easter-eggs

[dusk siren]

We have some "shimmer" cosmetics, which I might glance at again... this is a stretch but "shimmering" is one of the definitions given for moiré in French.

[hard current]

hey rob if you’re here….

what map….

from the easter bunny makes me think sys but

[eternal cape]

Is french like a thing for easter eggs in the finals?

[shy oracle]

imagine if the chubby bun is actually one of few things the devs added in the secret room in Horizon lol

that'd be hilarious

[unkempt dune]

well, one thing I did in the past was look at the etymology of some words because we potentially had origin as a clue (#easter-eggs message)

[rugged breach]

Iseult branding to fit with the area most likely, similar to the blue pots in bernal

[frigid pollen]

love me some Rotund Lads

[dusk siren]

Reminds me of what we're trying to do here... (also yet another "mma" candidate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-messenger_astronomy

[thorn crescent]

im french, if u need a translator im here

[snow walrus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Use_in_the_Middle_Ages_and_Renaissance

[runic umbra]

did you see my message in the powerispower thread, or are you thinking roman numerals unrelated to that?

[snow walrus]

I just checked the page after seeing your messages 😄

[velvet narwhal]

Did we get any Romance/Romanticism connections this level yet? I've stumbled over this eyed message from rhb again #easter-eggs message
This was during T1F

[winter plume]

Have we seen this graffiti on monaco?

[hard current]

another day hunting for a big wr eh?

[runic umbra]

who said they are big.. they are just CHONKY

[fading vigil]

First one was light wr, now we have heavy wr))

[runic umbra]

also.
looking at that world page thingy.. I cant unsee the fact, that there are three sets of threes. three WRs on three maps?

even better/worse: this LOOKS like a final roster for an actual tournament. something in me fears/hopes/is excited about the possibility that entering a password means you are securing yourself a spot in… (drumroll) THE FINALS!

[hard current]

could also be a possibility yes

I’m notttt sure about the second part… it doesn’t seem like rob would want folks alienated from the hunt for not coming up with a password but he thinks in mysterious ways 🤷‍♂️

have you tried holding it and running around, seeing if there’s anything different?

[runic umbra]

its just..
like, if rob had this one big dream about the game and the lore and the EEs.. and if everything is connected.. why not?

[hard current]

it could be… hm

OH also something to note, iirc that world map on the background was hastily put together for this level and doesn’t hold significance, I think someone asked Rob about it a while back but I’d have to find the message

[fresh quiver]

are we sure? If it is so. we need to find the message ._.

Found another message of rob 1-2 weeks ago where he explicitly told that he was getting a video ready as background.
It might only be to say to us "you are slow we dont need that LVL soon" .
Or he was saying "there is something in it"

[runic umbra]

ah ok, thats interesting. tbh: I think everything going towards radio waves or satellites is actually the right direction..
(after all, zarya means antenna too)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(antenna)

and the bloody diamond hint looks like radio waves too.

[hard current]

huh this is neat I never knew this

[fresh quiver]

as the 1.st clue of burrw was also a Sound Chip 😄

[runic umbra]

its also the name of a russian space module.. here‘s the space theme again.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(ISS_module)

[fresh quiver]

iirc its the first ISS module launched into space

[runic umbra]

and to go on reeeally thin ice with the theories:
VM is an abbreviation of „vox machina“..

are we looking for IRL radio stations transmitting passwords?

[fresh quiver]

Regarding xyrr1x2
atleast y(r) would be suiting for a Radio map

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

[runic umbra]

well that would just take the ARG aspect up a notch..
now if you could give me lets say an old relic satellite still broadcasting on radio, and if said satellite would actually pass through the derived coordinates.. that would be a different story!

[hard current]

there is that one website online that lets you listen to radio stations all over the world (unsure if it’s available in your area) but that could always have potential

I don’t know the website myself but I’ve seen it

[runic umbra]

just ideas, really..

[hard current]

🤷‍♂️

possible but as far as I know Rob let us know these have been in game since season 4

[fading vigil]

Hmm, it was some connections with water, axolotl and Xolotl…

Still thinking about “sacrifice kill” of a axolotl on the spinning thing with a sword skin from s5

And maybe with mask

Connections in history, not ee

[snow walrus]

we had moments being suspicious about Rob might be secretly broadcasts from his farm 😂

[runic umbra]

maybe he actually wants to talk about it. we just need to tune in.

[crisp eagle]

I still think he was possibly joking with the “I want to talk about this” message seeing as we were discussing getting on VC to talk about certain things. I’m not very confident in this thought, though. Just don’t want to rule it out as a possibility in case we start going super deep and getting lost haha

[rugged breach]

Right before whatever season fortune stadium was in (4?) he did say rabbits are comming back in a new form. Then sometime during this season he said they're holding hearts, pretty sure they're waiting for us

[crisp eagle]

What if they are on Vegas to help find the four letter password we have missed since season 1?! A guy can dream

[rugged breach]

Right before whatever season fortune stadium was in (4?)

It was in the leadup to it iirc

I pray not, we've scoured every cm of it searching for the fantails. That'd mean there's an aditional mechanic at play

Which given they're holding a heart as in giving us gratitude in return for something we bring them...

🥲 🥲 🥲

[runic umbra]

ye i mean i absolutely loved the idea of holding that unique pink canister (=heart?) to go around and reveal bunnies!

[rugged breach]

Could also be that we have to "feed" the bunnies we already know somehow

Can't help but have a feeling this might be a "roses are available on all maps" tutorial

The wrs we already know of would be my guess if the speculation's right

[crisp eagle]

Are the regular Bunnies still on Seoul?

[rugged breach]

Lamp and stairs are, always give them a pet when I'm by the area

[crisp eagle]

Weird. Yea I thought I noticed them missing last time I was cruising by where one should be. I was sad. And sus

I wonder why the other three left. I,S,E. Mirror each letter and get 1,2,3 again?

Or IES sounds like eyes haha

[velvet narwhal]

Interesting. 🤔
Is it reproducable? Have you tried this with a normal flower pot?

You could also try dematting it

[opal kernel]

if you need one person i can join

the H symbol still exist when dematting

also the pot has a weird hitbox

[arctic violet]

I wanna see these bunnies, or whatever they are

How do you see em?

[hasty anvil]

There's a confirmed helipad ee

from a long time ago

[sharp flame]

there's an everything EE at this point 😭

[opal kernel]

u can also make it flip if u stand or put anything under it while dematting the floor

[hasty anvil]

#easter-eggs message
triggerable ee's on all maps

[opal kernel]

now i wonder what happens if the alien abduction happens on the H with the pot placed

[runic umbra]

wwhat happens if you reprogram the pot?

[pure loom]

I think given Rob's history of putting clues in what he writes, I think it's way more likely to be a clue - and the Ava Gardner link to The Graduate is a nice sneaky one - the sort of thing he'd do.

[opal kernel]

could be something of placing one on each black dot in the white circle ?

[crisp eagle]

Yea that’s true

[fading vigil]

ah, missed the start ( will wait and join you next game

[opal kernel]

also the v thin pots are also sstatic

wait , for u ?

but i can and i cannot the thin pot

[crisp eagle]

Is the pink pot building the hospital?

[opal kernel]

but the question is , now that we know some are stasis for us and some arent , what will define the stasis , what if the pink one can also be picked by other team ?

[alpine junco]

rob did say the heli pads are there for a reason iirc

[opal kernel]

theres a looot of helipads

[alpine junco]

yeah @plucky kettle and i went around a while back and counted about 8-10

only 1 in the playable arena tho

[opal kernel]

nonono , u do it sjjsjs im scared to break something

[pure loom]

this is interesting

[rugged breach]

Slight leads on the heli ee \o/

[opal kernel]

prepared plants on the last floor inside the shopping mall [idk the exact name jsjs]

[cold heart]

this is really interesting 🤔

[dull marsh]

That flowerpot does it too so its not specific to pink one

[opal kernel]

okok

also , come to last floor of the shopping mall , as far as i can see theres 9 diff pots to choose

[cold heart]

@civic jackal btw it doesnt seem to happen just with the helipad.. just tried it else where in hospital and it seems broken

i think it might be distance based

by best guess is the trigger for it is in mall for some reason...? and at that distance im unloading mall, so it stops working (letting me pick it up) - idk if that makes sense

[hard forge]

highly suspect this is not an EE

[opal kernel]

hahahaha , i tried to put them closer so u could get them , and also to count if there was one pot for each black dot

[pure loom]

The chair I placed on the left (bottom left), couldn't be picked up, while the other one could. I placed mine down first.

ok, we'll try again

[dull marsh]

Ok so we have a working theory with Cath, it seems to be related to the game/server unloading mall which makes the props stop being interactable
If you take the zip back toward it for about half of the distance and then come back then you can interact with it again
Btw after doing that, try grabbing it and jumping down the building and it will behave WEIRD

I think its server-sided thing which means that in a normal game it doesnt get unloaded, which means it doesn't happen

[pure loom]

the wind sock could be a Mirror's Edge reference - so maybe something to do with that - @shadow shore suggested the ME link

[shadow shore]

Might have to light all 4 lights up

[dull marsh]

Cath got the idea of the unloading of Mall and I think it's the correctest theory thus far

[hard current]

OH

this happened to me yesterday on fortune with a flame barrel

I basically carried the thing across the map and eventually set it down and it could no longer be interacted with besides destruction

[dull marsh]

Yeah but how do you explain that getting a bit closer to mall and coming back make it interactable again?

