easter-eggs

[obtuse acorn]

poor dummy D:

[zealous breach]

Mfw I'm wising someone did that to me on a first date

[brisk hearth]

alrite so what are we doing about these 2 question marks?

[snow walrus]

That's little overreaction anyway

[hard forge]

RHB was on fire

[zealous breach]

Basically keep playin till you find things I guess lol

[zealous breach]

A bit too scolding at times

[median island]

@pure loom https://youtu.be/O7NMucGikss

[fallen jasper]

Casually watching Rockhound score a interview again

[pure loom]

probably fair.

[snow walrus]

Okay im out too! GL hunterZ

[dusky elk]

can't wait 2 get off work n continue hunting, gonna draw some finals stuff maybe

[proud minnow]

BTW I almost forgot

CCLXIX

[zealous breach]

Yo

[acoustic canyon]

HUH

[velvet verge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1090358987695849592.gif?size=48&name=OOOO~1&quality=lossless

[dusky elk]

ah yes, almost

[brisk hearth]

lmao

[velvet verge]

269?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1125291879957798973.gif?size=48&name=WHAT&quality=lossless

[median island]

A HEART this time instead of a rose

[snow walrus]

0x10D

[median island]

[pure loom]

that's on Vegas? It looks the same as Monaco

[dusky elk]

I kinda now feel bad for missing out on dev ee, imagine all those devs wondering when their hard work and contingencies would pay off someday...

[median island]

yeah vegas. thats why i think it might just be a lighting bug 😦

[obtuse acorn]

269... what does it MEANNN

[median island]

and weapon sway might be the thing that makes it look like its pulsing sometimes. It also looks just like (one of) the lightbulbs of the lights

[pure loom]

The fact that is seems to have the same order of pulsing makes me think it is deliberate

[rain comet]

10^2+13^2?

[unique spruce]

https://cs.astronomy.com/asy/m/galaxies/492102.aspx

[median island]

I'll hop on and just aim at the spot where it lit up. I think itll stay lit up the whole time

[shadow shore]

CCLXIX - could be a date if we space it differently?
Edit: No it couldn't and I am wrong

[pure loom]

Anyhow, I'll put it in my vid, and if it's a bug I guess they'll fix it soon enough

[velvet verge]

i could be wrong, but i think they would say that it was a glitch if we weren't on the right track? right?

[median island]

We could ask rob directly tomorrow

[pure loom]

yeah, try that. When I looked through the sniper scope it kept flashing

[pure loom]

yeah, I reckon

[unborn pilot]

269th day of the year is 26/9

[swift scarab]

Hello all, just looked through the pins, is there a google doc or anything with the current facts ?

[shadow shore]

-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! 🥚

[gloomy anvil]

Nice find

[pure loom]

haha. If you don't ask you don't get!

[rain comet]

i see flamingo on monaco

[unborn pilot]

Might be something about Sept 26th then

[rain comet]

f

[gloomy anvil]

Alternative theory: I wonder if (assuming 269 -> 26/9 is correct), there's a number we haven't used that should be applied in a similar way.

e.g. 134

I should really go to sleep now

[velvet verge]

reaching, but if a season lasts around 100 days, we have around 40 days left this season, the 26th is approximately the start of season 4?

[rain comet]

flamingo duckling and namatama

[storm drum]

I just saw the cinematic, what is it about ? What's this wrtting on the wall thing ?

[velvet verge]

i feel like 269 is important though, theres a reason he sent us off with it

[rain comet]

Its a heading

[formal nova]

Hey ive just joined the discord today after i saw they little cut sceen they put. Are yall currently talking about that?

[velvet verge]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1202387725366603856

[pure loom]

that and a whole bunch of other easter eggs

welcome by the way!

[lone wave]

That’s 2 sexual positions. Valentine’s Day is getting close you know

[proud minnow]

Welcome..!

[velvet verge]

269 is also a prime number, if thats of any note

[fallen jasper]

Archibald Hill?

[pure loom]

@formal nova this is a good place to start to find out what we are looking at: #egg-hunt-onboarding

[rain comet]

269 its a compass degree?

[swift scarab]

is this new or old, im dorking the site https://www.reachthefinals.com/iseul-t

[formal nova]

Thank you! And i know there has to be something as these are Ex dice devs and those secrets are extensive

[median island]

go bed! youre on swede time!

[hushed beacon]

your supposed to be sleep!

[gloomy anvil]

That was a blank page like 1 week ago

[swift scarab]

well its not anymore

[median island]

We'll be here tomorrow, don't you worry

[proud minnow]

SORRY, hehe

[weary coyote]

look at mr mathematician over here!

[proud minnow]

SORRY, hehe

[fallen jasper]

Not new

[hushed beacon]

👁️

[zealous breach]

pain

[unborn pilot]

Hmm so maybe not Sept 26

[zealous breach]

Such a nice photo though

[velvet verge]

i mean maybe the fact its in roman numerals is important

[formal nova]

Has anyone looked at the bottom of the advertisements in the areas? It looks like there is websight links if you can get in the proper position to see it

[fallen jasper]

https://www.reachthefinals.com/ospuze

[swift scarab]

what easter egg are we on, the name of the photo is egg2

[hushed beacon]

this is nice

[fallen jasper]

OSPUZE & ISEUL-T both had their own pages since the reveal back last August.

[proud minnow]

I love it, beautiful but even if I love prime numbers... it has nothing to do why I posted that...

[rain comet]

i found like flowery pattern on trash can in monaco

[limpid yarrow]

welp i think i found a bug wehn throwing roses at the maniques cos if it hits the arm it luanches off them

[weary coyote]

is is a lovely coincidence however!

[hard forge]

year 269?

[unborn pilot]

So is that 269th day is 26/9 😂

[zealous breach]

Nice

[pure loom]

what do we say about coincidences in here? hehe

[gloomy anvil]

Was it really that simple?

[formal nova]

I knw they had a websight for both ospuze and iseul-t but these look to be something different

[velvet verge]

ROME MAP IN THE YEAR 269?

[snow walrus]

269 AD

[weary coyote]

usually if rob is that clear about something, it is really just that xD

[remote basin]

yooooooooooooooooooooo

[unborn pilot]

They drive us crazy?

[acoustic canyon]

ospuze.com is currently a private page, but iseul-t.com redirects to reachthefinals.com

[velvet verge]

ancient rome map would go crazyyy

[rain comet]

Second gothic invasion?

[proud minnow]

I was just going to post:

[formal nova]

Thats what im trying to figure out what the links are in the arean

[cloud wyvern]

the year saint valentine died

[pure loom]

I remember this

[hard forge]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/269

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/what-disney-pixar-findingnemo-dory-gif-16689388391086109058

[cloud wyvern]

finally my eyeballs. i can die now.

[misty raven]

The past is history, the future is a mystery, today is a gift.

[hushed beacon]

he speaks in roundabouts

[lone wave]

Got a new pope in 269 also

[fallen jasper]

Was worried this was gonna be the time that a single roman guy collapsed the Empire

[velvet verge]

eyes on this post if ya missed it

[snow walrus]

It is also possible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/269_BC

[weary coyote]

swedes really love their roundabouts, very true!

[acoustic canyon]

this did get eyed though

[lone wave]

I hope they use blinkers because in France it seems they are optional (they are not)

[proud minnow]

OK, time to sleep...

[velvet verge]

maybe we're getting a valentines day event like we did with halloween & christmas

[snow walrus]

Valentine, roses hmm

[median island]

I do think the moon light is a bug 😭 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thYTaAQBXE @pure loom @magic talon OR just where im aiming makes the light source that's NOT a bug flash like crazy

[swift scarab]

Has anyone infomined the game files since the update?

[acoustic canyon]

i dont think i can wait until valentines

[fallen jasper]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupicinus_(comes_per_Thracias) Poor Lupicinus. God help me if I have a wikipedia article 1800 years after I'm dead just calling me bad

[lone wave]

He’s asking us on a date

[cloud wyvern]

hyping up valentines day update because he knows none of us are gonna have other plans that day.

[velvet verge]

valentines event would make sense too, the spotlight event ends right around then too.

[obtuse acorn]

ouchie

[hard forge]

@pure loom

[median island]

i said valentine's day specifically earlier and i didnt get eyes... but valentine got eyes...

[fallen jasper]

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

[misty raven]

Damn that's crazy cause I have a date with June that night

[lone wave]

GUYSSSSSS

[acoustic canyon]

its like anser the poet. his wikipedia article calls him a bad poet in the second sentence and says we no longer have any of his work in the third

[hard forge]

this is how it is

[pure loom]

yeah, I wondered about it maybe being something that is only activatable on Valentine's Day

[lone wave]

CHECK SAINT VALENTINE -> LINKED TO CLAUDIUS 2

[fallen jasper]

Second favorite wikipedia article

[median island]

im more wondering if its St Valentine as opposed to Valentine's day itself

[unborn pilot]

Indeed. There’s no half eyeball

[weary coyote]

you should all take a break for like 10 minutes so that rob can actually get to sleep, i bet he is still lurking xD

[cloud wyvern]

i do have work i gotta do.

