easter-eggs

[sharp flame]

slie cetace asconc

s a e

[rugged breach]

Anyone recognise the cipher used?

[dull marsh]

There is clearly the drawing of a character in the back, plus a tree (image is rotated 180deg)

[crisp eagle]

It looks like a shepherd and lamb to me

Need more Ospuze

[gloomy anvil]

from dread

[dull marsh]

It is reminiscent but it feels like there is a circle around the center on the red one

[velvet narwhal]

Yeah the one from the official art looks a bit different imo

[viral scroll]

nice

really nice

[gloomy anvil]

Tried plotting the numbers 10.52, 24.71, 44.90 as coordinates like 10 N 52 E, etc

They reminded me of Orion's Belt but don't line up perfectly

[rugged breach]

Lots of signs around argon have lights turned off. Starting from the back alley of galmora. Some of them have stars over them that rotate, marked those in bold italics
R,S,E,P (corner turn) N,R,E,S,S,T,E,P,E

[pure loom]

like a telly tubby carrying a telly-tubby-sized helmet

working my way through the chat - nice find

[hearty plaza]

はいハロー

[pure loom]

#🟥┇rules message English only, please

[hearty plaza]

Ok fine

[haughty juniper]

bro changed name

Sad ass bio

[pure loom]

Welcome back!

[crisp eagle]

Good morning! 🫡 welcome to The Next Stage

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/dwayne-therock-the-rock-finally-gif-12190501801417283207

In the LSB Half analysis It looks like there's some vertical lines that sort of fan out at the top

more obvious in bit plane red 3

[velvet narwhal]

they are from the logo i think

[snow walrus]

Arent they Dissun logo

[pure loom]

part of it, but they could be a hidden feature

[velvet narwhal]

the lines you noticed curve, the ones from the logo are straight. It could mean something

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity,_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis

Trinity is a place in Saint Kitts and Nevis

(all Embark domains come from Kitts Nevis)

(and KN appeared in a lore EE)

OFC Trinity is a supercomputer too

[granite fulcrum]

Do you guys think the bells on Bernal could be tied to an easter egg?

[pure loom]

Another Vesica piscis visible in Bit plane Green 4

[sharp flame]

ooo I see that

[crisp eagle]

@pulsar fiber found this at :47 on the S1 launch trailer. Right as the team is walking out. The team from S5 keyart spotted this morning

[pure loom]

Those radiating curved lines stand out well on Forensically's error analysis

[pure loom]

yeah, we should definitely reexamine that vid - good spotting

[rugged breach]

Likewise offtopic. Star's lights only load in when you get close even in all epic settings

[pure loom]

Forensically's Level Sweep shows some weird shapes in the top of the Dissun logo

[gloomy anvil]

that's the drawing but upside down

[pure loom]

which drawing?

[sharp flame]

hehe

[gloomy anvil]

oh wait

[gloomy anvil]

it's already flipped lol

no wonder I couldn't see it when I tried

[pure loom]

looks a bit like stained glass

*narrows it down to 101,404 cathedrals...

[crisp eagle]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1318635922350149736

[alpine junco]

glamora reference?

[crisp eagle]

In case you didn’t see the thread for it

[velvet narwhal]

could also be an image of an illumniated manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript

[pure loom]

Thanks! Of course there's a thread haha

[alpine junco]

we concluded that it isnt stained glass and it could be an illuminated manuscript

[pure loom]

ok cool

[haughty juniper]

When next beyond the walls episode

[atomic rock]

I believe their left arm is up around the shoulder carrying a bag of some sort behind them

[plain garnet]

Yeah if you squint you can faintly make out that the image says “the finals”

[rugged breach]

Could be a hint the ee's finals related as opposed to lemmings

Good catch!

[plain garnet]

that is a good theory

more investigation is required.

[shy oracle]

It looks like Hebrew tbh

Sorry it could be Yiddish too! Both use the same alphabet

[rugged breach]

Either bug or something. Other players can also see it so definitely not a client side thing

Only thing I can think of doing to trigger it outside of walking around would be breaking each of the deer in the statue at the cashout room

[burnt sun]

my friend thinks its yiddish

hes from israel and I was hoping he can translate but sadly he can't

[hard current]

omg rob hid stuff in the press kit??!

[gloomy anvil]

wiki is up-to-date if you'd like a catch up https://thefinals.wiki/wiki/Level_Three:_The_Hunt

[silk dove]

This looks kinda similar to hidden image not exact but has similar elements

[crisp eagle]

The hidden image seems to be very simple. I can’t think of the word for it. Crude? All the paintings I keep finding are way more detailed like this one ☝️

[silk dove]

Yes I’m trying to find general shapes rn, I swear I have seen an icon that looks just like the hidden image before, I am Greek Orthodox

[crisp eagle]

I keep thinking the same thing. I’m not Greek Orthodox but I keep telling myself I’ve for sure seen this somewhere. As soon as I saw it, something fired in my brain like a memory I just can’t tap into

[pulsar fiber]

#1318635922350149736 message the tree looks almost identical to the one in the dissun logo. gotta be a reference to the morgan picture bible.

[dull marsh]

It looks like this kind of art

It's medieval manuscript art or iconography

[pulsar fiber]

could the character in the picture be King David?? 😮

[dull marsh]

If we can find the original then sure 😄

[crisp eagle]

Yea Floof was texting me and pointed that out. The trees even have a branch removed. Seems to be a theme with that style.

[cold heart]

didnt realise this dude was on Bernal till just O.o

[dull marsh]

Jan Matejko!! 😮

Bruh is EVERYWHERE

[crisp eagle]

Not again hahaha

[alpine junco]

system horizon, monaco, skyway, bernal. but not on vegas, fortune, kyoto, or seoul. 🤔

[dull marsh]

There is a place named after Jan Matejko in Krakow https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jan+Matejko+Square/@50.0669872,19.9398784,799m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47165b1aac239ad1:0x14e29f5e0eaa7880!8m2!3d50.0669872!4d19.9424533!16s%2Fg%2F1ym_k3rhf?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And the Art School/Academy (not the official name lol) is named after him

This seems to be the bust used in multiple maps in THE FINALS™️ https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/2260

[alpine junco]

have we ever looked into this painting of his?

[dull marsh]

It's been mentioned yes but I don't think it went anywhere

[alpine junco]

i remember now, it's been so long

[gloomy anvil]

It could connect to the theme of aphelion and Keppler's Croker painting

[fallen jasper]

I don't think it's necessarily stained glass, but, if it was, it might be a good idea to look up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Wyspiański

he was Matejko's student, known, among his literature work, for making stained glass art.

[vale igloo]

dissun art drop ?!!?!??!

[dull marsh]

Interesting how "I we who" being the first words was discovered by the University of Reading, with the help of a supercomputer

The IBM supercomputer at the University of Reading, known as ThamesBlue

[fallen jasper]

is this all related to the dissun image?

[dull marsh]

Hmm I think this one is in the keyart

[dull marsh]

Some of them have been mentioned in the past, but looking at a list of supercomputers, some of them have interesting names:

• Aurora
• Selene
• Adastra
• Voyager-EUS2
• PITAGORA
• Discovery 5
• Polaris
• Helios CPU/GPU (2 computers)
• Pioneer-{multiple ids}
• Proxima
• Earth Simulator -SX-Aurora TSUBASA
• ROMEO-2025
• AiMOS
• Minerva
• Pleiades
• Raider
• DGX Saturn V
• VEGA HPC CPU/GPU (2 computers)
• Orion
• Dream-AI
• OOO1
• AlphaCentauri
• Big Red 200
• Baskerville (link to Sherlock Holmes?)
• F1 (Saturn V engine?)

[hard current]

could the missing letters RSR point to a remote shutdown room?

not likely but a thought

[hard current]

have we ever thought about getting 9 people to stand on the black circles on vegas?

[rugged breach]

Yes but don't think we've ever had the manpower, same with killing the duck on monaco

[keen ravine]

im free tomorrow if you need me

[pure loom]

wow, some of his stained glass is like game art

[river quail]

Kinda reminds me of Hokusai artwork

(Katsushika Hokusai)

[hard current]

hey didn't rob already use this sort of? in the miro:

[pulsar fiber]

my new profile pic #1318635922350149736 message

[gloomy anvil]

[hard current]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calydonian_boar_huntThe Calydonian boar **hunt **is one of the great heroic adventures in Greek legend.

In most accounts it is also concluded that a great heroine, Atalanta, won its hide by first wounding it with an arrow (L3AIM) ?

