easter-eggs

[signal sorrel]

440 hz is the central pitch for Midi...

[sonic rock]

440 hz is the central pitch for all standard tuned music in the Western tradition

[surreal sinew]

Ignore pitch its a random virtual instrument

[signal sorrel]

It's not about that purple

[wraith karma]

And the note symbol repeats 440 times in the gif right?

[gusty reef]

I remember a hint stating "its there everytime you open the game" might be that

[signal sorrel]

The whole note on the alfaacta website is flickering at that frequency

[sullen lynx]

and 440 "a"

[surreal sinew]

it is set to 440 hz tho if u check left of cpu in the picture i sent

[sharp flame]

So.. maybe we want to look at "violin" now?

[surreal sinew]

if u need me to test some stuff to play i can give it a shot

[plush quiver]

Maybe the notes played in the emote with the violin could give an answer?

[white patrol]

isn't that the first four note of "memory leak"?

does anyone here have perfect pitch 😭

[surreal sinew]

i belive so

[surreal sinew]

the pitch is 440

[sand crest]

um... is this a spray?

[white patrol]

yes

S8 BP

[sand crest]

kk ty

[sharp flame]

Right now, the only notes we have are g3 d4 a4 e5, the standard notes for a standardly tuned violin

[plush quiver]

Are those the notes played in the emote?

[sharp flame]

No they aren't!

[plush quiver]

Have we already ruled that out I’m just throwing stuff at the wall hoping it sticks

[wraith karma]

Is there anything else relatively violin or music related in game??

is there any way for us to play music?

[plush quiver]

Yeah there’s an emote I’m referring too

[tawny reef]

what if the notes in the emote itself has something do with other notes? maybe the notes need to be used to make some melody?

[fading vigil]

How that tune named? On the xylophone fcar?

[wraith karma]

Given that this is also CNS based, returning to the S7 battlepass might not be a bad idea given that one of the skins had a lot of MIDI keyboard related items

[lethal wedge]

recently added emote with flute?

[sharp flame]

FYI, one of the passwords in the last stage of this hunt was "xbow"

and a violin uses a bow

[unborn pilot]

MIDI Audio files must have a signature (tag) MThd (hex: 4D 54 68 64) at the beginning of the audiofile.

so "signature" + "tuning"?

[sonic rock]

Not only that, but 3 separate sets of clues converged on a bow theme

[sharp flame]

very possibly

[sharp flame]

ballisticarc => projectile from a bow?

[random portal]

there are RSA signatures on the wpn-x program

[gleaming robin]

There's almost nothing interesting in the gif.

[plush quiver]

High Stakez Waltz is a dance emote with a violin

[sharp flame]

those strings translated to O, H and A, those letters respectively. O for Ospuze, H for Holtow, and we unlocked A for Alfa Acta (we witnessed the text say "ONLINE" live)

[sonic rock]

The gif gave as A 440

[random portal]

aaaah 😄 noice

[sharp flame]

Check the pinned message for our progress!

[gleaming robin]

i know

[acoustic hill]

If we are still talking about the in game midis then there is the M26 Matter reload animation with the keyboard

[surreal sinew]

intresting

[wraith karma]

There’s also a midi keyboard charm right?

[sonic rock]

That reload plays "The Lick," which isn't based on the same notes

But it could be worth looking into

[wraith karma]

imagine if you have to click the correct notes on the midi keyboard charm

I doubt that’s something that has to be done but it would be funny

[sonic rock]

oh my gosh, the website is literally called "stay TUNED"

how did I miss that

[plush quiver]

Can anyone identify the notes in the High Stakes Waltz?

[acoustic hill]

Your right!🔥

[sullen lynx]

we know reference of music

[sonic rock]

Yeah I don't think that actually gives us anything at this point since we've already made the music connection, just thought it was interesting

[lethal wedge]

could the keyboard presses in the teaser be related to notes as well? the keys a b c and d are used

[signal sorrel]

How are we translating MThd 7>EL into notes exactly?

[sonic rock]

MThd is a MIDI signature, 7>EL is ASCII to Decimal (I believe)

[wraith karma]

It is ASCII to Decimal

The outputted numbers are playable MIDI notes that equal the ones we have rn (the violin tuning notes or whatever)

[signal sorrel]

When I do that I don't get what the pin shows though... Just trying to figure out where I'm going wrong

[sonic rock]

we could really use a feather right about now lol

[wraith karma]

a feather?

