflects my gun extra weird

[earnest wagon]

On the Arctic Monkeys train of thought (which could be going nowhere, but is a refreshing change from roman numerals for a bit)

The title is 'Four Out of Five' but the lyrics are "Four stars out of five"

Perhaps we're missing a star.

[glacial depot]

Now this I can help with

Love arctic monkeys

[coarse dagger]

I've had sounds persist when the source disappears. Happens a lot with the gas expulsion sound from propane.

Is that maybe the dome shield sound?

*Edit: I'm late to the game, others already identified this.

[coarse dagger]

vivivi

[coarse dagger]

FYI beanmilk: #1182955042416893984

[fresh quiver]

as photoshop mostly always have a baselayer i would think that would be 960x540 and they may be cut shorter.

but as everything we dont know for sure unless rob would tell us something about it if it is just encoding or a clue.
And i think it wouldnt just be 4-8 then but more frames that sharing some things

[coarse dagger]

#easter-eggs message
Rob mostly listens to punk.

But clearly he has a wide appreciation of music based on the references he's made in this hunt.

[gloomy anvil]

I also heard it say milk daddy today... 😵‍💫

[hard current]

wish I could help you guys today but I’m useless had to call into work with a fever and host of other unpleasant symptoms, I can read though and you guys are doing great!!

[hasty anvil]

Get better soon we need you back, EE obviously more important than work

[random bramble]

Vegas has hotels, wonder if any of them have a room 521 in them. I feel like that's a stretch though

[earnest wagon]

I did wonder that, but they don't have numbers do they?

[random bramble]

Oh, good point

[civic trellis]

Totally possible

[earnest wagon]

I'm only saying that from memory mind, haven't checked yet.

[topaz schooner]

Idk if this means anything, probably not intentional, but tiers 1D and 1C have a slight outline to them on the level 2 site.
I've removed the video background so they're more visible here:
https://pasteboard.co/BNTiFcJ2ArqI.png

[hard forge]

we know about this but don't know what it means

[topaz schooner]

Have they always been there or since the last tier?

Also did they get eyed by Rob?

[hard forge]

always been there

afaik

[hard forge]

nope

[topaz schooner]

Then it's a transparency glitch or smthn, sorry for clogging up chat

[gloomy anvil]

No need to apologize, they are definitely notable although we just don't know if they mean anything yet

Nice job spotting them too!

[turbid tinsel]

pretty sure there is more hidden in the namatama mirror image

[turbid tinsel]

some lettering in the blue pink maybe, also in the blue/black, you can faintly see 25 in a lighter blue in the top right in the isolated section

[naive rover]

An update please, what has been found

[naive rover]

Looks like 1223/ 1233

[naive rover]

I see an 8j at the top in the middle

[timid solstice]

you think more than this? #1198659083587297350 message

[pulsar mason]

Pretty sure that’s all there is in the mirror, outside of any symbolism

[turbid tinsel]

do yall not see the 25 in the top right hand corner of what is altered?

[timid solstice]

corner of?

I dont see 😦

[turbid tinsel]

harder in that one but the other one its barley visible

in a shade of light teal

[naive rover]

In the middle

[hasty anvil]

I can see the 5 barely

[naive rover]

I can't

[turbid tinsel]

or even the faint looking S or whatever in the pink on the right?

[pulsar mason]

I’m struggling to see it

[turbid tinsel]

all good.

[jade citrus]

sounds like a dome shield

[hasty anvil]

this

[turbid tinsel]

yes, is that not a 25?

[naive rover]

Still can't see it

[opal marten]

as someone who is colorblind, this is impossible LMAO

[naive rover]

That is sad

[pulsar mason]

Is the 25 in the room with us?

[opal marten]

LMAO

man i wanna get into this but i have no idea where to start 😭

[pulsar mason]

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

New to the hunt?

Check out #egg-hunt-onboarding
Catch up with this great summary: https://youtu.be/XaU6Fo2utBY
Follow the ongoing progress through Padlet: https://padlet.com/Kyne
Good hunting! 🥚

[pulsar mason]

Right here

[turbid tinsel]

ok wig if you saw that, in the first image, does the faint pink in the background somewhat look like a V, i, and an S maybe?