Calydon was the headquarters of the worship of **Artemis Laphria, ** Goddess of the hunt

[hard current]

16 stars on each coin of the keyArt

[rugged breach]

14 on the season 1 trailer, whatever they represent we got two more of between then and now

Also going back to the black circles on vegas, coin looks like a jumpad and they are about jump pad sized

[zenith stump]

How does this page work? https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level3

New to arg things

[pure loom]

put in the password "sliescetaceaasconce" and it will take you to the level 3 password page

[zenith stump]

Oh yeah I put in the pasword but it's just 9 circles with X in them what happens after

I feel like I'm missing some context explaination thing

[pure loom]

sorry, was in a round - yeah, so that's the Level 3 password page, which we're in the process of working out how it works. The coordinates have been plotted on a world map https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1270882064249520198, and they might each have a connection to the word "kara"

there are a few other paths we're currently exploring from the clues we have too

[pure loom]

this is a good starting point too, although it's a little outdated for Level 3 of the main puzzle: https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1100745453206786078

[rugged breach]

Also mega recommend rockhounds' videos to catch up to happened in the last two levels (and intermission)

[ruby prawn]

it looks like the person is wearing ancient roman/greek clothing

[rugged breach]

Working theory is that it's jesus since the beard and sash are common depictions, issue is he's got a lot of art to go through

[ruby prawn]

not a bad shout tbh, i just never thought they(embark) would use a religious figure for one of the EEs

[hard current]

my guess is it’s less the religious figure and more the artist

@pure loom I think stained glass might be a real contender too because of the simplicity, only I would expect we’d see lines in the image then

[rugged breach]

Stained glass would be tough due to the shapes imo.
Tree's way to wonky and a continous piece, as well as this part under the arm, also the entire background seems to be a single smooth piece too

[ruby prawn]

Are there pictures of the stained glass of the church in monaco? (ingame)

[rugged breach]

There's a closeup of it somewhere because it's missing a diamond (on that, was it the bottom right one like in the WRD3HM picture?)

Could be burried in the burrw thread since that was a diamond clue https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1178137622359593043, but again not sure

[ruby prawn]

i might have to jump ingame and look myself, but i highly doubt the hidden image in the Power is power picture is also ingame

[dry belfry]

this part looks like looking out from Saint Sebastian's Temple🤨

[alpine junco]

REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR SEASONAL EASTER EGGS!!!

[solar glade]

what's this channel about?

[alpine junco]

Everything but #📕┇lore

[solar glade]

alright, thanks 👋

[alpine junco]

BUT there sometimes is lore discussion. a lot from this channel does get moved to its own thread.

[solar glade]

alright, i'll stay

[alpine junco]

#easter-eggs message

a little scroll

[solar glade]

you do realize i'm joking and i actively lurk this channel

[gloomy anvil]

Jolly Nama has 24 like the others

[dull marsh]

New phone, who dis?

[snow walrus]

This channel is one way only. There is no out.
Once you in, you forever in.
You can't escape,
until you find out the meaning of life

[glacial tinsel]

Is it a code on the Snowflake charm?

[fresh quiver]

The EE Trap

[dull marsh]

What could this number even mean... ROB THESE EE'S ARE SO HARD

[alpine junco]

I am a serious man with a serious mortgage, i dont know what a joke is.

[fresh quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/martin-simpsons-angry-jail-trapped-gif-16478125

[atomic rock]

I can’t leave!???? And @alpine junco what you still doing with a holtow badge

[atomic rock]

That isn’t the hex colour of the snowflake right?

[alpine junco]

Im in the past

[dull marsh]

567478

[gloomy anvil]

never mind you can see it much better here

[dull marsh]

We've seen them MANY times now

Rob is like "fucking solve this number already"

[snow walrus]

8JN

56 74 78

[dull marsh]

June 6?

Ah

[snow walrus]

Mb

[dull marsh]

June 8? 😂

[shadow shore]

i tried to place the presents under the tree in snowball blitz but the enemy team keep ruining Christmas

[dull marsh]

Is this ENGIMO's blue/green?

I don't think so but y'know

[alpine junco]

Nah, their color is way brighter

[copper zodiac]

When was the last time we got a hint from Rob?

[snow walrus]

The day Galileo died, 8 January

Giovanni Cassini was born on 8 June

[alpine junco]

11/3/1978

[ornate ice]

https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/11/03
maybe?

[crisp eagle]

How are y’all getting those possible dates from 567478? I’m awful with number ciphers

[errant imp]

Did anyone else notice the numbers on the pergola in Las Vegas aswell? They are the same as the ones on Monaco but I didnt see anyone post them yet. @low escarp was so kind to take a ss cuz I couldnt lol

[snow walrus]

S5_KeyArt

[alpine junco]

5+6 7-4 and the last equal to 1978

[crisp eagle]

Oh ok thanks! My brain will turn on a little later today haha no coffee yet

[warm lantern]

WHO is ttv scroy

if anyone would know its here

also where are u all up to i stopped EE in s2

[snow walrus]

level3 (not tier3)

[warm lantern]

wait

okay so i left when we were on t3

what are the levels?

[snow walrus]

t3 was Level2

[warm lantern]

oh right okay

[snow walrus]

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

[warm lantern]

oh yeah i remember

[snow walrus]

this is solved now and activated pre-level3

now level3 is active

https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level3

[warm lantern]

how much longer did t3 take

[snow walrus]

100ish days 😂

[warm lantern]

so ur working on lvl 3 pass rn

[warm lantern]

AFTER I LEFT??

[snow walrus]

no after t2-def

[snow walrus]

no we know the pass: sliescetaceaasconce

enter the pass and see beyond 😄

[warm lantern]

oh

oh lord

what is this hunt even about anymore 😭

[snow walrus]

basically you can watch RHB as always to catch up

[warm lantern]

yeah ik ik

fried rocky in qc the other day

[dull marsh]

What is this about? 😅

[warm lantern]

in game announcers saying it

since the tdm patch earlier today

[dull marsh]

But only them? 😂

[warm lantern]

hop in game and turn ur announcers on, they say it so much

[warm lantern]

wdym

[dull marsh]

I can't play rn, I'm asking if they only say that specific name or just player names?

[warm lantern]

i believe its just that name

also ttv scroy as far as im aware isnt a player

wait

wait yes he is

its TTV Scruy

[crisp eagle]

Yea weird their chat is bringing it up with no answer. Never heard of this cat

He’s saying there’s a Reddit post. Paraphrasing: “the announcers mentioning significant players from previous seasons is a really neat idea. So…me”

[dull marsh]

Was he number 1 WT or Ranked perhaps? 🤔

[warm lantern]

i think we have the answer

no dev confirmation but the general consensus is that theyre planting the subconcious seeds for the major's rollout

apparently scruy was high ranking (literally never seen him but eh)

[dull marsh]

We need to check the trophies in the practice range

[crisp eagle]

I’ve never seen him either, but I’m also casual and more caught up in EE’s. Haha if they aren’t hunters, Thiixy, or Waterdance I’ve never heard of them

[delicate arch]

Also, I have the subtitles on I'm pretty sure it's Scroy, I'm going to try and grab a screenshot

[crisp eagle]

Weird. Could be a typo maybe

[gloomy anvil]

I'm watching his stream rn, it's scruy

[delicate arch]

Hmmm okay

[gloomy anvil]

how has not one single clip of this voiceline been posted yet 😭

[crisp eagle]

Yea this is weird haha

He’s got 3 viewers. I bet it’s just hunters

[delicate arch]

I'm wondering why it's scruy in particular though

[worn rivet]

@low escarp what shoes are u wearing?....

[crisp eagle]

Clips or it didn’t happen

[low escarp]

frog

[worn rivet]

Hmmmm

[crisp eagle]

Was that a dang demon

[snow walrus]

don't mind the audio that's encoding issue

but im not sure why those slots were flickering, maybe bcs they were damaged idk

[crisp eagle]

If you didn’t damage them then that’s odd. Only time I see them do that is whenever I melee them

@pulsar fiber and I were exploring Vegas last night and noticed the slots kept saying “milk daddy.” Haha I don’t know if that’s been pointed out before. I’m fairly confident that’s what we were hearing anyway

[dull marsh]

Yup, there is another one about decapitation

And it's more than milk daddy, it's "mooooo! Milk daddy!!"

[crisp eagle]

That’s so hawt

[snow walrus]

it was midmatch quick cash so i can't say much

[tired aspen]

(i had to check the context)

[dull marsh]

Blame EMBARK™

[lone wave]

STIGSSOOOOON

(It’s always him, even if it’s audio, ALWAYS)

[gloomy anvil]

1 house, 3 rocks, 5 presents, 5 trees

[silk bolt]

13!!!!