It looks a lot like server-sided optimization as this is a very edge case

[hard current]

I think this is the case based on my experience on fortune yesterday with the same thing

[dull marsh]

We have ruled out the idea of the prop being important

The exact location doesn't seem to matter either, as long as it's around hospital

[cold heart]

its super weird and odd regardless ehhe @civic jackal
thats such a cool bug to find - love it

[rugged breach]

Now that you mention it, I never really paid much attention to this. Not only is it a unique prop, the light on top fickers on and off at a steady rate.

[crisp eagle]

I don’t know what any of that stuff means. But now I’m excited to learn about helipad EE’s being a thing

[rugged breach]

Perhaps something needs to be done/activates only when the light is on

[dull marsh]

Right now just had a bin from Appartment become inactive in Data Center, so it seems to prove the distance theory

[rugged breach]

This is literally all we have on it 🥲 #1197268508623515849 message

[dull marsh]

Cath was able to interact with it just after moving a bit closer to appartment and back

[pure loom]

hey, out of the people trying this - who is on PC and who is on console? @shadow shore is on console and it's not doing it for him

[dull marsh]

PC here

[opal kernel]

pc

[rugged breach]

Pc

[shadow shore]

@pure loom and I just tried with the red chair and pot plant. I could pick up both his and my items. He couldn't pick up his pot plant, but could pick up my chair 🤔

[hard current]

pc did it for me on fortune

[dull marsh]

When you do it Frosty, are there people around Mall?

[shadow shore]

Console 🤓

[shadow shore]

We're in a private server, so Rocko and I are basically with each other the whole time

[rugged breach]

Each helipad hole is also suspiciously explosive barrel sized

[dull marsh]

Yeah sounds like a prop issue, and barrels would not have such optimization as it's known that you can carry it far away

[pure loom]

yeah, this sounds like a PC bug because it doesn't apply to console

[shadow shore]

Rocko just tried with a 2nd chair. He couldn't pick it up and I could. I can pick up everything 😢💪

[hasty anvil]

Ee hunters are just unpaid bug testers

[shadow shore]

My thoughts just then

[rugged breach]

Heli summoning ritual by itself at least doesn't seem to do anything

[opal kernel]

we missing the pink pot

can i dm u a pic, dont ?

[pure loom]

yeah, mine was too for a bit

this middle chair I couldn't pick up, @shadow shore could pick up everything

[runic umbra]

now this i can relate to!

[rugged breach]

Still though, I wanna call attention to this, pretty sure it's unique, not to mention has a lot of bits of info that can be used for an ee, namely

• Red flickering light (timer?)
• 4 lamps (progression tracker?)
• wind tunnel (wind speed related puzzle?)

[opal kernel]

would bring the other 2 that are together , but maybe need the middle structure for better view

[unkempt dune]

did anyone know that 2024 09 25 appears on the bottom of the Full of Beans charm?

[cold heart]

this is the date Season 4 came out

cant say ive noticed that before though lol! nice find

[snow walrus]

yea i don't remember if it's been posted before good catch

[keen ravine]

Expired beans 😭

[plucky kettle]

jesus that goes back

[snow walrus]

Rare Frenchy appearance

[alpine junco]

about a year i think

[fading vigil]

this codes and DD/MM was covered?

[dull marsh]

The CLXXXXXX code is the game version code, it changes with every update, should be the same as the beginning of the code you see in the bottom right of your screen in very small print

[fading vigil]

If you zoom my screenshot - they are not same

Also dont@me’s lobby was rubber banding me as hell, so that carriable thing can be just a bug

I’m just thinking that maybe helipad needs some sort of smoke, like a signal?

Nah, sorry
Going to sleep rn

Smoke Color for Helipad Identification:
• White Smoke – Indicates the helipad is open and safe for landing.
• Green Smoke – Can be used to signal a designated landing area.

Smoke Placement and Usage:
• Single Smoke Signal – Placed at the edge of the helipad to show wind direction and landing area.
• Multiple Smoke Signals – Can be placed at different points around the landing area to indicate boundaries or hazards.

I don’t think that windsock placed without some clue

https://aviex.goflexair.com/hs-fs/hubfs/How to read a Windsock v.jpg?width=1000&height=1500&name=How to read a Windsock v.jpg

[earnest juniper]

werent a couple that way at the beginning of the dissun part of this season?

oh thats a good point, i supppose i didnt notice that that level was all isuel t, all the time.

makes sense with the isuel t sky scrapper tho now that i think about it

[scarlet blaze]

oh yeah?

[dusk veldt]

Did Dusty make it?

[lavish meteor]

holy sht its yung ,big fan sir🫡

[scarlet blaze]

Shouts out to big Spidy

but holy I never put 2 and 2 together about that before

EMBARK WHERES MY MONEY

[lavish meteor]

YEAH EMBARK WHERES YUNG MONEY

[hard current]

if anyone wants to help find wr I'm creating a game #1217498821563514951

[pure loom]

Random idea - we know Rob writes exclamation marks like this: “.!” and we knew the number 6 was previously important.
Then how about this little combo:

. in Morse Code = E
E = 3 (from leet)
Therefore .! = 3! or 3 factorial, which = 6
So, .! = 6

[runic umbra]

not a programmer boi, but is .! some shorthand for something?

[pure loom]

I’m just about to go to bed, sorry!

[runic umbra]

straya time zone..

[pure loom]

One idea I had though, which I should let you know in case I forget it - I wondered if all those glitch lines we dematted in earlier might be altered or changed in some way by the glitches near the sphere being dematted in, like a type of switch. It might be worth checking sometime soon.

[pure loom]

You have a great pfp!

[runic umbra]

thanks!
has stuck with me for the last 10 years.. also, i do kinda identify with the MacGyver approach to things. I make it work if need be, just give me a piece of wire, a chewing gum and a broken pen.

[pseudo crow]

There's a CNS mention in the patch notes under SYS$HORIZON

[peak plume]

Top fast gamers

I wanted to post it too ahah

We will see more about cns in march if im correct

[split scroll]

came here to send it too lmao

[narrow coral]

oh people ofund it alr

[gloomy pecan]

CNS!!!!

[deft notch]

CNS?

[dull marsh]

Yay CNS tease (just to make it clear)

[autumn valve]

Was in the practice range messing around with the sword and some sparks came from the wall, idk if it means anything https://youtu.be/ZkeXmI0DFK4

[exotic flume]

Cns written out in patch notes

[exotic flume]

TA reference?

[worldly python]

lovely

[alpine junco]

the apple has health

everything is alive!

[runic umbra]

so.. roses need to be destroyed before something rises from their ashes?

well. I guess roses need to be found first.. is that correct: rumour has it there is a rose on each map?

[gloomy anvil]

There are five roses in the practice range, and it's implied that we can obtain / activate them on other maps too, somehow

[runic umbra]

the ones in PR are hard to miss indeed. can you have multiple people in practice? lets say.. five people?

„even in defeat“ means destroy roses, or get destroyed to find em in the first place in my books.

[gloomy anvil]

unfortunately not, the servers technically hold 2 people, but you need to glitch OOB to find the other player

[mossy wedge]

these letters could be pointed in other words as well so "Pieces Hanging Destroyed" might be a tip

is this new?

[gloomy anvil]

yeah, there are new carriables in the practice range this update https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1009830578545246213/1336661338021302282/image.png?ex=67a49e60&is=67a34ce0&hm=713403d34c3242668492f1e671d484b639635149948f9e65c36da8f7fcee745d&

[runic umbra]

looks indecent. 🤣

[fallen jasper]

I don't remember that helmet doing that led pattern (the L.E.Demon mask does it tho)

[mossy wedge]

yes, helm was with >> <<

[fallen jasper]

Yeah

[dull marsh]

Rob has said that roses are "available" on every map, the choice of word seems peculiar

[fallen jasper]

Even Horizon?

[dull marsh]

Well I'd guess so yes

[fallen jasper]

How curious

[runic umbra]

available? sounds like you could buy em..