[opal marten]

thank you so much

[velvet narwhal]

I can discern the bottom half of a 5. Cant see anything else.

[hasty anvil]

where about?

[willow knot]

@opal marten yooooo fancy seein you here.

[dark ridge]

Is there an easter egg reward for a variant of the gun runner pants?

[willow knot]

crazy

[pulsar mason]

We aren’t sure there is a reward outside of personal accomplishment and satisfaction

[dark ridge]

hokey kokey

[turbid tinsel]

idk how to explain it without coming off as dumb but the bigger secionts of the pink in the backround, almost looks like ViS

[jade citrus]

i dont think so...why so specific?

[pulsar mason]

I can see the v

[turbid tinsel]

what im seeing as the "S" is missing section almost like it was scraped

but idk just feel like there more there than the first thing we found

I wish rob would tell me im not crazy lol

[gloomy anvil]

say, we're hunting a golden egg, does that make us Gunters?

[jade citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-gunter-dancing-penguin-cute-gif-17040829

[hasty anvil]

Tbh, with the pink image i can see a lot of numbers in the pixels, maybe it's wishful thinking

I can see 3^5

at the top

[turbid tinsel]

i swear theres more hidden in there.

[jade citrus]

post

[pulsar mason]

Yeah like I said earlier I’m confident we are done with he mirror outside of it’s symbolism, but happy to be proven wrong. Keep playing with the image and see what you get

[dark ridge]

It was the beta event rewards

I played the beta but never got my stuff 😦

[hasty anvil]

3^5 right?

=243

[pulsar mason]

We should never have to squint our eyes to see a clue, keep playing with the image until it’s clear as day

[jade citrus]

i dont see it :/

[earnest wagon]

I see it, could be coincidence. Best way to see would be if there's a method of treating the image that makes it more obvious.

[gloomy anvil]

here's all the permanent rewards from the betas

[earnest wagon]

And if doing that reveals more too.

[hasty anvil]

yeah i dont think its intentional, looking at pixels for too long

[valid lichen]

first to the key first to the egg

[gloomy anvil]

still love that movie

[velvet narwhal]

I highlighted the scratches on the mirror. Cant really see anything

[timid solstice]

Funters
(Finals Hunters)

[velvet narwhal]

Only this human hovering in the void

[turbid tinsel]

do we really think it would be that simple though? this is rob were talking about

[pulsar mason]

He wouldn’t make the clues look like tea leaf readings

[turbid tinsel]

i mean the guy has hidden a date in previous art that to this day nobody has found and only found out about it after he showed us its there

[velvet narwhal]

Yeah, i think that theres something in the scratches. They are weird and he wouldnt just put random scratches there on the mirror.

[timid solstice]

i would say dont look too deep

if we had found that nama in game i doubt we could pull much from it

take it as face value

[turbid tinsel]

1 image for 2 clues seems wack

[pulsar mason]

This is the best I could get the scratches

[proud minnow]

Hi all.!
Any progress today..?

[hasty anvil]

You're right stuff hasn't been found before, but there's also a point of you'll find something that's not there haha

[timid solstice]

1 clue
#official-art message

[hasty anvil]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1198659083587297350 check the thread please Rob

[pulsar mason]

We have a thread 😊

[turbid tinsel]

1 clue that we all agreed on, that image is loaded

[earnest wagon]

We've solved it, but we're holding out for more cute Namatama pics

[velvet narwhal]

We wanna get ALL the Namatamas

[turbid tinsel]

rob are you able to confirm or deny there is more hidden in the the cesar nama tama image other than the numbner we got yesterday? feel like im going crazy

[pure loom]

They better be pretty f'in cute

[sharp flame]

What's with the red pink purple color-scheme in the official arts recently

[timid solstice]

we've taken lots of stabs at working out what the numbers mean

[proud minnow]

Nice thread, but not correct unfortunately…

[pure loom]

We found some image size differences in the burrw clue gif as well, so were looking at the differences in those few frames

[sharp flame]

size difference, or columns repeating over frames

[proud minnow]

There are more puzzles in the namatama image… you are not going crazy… ._.