John finals the 13th confirmed

[nova karma]

Well google sure has something to say 'When you see 1355, it means that your guardian angel is trying to communicate with you'

[hard current]

they do this when they’re damaged, I went to vegas last night and was messing around with them in game, includes ANY damage

[silk bolt]

There's some long line june says mentioning something from the previous season that was apparently the best team ever, any idea what it is?

[crisp eagle]

Was it me? Haha

[silk bolt]

U guys never hit those things even by accident before..

[hard current]

I have yeah but I was messing around trying to damage every single one per building but not destroy them

[crisp eagle]

There are no accidents

[hard current]

they flicker at different rates when damaged, not sure if important though

I’m still of the thought that we should try and get 9 people to stand on the different black circles on the ground in Vegas, I do not believe them to be a design element outside of an EE because they’re placed seemingly at random, offer no protection and have no possible functionality

[crisp eagle]

Could be the house on the AKM skin? Can’t remember the dang name. The bundle with the new treasure hunt sticker.

[crisp eagle]

Have you seen the clip of Rob on stream talking about doing something to them in a certain order? If not I’ll try to find it

[agile depot]

TTV Scruy?

[hard current]

oo no I have not

[hard current]

someone should check last seasons trophies in the practice range to see if their name is on any of them, I can’t rn:/

[crisp eagle]

#1292576119849095210 message 3rd clip and Raid even transcribed them for us

[spiral meadow]

Fun fact: you can hear the permafang prowler howling sometimes in the crowds of the finals 🐺

[crisp eagle]

What is that?

[opal pond]

The VOLPE wolf skin

Permafrost prowler*

[spiral meadow]

Oops

^

[opal pond]

Can you record it? I havent noticed it myself

[spiral meadow]

I would if I knew how. If I can upload it I will try 🙏

[limpid yarrow]

could it be sponsors maybe ?

like didnt viya have to be broguht in to sort cns

[crisp eagle]

Iirc the 14 stars was to hint at the release date of a beta or game somehow. I remember RHB talking about it in a video. And I think having 16 on it now probably just points to “Senidenary” found on the S5 keyart yesterday which brought us to Hexadecimal which brought us to 16. Might just be solidifying 16.

[elfin mountain]

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagelsti

look at the coordinates

i know i know, just spitballing here

(I couldn't send a screenshot)

[hard current]

is it possible RedMoon is a password for this level?

it’s been here since season one… it’s big, it’s pretty, you could easily see it right after spawning in (4 seconds)

[gloomy anvil]

Important to note that Rob was on Las Vegas in the clip

The first and second clips are connected. First he says he can see 4 letters on Las Vegas, then he talks about them being colorful and easy to find.

There's only a few seconds break in-between them

[hard current]

ahhh ok ignore me then

[gloomy anvil]

reading the transcription, I can definitely see how Red Moon would come to mind tho

without the context

[hard current]

so it’s assumed then, that one of this levels passwords is hidden on vegas then?

[gloomy anvil]

yes, or a representation of one

[limpid yarrow]

fairs ngl i just skimmed the ee channal

[hard current]

looks like I’m running vegas during lunch, anyone available to join a private match and look for the clue rob specified, or at the very least join and just sit in the game so I can run around?

at 12pm est (in about 40 minutes)

based off this

[snow walrus]

if you can't find anyone try here
https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1217498821563514951

[keen ravine]

is this a bird call?

[dull marsh]

Fantails confirmed to be on Fortune Stadium

(we got eyes from King Midas 👑 )

[velvet narwhal]

Sounds like an animal/bird but I'm in no way an expert on animals...

[low escarp]

Z E D C
vegas ?

[hard current]

@low escarp what makes you think of that?

also, sorry my connection timed out

[low escarp]

if u stand in center of map the casino names those are the bigger letters

[hard current]

it’s worth a shot

don’t know which order to put them in though

could be DHED because of the big letters in DougH wrangler

EastwooD and DougH hold larger letters, technically Zaraby contains Z but it doesn’t follow the odd naming convention like EastwooD and DougH do

[hard current]

would match what Rob said about “flying around” to see it too, because DougH doesn’t appear anywhere else on the map as far as I’m aware?

outside of those, everything else has a standard spelling convention - all caps - first capital rest lowercase

[idle mirage]

Hello, I'm back, the last I heard was the Golden Namatama, what we're now with the new season

[hard current]

a lot has changed, check back into the onboarding page and watch RHB catch up videos 🙂

so DHED or some combination there

[idle mirage]

Okay thanks, I didn't know there was an ee in the tutorial, that one catches my attention

[hard current]

do we know if the old passworld rules are still true i.e. only lowercase letters?

rob is in the stream rn btw

rob just confirmed there’s a reason why the skins we’ve been given have certain numbers

rob just said there are more ee charms in the game and “it’s fine if some of them take a few years to find”

[low escarp]

the one i meant was when u stand here #easter-eggs message where i put the flamingos and look at the entrances

[graceful cosmos]

Sorry if someone has already posted this, I might be REALLY late here, but this is new right?

[alpine junco]

always has been there

[graceful cosmos]

Welp, I've just never noticed it I guess. Cheers! haha

[unkempt dune]

Out of curiosity, has anyone notice some small stuff changing around some of the maps?

[alpine junco]

such as?

[unkempt dune]

Like 3 small lights vanishing from SYS$HORIZON's art exhibit's entrance

Or some V shapes becoming tutorial arrow shapes on Skyway Stadium

[rugged breach]

The lights on the circle-y wave pattern on the ceiling that didn't line up perfectly? If so yes but brushed it off due to arena damage at the time, keep forgetting to recheck

[unkempt dune]

also, the canister sacks are gone again from the Practice Range (could be WITP deactivated-related)

"Stairway to Heaven!" is one of the voice lines for deploying a Gravity Vortex which could be a Led Zeppelin reference https://youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4

[crisp eagle]

“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is GOLD”

Shoot there might be some stuff in that song looking back at the lyrics haha

“There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven”

[rugged breach]

Did jumpads always have this star pattern pulsing in every now and then when you're in placing mode? 🤔

[sharp flame]

yeah!

[plucky kettle]

cant help notice the faint flashing barcode ish lines around this icon when on the loading screen. They change every few frames i think

[sharp flame]

I get those too

[plucky kettle]

have they been investigated?

[sharp flame]

Don't think so!

[plucky kettle]

idk who gets them or knows how to get them but can someone get the high quality one straight from the game files?

[shy oracle]

So.. the practice range EE is gone for now? 😥

[hearty meteor]

no the walk-in-the-park ee was disabled

the rose ee is still active

[proud minnow]

Exactly the WITP is gone, lost, and forever miles away,.,

[hearty meteor]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[gloomy anvil]

Wizard in the Palace

(Oz)

Just came to mind with "miles away"

[worn rivet]

That bothers me

Like what do u mean we failed

(Not actually bothers, just slightly odd feeling)

[snow walrus]

Another lost legacy..

Btw i archived important messages in #1318565622556131403 as you might have missed

[plucky kettle]

wasnt that a big one??

[alpine junco]

yeah, completely different from the main EE

[junior peak]

I was trying to put the hidden text in the bottom left of powe_i_powe.jpg together for like an hour; i lost the thread, did it get figured out?

[hard current]

not yet, #1318635922350149736

[junior peak]

thanks i'll keep at it

[pure loom]

Odd comma clue at the end?

[hard current]

could be a form of very miniature ascii art reaction due to his past

a tearful one

[junior peak]

miles? is rob american?

[hard current]

nope

[pure loom]

Swedish

[junior peak]

maybe a american park

[crisp eagle]

very odd. i don't know ascii but usually a comma would indicate a continuation.

[hard current]

that’s another idea yes

[junior peak]

It's cool how real world locations play a part in some of these eggs

Have they ever left someting like a geocache irl?

[hard current]

haha geocache… that was the first level password

[crisp eagle]

not that we know of, yet. but that was a password

[junior peak]

lmao

[crisp eagle]

oh haha

[junior peak]

maybe they are taking inspiration from Cicada

[crisp eagle]

Rob has hinted at IRL stuff for the hunt i believe

This has seemed to be more of what they used to call "Armchair Treasure Hunts," but I could see Rob hiding stuff IRL

[snow walrus]

#1201288968562552863 message

[junior peak]

so he does know about it

its cool to think about the things that might happen

im sure there will be some great finds by some smart people

[snow walrus]

T3F - Activationpage - tfeeL3

[alpine junco]

that one reply is such a big boost to this hunt

[crisp eagle]

yea that was kinda big

[snow walrus]

Iwantto - wrdolphin3hm - l3aim

[crisp eagle]

oh yea i want to was before we solved the activation page

[alpine junco]

i know we dont need anymore threads but we could make one to have the first two images and their clues for LVL3

[worn rivet]

Can I get a link for the 2 pics?