[sonic rock]

That's how Plume hints that we're onto something

[fast moss]

i can give you mine 🤣

or this

[wraith karma]

Some sort of confirmation would really be nice tho

[fast moss]

she isnt online

[sharp flame]

let me update the pin!

[signal sorrel]

When I convert 7>EL to hex it's giving me 37 3E 45 4C

Am I doing it wrong or something?

[sonic rock]

Not hex, Decimal

[plush quiver]

Would converting the matter animation keys to violin notes be worth anything?

[sonic rock]

Decimal will give you digits, which correspond to notes

[acoustic hill]

Could you use only a keyboard to play notes in a midi software and then press the ones in the teaser (I have never used a midi software)

[sharp flame]

updated the Pinned message to say it's converting from ASCII to decimal!

[signal sorrel]

I see my problem, the website I was using was spitting out the same results for both hex and decimal

[sonic rock]

Did we ever get any use out of this graph

If not, now might be the time

[sharp flame]

yep! the clues led us to the password "xbow"

[sonic rock]

Oh W

[sharp flame]

the clues from the WPN-X site are no longer needed I hope

[plush quiver]

Are we not on the violin aspect anymore?

[sharp flame]

that's exactly where we are, actually!

[ashen glade]

hard to tell, it's definitely one of the paths we could take

[nocturne furnace]

Has anybody attempted to get into this part of Alfa Actas website yet? Need a password

[crisp eagle]

That’s a good reminder for people who may know the Rob eyes but weren’t there during the W.P.N. X puzzle!

🪶 = 👀

[sharp flame]

we have a password to find, and the only clue path we've found ended at "violin"

[wraith karma]

Solving that rn

[plush quiver]

There’s a violin emote in the game has anyone tried pulling the notes to get somehh to ing out of them?

[crisp eagle]

What led to violin? Did we slam a pin for it? I’m gonna try catching up in a bit

[sharp flame]

the pinned message has everything!

[grave lodge]

Twas a code on the 404 page for the alfa acts site I believe

[sharp flame]

tried, but I don't think they designed that melody with this EE in mind

[grave lodge]

Could be the other way around tho

[crisp eagle]

Ahhh standard tuning. Sneaky

[grave lodge]

They designed the EE with the violin melody in mind

Perchance

[ashen glade]

we got to g3 d4 a4 e5 which is the standard violin tuning

which makes sense since we've also got a440

[sharp flame]

key word "bow" here, "bow" was the key in the last stage

[sonic rock]

If you convert G3 D4 A4 E5 into their respective frequencies, you can get 196, 293.66, 440, 659.26

[plush quiver]

Has anyone went to alfaacta.net/cart , if not this might just be a bug or my phone tripping out

The high notes symbol is flickering on the page

[sharp flame]

all squarespace-based websites have it built in, unremoveable

how did you personally stumble upon it?

[gusty reef]

I checked it, its a store site so i assumed itd have one

[left crown]

https://www.alfaacta.net/news

[plush quiver]

I have the video screen recorded but I can’t send them here

Can I dm it to you?

[sharp flame]

sure!

[crisp eagle]

So this is why Plume told me it was too early when I posted this

[sharp flame]

bowstring.. maybe is the keyword?

[sonic rock]

Tried it, nope

[sharp flame]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_(music)

maybe this is a relevant page

[lethal wedge]

what if violin in relation to a person? paganini, vivaldi, stradivarius come to mind

[crisp eagle]

We might not be finished with clues from our recent wpn x puzzle. Looking back we had so many things relating to violin

[wraith karma]

so there is a chance we're solving the wrong thing rn?

[sharp flame]

I absolutely think the webpage is the right thing to be solving, but it's more that the previous clues are becoming relevant again now!

[tame thunder]

hi thank u for redirecting me here lol

[sharp flame]

hey, welcome to the land of crazy people 😭

[wraith karma]

there def is a chance that the hints that we are solving go to the wpn-x puzzle rather than the stay tuned one

[sharp flame]

we've been pulling hairs about different easter eggs since the game has launched ._.

[tame thunder]

you all make me feel sane, me and my fiance have been going crazy over this for awhile

[sonic rock]

It's the fun kind of insane

[sharp flame]

100%, except the WPN-X has no more input fields

[frozen oxide]

Yea Robs gone

[sharp flame]

and this website has a password box!