[dull marsh]

My guess is that we have a first step to do in PR, and then some action allow us to summon/transport 1 with you on another map?

[fallen jasper]

That doesnt make sense to me

[dull marsh]

No EE locked behind paywall

[runic umbra]

it doesnt. just the wording

[fallen jasper]

Maybe they could be representations of roses like graffitis and such

[runic umbra]

ye I mean: go pick up XYZ, deposit it at ZYX, recieve rose with „buying“. idk.

[dull marsh]

My point is that he doesn't say "there are roses on other maps", only that they're "available", so we can somehow get roses there but they're not just waiting there to be picked up

[runic umbra]

sounds like its a choice.

[fallen jasper]

How many roses were on the firing range?

[dull marsh]

5

[fallen jasper]

Maybe theres 5 between all maps

[fallen jasper]

Just a theory

[runic umbra]

well no. actually it sounds like they are NOT on the map, but are AVAILABLE, so you could potentially make them appear somehow. (in contrast to just finding them, this would also explain why none has been found yet).

[cold heart]

i still like the Cashout Station "Feed Me" idea

this

thing on the right defo looks like a rose

[fallen jasper]

Is that "101" written on the cashbox?

[runic umbra]

so you can „buy“ roses!

can only cash be inserted into the payout box? i would assume, but lets not.

[fallen jasper]

Im getting lost rn

[runic umbra]

ok so that tattoo. looks like a cashout box, ye? says feed me. what can be fed to a cashout box? does it „swallow“ any other object?

[fallen jasper]

Coins?

[runic umbra]

(besides cash obvsly)

[fallen jasper]

I dont think so

Maybe its a correlation between the cashbox and the station

[cold heart]

as far as we know, only cash boxes can be inserted

[alpine junco]

american psycho

[runic umbra]

oh. no I think I got it the wrong way round. cashout box can be fed either by cash OR A ROSE!

[cold heart]

ahha this game as weird names dw 😅

• the Cashout Station is what you insert a Cash Box into
• and there are also Vaults, which is where you get the Cash Box from

[runic umbra]

in any case there is a strong connection. maybe a rose would only appear during a cashout phase. (when the cashout box is fed)

[runic umbra]

tattoo looks like cashout station

[cold heart]

yep!

[runic umbra]

but alas. nomenclature.

[dull marsh]

The 101 was ASCII and had other values to spell MINERVA, a Level 2 T3 clue

[mossy wedge]

300mbucks is not a paywall i think

[runic umbra]

I am just saying I get the tingles when looking at that tattoo (with everything I know so far about roses)

[dull marsh]

It is

If you can get it for free, somehow, then it's fine, but spending multibucks should never be needed for an EE

[mossy wedge]

this one is free then

[opaque reef]

theres literally a rose next to it

[mossy wedge]

how did you buy it though?

didn't get it yet

[mossy wedge]

i see... we can buy any as well

[alpine junco]

las vegas got a makeover for Valentines day

[empty plaza]

Uhh, guys?

[alpine junco]

🤯

[empty plaza]

@pure loom CNS has been mentioned AGAIN this season

S6 Return of CNS??

https://tenor.com/view/i'm-ready-yes-gif-11014489022387902296

[fallen jasper]

somehow, the neckbeard hackers returned

[willow barn]

Next week we will see "From CNS with love" again

[empty plaza]

With love
(Drops a whole world tour event and that’s it)

[fresh quiver]

yes., we all await that.

We have found 2 times Metadata of CNS in the recent images we got.

so we got the info about cns i think 2 weeks ago? 😄

[tawdry tartan]

Wasn’t there supposed to be a massive hint dropped halfway through this season

[snow walrus]

that was 5.6.0

[fallen jasper]

i think this one is obvious

[dull marsh]

Patchnote CNS teaser screenshot count: 6️⃣

[snow walrus]

not giving me the vibe of goldenegg

[dull marsh]

yeah it's just a teaser imo, especially on the SYS$Horizon part

[low escarp]

p range has alot of new stuff

[alpine junco]

more from this sponsor

[velvet narwhal]

ye, that's a reskin of the pants in the volpe wolf bundle

[fading vigil]

Tried to bring Nama to roses?

[crisp eagle]

Came here to post that haha

[alpine junco]

noticed the sunset lines match the lines in the sand

[fallen jasper]

is this random ladder on sys horizon known about? i'd assume with the spectator cam bugs probably, but i'd like to check in

[dusk veldt]

There are probably time limited valentines EEs in-game right now…

Knowing Rob he might start dropping some hints soon, most likely on stream

[south wyvern]

I think it could be a hint from Rob that a new clue added. "Pieces hanging somewhere in destroyed waiting to be found". Kinda like the tape from bamboo in Kyoto. will keep an eyes out

[silk flax]

The roses, sumns gotta come up for those damn roses 😭

[mint flame]

Fixed an issue where some pieCes of the map could be left haNging in the air when deStroyed

This was fun to read lol

[empty plaza]

Sticker in the Heartbreaker Set has a unique texture

Diamond grid

[sharp sentinel]

"Affection blast" grenade skin is a possible reference to Green Day album american idiot

[plucky kettle]

very rare these days, but if you guys want to do another finding session, feel free to ping, it would be great

idk what the new ee's are so if you guys would give me a run down that would be great

[fading vigil]

Or like lvl6 weapon skins

[winter jungle]

In patch note there cns

“SYS$Horizon
• Fixed an issue where some pieCes of the map could be left haNging in the air when deStroyed
•Fixed incorrect health value on one of the big metal apples in the Art Gallery building so it can be destructed as intended
• Added some extra cover in front of and behind the Museum building”

[hard current]

looks like the rugs in #1332916596821327873

[winter jungle]

Who thinks embark should able everyone to post image in the easter egg

[plucky kettle]

not at all

i feel how it is currently works well as it allows people to know and experience what is likely to be an ee and not before posting and spamming these channels.

[fresh quiver]

Imo it’s fine as it is. This keeps the spam low here

[hasty anvil]

This reminds me of skyways red moon, maybe we break the moon in half

[hasty anvil]

and you saying the skyway carpets look like the red heartbreak textures links it further

carpets, hearts and red moon might all be connected

[hot lagoon]

This feels like it's more of a clue to the hidden room than an update
Maybe we need to destroy metal apples?

[gloomy anvil]

reminds me of the moon on halloween SYS https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011929497139953744/1301520641723338792/sys_spook_2.png?ex=67a4a88e&is=67a3570e&hm=5ae1ce19f4f6b6d89edc301dc508a839b1f81989812db489dcdf6fb9dbf9c0f5&

[hasty anvil]

Shoot an r(rocket 🤔 )pg at the red moon

[lavish meteor]

typical yung

[tiny condor]

Fixed an issue where some pieCes of the map could be left haNging in the air when deStroyed

The finals 5.8 patch notes today. Is it a possibility that this is hinting to that secret room in SYShorizon

[hot lagoon]

That's what I'm saying

They also updated a metal apple to be able to be destroyed

[tiny condor]

Maybe I should if read the older messages lol. I didn't see you had the same thought as well. Sorry for the repeat.

[royal geyser]

Hearts and diamonds could be card suites

[hot lagoon]

Nah you're good I probably make the same mistake

[royal geyser]

Dice for gambling

[tiny condor]

I'm really hoping we're on to something.

[royal geyser]

Next seasons absolutely CNS, but what we should be trying to figure out is what CNS is gonna theme it around

[fresh lion]

Probably late to this but anyone see the CNS reference in the patch notes?

Edit: yep, just a tad slow on it

[hot lagoon]

It'd be cool if Vaiiya returned as a sponsor, and CNS hacked one of the sponsor tracks to make their own that way you can choose between Vaiiya or CNS

[wispy edge]

Since they added new emote slots, I went through my emotes and picked the ones I liked.
When I got to "2 cute 2 dial", instead of the usual 'unavailable' beeps, someone actually said "Ya, hallo?".
Never heard that before. Is that like a rare response?

[pure loom]

Does anyone happen to know (or have an image of) the number that appears on all the guns?

[unkempt dune]

567478?

[pure loom]

Thanks!

[frozen zealot]

Ladies, gentlemen…. Long time battlefield Easter egg hunter… making my debut here… was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to get caught up other than what’s in pinned messages. That is if anything outside of the pins should exist. I thank you kindly in advance and looking forward to hopefully contributing to the greater cause.

[snow walrus]

yoo another BFEE fellow, welcome!

#egg-hunt-onboarding

[frozen zealot]

Much obliged.

[snow walrus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1081846739318866010/1081846739474071552/000.gif

[runic umbra]

I brought pergy over. This guy is a legend. Onboard him asap towards everything related to "can be found on a map", bcs he will!
@fresh quiver @pure loom

[alpine junco]

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVK0idxbU=/?moveToWidget=3458764596714583146&cot=14

[frozen zealot]

Much obliged.