[misty raven]

But we're so close!

[snow walrus]

Thats why we cant go to sleep also

[misty raven]

He's about to crack like a golden egg

[hard forge]

We try to get as many eyes as we can.

[velvet verge]

we're trapping each other in perpetual cycle of getting no sleep.

[fallen jasper]

Do I need to take out my typical rob threaten gif when he stays up until 4am randomly

[snow walrus]

If i stay little longer then i dont need to sleep anymore

[lone wave]

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-valentine-beheaded

[hard forge]

6 am already?

[unborn pilot]

Rob is anxious for us to solve it

[pure loom]

I'll keep it in the video and that way we might get some sort of outcome either way

[median island]

omg wait St Valentine was beheaded in 269 AD

[lone wave]

270, but he was alive in 269

[turbid tinsel]

cclxix could be ccl19 but not sure how it would be relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCL19

[brisk hearth]

does this have anything to do with a roman style map maybe?

[median island]

He was beheaded Feb 14 269 AD

[steep heron]

guys whats with the egg theme

[median island]

the numbers mason WHAT DO THEY MEAN

[lone wave]

Well my website is wrong but yeah we’re on the right path my dude

[swift scarab]

This makes sense based on someone's theory that the companies are pharmaceutical companies making new drugs for military purpose under folk iconiclore https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1aea3qu/lore_tristan_iseult_legend_might_indicate_that_we/?share_id=Y6swrivJmN3rxg8peljjZ

[gloomy anvil]

The Wiki calls for you #egg-hunt-onboarding

[lone wave]

Did you read the story behind that ?

[median island]

Nah anything good in there?

[lone wave]

Yeah read that it might help https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-valentine-beheaded

[snow walrus]

Rob mixed everything everywhere all at once

[rain comet]

I think he gave a hint about the last truth

[weary coyote]

[swift scarab]

this also makes sense on the idea that the finals is a game show looking for the best of the best to leave the arc as an easter egg for the other game arc raiders

[acoustic canyon]

maybe the last truth is love?

[velvet verge]

maybe the true easter egg hunt was the love we made along the way

[gloomy anvil]

hm but the roses are for a separate EE

[rain comet]

I think

[hard forge]

why are you awake Johannes? Get some sleep

[velvet verge]

gonna set my system clock to 269 in flower bed

[rain comet]

The name of the stage promise is tied with love

[velvet verge]

damn.

[lone wave]

• In truth, the exact origins and identity of St. Valentine are unclear. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.” - (The number 3 again ???)

[fallen jasper]

It's set 8 months ago guys I've found it

[weary coyote]

its friday

[snow walrus]

Was

[lone wave]

It’s still Saturday so it works, you can stay up late

[snow walrus]

Time clicks

[weary coyote]

its friday somewher!

[unborn pilot]

Set your year to 2029 and see if anything changes is the practice arena too 🙂

[swift scarab]

I reaally wish we could explore maps without screwing over teams in casual lol

[acoustic canyon]

its friday here!

[dusky elk]

maybe these cns people are gonna do soemthing on the 14th.

[weary coyote]

there you go!

[snow walrus]

Thats inspired me. I wont go to work at Monday

[misty raven]

Saint valentine was a hierophant apparently

[acoustic canyon]

thats the spirit!

[unborn pilot]

Just tell them it’s Sunday still somewhere

[cerulean latch]

that is why is is called the present

[lone wave]

1 night 3 dawns. One Saint Valentine -> 3 martyrs ?

[snow walrus]

Would you like to try that Johannes 😂

[velvet verge]

a custom game system soon hopefully.

[weary coyote]

i mean, i probably could, i work my hours nonetheless xD

[swift scarab]

for now if you wanna explore vegas,( the only map with 3 and 1 ) we can use the new game mode

[lone wave]

One was a priest in Rome, the second one was a bishop of Interamna (now Terni, Italy) and the third St. Valentine was a martyr in the Roman province of Africa.

[light walrus]

ANy ideas on what to do with the roses in the practice range?

[swift scarab]

some users on reddit report hearing voices outside the bounds on some spots of vegas so ima go look around. @light walrus I was wondering the same

[velvet verge]

GUYS

[cerulean latch]

There is a song playing on one edge of vagas that I never heard before, It could be nothing though

[velvet verge]

I THINK I JUST FOUND SOMETHING IN THE PRACTICE RANGE

[weary coyote]

listening to people hearing voices is usually a bit sketchy

[obtuse acorn]

OHH??

[unborn pilot]

@pure loom I found one more image with Moire patterns. Any idea if more images have it?

[swift scarab]

Now I really gotta do it xD

[velvet verge]

THERES A ROSE YOU CAN PICK UP AT THE VERY BACK OF THE "PARK" SECTION AND INTERACT WITH

[acoustic canyon]

theres 5 of them

[pure loom]

yes, lots of them have

[swift scarab]

nice find

[limpid yarrow]

be careful as one of the ones on the floor will glitch into the ground

[velvet verge]

did people already know about this?

[acoustic canyon]

yeah... rob confirmed that they were for another easter egg

[swift scarab]

What if we need to drop roses into the rose faced bins now

[velvet verge]

aww dang i thought i was onto something

[limpid yarrow]

we spent ages going througth the pratice range ees cos rob hinted to some

[pure loom]

yeah, I have spent probably a day or so interacting with them to work out what they do

[weary coyote]

just to be extra clear, i have literally no idea about any of the EE stuff, i am just on discord a lot :D so i know probably less about all this than you guys do

[spark rune]

What do the roses do?

[velvet verge]

also this weird machine nearby

[limpid yarrow]

genrator

[acoustic canyon]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1191559098420969542

[light walrus]

That would be a generator

[swift scarab]

I just got in vegas now, im lookin around

[obtuse acorn]

looks like a generator

[pure loom]

we don't know yet - but it sounds like they are part of a significant EE

[hard forge]

right click

[hard current]

drunk rn, just wanted to say you all are wonderful!!

[unborn pilot]

I didn’t expect you to say lots. I guess I gotta go through them all again 🙂 looking for patterns to combine off of so it’s not random like Rob said

[spark rune]

I'm on xbox

[velvet verge]

ah interesting, didnt see this

[zealous breach]

The Namatamaladon

[rotund elbow]

you're funny, you can stick around

[weary coyote]

cheers mate

[acoustic canyon]

sounds like the best time to do some hunting!

[hard current]

I am going to very politely ask that someone may summarize things for me so that I can keep up tomorrow morning! if not no worries I will scroll:)))

I see a few eyes regarding saint valentine! tied into the roses I presume..?

[unborn pilot]

Just search when Rob was active and start there. He left us on CCLXIX

[weary coyote]

so there was this guy called rob here that said a lot of things! it is all a bit confusing however

[last pond]

guys what did we find out from the new intro?

[hard current]

no way, does he like whiskey sours? Maybe that’ll convince him to give us the last push we need…

[hollow river]

Did anyone here find the writing on the walls yet?

[weary coyote]

not sure actually! i know he enjoys a nice wine or two, but whiskey sour probably works as well!

[hard current]

rob.. I know you’re (hopefully) asleep in peace rn… but I have a whiskey sour calling your name soon 👀

[swift scarab]

I cant attach images in here?

[limpid yarrow]

u need to level up via talking its to prevent spam and bots

[hard current]

you have to be a certain rank:) I believe it’s orange or (contestant)?

[velvet verge]

#🏆┇rank-check

[hard current]

back to the bar, good job everyone have a great evening!!

[vale igloo]

Nothing new found yet?

[zealous breach]

yes

[swift scarab]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2357139841863060141/6038E48CB321218CBF5E1F9B91CF1F670CF4AA5A/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false ive found vr mentioned a few times

[light walrus]

When did the practice range billboard change to a confused looking dude?

[last pond]

what?

[light walrus]

Uses to be a girl running a looking back with a revolver

[dusky elk]

my message sent late lol **

[lone wave]

Are flamingos important on the EE hunt ?

[dusky elk]

I have a sneaky feeling there's a secret room in the tutorial

[hasty anvil]

We’ve managed to glitch out the main area, didn’t see anything 🙁

[vale igloo]

Maybe I’m tripping but VR is 2 important parts of the game which explains why it’s on the walls.