[devout locust]

At the bottom of the Alfa Acta site (alfaacta.net), under the logo there is a flashing symbol. Anyone know what this is about?

[sharp flame]

ah.. you'd both fit right in, then

[sonic rock]

It's blinking morse code for A, 440 times

[sharp flame]

yep! read pinned! it leads to the phrase "A440"

[sonic rock]

A440 is standard tuning

[left crown]

Has anyone tried calling th numbers hello?

[random portal]

which number??

[sonic rock]

Plume confirmed we don't need to

[crisp eagle]

No, the current webpage is the focus. We finished the puzzle I was talking about. I’m just thinking some of the clues there may still be carrying over to this

[fading vigil]

Plume said “Aho-y!”
What if?

https://youtu.be/ZnJ7uOK4nYg?si=F4IkBhTFQf45Gz6o

[left crown]

What does that mean what

SPeak engrish plz

[random portal]

that is english ^^ plume is a name

[left crown]

These numbers for the alfa acta page

[sonic rock]

Plume is the maker of this puzzle

[crisp eagle]

Wasn’t she the violin player in our Avengers YT video we solved?

[sharp flame]

aho-y 99% refers to the letters A H O, which were uncovered and were the second-last clue that we had that led us to the Alfa Acta site!

[plush quiver]

I tried calling the reducer but it took me to some emergency device order hotline

[fading vigil]

Embark Plume is now the EE master

[plush quiver]

Figured the others were a bust as well

[sharp flame]

basically yep

[tame thunder]

can u send that to me?

[plush quiver]

Wdym send it to you?

[sharp flame]

Plume, the Embarker, said that calling those numbers isn't intended btw!

[tame thunder]

ohhh like its a legit number lmao nvm

[plush quiver]

Lmaooooooo

[plush quiver]

That’s funny

[tame thunder]

sorry plume

[sharp flame]

LMAO yep we probably annoyed some people with that

[plush quiver]

Whoops…

[full plinth]

💀

[left crown]

Aw amn, the phone numnber on the original alfa acta vid worked and it had some funny prerecorded line, Would be awesome for the EE

[crisp eagle]

I’m so happy to see so many new faces. We are so back 😭
Thank you Plume

[signal sorrel]

Are passwords for things like this usually long or just a word?

[sharp flame]

all passwords in EE are lowercase, sometimes a mix of numbers or letters

[full plinth]

Ye, like me ive done my comeback

[sharp flame]

like "ph4ntom", or "ballisticarc", no spaces

[tame thunder]

alfa acta line up codes from website if anyone needs it:
PRODUCT N/0: 800 501 RR, PRODUCT N/0: 800 751 GFS, PRODUCT N/0: 800 501 AOS

[left crown]

Why put phone numbers in an easter egg site, if they are not for any purpose. Wasted potential??

[tawny reef]

They’re obviously bluffing, keep calling until we get answers!

[sharp flame]

everything has potential to be deep, true! this one probably was meant to be solved in a day, so that's why it's surface level

the WPN-X page in the previous stage had a lot of clues. that was a fun hunt!

[left crown]

ah, makes sense.

[sharp flame]

but otherwise, checking pinned, the webpage we have to solve is

/stay-tuned

which.. if you think about it.. is a funny pun. "tuned" like a violin 👀

[tame thunder]

so where are we at? stuck on violin chords?

[left crown]

Holy crap yeah "stay tuned"

[sharp flame]

basically! we have very little information that is supposed to carry us to a password

[left crown]

basically

[sharp flame]

and let me just repeat, all passwords are lowercase, no spaces, can have numbers or letters, like "ph4ntom", or "ballisticarc"

[paper kraken]

It can be any instrument though

[fiery gulch]

God to know

[sharp flame]

4 strings, so only violins, mandolin, tenor banjo, tenor guitar (a 4 string guitar variant)

[fading vigil]

It’s hard to believe but a lot of useful info is in onboarding thread!)

[sonic rock]

Thanks for pointing that out, I did not realize that and have been trial-and-error-ing some stuff that does NOT fit that criteria lol

[sharp flame]

however, violins are by far the most common stringed instrument with 4 strings :)

[plush quiver]

Have we made any connections with the high notes being a clue?