[frozen zealot]

You’re too kind.

I am not. Also want to read up first on things. As much I want to just go full on boots on the ground… experience has taught me to at least have some knowledge beforehand. But, when I’m able… you’ll be the first person I reach out to.

[languid scaffold]

Not sure how I didn't realise this!!!

[timid solstice]

YES! welcome Pergy

Pergy, there is a "small" room to find in the map SYS Horizon (it was made for hunters to make up for a WR (white rabbit) that was only visible on some settings.)

I say if you find it - we call it Pergy's Spot II

[sharp flame]

a new batch of EE hunters.. hello! Welcome!

[pure loom]

Welcome! 🦖

[pure loom]

Great stuff!

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/poltergeist-gif-24863644

[empty plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/boom-baby-kuzco-gif-22347025

[frozen zealot]

As cool as that would be…. I couldn’t do that to crEEator of “Pergys Spot” from BFV.

I gotta earn my keep here just the same as I did there.

[spiral meadow]

Looks like we will be closer to solving the rose Easter egg soon I hope 🌹

[empty plaza]

Right as you say that, I made a discovery in the thread

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1203859365610922036

[fresh quiver]

iirc RHB said in the session he had rob is the person who probably green-lit all of the bf eastereggs in the past except 42.

I will get a list ready for things ingame

[shy oracle]

"Fixed incorrect health value on one of the big metal apples in the Art Gallery building so it can be destructed as intended"
Can you actually see the health values of the apples on sys?

sorry my brain is fried from studying for my finals so im having trouble making sense of this lol

[rugged breach]

Welcome welcome!

[unkempt dune]

It sounds like either one of the apples wasn't destructible without something like charge n slam or it had a lot of health

[unkempt dune]

you cannot see the health of the apples, but technically everything that's destructible has an invisible health value

[shy oracle]

ah that makes sense thank you!

[rugged breach]

If we really needed to, we could calculate damage per bullet then count how many it takes to "kill" an object

[lone wave]

Now way! YouTube recommended me @low escarp channel randomly! So cool

[rugged breach]

Not sure it'd be useful outside of trivia facts and a note on the wikki next to some objects

[snow walrus]

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

in 5.6.0 we got 9x9 Led Matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-matrix_display

[hard current]

keep messaging and talking in here or other channels as well so you can rank up quickly and get access to all the wonderful threads😭😂

Rob I know you’re here

that WR is driving me insane… perchance, a map hint?😏

[gloomy anvil]

welcome :)

The wiki documents basically everything EE related in an organized and chronological fashion
https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Easter_Eggs

(it doesn't go into detail on unconfirmed theories, because those are just theories)

[hard current]

hey @pure loom been thinking, do you think that apple has any correlation to the WR?

Rob brought up the WR
With Looove - CNS/Embark metadata
Apple health adjusted to be “destroyed as intended”
CNS in patch notes
All points to SYS?

[snow walrus]

H. J. Round and Oleg Losev have pioneer contributions to radio and LED
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Round

When the Second World War broke out in 1939, the British Government again called on his services. This time he was involved in ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee) which is known today as sonar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Losev
and
Commercially viable LEDs only became available after Texas Instruments engineers patented efficient near-infrared emission from a diode based on GaAs in 1962.
Also manufactured the first transistor radio.

[shy oracle]

Could the apple be a representation of Book of Genesis where Adam and Eve take a bite out of an apple (or fruit) against authority? Methinks CNS placed that there to defy MultiCo and their authority

The apple comes from the Tree of Knowledge. We all know knowledge is power and without knowledge we're powerless

ik it's at best a lore-related ee but thought i'd give it a shot

[worn rivet]

And power is power

[rugged breach]

Just tested the apple's health, ~28720HP or 1436 AK bullets at 20 damage/bullet
I'm pretty sure I kept count but if anyone wants to verify, please

[worn rivet]

Ee is ee

We don't judge

[crisp eagle]

Textiles. Silk 🤔

[crisp eagle]

I’ve been stuck on that thought forever and can’t shake it. The apple, the hand, the bites. The weird “Welcome/Wwelcow” sign suspiciously looking like the “welco” sega Genesis ads.

[snow walrus]

hey check this out:
Old Burrow Roman signal station, Countisbury, Exmoor, Devon.
https://www.exmoorher.co.uk/Monument/MDE1223

looks like an animal if not an exact rabbit

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1309265877056622613

[snow walrus]

It was a signal station

[hasty anvil]

R

and devon crossing in a way

[snow walrus]

https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-721-1/dissemination/pdf/southwes1-355277_1.pdf

/devoncrossing is X, maybe one of the 9 passwords directly has a connection with it

^if so
/galileo and /ocb are 3/9 given direct clues.

[crisp eagle]

Didn’t we get something recently pointing to 1911?

[pure loom]

Surely, this is just a coincidence? I think part of an ISBN number for a reference on that page is too much of a reach, but it is a crazy coincidence.

[pure loom]

ha, I started looking back at Devon again just yesterday

[rugged breach]

https://tenor.com/view/subaru-natsuke-natsuki-subaru-gif-19434521

[snow walrus]

1911 - RZR - 777

[rugged breach]

I do wanna say more towards coincidence since each AK bullet does 20 damage, it's not an exact hp count

[pure loom]

to be fair, we should probably compare... wait for it.... apples with apples...

[snow walrus]

I wasn't here back then but have read some discord messages about L1 last year during T3F. But you guys are more experienced to catch the details here 😄

[rugged breach]

Someone else was testing the bitten apple's health but I don't think they posted it 🙃

[pure loom]

yeah, it would be good to know both

[rugged breach]

Due to a retest, if even to see if they're in the same ballpark

[frozen zealot]

Much obliged. Any info is good info and glad no theories.😎

[frozen zealot]

I’m kinda like the Trees from LoTR… I take a long time to say anything cause I don’t ( normally) say anything unless it’s worth saying. 😂

[hard current]

@frozen zealot I heard you’re good at finding stuff in game? 👀

[frozen zealot]

I can neither confirm or deny…

[hard current]

one… or multiple of these are hidden… somewhere 😅

Rob brought this to our attention in season 4 and did so again recently

there are much smaller tiny versions hidden on the Seoul Map that helped us figure out the password for the activation page for this level

[frozen zealot]

But I’ve been known to walk the same path a few thousand times and stare at rocks and other assets for days.

[hard current]

well if you see that big WR (white rabbit) anywhere let us know hehe

[rugged breach]

Been wanting to go through and organise threads a bit for a while, with backup coming in recently, it seemed like a good time

The Directory

[gloomy anvil]

this too

[pure loom]

https://tenor.com/view/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-make-this-go-away-liz-lemon-30rock-what-do-i-need-to-do-what-should-i-do-gif-21961937

[gloomy anvil]

It's immortalized now I'm afraid

[hard current]

Rock that thing is gonna live in infamy forever

[crisp eagle]

This also needs to be a sticker. Rob!

[hard current]

if he put that into a buyable pack I’d buy it in a heart beat

[crisp eagle]

I’m considering making the red one my pfp then the green one when I finally turn green as a reward

[hard current]

I’d do WR tbh, Rob doesn’t bring stuff up just to bring it up

he kept hinting at the old wr’s when we got stuck

and he’s hinting at the big wr now

I can’t rn, but I can in probably 30 or so:))

I find it hard to believe this WR has been in game this long and nobody has come across it

there’s gotta be some mechanism to it

[hard current]

immediate add to favorites

oh it just hit me, would it be possible that all passwords for this level are hidden in game?

slies cetacea asconce was

and we know one of them is hidden on vegas

[rugged breach]

While making https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1336838311305810130

I was also reminded we never solved these two, could be a good time to get some more eyes on them
https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1289041185549324288
https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1283141140719075459

[gloomy anvil]

The B-Side to "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Eurythmics is "I Could Give You a Mirror"

notable convergence of themes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_(Are_Made_of_This)

Rob's use of "sweet dreams" could easily extend beyond Alice in Wonderland, like 01:23 does via 123

[snow walrus]

@rugged breach Data Dump thread

[cold heart]

im ngl, i think it should personally be its own channel... like "onboarding"

it feels super important, and threads get lost so easily

its a sweet idea though, really love it ❤️ needed it for a while now

@fallen jasper whats your thoughts on making #1336838311305810130 its own channel, just below "onboarding"

it solves the problem of not having forums here rn, and means that threads wont be lost

[snow walrus]

Or can be added to onboarding channel if that's not possible

[hard current]

i can agree with this

who tryna go wabbit hunting

est evenings are so SLOW HERE

I know a bunch of you are in the US -_-

[hard current]

no I'm here but I'm playing rn

[frozen zealot]

I’m around and willing to put boots on the ground.