I want to and l3iam

Or what they where called

[snow walrus]

#1220636359153291284

[alpine junco]

#1263921941530677370 message @worn rivet

this is the list of clues found

[crisp eagle]

do we have a list of the the clues found for I_Want_to?

[gloomy anvil]

I'm certain there was a list of clues from I_Want_to but I can't find it anymore

[crisp eagle]

I'm saving it to a TFEE file I made haha tryna get more organized. Thanks!

[alpine junco]

me neither, idk if it got unpinned or in a different thread

[crisp eagle]

these threads do get confusing, but overall i do like them. i just fall into rambling about other clues in them and they don't stay clean very long haha

i need to use the dang miro board more

[junior peak]

we should use git hub lol

[alpine junco]

there is one, but hasnt been updated

[worn rivet]

That just appears out of nowhere

[crisp eagle]

shoot i don't even know what that is exactly haha i've heard the name thrown around

[gloomy anvil]

I'm only aware of 5-6 definitive or likely clues that we've found in I_Want_to

• Black Knight space debris / conspiracy
• Black Knight (other interpretations, e.g. Monty Python)
• 14XX0176XX0002XX 23XXX0176XX0002XXX (May convert to N XX ° XX 0002 XX W XXX ° XX 0002 XXX)
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (July 25, 2008)
• 19 rivets in helmet
• 3 dents in helmet

[crisp eagle]

that third one i think i missed. that would all be in https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1220636359153291284 right?

well wait a minute. would I_Want_to possibly have been only for the activation page of lvl3?

19 and 3 stand out. the password was 19 letters long that were found with a combination of 3 EE's

being WR, D, 3HM

[hard current]

afaik rob told us to ignore the conspiracy portion of this

has it been noted that the first part of the lense flare VERY much looks like a planet with a ring around it? saturn?

[crisp eagle]

I'm wondering now if I_Want_to only applies to activation. If so, that would actually make L3AIM this "first image" once lvl3 was kicked off

[hard current]

I highly doubt it, look at the clues we found, did any point to the activation password(s) besides MAYBE 19 rivets

[crisp eagle]

yea that's very true. good point

[hard current]

the fact that it has the NW coordinates on it TO ME means that’s the first image

at the time when that image came out if we had found the coordinates clue, we would have had legitimately no idea of what it was for until we got to this point

[crisp eagle]

haha i literally already forgot about those and i just commented on it. i need coffee again

yea and it would make the clues we did have on the activation page redundant

[hard current]

yep

so I personally operate thinking #1220636359153291284 is the first image because of the nature of the clues we did find

but… I could always be wrong

[gloomy anvil]

we were still in activation when Rob posted L3AIM

L3AIM: July 19
Activated L3: August 7

[crisp eagle]

yea i do agree with this

[alpine junco]

there is a third line of charcters on the left side which connects with the top and the right side for the supposed coordinates. But what if nama tama is hiding something under its helmet 🤔

[crisp eagle]

I_Want_to : 9 clues
L3AIM : 16 clues
WRD3HM : ?
powe_i_powe : ?

where are the coordinates on I_Want_to? or can someone send an image of it please

[gloomy anvil]

There are two long lines of split characters at the top and right edges of the image

[hard current]

check #1220636359153291284

[dusk veldt]

Rob said ”oh its nothing move on” in chat

[crisp eagle]

oh ok i see it now. thanks!

[dull marsh]

I think the 9 clues are for powe_i_powe, the other images were for Level 3 activation

Of course there is very very likely some overlap but not the same step tho

[lone wave]

What if when it's a rivet it's a 1 and when it's a dent it's a 0?

[unkempt dune]

looks EZ

to not be cryptic, I'm referring to suffixes like -ez and -es for "son of"

Below is a stock photo of it. Who says the history of Bernal couldn't be a part of an EE?

[alpine junco]

It is a knight

👀

[unkempt dune]

it's the city's coat of honor according to one stock photo description

here's a gallery of Bernal found from its Wikipedia page: https://www.pbase.com/larpman/bernal

Vaiiya's building from the looks of it... although I guess it's possible for there to be other locations in Bernal that look similar

[shy oracle]

yeah. idk if we even got anywhere with it. the roses are still there but ig the witp was interactive and whatnot

wait, im thinking about it and it doesn't feel right at all. isn't it so selfish to remove the balloons anyway from the practice range in a map that's meant for practice? All because of an easter egg that a very small section of the community is focusing on?

im not trying to jump to conclusions here but it removes from the point of the map itself. the ee can be deactivated without having to remove the balloons. I'm hoping it was deactived for a bug fix or to deactived to separate the ee from the balloons

idk if anyone else will even notice and probably not since it's such a minor detail and not many people interacted with the balloons anyway.

Edit: it was pointless to bring up and doesn’t makes sense. I acted on my emotion and it’s a nothingburger. I’ll give myself time to step away from the meantime, I’m sorry.

[fallen summit]

thats like, 5 buildings in bernal

[unkempt dune]

but by looking at the monolith in the background, you can quickly eliminate your options

also, got the 5 screenshots to prove it? 😏

[lime wasp]

wait why i dont get it

[unkempt dune]

The sacks are usually there. They aren't there now. The WITP was deactivated recently. Possibly a connection between the two.

[lime wasp]

whats witp?

the glitch out of bounds?

[unkempt dune]

Walk In The Park

[lime wasp]

whats that have to do with anything

[unkempt dune]

there's a park in the practice range

[unkempt dune]

It's just an observation with a potential connection

nobody knows what WITP really is at the moment (that includes where it's located)

[lime wasp]

ah

[worn rivet]

Does The number on that sign mean anything,

?*

[alpine junco]

New seasonal ee’s just dropped

Find em now or wait a whole year

[alpine junco]

this reminded me of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[rugged breach]

THE FINALS logo with the : on the side's mirrored on the skyway platform overlooking the market area

(Though solid chance at just being a flipped asset as the exact same block used is right next to it with the correct orientation)

[alpine junco]

sun, moon, earth

[rugged breach]

Don't know how or why but the arrow floor markings and these lights feel like a rob connection™

[crisp eagle]

That for some reason is triggering an old memory that I can’t put my finger on. I see a logo of a face haha maybe from skateboarding back in the day. I could also be sleep deprived and crazy

[thin burrow]

it looks like a reddit pfp character T_T

[zenith stump]

Big jump pad has a heart beat?

[dull marsh]

yeah they pulse

[zenith stump]

But like a deep thumper pulse not really electronic

[crisp eagle]

Squid Game assigned numbers to the contestants. Even the jumpsuits look similar to what we originally were given when starting THE FINALS

[dull marsh]

The concept arts for THE FINALS™️ already had numbers on them, and that's long before Squid Game

The numbers are common because both are a game and have contestants

[silk flax]

Why does June keep mentioning a TTV Screwy? Didn't have subs on so know clue how it's spelt

[rugged breach]

One of the top players last season, neat lil shoutout to them

[silk flax]

Figured but even tried to check leaderboards and still couldn't find em

[hard current]

think @proud minnow would get a kick out of this!!

https://www.techspot.com/news/106019-bakery-uses-40-year-old-commodore-64s.html

[snow walrus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calydonian_boar_hunt#

level3 is THE HUNT

[snow walrus]

"Meleager's story has similarities with the Scandinavian Norna-Gests þáttr."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norna-Gests_þáttr

Ovid describes the boar in Metamorphoses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses

[low escarp]

i just had a thought all those conections to "sun" on the miro board rob picked holtow (sun insurance) and now dissun as sponsors

[pure loom]

Fortune Stadium has some poor finishing in places. Built by the lowest bidder...

[gloomy anvil]

they ran out of fortune

I'll be here all week

[hard current]

oh yeah! this is what I meant the other day, I just never linked you back to my messages

[snow walrus]

checking real quick now, I was on my phone then.

[pure loom]

trees on Fortune are pre-broken. It's almost like this world isn't real or something...

[tidal condor]

its bc the world is a vitual world not in real life

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-surprised-gasp-what-cat-shock-gif-5991920615405934389

[tidal condor]

bro search lore of The finals

or just watch game thoery

its a very good channel

[pure loom]

soz, I was just being sarcastic

[tidal condor]

oki

[alpine junco]

I found out that every tree is pre broken on every map that has trees

[velvet narwhal]

they made a vid about the finals?