[sharp flame]

I'm talking to some people about revamping that part of the server. Kyne, who originally wrote it, is gone, and we'll definitely need better structuring in this corner of the server

[sharp flame]

not so far! but obviously one of the clues are "notes", so I think that's as far as we can take that

[cyan mulch]

guys are we trying to solve the alfa-acta website password?

[tame thunder]

yes

[sharp flame]

glad to see people are finally on the same page haha

[cyan mulch]

ok good to know just checking

[paper kraken]

People are only now trying to find the password?

[sharp flame]

we're getting new people! that's what I mean! we've been trying to solve it since the lore video dropped

[cyan mulch]

let me watch the video in futher detail again maybe i can connect somthing

[charred crater]

Do we have any clues as to the number of characters in the password?

[tame thunder]

isnt a fiddle 4 sting? and pirates played them (relating back to the Ahoy comment)

[paper kraken]

From the moment I saw the link I’m trying to do that, also would it be on a complicated level that perhaps would require me to forge http requests to the site server?

[frosty sparrow]

If i am a new person, can i ask stuff that might be already obvious for you guys?

[sharp flame]

violins and fiddles are technically the same thing, even on Wikipedia that's what it says haha, I thought the same

[tame thunder]

i had no idea omg

[sharp flame]

me neither 💀

[sharp flame]

absolutely!

for anyone else, just check the pinned message! that's our current progress

[sharp flame]

it wouldn't be, that's a step beyond metadata, which we've also been told is not necessary

[frosty sparrow]

What about the person typing in the video, isn't that some type of a clue? Ty for answer.

[sharp flame]

a few people have tried to decipher it but it looks like gibberish for now. If you think you have something, do share it!

[ashen glade]

isn't the aho-y thing about Alfa Acta, Holtow and Ospuze?

[tame thunder]

playing a fiddle, they usually play 2 strings at a time, might mean something...

[tame thunder]

oop maybe

[sharp flame]

that's what I believe it meant, as it was right before we found Alfa, Ospuze, Holtow yeah

[tame thunder]

@sharp flame do we have a password doc of all passwords tried so far? i feel like i might be using stuff everyone else has already

[cyan mulch]

anyone got the video i cant seem to find it again

[left crown]

Yeah lets start a shared public doc, for every bad passwrods we can just drop there

[paper kraken]

So I can’t use the skills I used to win 3rd place in the national cyber competition

[sharp flame]

Not yet! Hoping we could solve it quickly but we might need a doc, yep!

[tame thunder]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kkic-kTTTQVxZoyp4RzCOG6fDZOHvieyqkQ9bEZC3YM/edit?usp=sharing

DOC for failed passwords ^

[sharp flame]

Not ALL the skills, but definitely some knowledge may be applicable

[hard current]

Wait has anyone posited that the gadgets on the Alfa acts site are new contestant gadgets?

[sonic rock]

That's kinda like bringing a gun to a paintball fight. EE hunts are still a game at their core

[sharp flame]

I don't think they are. They've been in previous commercials since S6. They've appeared as gadget skins, however!

[unborn ledge]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Låtfiol
å - gif?
The word låtfiol translates to "tune fiddle" - stay tuned?

[frosty sparrow]

Isnt the alfa acta stay tuned website time locked, like the password will always be wrong untill a set time period?

[sharp flame]

That's true. Rob (ex EE-lead) however did operate on the higher level, and did in fact leave clues at the meta-data level. Maybe Plume will start doing that if the demand is there 👀👀👀

[sharp flame]

Very possible, but I'd be confused if that were the case, since they've left us clues for a password

[dusty ivy]

potentially that was another clue to the stay-tuned page

[sharp flame]

Where did you get "å gif" from? It's called aaaa

[glass flint]

mmm anyone considered the architect in the teaser changing it to "home defence system", "civil security protocol" and "residential response" at 00:12 in the teaser?

[sharp flame]

What was it originally?

[cyan mulch]

i tried aaaa already not the answer btw

[glass flint]

"family fortress upgrade kit", "castle doctrine", "village upgrade"

[random portal]

has anyone tried to analyze what she types on the keyboard in the video?