1. VR tech to connect to the finals
2. VRs to purchase gear

[velvet verge]

mind if i ask how? sounds fun to mess around with

[weary coyote]

maybe if you hit 100 cacheboxes in the right sequence into the target wall! 🤔

[swift scarab]

there is a also a pharmacy above ROBS wrist wrap. kind of goes along side the reddit theory of pharma companies

[hidden nacelle]

im not clicking this

[hasty anvil]

Don’t tempt EE hunters like that, you know we will do it haha

[swift scarab]

I cant attach links yet lol

[light walrus]

I cant send images yet, but i dont remember this guy

[hard forge]

actually you have to enter the target circle

[hasty anvil]

Try to search it with discords search function

[limpid yarrow]

this soundsl ike hell

[weary coyote]

i know, it is soooo tempting

[lone wave]

Nah because Saint Valentine was buried on the Via Flaminia in the north of Rome

[hasty anvil]

Next time you’ll say ‘oops, I meant 101!’

[hard current]

the astronomical value of possibilities is something the beer in my hand is telling me is accomplishable

[weary coyote]

and the sequence is of course based on a fibonacci sequence!

[hasty anvil]

It’s alright, Rob will give us the hint we needed in 5 years time

Just got to hold off until then

[velvet verge]

[weary coyote]

but hey, i told you the sequence now!

[swift scarab]

I dont see anything on the outskirts of vegas aside from VIR being the only lit up part of a broken building sign

[hard forge]

sounds very convincing.

[lone wave]

You seem to know a lot about EE hunters for someone who doesn’t know anything about that EE hunt lol

[weary coyote]

and no, this was a joke, no hidden agenda whatsoever xD

[weary coyote]

we have been watching you guys closely from the get go

[hard forge]

we?

[weary coyote]

embarkers

[lone wave]

Did Rob actually tell you the end game of that EE hunt though ? Or is he making stuff up as he goes ? (That would be terribly impressive)

[weary coyote]

what do you mean end

[lone wave]

Oh my good don’t

[swift scarab]

there is also some binarry sounding noise coming from the stage area I cant seem to pinout

[hard forge]

he planned it in 2019...and only Rob knows about EE.

[lone wave]

That answer was impressively clever and funny ngl

[lone wave]

Oh yeah ?

[copper bane]

Is there a video or recording of that?

[swift scarab]

im getting back in now to take another listen, its by the metal music band playing

you can keep replaying spotlight to listen around

I have sfx off and still hear it

[lone wave]

What do you mean by binary sounding noise ?

[dull marsh]

Hello, am new to the hunt! Has the idea of Fabergé Eggs been mentionned before? His very last one (unfinished) is called the Constellation Egg (seems related to space + egg) and was literally meant to be an easter egg for Tsar Nicholas 2's wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_(Fabergé_egg)

[swift scarab]

it sounds like robot morse code kinda

[swift scarab]

like something glitching like crazy but its always in the same spot by the music show

[lone wave]

Okay ! Can you record it?

[swift scarab]

it might be compression artifacts for the music. with music off I dont hear it

[lone wave]

Could still be useful who knows haha

[dusky elk]

it's 2024, and with context of Rob now, I feel like it wouldn't appear unless you put
the pieces together.

plus I feel like Rob wouldn't just leave it in some place we could just randomly come across if the game would meta glitch.

[copper bane]

The stage for me is just silent, with all volumes at 100%, Map at clear night, 1AM on Steal the Spotlight

[hasty anvil]

Yeah I agree that can happen too

[weary coyote]

welcome! .)

[swift scarab]

Ill screenshot where im hearing it from, its repeatable on my end

[copper bane]

I've found a creepy face in the wood texture underneath the stage though lol

pretty sure it means nothing

[swift scarab]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2357139841863229529/D1007D2D9D9C710DC37D3D477D6D15BD091948F6/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false here

music max sfx 0

some of the photos hung in the casino have 21 on them with no context

im gonna start blowing wood off the wall outskirts and see if anythings behind them

[pulsar salmon]

THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL

[swift scarab]

but what wall

[pulsar salmon]

LOREEEEEE

-matpat

[swift scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-huh-meme-gif-27557281

[pulsar salmon]

so where do we start

[swift scarab]

im also using searching to get my skins, ive been looking around vegas in spotlight mode

[misty raven]

Who do you guys main The Question or The Promise?

[pulsar salmon]

whats that

[neat cosmos]

how do I post a scren shot in here?

[swift scarab]

cant till you have enough rank, ive been posting links to steam screenshots

[neat cosmos]

do I upload to my steam account?

[acoustic canyon]

you could also send it to someone with a yellow name and they could post it for you

[neat cosmos]

can i send it to you then lol

[misty raven]

The Promise is the name of the Level we're on. Ques+tion is the clue we are currently working on

[acoustic canyon]

sure

[ivory sapphire]

Yooo, does s lies monaco hidden message can be part of new lore drop 😱

[copper bane]

Okay so, I can hear the "static" you've mentioned, it sounds like a bunch of beeps and bops, you can hear it better next to the garage band underneath the blue metal roofing (taking the alley on the right of the pic you've posted)

[swift scarab]

yee it doesnt sound like compression artifacts. its like machine beeps

[copper bane]

Sounds like "glitching effects" beeps

I have a video, but the static from my unpowered mic kinda ruin the recording... damn it

[misty raven]

Pfff Scotty doesn't know

[ivory sapphire]

💀

[copper bane]

I've also found a square of glitched textures where I hear the beeps, can I send you the video so you can confirm that we hear the same thing?

[swift scarab]

yee

[hard current]

dang you guys got a lot of good info tonight

[copper bane]

Can someone post the little bits of video I have about this?

[crisp glen]

actually not a bad idea 🤔

[median island]

I'm pretty sure it's buggy audio from having Music at max but SFX at 0. The bleeps and bloops happen when im moving, mantling, etc. when the rock music is playing in the background. And it's consistent - lines up with when footsteps would be, or sounds from mantling, switching weapons, etc. If I stand perfectly still, theres no beeps @copper bane

[random bramble]

And maybe another RHB/Rob interview 😄

[crisp glen]

I wonder if there is a sequence to throw the cash boxes in

[swift scarab]

im wondering now if I should be trying to look in monaco not vegas

[weary coyote]

please dont xD

[crisp glen]

Maybe not 100 but it makes me think, maybe throwing in a certain order will actually trigger something

[weary coyote]

just consider me as nobody who knows more than the rest in this context. even though i am an embarker, but i dont know the hidden stuff! so take that into context

[spiral salmon]

I'm thinking it can't be coincidence that the event mode puts you at night, in vegas, with destruction capable equipment, and it's solo

[crisp glen]

No for sure! I understand, but I actually think its a good line of thinking

Its one of the only things in the practice range you can directly interact with

and is ripe for codes

[swift scarab]

@copper bane I tried to smash in from the roof, I think its just a coincidence spot

[turbid tinsel]

Does that not look like a musical note? 🎵

[copper bane]

Yeah and re-viewing the video the beeps stop when I stand still

[swift scarab]

does anyone have a link to good copy of the video teaser

[weary coyote]

also consider me as a lighthearted troll, so please dont throw 10000s of boxes in random orders into the wall

[swift scarab]

I found a copy on youtube. So like they talk about it being glitched, or hacked, what if we need to use light glitch grenades somewhere

[crisp glen]

Oh I would never go at it at random, I would look for any clues that would line up with the wall before attempting anything

[acoustic canyon]

will do 🫡

[median island]

that sounds exactly like something someone would say if they were trying to hide something...

[weary coyote]

okay then, i expect your video of all permutations tomorrow! there will be a few billion, but dedication!

[weary coyote]

see, thats why you dont see many embarkers here

[swift scarab]

bro it HAS to be in vegas somewhere. The video has a spot at 35 seconds shown for like .1 seconds that says nocturnal

[weary coyote]

i say, its cold outside, my dog limped due to it. you guys WHAT DOES HE MEAN

[swift scarab]

one night see three downs is vegas, nocturnal is night

[median island]

He means he needs attention because hes a very good boi

[acoustic canyon]

this sounds like a rob message

[weary coyote]

doggo is a girl, but yes

[median island]

A very good girl then ❤️

[dull marsh]

The light glitch grenade seems like a good idea but it's probably more focused on Steal The Spotlight imho

[weary coyote]

it is the one in my pfp! (and numerous pictures in #pet-channel)

[median island]

THERES A PET CHANNEL

[dull marsh]

There are a lot of numbers visible in the lore trailer, if someone has it in good quality we can maybe get something out of it

[swift scarab]

AYO qr code in game leads to a site https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1ah8zfu/theres_a_secret_message_in_the_teaser_video/koni9o2/

[crisp glen]

theres actually only 256 combos so doable ngl

actually wait less than that

[dull marsh]

The holtow website has been up for a few months already with that same red blinking dot

[weary coyote]

but what if the sequence changes every round!