[turbid tinsel]

maaan thank you lol.

[sharp flame]

#easter-eggs message

two different "codes"?

[proud minnow]

I know, I was laughing at that too, pink is a nice color I guess… ._.

[sharp flame]

following the color wheel, dark blue next... 👀

(or we can just solve this thing.. 🤣)

[proud minnow]

Good, looking forward to see what you find… ._.

[fresh quiver]

so the different pixel width dimensions that i've found are not "wrong"?

Frame 4: 935 x 540
Frame 5: 911 x 540
Frame 6: 923 x 540
Frame 7: 943 x 540
Frame 8: 955 x 540

🤔

[pure loom]

Possible numbers as a subtraction from the usual width of 960: 25, 49, 37, 17, 5

[gloomy anvil]

I had a theory but disproved it already

[timid solstice]

Pixels matching the frame before

Frame 4: R 25
Frame 5: L 30 - R 19
Frame 6: L 25 - R 12
Frame 7: L 17
Frame 8: L 5

[fallen jasper]

Should've happened to Lupicinus.

[valid lichen]

wish they made #2 a movie

[gloomy anvil]

Jocelyn Bell is a bonus clue right? what does she point to that we should've been focusing on...

[limpid yarrow]

me seeing all the new stuff dound but unable to do anythingwith it cos im to busy having to do uni work sucks

[gloomy anvil]

me seeing all the uni work to do that I can't became I'm busy with EE hunting...

[fresh quiver]

me looking at the time again (00:11) and hoping not falling in a rabbit hole again for my sleep because rob came on😄

[timid solstice]

yeah its been like that for 16 months haha

[limpid yarrow]

sobs quietly

[fresh quiver]

just looking at the diamond clue again YMF292
just looked into the manual

"A bit indicates 0 or 1 and is the smallest unit. 8 bits combined
together is called a byte, and 16 bits (or 2 bytes) is called a word.
When upper and lower grade is divided into 4 bits respectively,
they are called nibbles."

[limpid yarrow]

btw relatingto the color purplr vagas has some wird things that have purple tints on the roof and such i dont know if thats a correlation or not

[fresh quiver]

wrong channel

[limpid yarrow]

not here

[meager mason]

I just noticed

https://tenor.com/view/wallace-sad-gromit-gif-21810463

[valid lichen]

hold on the namatama egg that is possibly in vegas a real egg or like an image or what

[fresh quiver]

we dont know

[valid lichen]

gotcha

[timid solstice]

could be a hidden graffiti

[gloomy anvil]

I'm very curious to see if those numbers are also accessible in-game or not

[valid lichen]

im still searching for it

[fresh quiver]

okay. decided to not fall in a rabbit hole for my sleep tonight.

Keep the hunting up. time for my blanket

[gloomy anvil]

I found a namatama-sized hidey hole on vegas earlier lol, but no luck

[valid lichen]

wow cool

where was that?

[gloomy anvil]

somewhere in here, not very helpful I know 😅

[valid lichen]

oh alr

i keep looking

[sharp flame]

that's... scary

[valid lichen]

was looking under the ceiling tiles in seoul hospital for rabbits and for some reason it seems to say 2 under the tiles

dont know if im just crazy

discord squeezing the quality down lol

[hearty meteor]

i dont think those are 2's

[fresh quiver]

Last thing I drop before disappearing for 100% today

Rob said he liked the date of the crossword. Same day: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151106.html

[valid lichen]

i think im just going crazy

[hard forge]

Jocelyn Bell - Pulsar - Vega( spectrum/137/13370/North/summer triangle)

[valid lichen]

ohhh my

las vegas finally after 15 minutes

[turbid tinsel]

able to isolate a little more between the gun and his chin

maybe a 2 in the visor as well

[hasty anvil]

anyone noticed this keyboard before?

weird symbols

[pulsar mason]

#easter-eggs message

Weird it’s on a Vegas map though

[silver rock]

can't see it well from size, but it might be korean?