[sonic rock]

Medieval season confirmed, GG

[glass flint]

it's like they all got modernized

from medieval to current day

[sharp flame]

Medieval theme.. very interesting

[glass flint]

no but it gets changed to "home defence system", "civil security protocol" and "residential response" at 00:12

maybe it's a kick at how everyone's been wanting medieval haha

[frosty sparrow]

Some ppl have tried it but it looks like gibberish

[sharp flame]

also very possible. the thing is, she was trying to overwrite it, but Marcel tells her to sit back and let it happen. Could go either way

[cyan mulch]

guys lets think logiclly for a second, its not going to be anything simple to guess becouse this is the alfa-acta login page its not going to be easly. mulit-co would have cooked alfa-acta by now

[odd crater]

the ospuze ad we got we already found everyting or this can be somenting?

[sharp flame]

found!

[tame thunder]

what were the past passwords for previously solved websites?

[odd crater]

found what?

[sonic rock]

ballisticarc, ph4ntom, 2421523, have all been previous passwords in this hunt

[tame thunder]

thank u

[sharp flame]

For context, previous EEs were created by Rob at Embark, who probably didn't work on this new EE. Those were all on the reachthefinals.com/ website, and those passwords were things like "lxxix", "1064", "0vif0rm", and that password style has carried over to here

[hard forge]

yeah can check in #1471198829117309135

[sharp flame]

Embark | Plume is a new EE mastermind, but she's basically picked up on Rob's EE password guidelines (all lowercase, no spaces)

[tame thunder]

im so stuck lol

[sharp flame]

I've been thinking about whether this is even supposed to be solved today..

[left crown]

The A440 pitch is also known as the "Stuttgart pitch."

[sharp flame]

usually Plume would swoop in with some help/guidance, but it seems that maybe we should be waiting

we get a new teaser tomorrow, so maybe we'll get what we need then.

[random portal]

I try every now and then to keep track, but it's hard to get a clear overview ^^

[hard forge]

as mentioned by embark plume. WPN X hunt is not at all related to previous hunts

[tame thunder]

same... is there any alert that we should be waiting/its still locked? i feel like we might not have enough info

[odd crater]

idk maybe they start showing stuff of the season or we are going to get lore kind peek for a week? 🤔

[sharp flame]

the only thing is that the page appeared in the lore video, and all these clues dropped at once

[hard forge]

whenever there are substantial things figured out..we usually pin it

[sharp flame]

I don't believe they would drop an unsolvable password

[dusty ivy]

the fact that the website's main page was barely operational at the start and was only accessible through /home speaks volumes

[tame thunder]

yeahhh true

[sharp flame]

😭 you are completely misunderstanding how it was found

[charred crater]

Since they're doing daily sneak peeks it seems reasonable that we will get small pieces and clues each day.

[glass flint]

NO WE NEED TO GET IN THERE NOW!!!!

[tame thunder]

too real

[hard forge]

i am also inclined to this.

[odd crater]

hum maybe the alfa acta page change everyday

[sharp flame]

maybe

[tame thunder]

plume help

[cyan mulch]

maybe we got cars invoved beocuse stuttgart is like the king of cars

[sharp flame]

yes plume please

[frosty sparrow]

Could i ask what is up with the ospuze commerical please.

[odd crater]

i mean i dont get it what we have to check and what parts join in the password.

[dusty ivy]

oh no i've followed the thread
what i AFTER you guys unlocked (or whatever we call it) the site the main page was white for like 5 minutes
while /home was already up

[left crown]

A440 It is the international standard for tuning.

[odd crater]

we have the ospuze ad, the yt short video glitch , the alfa acta page and now the lore video

[tame thunder]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kkic-kTTTQVxZoyp4RzCOG6fDZOHvieyqkQ9bEZC3YM/edit?tab=t.0 failed password doc

[sharp flame]

the alfaacta site was unlocked through the WPN-X terminal. the main page only updated when the lore video dropped

[left crown]

The interval between all the MIDI notes (G,D,A,E) is a perfect fifth.

[sharp flame]

it was pure coincidence that we solved the alfaacta thing right before the lore video dropped

[peak light]

so i think the new map is going to be based off of Genoa or Genova Italy. Basically the same place on maps. The fiddle which came first and the violin both came from northern Italy. which matches. Also the code mentions castle, village, and fortress which Genoa/Genova has all 3. if you put the blinking gif in chatgtp it says SOS in morse code which i know you all got different. but alot of places sround that location have SOS in there name. Its medieval and costal with ties to pirates. Genoa has a ship called THE Galleon Neptune built for the 1986 movie Pirates. i could be wrong but looks very finals and they dont have a map in Italy yet

[sharp flame]

don't remind me :(

[dusty ivy]

that would actually explain that there was a looping gif on the main page before the lore video 🤔
i assumed they dropped lore because you solved it

[sharp flame]

the "SOS" from AI sites was pretty common since that's a common morse code abbreviation. unfortunately upon analysis it was wrong :(

[sharp flame]

yeah. dw about it, it was confusing in the first hour, and we really did think we unlocked the lore video 😭

[tame thunder]

atleast we might have italy?