[glad trail]

It’s alright guys i solved your little Easter egg. I’ve come to the conclusion the answer is inside Nama Tama. We gotta crack the fucker open

[dull marsh]

Let's make some omelette boys

[spiral salmon]

maybe one of the "three dawns" is in reference to Nevada's atomic bombs. Vegas was known to have "dawn bomb parties" on days of the tests as a tourist attraction

[glad trail]

[swift scarab]

there is multiple cameras on vegas all pointing to one spot in a alley way, blinking red dot is camera recording. In a few im gonna go back in and look around some wmore after i look at the sites source

[brisk hearth]

do the two "?" images correlate to night and day perhaps?

yin and yang?

[misty raven]

Aight have we established the link between the Roman stuff and the physics stuff being the names of the planets in the solar system mayhaps?

[swift scarab]

..there is a painting I seen that looks like orbits but I diddnt think twice on it. its on a second floor iirc in vegas

its kinda of laying into a wall on the floor I think, I skimmed past it fast

[misty raven]

Holy moly

[glad trail]

Has anyone seen what’s outside the stadium?

[misty raven]

Bro Saturn's reign was depicted as a Golden age of abundance and peace in roman mythology

[swift scarab]

holtow was made in october and it appears to be justa blinking dot hard coded, its not waiting for anything and needs to be manually changed. it isnt like a mp4 or anything

[misty raven]

Low-key this is how I know I'm off lol

[swift scarab]

im going back in to look into the cameras/ red dot and Ill look for the painting

[dull marsh]

Yeah the camera thing is a good idea

[weary coyote]

i have! Every day!

[dull marsh]

The idea of Holtow maybe monitoring or doing surveillance would make some sense, the lore video seemed to insist hard on them

[fallen jasper]

Have there been any new graffiti found since launch?

[pallid rock]

Evening finalists!

[swift scarab]

I tried looking but its hard to decide if stuff is new or not

[pallid rock]

I mean, don’t billions of people watch The Finals?

[swift scarab]

and why are we being FORCED to use charge n slam . perhaps something needs to be slammed from above?

[misty raven]

The goddess Ops: Ospuze?!?

[glad trail]

The lines on the outside are crazy. Makes me wonder if anyone knows what they’re contributing to

[misty raven]

June: Goddess Juno??

[dull marsh]

At first I had been thinking that maybe the "Three dawns, one night" might be about the 4 rounds of a tournament 🤔

[swift scarab]

All the cameras are looking at this spot here https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2357139841863592290/2C0C3ECA23DC95C68618F8F3B02A0D5595D636E1/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[dull marsh]

@swift scarab earlier I was playing around the concert area and I could almost swear I made the concert building shake a little, I'm trying to redo that right now

[worn flame]

did you try and slam stuff?

[dull marsh]

Which is almost exactly in that spot @swift scarab

[swift scarab]

one one spot so far that @copper bane found, thats is ALSO in this exact spot

[crisp glen]

it was actually only 24 combinations and I just tried them all... didnt seem to do anything :3

[weary coyote]

i distinctively recall telling you not to do that, but here we are!

[crisp glen]

well at least it wasnt 100 or more hehe

[cloud wyvern]

if we are talking about cameras there are two in seoul that are pointed at each other despite being a map apart. one on hospital roof. one on plaza roof.

[weary coyote]

ah, so you gave up

[crisp glen]

nono there is only 24 combos

[swift scarab]

ima take down the hole fucking building

[crisp glen]

Since the number was so small that why I tried, if it had been 100+ I wouldn't

[weary coyote]

good to know

create pointless tasks that are just at the cusp of being over the top!

[crisp glen]

it wasn't pointless! we now know the wall probably doesn't matter :)

[brisk hearth]

the wall doesnt matter...its whats beyond the wall that does 😛

[weary coyote]

how about every 4 fibonacci number you need to throw a red canister instead of a cashbox!

[ivory sapphire]

Various messages from CNS can be found throughout THE FINALS media and in-game.

Official Art Metadata
Messages about CNS first starting appearing in the metadata of official art images around April 15th.

Tier 1E
THE_FINALS_Wallpaper_Iseult_Chill_2880x1620:
Hi there de(r EE-'u€t=&^ This message has been compromised
A_Space_Friend:
Hi there dear EE-Hunters.! Hope you a934娔/ÄI=Y#RI? *** THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ***
THE_FINALS_Namabatama:
Hi th "#¤/0/! THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED
IMG_CDIV:
&/¤”#(? C&/¤N)&S/#!
The following writing also appears at the top of the periodic table in the image:
CNS pt.png
THE_FINALS_NAMALAPIS:
CNS DONT TRUS0( *** THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ***
Tier 1F
THE_FINALS_CB2_Guns_and_Namas:
OPEN YOUR EYES ...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS -SLIES...CNS - SLIES...CNS - SLIES...
THE_FINALS_SHHH:
. . . CNS ¤ -% OYE *! ¤ CNS -% * OYE ¤ *! CNS% -! OYE
THE_FINALS_NeverOddOrEven:
Taking back what is ours ///CNS ###...###...###...
Teaser Trailers
A CCTV-style interruption occurs, and the following text appears on screen:

GOOD EVENING !
THIS BROADCAST HAS BEEN HACKED BY CNS
[ SEEK THE TRUTH BEYOND THE WALLS !]

The message from CNS
The message from CNS

In-Game
On June 16th, during CB2, a message was found by hunter TheSkyFox. It is hidden behind a destructible wall under the crane in Monaco. The message reads "S Lies". The message is in an orange, pixel-styled text.

The meaning of "S Lies" is unknown, but the message is almost certainly from CNS, as it is similar to the metadata of THE_FINALS_CB2_Guns_and_Namas image. The text's font also shares a similarity with the message from the CB2 trailer.

S Lies message
Probably yall have this but if u dont, i found it

[crisp glen]

hmm there are red canisters that spawn right next to the cashbox wall 🤔

[ivory sapphire]

Cns = Central Nervous System

[crisp glen]

jk jk :3

[weary coyote]

maybe if the number is a fibonacci prime!

[cloud wyvern]

[running into chat, out of breath] guys.... have you heard about...... cns.....

[swift scarab]

I have just taken down the building, no luck. Gonna look for the painting again

[worn flame]

@swift scarab grab a screenshot. I walked through looking at all paintings. Didn’t find any clues. Would be interested in that one

[dull marsh]

Didn't see that before..., so I guess we have to look behind objects to find more messages then?

[swift scarab]

glad I wasnt crazy moveing boxs around and taking wood off walls then

[dull marsh]

Hmm, just noticed you can actually carry the spotlights from the floor. What if we actually need to steal the spotlights? 🤔

[misty raven]

Best idea I've heard all day

[dull marsh]

Maybe we can use those lights to see things we can't see in the dark? Would actually make a whole lot of sense to see writings in dark areas

[swift scarab]

I tried it some but diddnt go far, I rpged and moved on

[dull marsh]

I saw a spotlight on the ground with the grab interface and my brain went 💡

[swift scarab]

ill look around with one too, maybe some writing on the wall like uv paint

[dull marsh]

Yup kinda what I'm thinking

If that's the case then it could be anywhere lol

[brisk hearth]

new thoughts on the two images:

1. A double-barreled question, also known as a double-direct or compound question, is a question that asks about more than one topic but only allows for a single answer

2. JavaScript’s double question marks (??), also known as the Nullish Coalescing Operator. It may seem odd, but it’s extremely handy when working with potential null or undefined values.

It allows you to use the default value and prevent unexpected code behaviors.

• The nullish coalescing operator returns a default value when the left-hand side operand is null or undefined.
• It helps provide fallback values in case of null or undefined values.
• The nullish coalescing operator has higher precedence than the conditional (ternary) operator.
• It can be combined with the optional chaining operator to access a property with a fallback value safely.
• It can be replaced with the nullish coalescing assignment operator (??=) to make the initialization code even more concise.

what this all means... i dont know 🫠

[vale igloo]

Nama Tama in vegas might only be visible in the Sandstorm variant which is quite rare

[swift scarab]

my round ended, no luck yet with the light

[swift scarab]

perhaps something on holtows site can be modifed on are end

perhaps wood needs to be broken or a can moved AND we need a light on it

[dull marsh]

Yup same, no luck with light for now

Pretty sure the holtow website is super duper basic and doesn't really allow to do anything special with it

[swift scarab]

agree, ive been looking over the source on and off for like an hour between rounds

[dull marsh]

Yeah I've been breaking some pieces of wood here and there

But honestly if we actually need the light then Embark are pure genius hahaha

[swift scarab]

after doing amnesia rebirths arg, nothing will phase me now

[dull marsh]

But like, there's no real reason to have this mode in the dark, appart from a story perspective, as this mode seems to be tied to the lore

Maybe there are some special lights on the map too? Should keep an eye if we see one that's different

[turbid tinsel]

Feel like there's a lot still undiscovered in the latest official art

[swift scarab]

where is the raw image

[turbid tinsel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1031539174743998526/1198655465572282539/THE_FINALS_Screenshot_024_3840x2160_VVV.jpg?ex=65c8ec64&is=65b67764&hm=c53059c691460f8ec1168708e3fce175671d5bed08fd0e24621a85143c84754e&

[swift scarab]

is this in the game files?