[hasty anvil]

missed that, nice

[sharp flame]

Yep it's a regular Korean one

[pulsar mason]

It’s just the Korean keyboard from the Seoul map, probably just a reused asset not an ee

[silver rock]

also, this is probably nothing but when launching the game, the easy anti-cheat popup image has some extra numbers on the top right that I haven't seen in other places? the numbers are "6567"

wait nevermind it's just always said that and I haven't noticed lol

[pure loom]

Has anyone spotted what looks like a faint number 6 near the bottom of the mirror in the VVV image?

(the yellow one is about the same size to make it a bit easier to see)

hmmm... on second thoughts, the top of what I thought was the 6 seems to be the year of the Jocelyn Bell clue

unless they overlap

[silver rock]

did we get anywhere with the Jocelyn Bell clue? or did we hit a wall with that one

[pure loom]

My suggestion of it pointing to the shortening of word or words (like Pulsar is) wasn't eyed by Rob, so I assume that's not it

[pulsar mason]

I still couldn’t figure out why the question mark has a 57 hidden in it

[unique spruce]

57, or "5?"

Or s?

[pure loom]

Was the marble texture in the VVV Namatama noted?

[pulsar mason]

Not that I noticed

[pure loom]

you can see it here pretty well

[unique spruce]

Jupiter?

[gloomy anvil]

Rob described Jocelyne Bell as a "bonus clue if [we] didn't solve it before summer" #easter-eggs message

so if it's something super specific to Jocelyn and her alone, I might not pursue it too far

[unique spruce]

What it looks like to me

Big red spot is the flushed cheek

https://tenor.com/view/planet-jupiter-moving-planet-jupiter-planet-of-the-universe-gaseous-planet-helium-gif-21512161

[last dragon]

also F

[spice lark]

The egg..... is a planet!? We've been eating planets for breakfast!? What!?

[silver rock]

interesting

[pure loom]

ha, I never thought of that

[pure loom]

that'll weigh quite heavy on us

https://tenor.com/view/ba-dum-tuss-jokes-gotcha-burn-ouch-gif-5645546

There is a distinct inner shape just inside the edge of the VVV image, with odd curved corners

[hasty anvil]

Can you get the whole image to show that?

[gloomy anvil]

I can't find it on the original image

[unique spruce]

During Cinna's dominance, Caesar was named as flamen Dialis (a priest of Jupiter) which led to his marriage to Cinna's daughter, Cornelia

USS ganymede was commissioned in july 1943. Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter

[crisp glen]

No way we got a new pic? Let's go

[spice lark]

What's the new pic? and when did we get it

[crisp glen]

Looks like yesterday

[spice lark]

ohhhhh

[crisp glen]

Man I wanna look for clues in it but my PC is broken rn, itle be back up tomorrow hopefully

[sharp flame]

Hmm

[rotund elbow]

Juno Spacecraft:
Named after the ancient Roman goddess Juno, who was the queen of the gods. The spacecraft is part of NASA's New Frontiers program and is designed to study Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.
It was launched on August 5, 2011, and entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4, 2016. Juno's mission is to investigate the origin, structure, atmosphere, and magnetosphere of Jupiter.

Instruments:
Juno carries a set of scientific instruments to achieve its objectives, including:

Microwave Radiometer (MWR): Measures the thermal microwave radiation from Jupiter's atmosphere to study its composition and structure.
Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE): Investigates the properties of Jupiter's auroras.
Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM): Observes Jupiter's auroras in infrared wavelengths.
Magnetometer (MAG): Maps Jupiter's magnetic field and studies its interactions with the solar wind.
JunoCam: A visible-light camera that captures stunning images of Jupiter's cloud tops.

[valid lichen]

i might just be crazy

[rotund elbow]

I was looking at telescopes that look at Jupiter.

since they use mirrors

[turbid tinsel]

i had thought there was a 6 or a 7of some sort, but that was after altering the image

spots i think seem intresting

[turbid tinsel]

was about the closest i could get , possibly a 0 but hard to tell

[spice lark]

I'm still looking for the one bottle in vegas that isn't OSPUZE brand... it's NOT allowed on site

[crisp glen]

I wanna find the new nama in game now, I wonder if it's in vagas since he said it's been in since launch

[spice lark]

I can't wait for custom games to come... it will make this way easier

[rich grove]

are you queuing solo bank it?