[sharp flame]

very possible!

[charred crater]

Plausible!

[cyan mulch]

so guys lets not forget we got somthing to do with violins or atleast instaments with 4 stings

[sonic rock]

Ya know what else is in Italy? SPERANZA! Arc connection confirmed

[sharp flame]

but the lore video dropped at a standardized time (the usual time for news drops by Embark), and we solved it right before that, so I am confident it was coincidence

[tame thunder]

yes lets get back on track

Flashing "whole note" gif - "aaaa.gif" with morse flashing that translates to the letter A 440 times
Hidden text on the 404 page - "MThd 7>EL"
https://alfaacta.net/stay-tuned found from the lore video. We're trying to find the password for this page!
Embark | Plume 10:28 AM “Aho-y! I see you found some things!”

MThd represents the opening string in a MIDI file, and 7>EL can be converted from ASCII to decimal, to 55 62 69 76. Those numbers are MIDI notes, translating to G3 D4 A4 E5. This matches the standard notes for a tuned violin: G3 D4 A4 E5. (Using references such as this site https://inspiredacoustics.com/en/MIDI_note_numbers_and_center_frequencies)
aaaa.gif, the flashing whole note next to the Alfa Acta logo, represents A440, the tuning pitch standard. Also known as "A4". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)

[vale basin]

was that an intentional music-related pun?

[tame thunder]

totally

[sharp flame]

to be fair, unintentional music puns are very easy to stumble into..

[cyan mulch]

also Andrea Amati (itanlian btw) who invented it aparently

[tame thunder]

@sharp flame are we missing any passwords on the doc?

[fading vigil]

Don’t
Use
AI
In
Hunt

[sharp flame]

I haven't personally opened it yet! too busy to! doing now

[spare brook]

Not sure if its been mentioned, there's a tiny flashing 0, or eye, below the alfa acta logo on the bottom of the page

[random portal]

that's the "Note" that flashes in morse

[sand badger]

it's been mentioned since the thing dropped

[tame thunder]

"Flashing "whole note" gif - "aaaa.gif" with morse flashing that translates to the letter A 440 times"

[light vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-jarvis-meme-smirk-tony-stark-iron-man-gif-11885783305913878074

[sharp flame]

@tame thunder might be easier to do in a spreadsheet. we can do a big column, and we can sort them by A-Z. :)

[hard current]

“I have no mouth and I must scream” ahh game

[light vapor]

also hello guys. Anything yall uncovered?

[tame thunder]

on it mr./ms. fish

[hard current]

#1332758896594387066 :))

[hard forge]

masterfish

[sharp flame]

naming my parents?!

[tame thunder]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wxnKol7T_l1AQTsW8dElHIWZPi_2aFHfJkSgIHCCVBo/edit?usp=sharing FAILED PASSWORDS SPREADSHEET

[sharp flame]

I told you that was a secret name...

[plush quiver]

The note flashing is the High Notes team
Symbol

[quartz abyss]

Hmmm

[dusty ivy]

could the gif be flashing something like rhythm or melody based on the fact that it's a note?

[fading vigil]

Somehow this chat become partly of-topic ee chat

[hard forge]

i think we need a slowmo soon

[light vapor]

nothing new since 17:00 aprox.
Thats fine

[odd crater]

fish its the kyoto cam video related or no?

[cyan mulch]

violin peice perhaps?

[peak light]

fiddle was 10th century and violin 16th both from northern Italy like Genoa. which is pretty close to Cremona italy where its credited to been invented. aka i believe we are getting Italy

[light vapor]

you try that and ill send you to the eight layer of hell
(also holy shit ultrakill refrence??)

[fading vigil]

And mandatory RTFM check)

[cyan mulch]

same but what about italy?

[spare brook]

I tried calling the number in the video and it was an actual product for a medical device lol

[hard forge]

did you call the right number?