[turbid tinsel]

its from the official art channel

[swift scarab]

oh alright

[turbid tinsel]

might be in the wiki

[swift scarab]

the arrows in the corner are weird

[turbid tinsel]

?

[swift scarab]

there is lines in bottom right, I cant attatch links

I FOUND A QR CODE IN THE IMAGE

[turbid tinsel]

its been found

[shadow shore]

Leads you do the Caesar namatama!

[swift scarab]

oh

can someone link me? I dont have my phone to do the code link

[turbid tinsel]

QR code is literally all that was grabbed as far as i know

[swift scarab]

what about the 4 corners of the image, line them up. We might have anther qr code

[turbid tinsel]

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

[hushed chasm]

damn you guys find the qr, awesome

[turbid tinsel]

ahwile ago

[hushed chasm]

on the markup plan I like how the people look at the front, but not behind the wall

[swift scarab]

there is way more the one qr code in here, unless they are swapped and flipped

[turbid tinsel]

they had to piece 4 together

to get to the site

there are 4 along the bottom.

[swift scarab]

theres always little symbols all around the picture. lines/cross hairs ectect

[hushed chasm]

da vinci the artist who wrote backwards

[swift scarab]

Did anyone go around and look at the bubble guy in game to see if one is hidden around?

[brisk hearth]

how are you finding the qr code in the image?

[swift scarab]

in paint 3d and zooming in small enough to see pixels

[hushed chasm]

just zoom in the image

[brisk hearth]

oh ya i see it...bottom bar

man that is pretty well hidden

[hushed chasm]

there's a full thing to do or know

[swift scarab]

im stuck on WHY does the image have crosshairs on the sides

They dont reach the edge of the images and neither do the lines on the edges

[desert breach]

trying to catch up on lore, what is this wall we are trying to break through in vegas and whats written on it?

[brisk hearth]

are you able to post images here?

[shadow shore]

-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! 🥚

[swift scarab]

we dont know yet, current leads are : haltow website is flashing red, where are the cameras looking? Why is it on vegas at night with forced smash, why is there tons of lights laying around to pick up and why

[marsh marsh]

Wait there’s lights to pick up? In a game mode called steal the spotlight???!?!?

[swift scarab]

yes on the only map that has 3 days 4 nights

[hushed chasm]

ya si ajjaja

[silk flax]

Wait

What if you ran the light through the master plan path?

[swift scarab]

what is the master plan path

[hushed chasm]

Guys you ever tried to test everything on the new game modes???, I nkow its so bad to play the game alone for go on testing(leaving the team playing alone, but in some new games you can go alone....

[spiral salmon]

I tried this, sadly it's a wash

[still spear]

twitch drop spray

[silk flax]

Damn

[swift scarab]

thats where were doing it all

[hushed chasm]

I know, but other dsnt know that part.

[marsh marsh]

I think it only works when you buy all the skins in the store and have 500 Vbucks in your account

*5000

[hushed chasm]

Please try again....

[swift scarab]

ive check in and under the elevator

[fair escarp]

If anyone’s curious, I just tried to bank a spotlight

It did not work, and I felt silly

[swift scarab]

did you follow battle fields megaladon egg, THAT was silly

[silk flax]

We need them COD Zombies EE hunters

[hushed chasm]

I like the altar for saint rob so much in the padlet

[dull marsh]

Btw, I just noticed outside of the map there is a giant spotlight pointed to the sky, but only once

[fallen jasper]

same

[hushed chasm]

na, the batlefiend eggs of the season was more funny than that and this

[dull marsh]

this one gonna be hard to steal tho

[marsh marsh]

What do you mean only once

[hushed chasm]

Making it more difficult has its point, but charisma is easily lost because of this, many good people were there and left quickly and for a reason it is

[dull marsh]

Oh I was talking about the spotlight outside of the Vegas map 😄

[hushed chasm]

I'd rather take the dog from the street after this, lose my life for achieving nothing.

Gl hf.

[marsh marsh]

wat

[solar pier]

What did I miss

[pure wren]

chat this is a psyop by embark

[swift scarab]

were dying

[pure wren]

nothing is real its all in your head

[brisk hearth]

The medal for the Nobel Prize in Physics is identical in design to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry medal. The reverse of the physics and chemistry medals depict the Goddess of Nature in the form of Isis as she emerges from clouds holding a cornucopia. The Genius of Science holds the veil which covers Nature's 'cold and austere face'. It was designed by Erik Lindberg and is manufactured by Svenska Medalj in Eskilstuna. It is inscribed "Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes" ("It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts") an adaptation of "inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes" from line 663 from book 6 of the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil. A plate below the figures is inscribed with the name of the recipient. The text "REG. ACAD. SCIENT. SUEC." denoting the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is inscribed on the reverse.

anything here we can extrapolate?

[solar pier]

They're recruiting highly intelligent individuals (wonder if anybody gets the reference)

[pure wren]

this is literally cicada 3301

[solar pier]

Lmao

[desert breach]

hardest game lore ive seen in a while tbh

[hushed chasm]

Always Hire People who are Smarter than You, but that's something you will regret, ask to the one that found the pantom bow in bf4...

[still spear]

The level of deep diving and red stringing I see going on in here is fascinating for sure

[solar pier]

Yolks here are skilled

[hushed chasm]

If you think they are the egg, they haven't cracked it yet.

[dull marsh]

Reminds me of BF4 Phantom Program, god that shit was great

Oh yeah you just mentionned it @hushed chasm

[hushed chasm]

the pantom lab was so good, they did really make it for the poeple.

[dull marsh]

Those amazing easter eggs were made by JJJU, what a madlad

[hushed chasm]

4 years ago, and a simple twit headed all of the people into a lot of hints making it so great to play the game

[misty raven]

Isis being on the medal is actually kinda wild

I think its possible

Rome did adopt isis as a goddess after egypt

[hushed chasm]

Yes it is, but making it more difficult is a good plan for your finals players?

[misty raven]

It's the least out there point that's come up today

except for valentine

[opaque pulsar]

calling it now sentient AI that are trying to escape the VR world and into meatspace (scotty and june are two of those ai)

[vale igloo]

Isis as in THE isis?

[opaque pulsar]

if they silence me spread my message

[misty raven]

Ya'll

[swift scarab]

guys I know how to find it

twitch has a sticker called master plan markup. its a blue print. We need a high res image of that

[misty raven]

wheres the thread

[swift scarab]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1afzivk/twitch_drops_is_currently_active/

someone is saying its eastwood casino

[misty raven]

yeah theres a thread on it here hold on

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1202362203920150610

[swift scarab]

thank you

[brisk hearth]

more thought dump:

The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures that is present in Proto-Indo-European culture[1] and other cultures and civilizations. Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primordial being comes into existence by "hatching" from the egg, sometimes lain on the primordial waters of the Earth.

The modern cosmological versions of this idea are called the emergent Universe scenarios.

[misty raven]

I was looking at the world egg earlier. For sure interesting. I'm gonna real quick reiterate my theory that there's a connection between astrophysics and rome in the naming of the planets in the solar system

[brisk hearth]

this is cool:

One egg's lower half transformed
And became the earth below,
And its upper half transmuted
And became the sky above;
From the yolk the sun was made,
Light of day to shine upon us;
From the white the moon was formed,
Light of night to gleam above us;
All the colored brighter bits
Rose to be the stars of heaven
And the darker crumbs changed into
Clouds and cloudlets in the sky.

In many original folk poems, the duck - or sometimes an eagle - laid its eggs on the knee of Väinämöinen.

even mentions a duck lol

The earliest idea of the "cosmic egg" comes from some of the Sanskrit scriptures. The Sanskrit term for it is Brahmanda (ब्रह्माण्ड) which is derived from two words – 'Brahma' (ब्रह्मा) the 'creator god' in Hinduism and 'anda' (अण्ड) meaning 'egg'. Certain Puranas such as the Brahmanda Purana speak of this in detail.

just tried brahmanda. no go, heh

[dull marsh]

I mentionned earlier the Constellation Egg which is the last unfinished Fabergé egg, literally meant as an easter egg present

Might be interesting to look into it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_(Fabergé_egg)

Wait he actually made many gold one for the Russian imperial family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabergé_egg

"The egg opens to reveal a golden "yolk" within, which opened to reveal a golden hen sitting on golden straw"

[runic scaffold]

Too much text = brain melt

[swift scarab]

I found nothing in the bank room other then the doors open like others found already, im done tryna search around in a game mode live

[dull marsh]

A book called The Golden Egg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Egg

[steep fog]

what if we destroy the entire map

[frigid marsh]

Reminds me of that cult religion in GTA universe, Kliffom I think

Like the whole world is actually an egg housing some big bird or something

[swift scarab]

not enough time

[desert breach]

this leads me to think of breaking through the wall into a vr world, a new world where ai and humans can live. this ‘new world’ is represented by the egg

[swift scarab]

were in vr fighting for the death to see whos good enough to go on to be a arc raider

[desert breach]

is it confirmed theyre connected?