[full token]

[tidal condor]

nope but watch them i think they will soon

[full token]

Sprinkler? Or the pipe welding?

[tidal condor]

but watch this so long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtZ-4ZOY6ew

[pure loom]

sprinkler in the pipe haha

[alpine junco]

Have you seen the misalligned features on top of the church?

[pure loom]

I can't remember, we'll take a look now

[tidal condor]

so much easter eggs in the finals, some times i wonder if the people at embark are just doing the easter eggs only

[full token]

I wanted to just shoot the level design team bail there, but that is kinda odd looking.

[tidal condor]

VERY odd, hmmm i wnder what it is

[rugged breach]

Shifted south, still think it's accidental seeing how there's actually missing textures on the map that made it to release build

[full token]

Missing textures?

[rugged breach]

Forgot who found it first, here

[silk dove]

yes and a door that is inside a wall

[full token]

I’d guess then it’s just things that were missed I bet. It is a pretty big map lol. Good find nonetheless though!

I need coffee 🫠

[pure loom]

oh, that is odd

[crisp eagle]

Whoa how did you get this shot? I thought it was just RHB and I in that match haha

[rugged breach]

I'm in spectator mode

[crisp eagle]

Ohhh didn’t even know about that option haha shows how much I get to do private

[rugged breach]

It's relatively new I think, absolute godsend for searching though

Lets you phase through walls unlike the death freecam

[keen ravine]

found a hole

[rugged breach]

Send it ov er at#1254538203390808237

[velvet narwhal]

and add an extra image that shows where this is

[rugged breach]

Keep him as busy as he does with the fantails

[sharp flame]

BTW something we missed on Skyway:

코인 파일 클리닉

I think someone mistranslated it as "coin file" but this makes a LOT more sense

[solar glade]

i prob did

feel free to edit on the Wiki

[sharp flame]

If you're thinking of the page https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Skyway_Stadium it doesn't have that written

[solar glade]

sponsor page

[sharp flame]

ohh yes!

I see it, I'll change it

[alpine junco]

makes sense because you turn into a pile of coins when eliminated

[sharp flame]

yes, I think it's quite funny

[hard forge]

no u

[gloomy anvil]

I caught the first half of The Matrix earlier, not the whole thing, It's been a while since I watched it in full. Most of this is already well known and documented here, but I wanted to jot down all possible connections to Level 3.

• The opening zooms in on the 555 in a phone number (standard fake number code). We've had some 555 clues. Also, vvv.png might've been a hint at using the phoneword cipher to find LIGO17 (on top of meaning Veni Vidi Vici).
• The Trinity opening scene puts focus on the "Heart of the City Hotel"
• The name / word "Trinity" itself is relevant to the hunt.
• A lot of the computer visuals are blue and techy. This is very standard, but it reflects the appearance of the Level 3 page and map.
• Neo is told to "follow the white rabbit" just before Dujour appears with a white rabbit tattoo on her shoulder, in the same spot as the white rabbit body paint in The Finals. #easter-eggs message
  • In the context of Alice in Wonderland, following it would lead into the rabbit hole (burrow).
• The man in Dujour's group tells Neo he needs some R&R. This means rest and recuperation, but it reminded me of Rob's double R clue.
• Morpheus directly references Alice in Wonderland and the rabbit hole (burrow) to Neo.
• Morpheus likens the matrix to a dream or "dream world", which could refer to Alice's dream and "sweet dreams".
• Rob's red and blue pixels clue reflects the pills Morpheus gives Neo. #easter-eggs message
• Neo enters a mirror (or it enters him) in order to escape the matrix. Like Alice entering the mirror in Through the Looking Glass.
• When Neo wakes up his eyes hurt, Morpheus points out that he's opening his eyes for the very first time in the real world.
• The real world being controlled by AI could be another connection with 19 (A=1, I=9).

[crisp eagle]

I seriously never noticed the white rabbit body art being on the shoulder. I only knew about the one on the wrist haha

[crisp eagle]

The Permafang Prowler gives me big Star Fox vibes

[gloomy anvil]

small connections possible coincidences

[dull marsh]

R&R seems like what Rob was hinting at imo

R&R -> Rock 'n' Roll 💀

[gloomy anvil]

Happy 22nd release anniversary to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York, which I was considering watching today too.

Depends how accurate it is

[shy oracle]

might just be me but you can see that gravity vortex's wavy top looks like the blocky waves of the street of Sys$horizon

[gloomy anvil]

Thinking back to the Dark Knight, July 25 2008, and Joker (all rooted in I_Want_to.png). Heath Ledger cited Terry Gilliam's direction in The Brother's Grimm (2005) as inspiration for how he portrayed the Joker. Ledger also appeared in Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).

[sharp mango]

its rbmk nuclear reactor

[hard current]

isn’t it the case that in levels past rob would hide clues that would help us know how to manipulate numbers?

i.e. we found a string of numbers hooray

oh we found another string of numbers “1337”, that means leet

side note: didn’t rob hint at 1337 again in chat a day or two ago?

[hard current]

been thinking, with a bunch of clues pointing to rule of thirds, 3, 1/3 etc, could

3 related to 1 night, 3 dawns, see the signs ?

[keen coral]

Are there any hints to in game clues I could try to look at? Im new to trying to find easter eggs but I wanna get involved.

[tidal condor]

네, The Finals의 다양한 맵에서 찾을 수 있는 것이 많이 있습니다. = yes there are lots to find in different maps in The Finals

[pure loom]

There’s a few places you can look. There are some hints from Embark Co-founder Rob Runesson in clips from streamer Waterdance, I’ve also created some summary videos about the Easter Eggs. Also the Bernal map is new enough that we’re still exploring it and spotting some things that are probably Easter Egg related.

#egg-hunt-onboarding is a good place to start too.

[keen coral]

Thank you guys, ive always wanted to get involved but idk how so I appreciate the guidance

[pure loom]

And just looking through the threads associated with the #easter-eggs channel will show you the sort of things we’re examining too.

[tidal condor]

and when playing you can see it accidently

[alpine junco]

is there a possibility that we need to activate an ee on previous maps to activate ee on new maps like in battlefield?

[ornate ice]

maybe

there are 4 hidden numbers in Las Vegas that have been there since season 1

[dull marsh]

Rob has said there is some EE like that, not sure what the exact wording was

[alpine junco]

i think it was around season 2 or 3

[shy oracle]

So WITP could be activated again!?

[dull marsh]

Exactly the WITP is gone, lost, and forever miles away,.,
The "forever" makes me think it won't come back, but who knows

[silk flax]

Been out of the loop for a fat min, what was WITP?

[rugged breach]

The wording's definitely sus though, he didn't stretch it that much for the cannon ee

Thinking it's either locked behind a prerequisite ee now and he was giving us a chance to solve it early or just gone for a season or two

Perhaps only active during the first few days of each season?

[crisp eagle]

In the new highlights video, the last one is “There can be only one,” and they talk about “not losing your head.” In Highlander some people are immortal and the only way to kill them is by destroying the head. “There can be only one” is their belief that there should only be one immortal.

[dull marsh]

"Walk in the park", related to some EE, which is now disabled cuz we took too long

[crisp eagle]

That could explain “miles away,.,” since the new maps are several miles apart haha holding onto hope. Sort of

It’s forever gone from wherever he had it “this time.”

[dull marsh]

I'm thinking about "forever miles away", could be something that relates to the horizon or rainbows, or something like that

[abstract spindle]

Idk

[shy oracle]

Yeah that’s why I took what others said for this, that it’s possibly there but in reality you’re right and it’s just gone now

[alpine junco]

um

[hard current]

is that

the letter i

[alpine junco]

it is

[hard current]

showing up in a luminescence? how the hell

[alpine junco]

@dull marsh

[hard current]

@unborn pilot

letter i ^^^

[alpine junco]

@gloomy anvil

[elder agate]

are we aware of any bernal EE's?

[hard current]

begs the question then, are there other letters missed

[alpine junco]

@pure loom

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-there-gif-5677380953331354485

[alpine junco]

i

[pure loom]

there's at least one confirmed one, which is the bust of Jan Matejko (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Matejko) which appears on the clock tower building. There's also a flower shape in the cobblestones which appears 5 times in the area next to the Chapel, and appears to be the same as a shape seen in the upper left of the most recent piece of art provided #1318635922350149736 message

There are a bunch of other glyphs, art, a family crest/coat of arms and other things currently being investigated

[elder agate]

Gotcha, thanks. That bust is on Monaco and Sys horizon too?