[random bramble]

Do those grey rings look similar to the rings around Saturn or have I spent too long staring at stegonline?

[spice lark]

you know it's ok to blink right?

[random bramble]

If I close my eyes all I see is the password screen staring back at me xD

[turbid tinsel]

some of the spots, the pattern doesnt match like the rest

specifically in the right circle just past the L

[pure loom]

where has the Monaco generators thread gone?

does anyone know?

[turbid tinsel]

did we ever have one for manaco?

[pure loom]

Yeah, at least I think we did

Were they being looked at on other maps?

I always assumed Monaco would be the only one worth looking at for some reason

[hasty anvil]

#1185170212023185468 message

[pure loom]

Thanks! Was it invisible or something?

Or did I need to add it?

[hasty anvil]

Nope it was there for me haha

I’m on mobile now, maybe something weird with it

[pure loom]

anyhow, thanks!

whoa. When I go into it and click back out of it, it disappears

[daring bluff]

at this point i’m unsure if the generators are even EE related

i’m still convinced the weird noise is, but the generators i’m unsure about

they just turn out lights in nearby buildings

but it’s definitely still possible

also the master of ceremonies has certain lines referencing some kind of generator

[pure loom]

someone's shot them all without dying, right?

[daring bluff]

probably could be good to get a recording of those

[hasty anvil]

The time of day they can be destroyed, and the different flashing lights are weird indicators, maybe we’ll get a nudge in the future

[daring bluff]

yes I have several times before

in different orders as well

some friends and i tried to get results for hours in a squad and never even heard the weird noise

but we definitely could have been doing things wrong

just no progress on anything notable

(i’m an engineering major too so I’d like to say I have a somewhat good ability to put pieces together and problem solve )

[silk geyser]

Jocelyn Bell is an astrophysist. So I thought I'd type in Golden Egg Planet. Before I even got done with the google it gave me Golden Eggplant. Which is a Japanese folklore story. This ring any bells?

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

[valid lichen]

been searching vegas for a while aswell

found nothing so far

only been searching one building though

[pure loom]

Was just on Skyway - couldn't find those orange lights that appear around the edge of the construction zone

[pulsar mason]

Maybe only night map?

[pure loom]

could be

also the Moon was not flashing

it was a daytime map though

[shadow shore]

I find that too, sometime you get em and sometimes you don't - it's weird haha. I've had them during the day, and they were on like every building in the background

[shadow shore]

The moon flashes?

[pure loom]

Yeah, it had a flashing light on it. I can't recall who reported it. I'll try to capture it when I see it

[shadow shore]

Ohh sorry I'm thinking of Seoul lights haha my bad! And that's weird about the moon too

[pure loom]

Yeah, Skyway

wow, Solo Bank It queuing is slow today

almost 10 minutes sometimes

[shadow shore]

Yep I'm on NA servers. Rip me

[pure loom]

I'm on Seoul - WR hunting I guess it is

[shadow shore]

OCE was taking ages, yeah I got Seoul too. No clue where to look now ..I've looked behind a lot of barrels

[pure loom]

Yeah, that's what I tried in hospital. No luck.

[shadow shore]

I get Mirror's Edge vibes from this game sometimes

Just flamed all the plants in the hosp area and checked behind em. Nothing

[pure loom]

yeah, there's definitely some nods in those white rooms with red pipes in Vegas

[shadow shore]

Oh true, I hadn't noticed them yet. That's cool, I loved that game haha

Had a thought... maybe we need to activate or trigger something in each casino. Then the Nama may appear in the middle of the map where the Finals hologram logo is?

[turbid tinsel]

Wow this looks nothing on my phone like it does on my computer wth. No wonder nobody is seeing what Im seeing

[pure loom]

The outer numbers all have shapes within them, like they might meant to be located elsewhere

[turbid tinsel]

Does it look like there's a 5 in this leaf?

[pure loom]

I can't see it, but I did wonder about the copper looking parts of the leaves

[turbid tinsel]

And maybe a 2 in the one diagonally from it (upper right)

I shared something that one of the shadows produced that I'm not sure if it was something or not