[swift scarab]

nope but this could be the start

[desert breach]

it could be both two things at once

considering theres a conflict of some sort

[dusky elk]

aight I'm home, anyone have any requests they'd like to explore in game?

oh shit, yeah the practice range is different

[fresh quiver]

Morning. Any specific new clues from rob? What is the latest we got?

[misty raven]

Saint Valentine was eyed I think

[light walrus]

Roses, CCLXIX, and the nothern lights

[shadow shore]

Also namatama images can be merged. Not sure which ones just yet

[dusky elk]

merged?

[fresh quiver]

Roses ?

[fresh quiver]

Overlaying multiple images

[light walrus]

#easter-eggs message

You know as much as I do

[shadow shore]

Yeah Rob said to overlay certain namatama images and when combined and I'm guessing when edited, it'll reveal a clue

[fresh quiver]

He talked about images not specially namatama #easter-eggs message

[verbal tundra]

Only just caught up now, very intriguing so far! Saint Valentine makes sense for a lead, with the attribution to roses and his death circa 269 (CCLXIX). Was looking into the “Anser” lead earlier and it’s connection to Cerberus, but not sure if that’ll go anywhere

[brisk hearth]

holy smokes, how are you up already. youre a machine

[proud minnow]

As an old graffiti artist, I would be surprised if the walls in the arenas are dead. Literary.

[dusky elk]

I have no idea how I ended up here

I took a wrong turn somewhere with my calculations, perhaps I am puzzled once more...

[inner heart]

dead by rodents would you say

[brisk hearth]

bingo bongo!

[dusky elk]

whatever u do, don't attempt to interrupt the band... worst mistake ever...

[shadow shore]

I thought it was namatama like all day. Rip

[alpine junco]

Theres still the sword initials

[shadow shore]

CS?

[brisk hearth]

counter strike 🙂

or cs lewis

[fresh quiver]

Already awake after you had a short night. Hope you already had your coffee or OSPUZE

[misty raven]

Is there a graveyard somewhere?

[lament linden]

Morning, what did I miss?

[civic hornet]

Just read through the messages from 12pm to 3am

[desert breach]

i dont wanna be the 90th guy to say to break everything in the map, but it’s intriguing that walls IN the arena are being referenced here

[lament linden]

Map boundaries maybe?

I have a gut feeling it has something to do with those

[civic hornet]

The 269 caught my eye, someone mentioned it looking similar to 134 aswell

[desert breach]

fs maybe if there is a graveyard in one of the maps or something close to it theres some wall to break through

[civic hornet]

So, here is page 269 of Wrinkles in Time. Definitely appears to be related to pulsars

[alpine junco]

I dont know if anyone has checked but you can walk between the walls of vegas casinos so keep a look out for stuff in there

[lament linden]

The only map where a graveyard could barely fit is Monaco

[alpine junco]

The church?

[lament linden]

And it would be out of bounds anyways

[brisk hearth]

maybe the destroyed variant?

[alpine junco]

Wait dead walls like the destroyed church on monaco?

There are pieces that stick out more than others so

[lament linden]

Is the rubble breakable?

[alpine junco]

From previous experience going against teams with grenade launchers, no

[lament linden]

Damn

[alpine junco]

What sucks is to see out of bounds would be just to keep damaging yourself until you can fly or using a sniper rifle

[misty raven]

I think he may have just been refering to death by rhodent

[shadow shore]

Found these dots/circles while editing the levels. Not sure if they've been discussed previously though, just checking the padlet and wiki

[desert breach]

that’s not braille right?

[shadow shore]

@desert breach That was my first thought actually haha, if it isn't then I don't know what it is

[alpine junco]

Maybe theyre in the other photos

[shadow shore]

The raised dots seem to be on an odd angle?

[misty raven]

Music

[shadow shore]

Oh like those old mysic players

[shadow shore]

Maybe, they're pretty circular though

[misty raven]

uuh not too sure just was my first thought. I was bit rude sorry I was in a game of THE FINALS

but I think midi notes more likely

[shadow shore]

Im trying to remember the name of those things like, you put a punch card in them and it plays music. Real old school, I think I'm not trippin

[misty raven]

ohhh I know what you mean

[alpine junco]

Like this?

[misty raven]

yeah music box

[alpine junco]

Punch card sheets

[shadow shore]

Yeah maybe, I don't know though. That's just another thing that came to mind

[shadow shore]

Anyway I found it when I was just overlaying some images. Rob said once you work out the pattern it becomes easy (to work out which ones to merge, I'm guessing). So there are some images that have similar layouts/parallels. I'll send a couple for reference:

[misty raven]

Since three dots are filled and three are hollow I thought it could be black and white keys on a piano

[misty raven]

ahhh

[shadow shore]

So because they're similar in layout, we merge them

[cloud wyvern]

those are a G chord. they were already found and used for a previous tier password

[misty raven]

thats probably it

ayy

[alpine junco]

Wasnt the g chord from the white board tho?

[shadow shore]

Yeah

but g6 could also just mean g=6... which assisted with the T2 DEF password

Might have other uses though!

[cloud wyvern]

in any case, yeah, their existence is known.

[alpine junco]

There is also 7! = 5040

[brisk hearth]

this is how the two things look overlayed...not seeing anything out of the ordinary here

its driving me a little crazy that they dont perfectly align with each other

[fresh quiver]

@shadow shore i know we have multiple pictures where this circles can be seen. like the namaBATama.
maybe combine all the images with these circles? 🤔

[nocturne furnace]

Just a thought. When that little lore piece dropped and june said that the 'writing is on the wall', and we now have that map of Vegas as a spray, has anybody tried looking around that area with thermal vision turned on yet?

[alpine junco]

check #1202362203920150610 theyre at morese code now

[fresh quiver]

think we already tried a lot on Vegas since rob hinted to us there is a namatama or constellation hidden for us to find..

But trying it yourself is always a good idea if something was overseen

[dark dove]

someone found something?

[alpine junco]

isnt there a namatama on the sign in vegas?

[fresh quiver]

apparently isnt the nama we search

[alpine junco]

it's the nama next to the mini sphere

[fresh quiver]

which is it? the medic tama? or which one?

[alpine junco]

ospuze nama

[lament linden]

egg

[dark dove]

EGG

[fresh quiver]

you have a screenshot of it? ospuze nama isnt finding anything on search

[steep belfry]

egg 🥚

[dark dove]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182330398299140127/1197673106471391283/8ctlmv.gif

[alpine junco]

yeah im loading into game now, i havent seen a photo of it here either

[dark dove]

https://tenor.com/view/chilloutcorner-gif-21578911

[fresh quiver]

thank you. yea just want to see which nama you mean 😄

[alpine junco]

it's the ospuze nama promoting the drink inside the casino

[shadow shore]

Cool I'll have a look!

[fresh quiver]

nvm. need to find the picture i referred too...

[shadow shore]

If it's the nama dressed as a bat then it's a different orientation so overlaying them might be weird...

[alpine junco]

does this do anything

[faint rivet]

I can’t wait to see what the password is. It’s gonna be a shocker.

[fresh quiver]

lol cant find what i was referring to. still searching

[alpine junco]

this been done yet?

[shadow shore]

what's the original image? I know we've done at least one QR code

[alpine junco]

yeah the 3 qr codes

[fresh quiver]

whats the original image you used? we just can see a bit

[alpine junco]

also this

[fresh quiver]

how is the original image named?

[alpine junco]

#official-art iseult chill

[civic hornet]

Good finds

[alpine junco]

this is also on the beside you image

[civic hornet]

So what happens if you scan the qr code?

[fresh quiver]

QR was already found

[civic hornet]

Ah nvm

[alpine junco]

was just double checking. what about the equation?

[fresh quiver]

https://padlet.com/Kyne/the-promise-t1e-ohsl9b4w3ncqnvqe

[desert breach]

whats that before the 2?

[fresh quiver]

is it on the same image?

[brisk hearth]

x?

[alpine junco]

no

[fresh quiver]

oh which was it

if we dont have the full images / names of the images you cannot cross check if it was already found

[desert breach]

a smaller x as in a variable then

[fresh quiver]

2+[1.4^x*1.6y]2

#easter-eggs message

[civic hornet]

Looked it up and it's the equation for finding where an oval and circle meet

[fresh quiver]

research people 😄

[civic hornet]

Has anyone attempted to apply the formula anywhere?