I’ll follow your lead for now… but the room has me intrigued…

Is there a certain game mode that works better than any other?

[hard current]

ehhh not really

[frozen zealot]

BCCV

[hard current]

i can join one sec

in

@dont @civic jackal can you come help me destroy the two apples in museum

shiiiit might’ve lost connection

I want to destroy both apples but it would take so long by myself

@civic jackal @frozen zealot lost connection:/

sure

worm trails comin to eat the apples fr

oh am I starting it?

F5EI

@frozen zealot

I can’t unless you wanna start new lobby

if pergy isn’t joining should go to #1217498821563514951

[frozen zealot]

I’m here

[hard current]

we can restart

976U

i feel like destroying the apple would offer SOME kind of special cue that something happened but

@frozen zealot 976U 🙂

[frozen zealot]

So a match/round length is what..20 minutes?

[hard current]

yee

wait no

it depends on the mode

LEVELING EVERYTHING TO FIND THIS WR

I’m leveling the library next

this is cathartic

what clue

[orchid warren]

@hard current are u still looking for the secret room in horizon

[hard current]

sort of

smashing everything up rn in frustration

[hard current]

whattttt

I wanna destroy 😈

new perspective!!

[frozen zealot]

Is the secret room a confirmed or theory?

[hard current]

confirmed

ok I got my destructive tendencies out

what you wanna try

@civic jackal light with portal?

[lyric stratus]

why is there a NEW credits video thingy? also the letters THE FINALS glitch back and forth every so often

[gloomy anvil]

you mean a new credits sequence as of update 5.8?

[lyric stratus]

yeah

[gloomy anvil]

any chance you have a screenshot or clip handy?

[lyric stratus]

looks completely different

also the floating letters dont say MultiCo anymore

[gloomy anvil]

To me it looks the same as the normal S5 credits according to Cath's archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzIIQEVWZuc

[lyric stratus]

wait what

damn i must be forgetting shit then

[orchid warren]

ngl it's the first time i've seen this credits sequence and it will make me cry in the future.

each one of those bouncy little balls are us, the finals players.. maybe the easter egg were the friends we made along the search

[velvet narwhal]

I wonder if there's a club chat EE. Maybe something happens when you write something special in there

Lets try sql injections

[sweet thistle]

[fresh quiver]

@frozen zealot @runic umbra
EEs (Map not known):

• T17 EE (shoutout EE*?)
• 10 LucasArts EEs
• Dusty Grafiti
• Bean/Rose EE
• demoscene references
• Waterdance EE
• rotating Arena EE (suspecting Bernal)
• Fat White Rabbits

SYS HORIZON:

• Hidden room
  Vegas 2032:
• RHB Initials
• DC93 Spray
• Constellation

Skyway Stadium:

• something with the red moon

Seoul 2023:

• something with the Helipad
• Mirror Edge Shoes

Monaco:

• something with the Guard Station WC

Kyoto 1568:

• Floppy Disk EE
• Stump EE

Bernal:

• Eruppting Volcano

Tutorial:

• some interactive EE

others:

• Menu EEs

also we are still missing some grafitis. we dont know exactly on which maps these are.

If there are additions. Feel free to add. I probably forgot a few things that can be found on maps

[runic umbra]

very much appreciated!
this is the kind of fast onboarding and assist I love! very nice, excellent teamwork here!!

ye this is a very handy shortlist!
..and once you are interested in something, you can still search for the keyword and go down the rabbithole.

[opal kernel]

i wanna say about the bigfoot too on bernal, but i dont think more people should try focusing to look into every single roof , location

[fresh quiver]

the old WRs dont needed any mechanic. they are just barely to see if you dont know where they are 😄

[fresh quiver]

yeah. We might need to bring the Spreadsheet up-to-date 😄
There is a extra list for EEs.

for the old ones? afaik you dont

[runic umbra]

I think the onboarding list is a bit oudated too. but that involves pinging hierarchy.

[fresh quiver]

oh. yea. we dont know for these

it could be.

[opal kernel]

someone please give a hint for bigfoot , im gonna end up blind at this rate for looking so closely /j

[fresh quiver]

your right tbh.
Maybe someone is up to update it.

and afterwards we are pinging our lovely Justice then 😄

(I still love how both Discords have a Mod/CM named Justice)

[gloomy anvil]

There's a long list of these on https://thefinals.wiki/wiki/In-Game_Easter_Eggs

[runic umbra]

probably prepeare the nice list with all message links, discuss til perfect, then @ CM to post it

[fresh quiver]

there is not all on it

whats about helipad as example on seoul?

[gloomy anvil]

If some are missing we can just add them in

[tranquil minnow]

Anyone able to get the lore video?

[fresh quiver]

dusty grafiti missing, Seoul Helipad is missing.

[fresh quiver]

maybe it wasnt for today? or did it played?

[tranquil minnow]

I don't know

[opal kernel]

yeah , have it active all the time

[tranquil minnow]

Just would've thought it's for today

[runic umbra]

as long as it is an „only ingame, confirmed by devs“ list; its gold

[fresh quiver]

I think both lists together is the good list.
You have a quick rundown with the list and a few extra things & description onto the wiki

[tranquil minnow]

So no lore video :(

[fresh quiver]

yes. Its the name of Umberto Bassignani.
An italian sculptor.

[fading vigil]

Still want to try gas or smoke grenade, placed on helipad with correct position to show the wind.. in all the weathers

[snow walrus]

Roman signal stations built around coastlines and key areas

There is a National Park in North York

[runic umbra]

I would like to throw my hat in the ring with a stringed together theory about

• sys representing the museum of modern art
• the stage3 passwords are marked as mma1 etc
• Rob hinting at the apple
• all the various objects could be referenced to by the mma passwords
• „regionally“ grouped passwords could represent the different „exhibition houses“
• something something unclear
• level 3 solved.

[worn rivet]

I'll be home soon, u wanna look at which ones could connect to clues we have?

[alpine junco]

the apple takes 4 cl40 shots to destroy

[alpine junco]

bean

[mossy wedge]

I can see Michelangelo 😁

[worldly laurel]

someone know what this means?

[dull marsh]

VEIN is the brand that "operates" the data center, they have other signs on the outside of the building too

[worldly laurel]

ah ok thanks

[mossy wedge]

ok, i tried but nothing happened

[hard current]

can I ask how the hell did you do this I was trying to move them yesterday lmao

[mossy wedge]

just use hook, Goo can surprisingly destroy them easily. Anti-grav also helps a lot to hook it further

The square always gets destroyed with the apple, while the second apple is glued to the circle, so they couldn't be separated

but i just destroyed square while keeping the apple alive

didn't work either

this square arc really reminds me some parts of Antichamber
https://youtu.be/CinHxpNE97o?t=1022

i wish it could be used to enter somewhere

[runic umbra]

sure, but I was hoping on a general response of „could be“ or „immediate debunk bcs“.. 🤣

[worn rivet]

Well my offer of trying to connect stuff to clues was my way of saying: "might be"

[hard current]

potentially but nothing on our miro would specifically point that direction yet, maybe since we have a geographers it could point to museum work

this actually was an early idea pursued by a few hunters:))

[frozen zealot]

So… I’m seeing people use all these higher level gadgets… which means I’m very ill prepared to do full scale trail and error..

But just to confirm… none of the gadgets yinz are trying to use are “paid for gadgets” correct?

[mossy wedge]

gadgets are unlocked with "exp currency" which is not a paid thing

[runic umbra]

you, me, grind up + having „that discussion“?

[dry belfry]

🇨 🇳 🇸

[fresh quiver]

aaaaand they are back 🤣

[runic umbra]

what am I looking at?

[fresh quiver]

the work of CNS ingame

[runic umbra]

gotcha. glitches on all maps not just sys

[fresh quiver]

if these "glitches" are appearing on other matches except SYS its CNS shenanigans

[crisp eagle]

is that Skyway?

[dry belfry]

[velvet narwhal]

They also appeared in S1 before S2

https://coolstuffgoeshere.github.io/ We've saved the locations of the S1 glitches in here

But they looked differently in S1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shwrZtB9Ys0

they were smaller

[cold heart]

lol, maybe i should un-unlist that video
or record a better one for the archive channel

[velvet narwhal]

iirc rob said there was an EE connected to them

[velvet narwhal]

here's a thread for it https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1212747235578609795

[cold heart]

the VAIIYA ceilings are orange now?

[velvet narwhal]

Imagine Holtow hacks the finals next week and not CNS 💀

[sharp flame]

bro stop spoiling it for ONE MINUTE 😭

[alpine junco]

CNS hacks Holtow > Engimo and Vaiiya were in on it > CNS wipes out everyones insurance policy > ?