[pure loom]

Anyone else got this mask appearing out of a large present on Las Vegas?

I also got some screen captures of the relief image that is hidden in the train painting

[tired bolt]

Has anyone talked about the sticker that is a map in the "Vault Hunter set"? It came out last season and the map is in the same style as the duck map from the battlepass? It seems like its Bernal or another map we haven't gotten yet? Id link an image but I am not high enough level ❤️ you can look at it in the store; it is an AK skin bundle. The map is leading to some kind of "FINALS" ruin or pyramid in the mountains and trees...

[pure loom]

This one almost looks like cave paintings

[rugged breach]

Definitely need to have someone on spectator mode and someone in game open up the skylight sometime

[graceful cosmos]

Rob pointing out that the stage on vegas is there for a specific reason:

https://clips.twitch.tv/CuriousColorfulWatercressAliens-8rcctGxM0zEFgYwc

[fresh quiver]

#1292576119849095210

already there. But ty for sharing it in #easter-eggs forgot it here

[graceful cosmos]

Didn't see that thread! Cheers!

[hasty anvil]

Silly idea, fee fi fo fum, without the F
EE I O UM
ee and i stand out

[pure loom]

@shadow shore @alpine junco and I just made an observation on the middle stage on Las Vegas - there are segmented black lines on the edge of the black section that are uneven in length and not consistent between sections. Here are the four quadrants of the stage with the cardinal directions shown.

[rugged breach]

What's the lobby code?

[pure loom]

we'll post it when we come out of the round

here's a close up of one of the segments

[hasty anvil]

In the clip rob rotates the same direction as the projection above the middle stage

[pure loom]

The outer edge of the stage has black marks on the cardinal and intercardinal directions - the south one is the only large one

[hard current]

i still think we should get 9 of us together for the black circles on the floor;)

[hasty anvil]

also the projector lights are in the middle of NSEW , maybe NW and SE in particular?

[pure loom]

SE SW NE NW

[hard current]

ohhhhhhh

[graceful cosmos]

The design texture that's under/surrounding the stage, that continues down the road to the left of that screenshot, what is that?

[alpine junco]

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39149/39149-h/39149-h.htm also found this neat book about ciphers which could come in handy

[alpine junco]

part of vegas irl

[rugged breach]

Zaraby has a korean keyboard

[hard current]

wait wait wait

is that korean or something else

it looks like symbols rob has shown a long time ago ago

[pure loom]

yeah, some of the assets are used across maps. There are a few Korean fire hydrants things on the walls etc

[rugged breach]

Has a hangul button at the bottom so definitely korean, what symbols specifically?

We agree the four sets of circles in zaraby (one of them missing one and having a (destroyed in picture) pillar in its place) are suspicious correct?

[graceful cosmos]

This kind of reminds me of the actual sectioned circles on freemont st for vendors, like this one: https://lasvegasthenandnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fremont-Street-Performer-Busker-1024x768.jpg.webp

[alpine junco]

it has been noted in #1182955042416893984

"it's in your face"

[hasty anvil]

singing, performing on stage?

[hard current]

YES THIS

[rugged breach]

Long curve types have a long line
Short curved two short lines
Flats three short lines

Solid lead for the order to use them in?

[hard current]

play the guitar emote on it

[rugged breach]

With the caveat the short curved ones do this when you step away

[pure loom]

I think our next step is to decipher the segmented lines around the edge of the stage

#easter-eggs message

[hasty anvil]

He said it was simpler than that. 'It's on your face. Open your eyes.'

[shadow shore]

Annnd if there's a way to make it rotate/trigger too

[pure loom]

I think it meant it's simpler than being a combination lock - the segment code would be pretty simple and right in front of us

[hasty anvil]

See the combination lock would fit the theme of the heist though haha

But yeah could be a code

What about 'on your face' being a clock face?

[rugged breach]

Stage and swirly pattern also in your face from the center stage

[shadow shore]

that's the direction i thought you had to turn to rotate it haha clockwise

[hasty anvil]

#1292576119849095210 message
tbh i think they both said its easier than a cipher here

[rugged breach]

There's three types of lines, long-medium-short -> Order of Heavy,med,light to get on stage, maybe emote as well?

[shy oracle]

4 teams of 3 according to each quarter maybe? N -> W -> S -> E according to the spiral

[rugged breach]

What bugs me about that is the spacing, there's a medium and long gap between the three long lines

But also south having the long line could make sense with that, telling you which way to enter stage from

Nevermind, 4 types of lines, there's an inbetween medium and short line, you can see them all in order here

[low escarp]

the stage and the finals logo above it look like theyre pointing up

[hard current]

has a heavy tried slamming onto it?

rob wasn’t looking that close, I think it’s something higher level

[low escarp]

the green/brown on the floor

[hard current]

wait you’re right

the swirls are very reminiscent of jack and the beanstalk artwork

maybe something has to be brought to the center stage

[hard current]

worth a shot thank you!!!

[low escarp]

looks like they should spiral right where the stage is and go up

the hints for the roses maybe fits here

[graceful cosmos]

Random thought, has anyone tried standing on the stage and looking around with thermal vision? Curious if it's a play on the "open your eyes" thing since your eyes widen and pupils dilate in the dark to adjust vision, to try using that.

[dull marsh]

The swirls on Vegas floor are there in real life, you can spot them a bit in that pic

I've looked way too hard into this during the Steal The Spotlight event 💀

[low escarp]

theres a lot of these gaps in them

[pure loom]

these spirals are found IRL in Fremont Street, LV

oh, nvm, I see @dull marsh mentioned this already

[dull marsh]

well at least you got the street name 😄

[dull marsh]

Looking at Vegas central stage, and Rob saying that it's "in your face", I'm focusing on the F hologram

One thing we could note is that it's wireframe, which is related to early 3D graphics which could relate to old videogames

Then I thought about looking again at the letter F

In hex 0xF = 15, which in the alphabet is letter O

In the periodic table, F-Block contains Ytterbium and Nobelium (among others)

The first Alice in Wonderland edition is called Appleton Alice, and we had namatama in high atmosphere/space

The F region of the ionosphere is home to the F layer of ionization, also called the Appleton–Barnett layer, after the English physicist Edward Appleton and New Zealand physicist and meteorologist Miles Barnett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_region

It's related to quite a few other things, and multiple could be part of this, idk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_(disambiguation)

[hard current]

this good stuff

[hard current]

guys I got it

fe fi fo fum

need 4 heavies to activate 🥹😂

[pure loom]

Just listened to it again, he said "in your face"

[hasty anvil]

And right after said open. Your. Eyes.

Something about watching, seeing, being awake

[elder agate]

never leak-- the gas barrels leak upon damage?

[green sluice]

How does one get into the EE club?

[crisp eagle]

hey! checkout https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1100745453206786078 for some basics and rules and whatnot. I also suggest checking out RockhoudBlack's YouTube channel. He's got a playlist section for the easter eggs with one being a beginners guide.

[pure loom]

A close view of the dashes around the Las Vegas central stage: #1182955042416893984 message

[green sluice]

I mean the actual club in game

[pure loom]

I just found this wiki page on codes, which might be quite useful at some point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_code

[pure loom]

Here's the full cipher code for the Las Vegas centre stage dots and dashes: #1182955042416893984 message

[burnt sun]

anyone noticed the rainbow line around it?

[shadow shore]

there's also a tiny octagonal shape on the side of the thing that has the same effect too. It looks like the colour spectrum

[low escarp]

vegas stage right in ur face a yellow ring and X marks the spot 🤷

[fresh quiver]

@hard forge he is the manager of the TFEE club ingame.

[low escarp]

ive heard a bit about a "floor is lava" thing was that just a guess because of lava lamp and lava ak skin
or was there a hint?

[proud minnow]

Happy holidays dear EE-hunters..!

[fresh quiver]

oh no.

I want to make a thread. But I guess we shouldnt name the
Thread "812a369f6ccfecd0.jpg"

[queen stone]

vaiiya art ?

i see that

[hard forge]

812a369f6ccfecd0

[queen stone]

END-12-4-98

[fresh quiver]

looks like HEX for me. (Only Numbers 0-9 & Letters from A to F)

[hard forge]

yeah

[hard forge]

a date maybe?

[fresh quiver]

the day something ended? like a person which died?

[gloomy anvil]

new art :0

[solar glade]

[fresh quiver]

81 2a 36 9f 6c cf ec d0
 * 6 Ÿ l Ï ì Ð

which not makes much of sense yet. when converted into ascii

[gloomy anvil]

is "Defending Your Digital Frontier" normally mirrored like that?