Obviously oval is Nama but what about circle, maybe thats what we need to overlay?

[desert breach]

circle in the middle of vegas is the only one i can think of

[civic hornet]

I'm thinking more of an image?

[misty raven]

nah wait what circle

[civic hornet]

Maybe by turning Nama into a circle then overlaying him?

[misty raven]

nah I know it lol

[fresh quiver]

just thought about that too.
What if we need to make the namas a circle

[civic hornet]

That's what I'm thinking

And then by combining them as the formula shows it will reveal somethin

[faint rivet]

Just in my mind, does the S in “S Lies” mean Scotty? Scotty Lies?

[brisk hearth]

do we have a gold nama and normal nama to correspond to the question marks?

[fresh quiver]

@worn flame btw did you found anything with your photoshop skills?

[alpine junco]

isnt this morse code ?

[fresh quiver]

scotty, sofia who knows

[misty raven]

scotty doesnt know

[faint rivet]

Hmm

[civic hornet]

Interesting, along where the fabric hangs?

[lament linden]

Scotty is high on Ospuze if anything

[alpine junco]

yeah, it's very specific

[faint rivet]

What’s really IN the Ospuze drink..?

[fresh quiver]

#easter-eggs message

[lament linden]

So Scotty just inhaled a can of piss in the startup video?

[faint rivet]

It’s pee??? Good lawd. 🤣

[fresh quiver]

i think its just more a joking/fun theory but it is a valid theory as of now🤣

[civic hornet]

Nah I regard it as gospel at this point. Never been more sure of something in my life

[fresh quiver]

everything is better then the i want you posters 🤣

[tranquil minnow]

anyone have the link to Level 1? I wanna check something

[fresh quiver]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLzGtj2w2elVkqEdPV6NgqRiszNAxnwIANXHK-Pa1Bk/edit
everything from Level 1 up to level 2 Tier E

[fresh quiver]

there you go

[tranquil minnow]

thanks, apreciate it

[faint rivet]

Well in one of the images, it’s an ospuze drink with tentacles. Sooo maybe it’s made with octopus or squid juice/ink. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[civic hornet]

@alpine junco seeing as your on Photoshop, do you mind attempting the Namatama circle formula?

Not sure which two namas would be best however

[brisk hearth]

shouldnt it correspond to the two question mark images somehow?

[civic hornet]

Good point

[brisk hearth]

i think i read somehwhere earlier that those 2 images alone are enough to solve it

[tranquil minnow]

Where is RHB's video? The recap one i mean

[civic hornet]

According to Rob yes, not sure how strict that is however. Whether the clues are in the image itself or the images are clues that point to which images to look into

[alpine junco]

this was the sign i was talking about earlier

[brisk hearth]

are there any other images that are thematically the same? gold on black and white on white?

[civic hornet]

There's a marble statue Nama and a gold statue nama

[brisk hearth]

heres a big image of that poster

[civic hornet]

Golds on white and marble on black though

[shadow shore]

TFEE Recap Video Playlist by RockhoundBlack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaU6Fo2utBY&list=PLL-wKrN8gfB63sFVlnFSLj_hbyqlk4ck1

[inner heart]

latin+gold+egg+space = Volpe+holtow+ospuze+iseul-t 4 pieces, 4 sponsers

[civic hornet]

Has Rob ever asked us a question?

[civic hornet]

Also only 4 maps

[brisk hearth]

damn... i wish i had 4 maps

[civic hornet]

Do you think it's possible to destroy everything in Monaco apart from the church? The name Monaco comes from greek for single house. That single house being the church

[inner heart]

I feel like the number 4 is important in this game

[brisk hearth]

we have 2 question marks and 2 names - LIGO / Jocelyn. coincidence?

[hasty wave]

LIGO is a summer solstice celebration in latvian tradition

Specifically 24th of june

Or 23rd rather . 24th is jani

[brisk hearth]

just tried both 2406 and 0624 😛

[hasty wave]

Try 23

[brisk hearth]

no go

[eternal violet]

Rob said we need to combine 5 pieces, I think it's gold, egg, latin, space, mirror

[alpine junco]

what was the last hint he gave

[civic trellis]

Guys in the new cutscene holtow’s logo is the one in the practice range, not the battlepass

[cedar salmon]

mentioned this yesterday, wasnt a reponse to anyones reply. just said it. i assumed it was a hint

[alpine junco]

269?

[tranquil minnow]

might be a stupid question but was there a webpage for Level 1? Like now the website is obviouslt Level 2 The Promise so what was Level 1

[shadow shore]

https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Level_One:_The_Commence

Is that what you're chasing?

[tranquil minnow]

yep thanks

[alpine junco]

anyone treid using the light for anything?

[inner heart]

is this supposed to be plato?

plato has theory of mimesis and mirrors

[lucid tiger]

hi how can i upload pictures here or who to write to share or any resources for?

[fresh quiver]

@proud minnow you not probably use something like pngquant. wouldnt you?

[shadow shore]

Caesar is what we were going off

[fresh quiver]

ups sorry for the answer dont wanted that to JayT

[cedar salmon]

maybe the CCLXIX was just another hint towards the lunar cycle, which is 29.5 days . (credit towards whoevers page this was, had it open for a few days going back to the holtow stuff i so i forgot who made it. [https://padlet.com/raidy/holtow-dxo890lenr05aw47])

[alpine junco]

three locations, 269

layering multiple images

also dead arena walls

[cedar salmon]

three locations the 2029 lunar eclipse can be seen from will be [America, Western Europe, and Africa]

[alpine junco]

Three locations an egg can be, the fridge, the kitchen, in my stomach

[pulsar mason]

269 was connected to Saint Valentines death, which he eyed

He also said we need to overlay images, not randomly. There is a pattern to the images we overlayh

[alpine junco]

there are numbers in the official art tho

[dark dove]

someone found something?

[alpine junco]

found this

JOHN ET

also these lines

[civic hornet]

Page 269 of A Wrinkle in Time

Seems to be connected to pulsars

[alpine junco]

dont know if this was found

[gloomy anvil]

In which image is this?

[alpine junco]

SHHH

omg i got a better image of it

kanji?

four m's

[gloomy anvil]

Pieces of Japanese script were hidden in the footer, which when pieced back together spelled the name Atsuko Nishida, the creator of Pikachu.
https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/TFEE_T1F

[alpine junco]

what about john et?

[gloomy anvil]

Which image is it in?

[alpine junco]

the same one, i posted it

wait nvm

it was originally found on a clipboard but its in that image

[eternal violet]

https://i.imgur.com/CbCFeb1.png has this been found? in the ques image

[shadow shore]

Can you link the main image?

[shadow shore]

What part?

[eternal violet]

bottom of the question mark, not the dot

[civic hornet]

Can't see anything

[velvet lava]

that seems huge brained

[eternal violet]

weird symbols, also looks like C2, which are on a sword skin

[shadow shore]

There may be something there if you can bring it out more?

[lucid tiger]

https://imgur.com/a/KEzcwCO
was it mentioned? it looks like qr if combine. can someone do it?

[shadow shore]

Yeah we've mainly ran around the practice range and parks doing that. "Light a candle" clue and all

[shadow shore]

I thought more information would be needed for a QR, but I can try a bit later

[alpine junco]

morse code on the yellowstone image?

[finite shale]

idk if anyone mentioned it already but here is what you can find on the monitors in the Seoul hospital
sure at 99% that's it's an easter egg
https://imgur.com/a/7WdPBXb

[velvet lava]

sorry if this is off topic, but do you guys have any method to collaborate queues to search the stages for EEs

haha fair enough, love those friendly moments

[lucid tiger]

separately yes, but if mix them. maybe glitch, but it appear only on this skin. thanks for try

[zealous fulcrum]

whats a spotlight? you equip it?

[velvet lava]

speaking of seoul, has anyone checked under the destroyable bridge at the hospital? ||being that one of the secret achievements is destroying it|| just a thought

[zealous fulcrum]

oh lol thats smart

[velvet lava]

maybe light grapple hook under it or somethin lol

[alpine junco]

barcode on decam suit

[civic hornet]

Could die and freecam

[alpine junco]

same on the flame thrower

[velvet lava]

oh yeah, duh

[civic hornet]

Anything under it?

Fair

[alpine junco]

orions belt on the cheese

[rain comet]

has anyone tried layering the bottom section of each image like one on this one here?

[alpine junco]

Orion is most visible in the evening sky from January to March, winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

[velvet lava]

Thanks for humoring that thought 🫡

[eternal violet]

https://i.imgur.com/u4ckD6r.png im not good at photoshop, so its hard to do that without destroying it, but that symbol looks similar to venus or uranus signs, and c2 reminds me of this https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/In-Game_Easter_Eggs#/media/File:Cs_lore.PNG

[silent kiln]

is there anything hidden in that video that plays the first time you launch the game now?

like in one of the frames when its glitching?