[alpine junco]

The first time they were released they were linked to an EE right?

[crisp eagle]

Holtow hacks CNS

[crisp eagle]

Aren’t we all

[sharp flame]

https://www.vxreddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1ij8jsw

(it used to look like this before)

I didn't realised they'd changed the dates just now lol

[hard current]

a special CNS event incoming?

[solar glade]

let the karma fishing begin

[sharp flame]

I prefer to call it publicity for THE FINALS

[solar glade]

what’s THE FINALS, sorry i’m new here

[hard forge]

yo SPEAR! the famous youtuber

new video when?

[daring bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/corgi-smirk-dog-gif-6147330867794407822

[solar glade]

think you got me confused

[sharp flame]

they actually have a weapon named after you!

[daring bluff]

hi Impervious!

[fresh quiver]

If you are interested in LORE and/or EasterEggs. THE FINALS is the perfect game for you 😄

[solar glade]

hmm maybe. what about like maps?

[opal pond]

Theres this really cool map called sys horizon! Theres a video on it by a youtuber that interviewed the dev-

Wait a minute…

[fallen summit]

https://tenor.com/view/holtow-the-finals-thefinals-cns-lore-gif-7342678277830087911

[fallen summit]

could CNS be using holtow as a backdoor to get into the finals/ other sponsors?

[opal pond]

I just noticed what is that logo

[worldly laurel]

yes it is i think its two events even

[worldly laurel]

yeah something off with the logo

[opal pond]

Took me a year to notice

[worldly laurel]

is see it now the first time aswell lol

[fallen summit]

idk this is from like s2 lol

[worldly laurel]

i think it is in the game files as a bigger video file

[fresh quiver]

thats a good one 😂

[uncut basalt]

I have found something
who can i ask before i share it here and ruin stuff for others incase it isn't allowed

[hard current]

did you do it by glitching or something silly?

[opal pond]

Was it found in game or inside of the game files

[hard current]

yeah if it’s game files then don’t hehe

[opal pond]

Anything ingame is fine to share

[uncut basalt]

Yes just wanted to make sure
cns stuff (from game files)

[hard current]

I wouldn’t share it

[opal pond]

Ok yes dont share those

Samras wouldnt want a repeat of what happened in lore 🤣

[solar glade]

that’s pretty cool. do you know if they’re gonna make more about other maps?

[uncut basalt]

Aight yeah

[opal pond]

I forgot 💀

One second

[red charm]

CNS HACK

[fallen summit]

yep its been seen more and more

we think they will be hacking the sponsor showdown event

[red charm]

ye

theres a gap

[fallen summit]

or maybe even next season will be CNS themed

[red charm]

idk i think they may think if they do cns again ppl will assume they're lazy

[runic umbra]

or they dont care and just tell their story.

[shy oracle]

Ugh dude I LIVE for cns

for sure a futuristic take would be hella sick

[gloomy anvil]

I wonder if we can find any new CNS activity online

[rugged breach]

Gonna be so sick if this was actually the foreshadowing and they're already in the spector seats

[wintry aurora]

think i found the same thing lol

[shy oracle]

now im wondering what other clues embark dropped in previous trailer videos that CNS has always been watching

if this is the most obvious clue imagine what we haven't seen/found

[hollow isle]

so whos gonna triangulate this one guy in the crowd

:^)

[uncut basalt]

yeah
cant wait to see what they cooked up

[wintry aurora]

if one things for certain... it will be fun

[velvet narwhal]

I'm done moving T1F to Miro. https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVK0idxbU=/?moveToWidget=3458764598510571795&cot=14
Please check if I've made any mistakes and feel free to add connections/clues I've missed 🙏

[plucky kettle]

that is so laggy but it is great work

[dusk siren]

Was thinking about the "Kalydon" and "Herodotus" clues from S5 art, and the most interesting intersection I found between them was Jason, the Argo, and the Argonauts.
EDIT: I'm sure it's come up as an idea many times in the hunt to date, but I've always thought it was cool that R = 18 = Argon (Ar)
In any case, the fact that Rob simply cued "R" in the upper right of one of the recent images might suggest that it should stand alone as a clue in the most recent set of images.

[dusk siren]

Good info... I'm not sure a sponsor name would be an EE thing, but one possibility a cursory thread search didn't turn up was V= 5, EIN = 1. VI = 6? Don't know if any of that could be helpful. Maybe noted back in the day.

Building on that idea that "Argonauts" might be coming into play, the clues that point to "zero," "null," etc., might further be taken to point to "naught," "nought," and "aught"

I know I don't have to spell it out, but "argon"+"aught" or "argo"+"naught" would be a way of hinting at "argonaut"

More dubiously, the "2000" designations in both the VAIIYA and DISSUN promos could be refered to as "the 2000s" that are in these videos, where "the 2000s" as a decade are sometimes referred to as "the aughts"

[dusk siren]

The r's are gone in powe_i_powe ---> argon? (although, the s is gone, too)

"s gone" ---> s-gon? ---> 5-gon (pentagon)? s(ix)-gon (hexagon)?

[shy oracle]

I know this chat isn’t one for talking about datamined game files but unfortunately, while perusing the TF subreddit, I’ve been spoilered as to what the datamined video is.

So as a warning to others DO NOT CHECK THEFINALS SUBREDDIT TO AVOID THE DATAMINED FILE

[lone wave]

Man I was so tempted to watch it… I fought against my curiosity you can’t imagine how much

[uncut basalt]

Yep
" Are you ready?
*from cns, with love *"

[wintry aurora]

lol

[uncut basalt]

They already made a post about it?

besides i don't think even datamined we can extract the audio very easily
well i think we all know at this point cns is coming.. it's what they're coming with that will surprise people. And i cannot wait.

Meanwhile let's enjoy dead go boom 2.0

[shy oracle]

yeah some dude made a post about it. no audio tho lol

[shy oracle]

i let my curiosity get the best of me tbh i have no excuse. welp it's out there now. all i can do is warn others on principle lol

[lone wave]

Thanks to you I didn’t watch it tho. So thank you, really haha

[shy oracle]

yeah im gonna repeat myself just in case for people revisiting this channel

[lone wave]

For once, curiosity didn’t kill the cat (me)

[shy oracle]

❗❗ DO NOT CHECK THE r/THEFINALS SUBREDDIT TO AVOID THE DATAMINED FILE ❗❗

[verbal minnow]

im sorry the what

[royal geyser]

i dont look at the reddit anyway too many people complaining

[heavy plover]

think it got deleted!

[shy oracle]

yeah it looks to be scrubbed off of the entire subreddit

[heavy plover]

🫡

[crisp eagle]

Luckily, I don’t even know what this means. And don’t even use Reddit. It pays to be dumb 🫡

[junior thicket]

Yoo send it to my dms

[sweet thistle]

[crisp eagle]

Usually “X marks the spot” or telling us to look there. Good catch!

[fading vigil]

It looked like sign for me, but I forgot about that

[crisp eagle]

They hid stuff in the Halloween event and said we missed them. Might not hide things for the Big Hunt, but they definitely do hide stuff even in limited time things.

[fading vigil]

Frames of emote looks like borderline or a coastline of some countries. Or am I tripping?

[empty plaza]

Honestly, being an Easter egg hunter is harder than being a normal player, because we’re constantly dodging spoilers 😭

[alpine junco]

Those are covers

Just badly placed

[alpine junco]

Like the electrical covers on monaco are the same on skyway and same on fortune

[velvet narwhal]

Access panels. Used to access electrics and other stuff

[keen ravine]

@rancid rapids

[worn rivet]

Oh give me please

I need multibucks

[cold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-spongebob-patrick-patrick-star-patrick-star-where-did-everybody-go-where-did-everybody-go-gif-26605152

[velvet narwhal]

Crazy how empty it is rn...

[gloomy anvil]

waking up to an unread message in #official-art

[hard forge]

NEW ART

OMG NEW ART

[hard current]

NEW IMAGE!!!

[empty plaza]

I don’t immediately see anything outstanding

[fading vigil]

Most obvious things:

1. some symbols
2. 1
3. Audiowave
4. Someone’s portrait in glasses

[opal kernel]

#1337427318716629002 theres also a 2 on the far right almost reaching the person

[empty plaza]

Got a 2 over here

[fading vigil]

Also something big is around the finals text

[fading vigil]

Made more readable soundwave

[dull marsh]

Nah we have a clean version for the audio, I dont think we'll get more out of the image

[fading vigil]

Ah, forgot about threads 😦

[sharp flame]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1337427318716629002 found some clues!