[queen stone]

i think, i can check

[gloomy anvil]

If it's part of the gun skin then it'd make sense

given the angle we're looking at it from

[fresh quiver]

METADATA:
"happy holidays.!"
"FROM EMBARK WITH LOVE.!"

[queen stone]

look the same

[dull marsh]

There is some sort of grid in the left part of the image in the error level analysis

[dull marsh]

Some more cipher on THE FINALS logo

[solar glade]

gloves

[dull marsh]

And part of it above and below

[hard forge]

yes I see this too

NUMBERS

[fresh quiver]

I can read "u n q t n o e ? ?"

[dull marsh]

57 45 57 45 49 48 56 55

[crisp eagle]

I’m never going to get any sleep haha

[dull marsh]

In decimal it's 9-9-1087, in hex it's WEWEIHVU

Sept 9 1087 is the death date of William the Conqueror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror

[fresh quiver]

these williams again

[queen stone]

again ?

[crisp eagle]

We got eyes

[sweet thistle]

I'm impressed how efficient you guys are

[dull marsh]

Ok just testing something based on what I was researching last night

[fresh quiver]

two times eyes

[dull marsh]

Fraktur

[fresh quiver]

well. its mostly the same eyes

[crisp eagle]

How do you convert those numbers to decimals?

[fresh quiver]

!!!!!

[dull marsh]

ASCII table https://www.dcode.fr/ascii-code

[fresh quiver]

the knuckles have words in them again

if you look closely

[eternal violet]

#easter-eggs message

[fresh quiver]

im blind

lol

[dull marsh]

Local nobles resisted the claim, but William invaded and by 1064 had secured control of the area.
So he finished his conquest in 1064... 🤔

[fresh quiver]

aaaand we are back to gold

[fresh quiver]

why Kate & Beth? Cant even read the third word

[crisp eagle]

Looks like Terry

[stuck fulcrum]

The gloves might be metro drifter

[eternal violet]

to me looks like Terry 9, Kate I, Beth II (?)

[shadow shore]

2 pairs of eyes in 1 min, that's gotta be a new record 🧠

[worn rivet]

It's 2pm fir me, I'm all good

[worn rivet]

"Sometimes called William the Bastard"😂😂

[crisp eagle]

Does it look like there’s anything on that top knuckle?

[dull marsh]

December 4 1998 is the launch date of STS-88, which took the "black knight satellite" picture

[gloomy anvil]

The mission patch reminds me a bit of the blue level 3 map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sts-88-patch.svg/360px-Sts-88-patch.svg.png

[queen stone]

american date :(

[dull marsh]

The end was of the mission was with the landing at Kennedy, SLF Runway 15

[worn rivet]

I just reached gold 4

[dull marsh]

Very interesting that it's next to Titusville

(we've has Titus as clue before)

[crisp eagle]

I’m seeing this too

[eternal violet]

tbh it kinda looks like matrix notation

[worn rivet]

Can someone tell me how to search pic like these properly, idk what these editing things u guys do are

[shadow shore]

https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier

just gotta upload the image then palm the keyboard

[fresh quiver]

after some playing i think the last 2 letters might be "i" & "s"

[eternal violet]

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

[dull marsh]

Last is r or s imo

[gloomy anvil]

End date was December 16, 1998. 12 days after launch.

Could be a pointer at 16, like senidenary

[alpine junco]

Terry Kate Beth

[eternal violet]

last 2 has to be "l" "r" (nvm can also see i in the l)

[vale igloo]

812a369f6ccfecd0.jpg

[fresh quiver]

There are yellow dots all over the Image.

I did a Negative of it.
In the negative the Yellow dots are blue.

@vale igloo we will not find this thread again. because of the name. Thats why we havent made one yet 😅

[vale igloo]

ah

that makes sense

[alpine junco]

unqtnoeir

[fresh quiver]

just fyi 😄

[crisp eagle]

With letters missing I could see there being the word “unique”

[worn rivet]

There seems to be something of the side here

[alpine junco]

requinto

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

[crisp eagle]

Looks kind of like a reflection

[hard forge]

fun fact
on day 10 the wake up call which was played was "hound dog" by elvis

[dull marsh]

Those three lines here on the left side of the mask

[eternal violet]

youre missing a letter

[gloomy anvil]

We could keep a list of image threads up to date and pin it here. It would be helpful in general.

[worn rivet]

Oh yeah must be the lense glare

[shadow shore]

neutrino

[worn rivet]

My bad

[shadow shore]

a particle?

[eternal violet]

guys theres 9 letters in the finals logo

[dull marsh]

Those lines have lengths 3-5-7 and color #887320
And the top left pixel is in 1037x371

[alpine junco]

TKB, the TasKBuilder program for the RSX-11 computer operating system.

but it looks like there are numbers after the names

[dull marsh]

Yup I'm seeing some numbers there, not sure which tho

[alpine junco]

Terry 952?
Kate 117?
Beth 11?

it seems to me there are 3 numbers per name

[alpine junco]

guess rob has his own lore 😆

[hard forge]

he is not THAT old

[hard forge]

looks more "i" to me

[proud minnow]

THX.!

[gloomy anvil]

It's a JPG so you can browse bit planes too https://www.georgeom.net/StegOnline/image

[alpine junco]

are these part of the pouch or numbers?

[dull marsh]

That's a messed up looking X 😄

[shadow shore]

i got this when i tried 🤔

[dull marsh]

just weird shape for that s 🤔

[fresh quiver]

yup. same

[shadow shore]

yeah and the U might be a J if this is accurate

[alpine junco]

the numbers being next to these letters must be for a reason

[shadow shore]

what's that cipher called, where you like have a letter as another letter and it rearranges the alphabet?

[dull marsh]

could be anagram for "question n"

but not finding any anagram with all letter no matter what

if it's r it could be "neutrino q" (among others)

Among all the stuff thus far William the conqueror seems like the biggest lead as it got eyes

[hard forge]

eyes

[gloomy anvil]

I was thinking of that and q neutrino but haven't found anything either

they seem most likely though

[dull marsh]

Q can be used for electrial charge and other terms

[shadow shore]

"The Q value is defined as the total energy released in a given nuclear decay. In beta decay, Q is therefore also the sum of the kinetic energies of the emitted beta particle, neutrino, and recoiling nucleus."

just googled neutrino q ...i thought google was in English

[fresh quiver]

Press kit of the SRS-88 Láunch & Missionn
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sts-088-press-kit.pdf?emrc=1b91dd

[alpine junco]

probably telling us to go back to the nama tama knight art

[hard forge]

beta decay

[alpine junco]

there is another name, not just 3

[fresh quiver]

SRS-88 had 2 modules onboard

Zarya control module

Unity connecting module

[alpine junco]

#1220636359153291284 message

[dull marsh]

On the left side of the eye visor there are 3 dark squares
Sizes: 16x16, 7x7 and 4x4
Top left pixel in 1107x404

[gloomy anvil]

Is the Zarya module associated with the letter B by any chance?

[fresh quiver]

The Literal Translation of "Zarya" is Sunrise

[dull marsh]

Just fixed the coordinates being off by 1 in this message

[gloomy anvil]

Just because Zaraby is the NW casino on Las Vegas

[fresh quiver]

not that i've found yet

[alpine junco]

or numbers

[dull marsh]

Is that written "L3"? 😄

[alpine junco]

even without editing they are there

[dull marsh]

Yes but less obvious, just wanted to make them very clear

[gloomy anvil]

Zarya was Launched on 20 November 1998

I'm 82% sure that's a relevant date, the launch of a Sega console, but I could have the year wrong

OK ignore me I was wrong

[dull marsh]

December 11 (1998) - The final Sega Saturn game is released in North America, Magic Knight Rayearth.
Doesn't seem like a specific date but could be related

[gloomy anvil]

I was thinking of November 22 1994 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1313283987833094194/941122.jpg?ex=6767f646&is=6766a4c6&hm=f8220baa4ca480c2892bfd8a49599da83f06ed7859c5823db518a35904f283e8&

but yeah not the same

[alpine junco]

Terry S
Kate H
Beth ?

trying to edit it for the letters to be more pronounced

[shadow shore]

"a ccc d e ff"
"8123690"
..text of the image separated

got nothin

[fresh quiver]

SAC-A (Sattelite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-A) was a small non-recoverable sattelite built by the Argentinian National Commission of Space Acitivies (CoNAE)

The satellite payload included a Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) to provide real-time autonomous measurements for the satellite.
Also it had a magnetometer on board.
And a Argentinian experiment to track endangered whale (cetacea) polulation migrations in southern hemisphere.