[alpine junco]

@proud minnow is there a rat car on Seoul like how there was one in mirrors edge? xd

[civic hornet]

So far only stuff we've found previously. I've gone through it frame by frame with various effects and found nothing so far

[silent kiln]

fairs

[civic hornet]

Not saying there's nothing there just that we haven't found much

Sure there's something in there somewhere

[mortal glacier]

There's a lot of stuff in there
At least two messages
I uploaded it to YouTube

[placid leaf]

This seems like an Island from above fiew like we had in the Skywaystadium before we enter , could there be something about a new map ?

[silent kiln]

yeah, could anything be hidden in the holtow website? ive checked with inspect element but not looked into deeply

[carmine trench]

You guys tried to follow the master plan blueprint and unlock something yet?

[mortal glacier]

Has anyone looked into the ATK_Billboard_02_Movie_01_1024_15FPS.mp4 file yet?

[alpine junco]

how do you get to that location?

[mortal glacier]

\Steam\steamapps\common\The Finals\Discovery\Content\Movies

[mortal glacier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1060151489676455956/1203308114305093673/image.png?ex=65d09f02&is=65be2a02&hm=659a72da0b729a693246407c688bf2597c36f5c2842a1808aed4ae7e7e4f83db&

[alpine junco]

which folder

[hearty meteor]

we are not supposed to look for in game files.

ruins the fun for everyone

[mortal glacier]

Has anything come to light about this code? Or does it not make sense?
https://steamcommunity.com/id/dubaser69/screenshot/2342503143077483432/

[civic hornet]

Numbers are so far assumed to be coordinates as they line up with ue map coords. One roughly leads to the rock music on vegas

Most likely other meanings though

[crystal salmon]

Rob said something about goats when I mentioned the band last night

[alpine junco]

found this behind a wall

[civic hornet]

Greatest of all time?

[alpine junco]

i feel like the numbers on the vvv image are also 66 and 999

[crystal salmon]

#easter-eggs message

Could be nothing ofc, but I find it weird cause I dont think I've heard the band say it

or rather, the guy in the crowd (who apparently is rob)

And since he said goats in swedish, I would assume he's referring to the animal and not the greatest of all time

again, if it's anything to go on

But he did explicitly say that we will know why Death By Rhodent's song is about Midas. So that's confirmed, at least

That is an interesting theory

[heavy surge]

Has anyone made sense of the twitch drop map? I went to the room that's indicated and looked aroumd. It's just a bunch of safes

[crystal salmon]

Nothing yet I don't think

[mortal glacier]

On one hand it could be purely a game-designer decision, on the other hand something lore could have been put into it

[heavy surge]

I was wondering, since some safes are cracked open, it could be binary?

[mortal glacier]

It's really mysterious

[heavy surge]

but the twitch drop had this map, a safe and the welding mask

[alpine junco]

Golden Touch

[heavy surge]

IMO it isn't a far fetch that you'd somehow have to interact with the safes or something metal in that room

[alpine junco]

#1202362203920150610

[crystal salmon]

I still wanna know what S is lying about, or if S(omething) lies somewhere on a map

[hearty meteor]

sofia is lying to you, ospuze pro juice is actually gamer pee

[heavy surge]

thank you for this! I have some reading to do :)

[heavy surge]

it's sweat collected from the contestants playing ranked :D

[alpine junco]

the contestants cant sweat

[hearty meteor]

with an added 10% of the tears that were shed during the process

[heavy surge]

I'd bet those tears are 100% mine since I just lost to a HHH ranked team that only used hammers

[rain comet]

btw has anyone seen a bathroom on the maps?

[heavy surge]

omg no

[rain comet]

Nor any tvs except the big billboards?

[heavy surge]

I mean there's a general lack of furniture

besides beds and chairs/tables I think

[rain comet]

Only hospital beds right?

[heavy surge]

noo on the Vegas map there's beds in the hotel rooms

[rain comet]

Oh yeah

[dark dove]

something new here?

[pseudo shore]

My kind of team 🖤 (None of my friends like melee)

[rain comet]

I find the lack of toiletries disturbing

[heavy surge]

To be honet it was freaking hilarious. We almost had them in the end, but they managed to revive one team mate again and freaking steam rolled us. Wouldn't have expected them to be so strong!

[heavy surge]

especially since they have bars and you know what alcohol does to your bladder :D

[rain comet]

i want to chuck some toilets towards contestants

[alpine junco]

maybe the C in CS on the sword stands for capo?

[civic hornet]

All waste is collected after each match by an OSPUZE representative

[indigo pike]

https://www.holtow.com/ found this idk if it is correlated tho

[proven jewel]

There is a thread for it "holtow sticker hunt"

[fresh quiver]

#1185727960980922488

[rain comet]

I dont understand the reason why theres a 2 6 piece puzzle on skyway stadium whiteboard

[solar pier]

Ever since rob mentioned the ost I've been more and more impatient for it

[sharp flame]

"The writing's on the wall, literally"

More S Lies type graffiti?

[dim dawn]

sounds like it might be on a wall

[slate junco]

So, loose bet

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/146625438532239360/1203337286536667176/image.png?ex=65d0ba2e&is=65be452e&hm=0d64846dd3e17e330da5e23e677588ab8127be551607644cdcbb5a02d4ddad12&

Do I remember correctly that there are 3 of these spheres on Casino?

[dim dawn]

think so

[slate junco]

Fitting the one night - three dawns theme? There's also "ARG on" literally written on them lol

[slate junco]

Yeah I knwo what argon is lol

Double meaning though, and we're solving an ARG

[shut sentinel]

I dont think ARG would stand for argon

[sharp flame]

ARGON = ARG ON?

omg 🧠 🤯
/s

[shut sentinel]

I think it is short cut

[crystal salmon]

Wait I'm off track. What has "ARG on" written on them?

[rain comet]

I discovered that there are breakable electric stuff near the wall with death by rhodents on las vegas

[crystal salmon]

Those are not exclusive to that area, they're all over the map

I did notice security cameras though, haven't checked if those are exclusive to the area

One above the door, one facing the garage door

[slate junco]

Click the linked picture! I mean the "Argon" orbs on Casino

[slate junco]

This picture, to be specific

[rain comet]

you can also try to climb out of the map

[crystal salmon]

Oh yeah, well it is the Argon Casino so that checks out

[rain comet]

theres a exteded bit near the wall with the club

[odd nest]

hey guys i’m new around here, is there anyone i can talk to that can fill me in on the lore so far? anyone that’s been active for a while or is up to date! if anyone’s willing to catch me up do shoot me a DM

[crystal salmon]

You talking about the small kind of indent in the wall with a trash container and a door?

[rain comet]

-yea

[alpine junco]

https://padlet.com/Kyne

[crystal salmon]

Yeah, I checked it. Weird that you can't walk into it even though the edge of the map extends there, but didn't find anything noteworthy there

[rain comet]

also theres a place you can stand

near the rat club

[turbid tinsel]

incase anyone missed it, rob put up another cryptic message this morning #easter-eggs message

[alpine junco]

anyone cross analyze saturn and it's significance with LIGO

[gleaming notch]

anything found on it ?

[crystal salmon]

Shoot all the walls, look for health bars.

[proven jewel]

Ost also means cheese in swedish! 😲

[crystal salmon]

Also "Literary", not "Literally". Library in any map?

[slate junco]

OR maybe look for heat signatures on walls with thermal vision.

[crystal salmon]

Very good idea

[gleaming notch]

i mean dead walls are kinda like

just blank walls without writing or windows usually

[slate junco]

Thermal vision is a meme pick and IIRC it's been untouched since the betas, so maybe they didn't want to mess with it for the ARG's sake

[gleaming notch]

also from definition "Literary art is a translation, interpretation, transmutation of literary text from language system to another signs system."

[verbal tundra]

all of this got me on a deep dive on Roman/Greek mythology, specifically Venus/Aphrodite, Aurora/Eos, etc.

[gleaming notch]

so like maybe a graffiti of some sort on a wall that would be related ? idk

or maybe we should graff on a specific wall

[rain comet]

boarded up walls?

[gleaming notch]

is there some ?

[crystal salmon]

Spitballing here, but...

• follow the Holtow map, break all the safes and check for heat temperatures on the walls.
• Check heat signatures by the concert

I have a feeling there might be something with the giant rat graffiti

[crystal salmon]

Just.. sticks out a bit

[slate dagger]

imagine if there actually is an invisible band playing in las vegas

[crystal salmon]

Could be referring to the edge of the map? Which in turn could point towards the concert

[gleaming notch]

yeah so maybe graffity'ing a dead wall idk

[crystal salmon]

Or there might be invisible ink on a wall