[worn rivet]

Im hoping for a namatama image next lol

[crisp eagle]

yea I think we are needing a friend_you_need image

[royal geyser]

Anything in this image?

https://x.com/reachthefinals/status/1887894093478719702?s=46&t=Xra4FtCmiRaGuuRNSBJCtA

I forgot I’m a level 0

[opal kernel]

i tried with a quick search on the image and didnt found anything

[runic umbra]

so let me get those straight.

• new pic drop

• some datamined video i shouldn’t watch

• lots of buzz and excitment

• ..but actually, noone is any wiser, its now just even more scattered

[sharp flame]

YEP! except we're actively working on the clues in this new image

This is something I am desparately trying to solve

[fading vigil]

Hey, maybe there are two waves? Odd columns and not?

I mean, even pixels are one wave, odd ones - second?

Because it looks like those noir running horse

[gloomy anvil]

Thread for the latest pic: https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1337427318716629002

[fading vigil]

Sorry, moire animation
Like this

https://youtu.be/N2YEVmNNLH8?si=mcks0Maa6x82xJJ_

[sharp flame]

Absolute most I could push the quality

[runic umbra]

you got an audio expert?

[sharp flame]

just used online tools to get the audio file you see above (barely audible)

but I feel like it could be done by someone who knows what they're doing

[hasty anvil]

We had an audio expert

I cant remember who it was haha

[runic umbra]

whists?

[supple abyss]

honestly this is the most quality we can get

[velvet narwhal]

@bright ruin Isn't your job something audio related?

[supple abyss]

there is no other way to extract data out of this waveform

[crisp eagle]

I think Wompie

Also does R.Cade work with audio?

[runic umbra]

I have some expertise, but unless you have very accurate datapoints on that waveform, you will only get „barely audible“.

[hasty anvil]

@noble matrix too

[supple abyss]

we know that the length of the waveform is 1251px
if we assume that the length of the audio is 4 seconds, we get an effective sample rate of 312.75hz
the nyquist frequency of that is 312.75 / 2 = 156.375hz
that means that the highest frequency we can reasonably extract from the waveform (without guessing) is 156.375hz

though, we are only assuming the length is 4 seconds - it could be more, or less

[unborn pilot]

im trying 🙂 it sounds like a man saying numbers like 13, 22, 37

ill work on it during lunch, gotta hop into a meeting real quick

[runic umbra]

tell me if I am jesustoasting (wanting to see something that isnt there), but: could it be the second part of edisons first recording? (technically not the very first recording, but;)
It would follow those vibes of „first sounds“.

[hasty anvil]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AdvancedProduction/comments/r8mglk/how_to_invert_a_sound_frequencywise/?rdt=53114

Maybe this will help?

[runic umbra]

„..and everywhere she went, the LAMB was sure to go“ (also already connected)

[sharp flame]

there are very subtle different colors comprising the wave, that I have made visible here

[runic umbra]

https://youtu.be/1oN4n-fzXC0

[runic umbra]

it would actually make sense for the audio to be unusable but hiding something else in there. its just really hard to extract something intelligable from a waveform.
unless we can directly compare to a limited subset: maybe voicelines from the game or such.

[crisp eagle]

that's a really could path in my opinion

[hasty anvil]

Yeah I doubt it’s as simple as converting a sound wave

[unborn pilot]

i grabbed mine from bit plane 0. looked like the full thing

[runic umbra]

I just get a nursery rhyme feeling from the cadence of that extracted audio.

[sharp flame]

shouldn't matter for the latest file

[crisp eagle]

maybe even just the very first recording?

[runic umbra]

nah that would he au claire de la lune and is completely different in rhythmics and pitch

[crisp eagle]

One phonautogram, created on April 9, 1860, was revealed to be a 20-second recording of the French folk song "Au clair de la lune".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonautograph

[crisp eagle]

ok yea haha posted it at the same time before reading this

[runic umbra]

its. some kind of question response, or really any kond of sentence where you juxtapose something.
example: „You want to play silly games, I want to crack easter eggs.“

this will haunt me, I can already tell.

some chinese wise saying or a haiku probably.

[unborn pilot]

need to properly align the image, that should clear it up further

sounds like numbers to me

[runic umbra]

you mean somone saying two large numbers? I wouldnt disagree hearing this file. matches up with my feeling about the rhytmics of the thing.
(but really, this is absolutely prime material to jesustoast it to whatever you want to hear)

[timid solstice]

"Four hundred and sixty two thousand, three hundred and twenty one"

[runic umbra]

„69 comma 69, 69 comma 69“ (example numbers, just think there could be a comma)

[unborn pilot]

thats a good thought. they do sound like they're in groups of 2-3 numbers

[timid solstice]

462,321

something like that is what I hear

[runic umbra]

definitely two groups or a seperation, whatever it is!

doubled hints? maybe crosscheck with the coordinates numbers we have on stage3 page?

[fading vigil]

Nineteen fifty eight 19 sixty nine, yeah sounded like two years to me too

[crisp eagle]

the inflection of the voice at the end makes it sound like a statement to me

[fading vigil]

Try to compress it to 3-3.5 seconds?

[runic umbra]

all of it is some kind of statement, reassurment or a fact. it is reassured in phrasing. really like someone would quote something, state something, being certain about a fact.

(number also works, yes)

[placid halo]

Not sure if anyone has noticed this but in the new patch notes, CNS is highlighted by capital letters in the sys horizon map fixes notes

I would send an image but i havent talked enough :/

Also not sure if this is the right channel for this

[runic umbra]

it is, it has been noticed!

(think the count is 14)

[placid halo]

My mistake then lol

[runic umbra]

not a mistake. just people being excited!

[sharp flame]

it's cool that CNS is coming! the Season 2 vibes are returning

[crisp eagle]

haha yea it's become a joke here because we all did it

[placid halo]

Thats what i get for being late to the party🙏

[runic umbra]

party isnt over though.

[crisp eagle]

it's a good eye and just what we need around here

[warm pine]

kinda new to the scene
but has every new official art post own a easter egg of a sort?

[sharp flame]

yes! there are over 20 per one

[warm pine]

DAMN

[unborn pilot]

one more try, now its time for some lunch

@sharp flame not sure what youre using, but you might need to make sure the horizontal line is centered vertically in your image so the frequency is closer to correct

123 px above, 167 px below

[hard current]

just be real careful trying to interpret what we hear from this audio, remember those viral videos online where you would hear different things depending on what you were expecting to hear?

it’s like the white and gold vs blue and black dress

[fading vigil]

lorel<->coronavirus?

[gloomy anvil]

personally I hear "[something] hundred and sixty two is four hundred and seventeen"

but I'm not wearing headphones

[bright ruin]

I'm alive

That's correct

[hard current]

is it possible that this audio waveform is actually stored in image form on the internet somewhere and that’s what it’s pointing to?

i.e. that audio is from a famous persons wiki page and that’s what it was pulled from?

[unborn pilot]

Haha. Very aware. I’d hope Rob tested to make sure.

[hard current]

or some kind of website that has famous quotes and sayings that you can play and watch as it follows along the waveform

[bright ruin]

Whatcha mean? Usually in this spectrographic view of waveforms, different colors are used based on amplitude or frequency

[unborn pilot]

Not sure but good thinking

[gloomy anvil]

"three hundred and sixty three (or two) is(?) four hundred and seventeen"

do other people hear similar? or something more different?

[sharp flame]

in the original image they are all the same shade of red, but offset by like 1 value of RGB

I just coloured those differently

[gloomy anvil]

NGC 363 is 417 million light years away
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_363

[bright ruin]

that'd be me

[bright ruin]

Ah I see

Still sorta catching up on everything, but won't be able to possibly tinker with the waveform til later (I'm not at home atm)

[gloomy anvil]

NGC 363 is also in the constellation Cetus ("the whale")

which has 88 Bayer stars

just dumping bits of info here

[sharp flame]

Awesome! thanks!

[sand bane]

are there any easter eggs in the new art?

[crisp eagle]

yes, working on them here https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1337427318716629002

[unborn pilot]

Yeah I was thinking “Three hundred and sixty three over four hundred and thirty one”

[crisp eagle]

I don't think you can post there yet, but you should be able to read it. and can just chat here for now about it

[sand bane]

oh i see

[velvet narwhal]

orange can write in threads

[sand bane]

I started doing negative as well, I see you already did

[crisp eagle]

oh yea it's just white that can't right?

[sand bane]

any help needed? I love CTFs

[unborn pilot]

All the help 🙂

[noble matrix]

Hi lol

What’d I miss

[supple abyss]

fellow ctf enjoyer o7

[hasty anvil]

#1337427318716629002 message

I think you said you were good at audio stuff

[sand bane]

was there anything in the previous image?