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1998-069B

it was launched with SRS-88

[dull marsh]

Does it measure how many mages there are? 😄

[fresh quiver]

ty. fixed

[dull marsh]

Oh wait STS-88 ending is december 16 in UTC, but in the US it was december 15

Music used for wake up on the last day was "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner

Maybe William the Conqueror is just about the Space Conquest? 😄

I'm thinking maybe we need to convert some date to epoch (number of seconds since 01-01-1970)

For STS-88 landing it would be 913780380

[shadow shore]

a (b) ccc d e ff
0 1 2 3 (4) (5) 6 (7) 8 9

( ) are missing values

from the name

[dull marsh]

Otherwise going back to the first namatama issue, the "end" of the mission might be the re-entry in the atmosphere

[crisp eagle]

I clicked the link and it said STS

[fresh quiver]

my fault 😄

[dull marsh]

Yeah he did yet another typo

[fresh quiver]

today im on streak with typos 😄

[crisp eagle]

Oh wait ok I see now. Sorry trying to read and catch up

[hard forge]

i am at my wits end with the name

[crisp eagle]

Where did you originally get the STS? I’m scrolling through (very tired though) and can’t find what made it pop up

[dull marsh]

STS-88 is the mission when the "black knight satellite" picture was taken (actually a thermal blanket)
We got that since the first image of Level 3 with namatama in the sky

William the Conqueror commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry

[crisp eagle]

Oh and that was 12-4-98 American dating scheme

[dull marsh]

Not sure if that in itself is a clue, but the drawing the background from last image might actually be a tapestry

[crisp eagle]

lol I even found that earlier and didn’t post it because I feel I post a lot of pointless stuff. Then forgot. I need to get my head in the game

[dull marsh]

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

regarded by his English contemporaries as a model of chivalry and** one of the greatest knights of his age**
[...]
he was created Duke of Cornwall and received the duchy by charter dated 17 March (1337)

He also made a "Cheshire expedition" which is reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland Cheshire cat

[rugged breach]

Just woke up is there a thread we're forwarding to or just tossing everything here?

[dull marsh]

tossing everything here thus far

[rugged breach]

Oh god

[dull marsh]

It's basically the same ngl

Start here #easter-eggs message

[rugged breach]

Pain to look through months down the line

[rugged breach]

Vaiiya official art start point

[dull marsh]

No one really re-reads everything tho

We just end up condensing everything in summaries every time

[rugged breach]

No one
🥲

[crisp eagle]

Haha I’m just trying to read once

[eternal violet]

summaries miss stuff, its very convenient to get your info by opening a thread and scrolling for a bit

[dull marsh]

witp might have been about William I (aka William the Conqueror)

Something like William I, the Prince (of england or something)

[alpine junco]

X marks the spot?

[crisp eagle]

This is my first time really getting to experience clues being dropped (especially in artwork) this frequently. I know we aren’t perfect at keeping any chat nice and tidy, but is the theoretical formula we typically shoot for sort of like this:

-easter eggs channel is a dumping ground

-things of value are forwarded to proper thread

[crisp eagle]

That freaking center stage

[dull marsh]

I looked a bit into the F at the center of Vegas, and it can relate to Fraktur, which is an old gothic font

It fits within the "blackletter" style, which is also used by the New York Times

Also interesting that normal font are called "roman" and there is also "italic"

Fonts have an x-height (height of a lowercase letter)

There is a font called AMS Euler

[hard current]

is it possible that 3 sponsors
3 categories of password
each sponsor image (next one will be iseult) correlate to each?

[dull marsh]

And fracture could relate to "cracking" egg/passwords 🤔

[hard current]

i.e all the clues on the first one is for one category of passwords, all the clues on this vaiiya one is for a diff category and so on

nah it couldn’t be cause we’ve had non sponsor images too

[grave bridge]

First thing that comes to mind when seeing this is ceasar cipher. Anyone tried?

[dull marsh]

I think it's possible but only to some extent as we were supposed to be into Level 3 even before S1 launch

[grave bridge]

Found nothing nvm

[hard current]

New Image #1320004425019949097

• Hidden letters on “THE FINALS”
• 3 names on the glove, Terry, Kate, Beth
• 57 45 57 45 49 48 56 55 hidden
• Hidden letters on “THE FINALS”
• 3 names on the glove, Terry, Kate, Beth
• 57 45 57 45 49 48 56 55 hidden (👀)
• December 4 1988, launch of STS-88 which is what discovered the Black Knight satellite (👀)
• September 9 1087, Death Date of William the Conqueror (👀)

let me know if there is any detail I can add to this

I’m just catching up and summarizing for those who are also just waking up lol

[alpine junco]

Terry, Kate, Beth on the knuckles

[snow walrus]

Space Shuttle is Endeavour (OV-105) and its eponym from British navy vessel HMS Endeavour. Discovery's (OV-103) eponym was from HMS Discovery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Discovery_(1774)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour

[hard current]

updated

[hard current]

@dull marsh any other details I can add here?

[dull marsh]

Just for info there is now a thread for #1320004425019949097

[dull marsh]

I'll try to make a summary image too to have it more visually

[eternal violet]

name of picture hasnt been solved

[hard current]

ah I thought that’s how the date was gotten I misread thank you!

[rugged breach]

Oh ludo, on a side note, spent some time mapping out all the diamond doors on bernal the other day, dataset's on #1228108436042940445, could we have it added when you have time?

[alpine junco]

another x marks the spot?

[hard current]

might as well sing

[gloomy anvil]

Just like the X marks the spot in Monkey Island

[rugged breach]

One person on each stage emoting at the same time perhaps? (Preferably mariachi trio for added flavour :p )

[snow walrus]

Willem Barentsz's Kara Sea voyages (three times)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery#Barentsz'_Arctic_exploration

[low escarp]

this did nothing :/

[junior peak]

what level do i need to be to send images?

[dull marsh]

Not sure, and I don't remember the command to check the levels lol

[crisp eagle]

I think just one. I’m most likely wrong though

[dull marsh]

In the meantime you can upload them on imgur.com and post the link 😉

[low escarp]

engimo

[junior peak]

ill give that a try

[dull marsh]

By putting the DISSUN image in exclusion over VAIIYA, the noise reveals a curly bracket on the right side

[rugged breach]

Phenomenal find! Gotta wait for the third sponsor image to comple our rule of thirds

[dull marsh]

It's barely visible on the VAIIYA one without layering both images. basically impossible to spot otherwise

At the bottom below THE FINALS logo and further there are those 3 dash pattern, but not along the whole image (this is still with both images stacked up)

[hard current]

@unborn pilot

[alpine junco]

have we done this with WRD3HM and L3AIM?

[dull marsh]

I've tried stuff like that yeah but wouldn't be surprised if there is thing hidden that way

[unborn pilot]

very cool. i'm super behind, barely looked at it.

[unborn pilot]

ive tried with soooo many, love that you found that

[alpine junco]

oop

[unborn pilot]

i think there's a name here. Simone or Simon then a W maybe.

[dull marsh]

Haha same I was always a bit sad to never find anything special, feels good, and next time you can be hopeful too 😄

[dull marsh]

Also we have #1320004425019949097 if you wanna have a glance

[unborn pilot]

yeah that's from that.

[dull marsh]

(I meant the thread)

[unborn pilot]

i did while sipping my first of many espressos 🙂

[alpine junco]

Simone Walsh?

[pure loom]

Haha @shadow shore and I spent a couple of rounds doing that too, although not as well placed as yours!

[alpine junco]

"Braces (curly brackets) first became part of a character set with the 8-bit code of the IBM 7030 Stretch."

1961

[crisp eagle]

Anything if you overlap them with the Dissun image flipped upside down?

I was wondering about that possible hidden image on powe_i_powe and how someone (I think BigOil) pointed out the characters on the finals logo being the signature of the artist. That’s typically on the bottom right though. Maybe that signature R.Cade found is the signature of the artist of that piece? Just shooting blind

Oh wait that signature isn’t pulled from the bottom right of the image I don’t think.

[hard forge]

nice

[dull marsh]

Braces are also usually used for matrix notation

While parenthesis are used for vectors

F can represent a field, and on Vegas stage we have a literal 3D F rotating around

And in 3D rotations are done via matrices

(everything is done via matrices tbh)

Funny to stumble on a random RR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examples_of_vector_spaces

[pure loom]

I just stumbled on this multi-code decipher website which looks super useful: https://www.cachesleuth.com/multidecoder/

[unborn pilot]

yeah, that whole website is great. i also use this a lot https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/