[supple abyss]

quite a bit

[velvet narwhal]

You could look around here a bit https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVK0idxbU=/ (we are currently in Level 3)

[supple abyss]

take a look at https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1332648610311049287

[gloomy anvil]

If you'd like a catch up on all images check Miro (nova linked) and https://thefinals.wiki/wiki/Level_3_-_The_Hunt

[sand bane]

ah i see u use miro as well

holy dam

thats one giant miro board

[velvet narwhal]

we may have lost our sanity

[sand bane]

my poor firefox is still loading it

https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level3 which of these can we enter?

[velvet narwhal]

We've solved 0/9 passwords

[sand bane]

oh

[noble matrix]

Ah! Yeah I’m ok at it. What’s the file we are investigating? I can download it and see if there’s anything interesting in it

[gloomy anvil]

that's why the more help the merrier

[hard current]

I know Rob is lurking

I can feel it in my ospuze

[supple abyss]

the rob detector is off the charts................

[royal geyser]

im so far behind and everyone is so much better aat solving puzzles than me

[hard current]

don't fret friend, we actually have a LOT of things unsolved this level still in the miro board, every perspective helps no matter how small 🙂

[supple abyss]

it's a bit overwhelming at first when you're just starting out

[earnest juniper]

it truly is, but you start learning and picking it all up pretty quick. these guys are incredible.

[sand bane]

ok i read all easter egg stuff

[royal geyser]

im going insane dude

in the audio created by fish at the end i hear them saying "___hundred and seven"

i think its 507 but it could be 407

the part that starts around 2.2 seconds

from what i can tell it doesnt end with seventeen

#1337427318716629002 message

i cant tqalk in the thread yet so im doin my best

but i swear

its not 417

i have no clue what the first part is

but it says four hundred and sev-en

wait im dumb

i think>

[gloomy anvil]

I said something similar the first time I found this channel: #easter-eggs message

It seems daunting at first, but things become clearer quickly, and you don't need to be a puzzle expert to join in, every new perspective helps

[royal geyser]

The only theory i have right now is maybe one of the sets of numbers could be used to alter the pitch or tempo of the audio wavelength recreations to try and clarify its message

So like if a number in the image says like 38 or something you could plug that number into any modifying value for the audio

Or more likely you dont need to plug it into any value and instead somewhere in the image is telling us what to change

Also i dont know if they do this, but maybe cross examining the cosmetics in the image with the cosmetics ingame could give us some hints

[alpine junco]

NGC 363 > Cetus > Sea Monster > 20,000 Leagues Under The Seas > Kraken

could possibly link to what @pure loom posted which got eyed #easter-eggs message

[royal geyser]

Could it be multiple tracks layered over eachother?

[gloomy anvil]

some combination work by @royal geyser

I feel like we're missing pieces, like part of the 9 / 6, but idk

[supple abyss]

ok printing it out and solving it like a jigsaw puzzle is kinda genius

i love that

[eternal violet]

that 8 is not looking right to me

[royal geyser]

the 8 is a little iffy

[alpine junco]

1000 iq

[crisp eagle]

ok am I about to do this? yea probably

[royal geyser]

i havent done args but ive done ~230 escape rooms so im better at solving puzzles when theyre physical

[royal geyser]

although i would recommend changing the black to white to save on ink

[supple abyss]

230!!!!!!

i've barely done 4

:O

[crisp eagle]

great idea!

[alpine junco]

even better draw them and cut them out

[crisp eagle]

trace them from my monitor

save on all the ink

[royal geyser]

I dont know if it matters but ive got the list of cosmetics used in the render

Outfit- ARENA AMORATOR - "You love your opponents to death."
Facewear- HEART VISION SPECS - "See love in every corner of the Arena--or just spot your next target with pinpoint affection."
Upper body- LOVESTRIKER JACKET - "Take their breath away. Metaphorically, of course."
Emblem- BEATING BADGE - "Show the fans you pack the passion."
Upper back- WINGS OF AFFECTION - "Someone up there loves you."
Hands- LOVECASTER GLOVES - "See if you can rekindle some old flames in the Arena."
Lower body- LOVESTRIKER TIGHTS - "Take their breath away. Metaphorically, of course."
Feet- AFFLICTOR BOOTS - "For contestants who hit a rough patch or two in the Arena."

Weapon skin- HEARTSTRINGER - "Pull back the string and let your feelings fly."

[alpine junco]

227368

[royal geyser]

the 6 could be a 9

[supple abyss]

if we can find the font that's used for the numbers, we can use that to tell whether that's a 6 or a 9

looks like it's the same font used for the 1, 2, 3 near the top

[alpine junco]

same thing isnt it

[gloomy anvil]

Font is most likely Saira Condensed (or semi / extra condensed)

[supple abyss]

saira has a more rounded 3

how convenient for image perms to appear as soon as i send that

[cold heart]

had the same thought earlier... closest i could find was Barlow

[alpine junco]

i think the font is the one used in the patch notes

[cold heart]

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Barlow?preview.text=123&preview.size=198

[royal geyser]

thats

[hard current]

speaking of which, per #1292576119849095210 there’s more in the patch notes besides the CNS

[royal geyser]

which barlow is it

[alpine junco]

apple

we need to eat it

[cold heart]

they use Poppins on the website

[cold heart]

the one i linked? not sure what youre asking

[royal geyser]

nvm im dumb, i was asking which style but didnt notice that it was in the image

also unfortunately both the 6 and the 9 are still the same in this font

[supple abyss]

yep

i can confirm that this is barlow semibold 150px

[royal geyser]

@alpine junco can you try getting the parts that are missing? maybe the missing parts could form something of their own

also thats not a 6 or a 9

[supple abyss]

unfortunately 6 and 9 are impossible to distinguish in barlow

[royal geyser]

marty im gonna be dming you stuff bc i cant send photos

[supple abyss]

yep

[royal geyser]

but thats not a 6 or a 9

[obtuse chasm]

is there a cns glitch on skyway?

[cold heart]

i wonder if Rob picked barlow cos it is similar to "burrow" 😅

[royal geyser]

it cant be a 6 or a 9 of barlow

[supple abyss]

most likely they're mismatched pieces

[obtuse chasm]

theres a piece of the 6 missing

like

no duh but

[hard current]

it could very well be intentional in that Rob didn't want us to figure out what this means right away

so we can assume it's a 6 OR a 9, and find connections from there

[supple abyss]

yup

[royal geyser]

but it doesnt match the 6 or 9 of the font

[obtuse chasm]

it is not a six

[hard current]

what makes you say that

[obtuse chasm]

that should be solid

[royal geyser]

yea

the circle is seperate from the top part

its probably part of the 8

[obtuse chasm]

according to the font

[hard current]

oh yeah, then according to the font it's not a 9 or a 6

[supple abyss]

it's very likely the pieces here are mismatched

[hard current]

22378 (degree symbol?)

[obtuse chasm]

perhaps

[royal geyser]

if its a puzzle then all the pieces should be the same size

[obtuse chasm]

could be an eight but im not sure if the parts of the eight are meant to overlap eachother

[supple abyss]

the pieces are pretty much exactly 150px Barley Semibold

you can use this to compare the pieces to the font

[obtuse chasm]

the bottom circle on the eight is bigger just like these two

slightly taller

[alpine junco]

poissbly a letter?

[obtuse chasm]

def eight

[royal geyser]

wait isnt this

hold on let me check something

[obtuse chasm]

thats what i was looking for

[supple abyss]

from @royal geyser

[royal geyser]

is that the same as the numbers

no its not ok nvm

[alpine junco]

xd

[supple abyss]

greek zeta? x3

[shy oracle]

if i did the math correctly we'd have 360 possible combinations to try on the keypad ? xd

[supple abyss]

can you even interact with it?

[shy oracle]

no idea tbh

im on console so i dont even have a chance

[obtuse chasm]

is that from vaiiya sponsorship

[supple abyss]

yea

[royal geyser]

yeah

i checked behind it, there was nothing

the font is different anyway so it cant be related

[shy oracle]

dang

[obtuse chasm]

cant find it in my charms list (im dissun) so i doubt theyd lock an EE behind that

[alpine junco]

the 7 is a 4

[royal geyser]

ok that could be a 9 or a 6 when its put like that

[alpine junco]

we have 3-4 combinations?

[royal geyser]

weve got

9/6
4/7
2
2
3
8

[alpine junco]

2238 4/7 6/9

[royal geyser]

maybe the numbers are related to the wavelength?

and its to help us organize it

[supple abyss]

the waveform

[royal geyser]

yeah waveform

[supple abyss]

likely

[royal geyser]

it does feel like its saying 6 numbers

[pure loom]

Not that I’m endorsing this connection in any way, but Barlow is the ARC Raiders font.

[supple abyss]

probably just reused by one of the graphics designers

[pure loom]

Yeah, I think so.

[tidal condor]

.