[peak light]

the new map

[spare brook]

Oh wait but I called a different number on the website, not the video one

[cyan mulch]

but we trying to find the password for this page. we cant really get anything out of the new map beocuse its not released yet

[quartz abyss]

Morse code?

[tame thunder]

check pinned

[sharp flame]

@hard forge pin?

[cyan mulch]

guys the new sheets is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wxnKol7T_l1AQTsW8dElHIWZPi_2aFHfJkSgIHCCVBo/edit?usp=sharing
btw

[plush quiver]

Can someone send the link to the password entry site, not the incorrect password doc?

[dusty ivy]

https://www.alfaacta.net/stay-tuned

[tame thunder]

its on there, but here https://www.alfaacta.net/stay-tuned

[plush quiver]

Thanks

[cyan mulch]

you beat me to it

[tame thunder]

thank u impervious

[spare brook]

I would imagine it could be solved based on clues that are already on the website

But maybe we do have to wait

[fast moss]

all it took was paranoia and alfa acta badge

[sonic rock]

low quality meme

[low heron]

Can someone launch the game and count/record the notes it plays on the intitial startup? Someone mentioned the tuning notes sound similar but I believe there was 5 not 4

[royal geyser]

is flea cns?

[hard forge]

we don't know much about flea

[quasi veldt]

Plume was pushing us to finish up the wpn x but we still got a week (if not more) for this one, won't expect too much help yet haha

[sharp flame]

true!

[quasi veldt]

Plus she deserves a break from all the guiding she had to do for that one 😭

[tame thunder]

shes gonna come look at this chat and literally die laughing

[frosty sparrow]

Maybe the password is something from today's community stream.

[tame thunder]

did they mention anything about the teaser?

[quasi veldt]

not from what I've seen, but the website link was pinned

[sharp flame]

plume only pinned the website in the chat

[frosty sparrow]

I didn't watch it i just got a thought that ot might be there

[light vapor]

Password is: OscarIsCNSSimp

[tame thunder]

worth a shot

[sharp flame]

I'm not even gonna add that password to the spreadsheet

[spare brook]

You're about to look real silly when they get through the password screen

[sharp flame]

I love when the EE chat is fun like this because we've all recognized the dead end we're in

[cyan mulch]

Maybe we got something to do with stuttgart

[tame thunder]

literally sitting here not knowing where to even go lol

[sharp flame]

with Rob's easter eggs, it was like that for.. months

[tame thunder]

did anyone make anything of the gibberish of that lady typing in the teaser?

[sharp flame]

MONTHS without a new password or solve

[royal root]

It has to be something with the name Y2J

[sonic rock]

i literally tried the letter A repeated 440 times earlier

[tame thunder]

?

[royal root]

Old joke

Ignore that

[tame thunder]

i hope they can see all of the attempted passwords hahahha

[sonic rock]

They just see me straight up screaming into the website

[sharp flame]

jericho?

[sharp flame]

@harsh violet is this true?

ok last time I'll ping an Embarker

[tame thunder]

i for sure typed in plumeplease, pleaseplume

[tame thunder]

no but im so curious

[sharp flame]

spreadsheet remains unupdated

[royal root]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbWm4RPp10

Classic

[frosty sparrow]

I only got: SDDAQFEAAEYAE

But it might not be the exact same

[light vapor]

WHO ARE YOU????

[sharp flame]

damn it someone added those

[low heron]

what note is the high notes note? Is it apart of the tuning standard? Is it the note that would correspond to something?

[sharp flame]

literally impossible to tell the position of the note with no stave. we know it's a "whole note" and that's it

[royal root]

Well in the tweets they said things are about to shake up, and then things are about to turn

[sharp flame]

an unlikely path, but I do wonder if there are wrestling fans amongst the embarkers

[royal root]

No, I meant like is it possible that those are connected, does something shake up and turn? A mixture?

[tame thunder]

@sharp flame is plume in sweden?

if so, they are def asleep is 10:30pm there

[sharp flame]

probably yeah, and they probably are asleep yeah

[low heron]

This thread is gonna be a hell of a read for plumes morning coffee.

[sonic rock]

She's been around when we get a poem_of_the_day in the past week

[sharp flame]

if we try and solve this thing before Teaser 2 drops <t:1774026000:R>, that'd be a miracle

[tame thunder]

dont tempt me im unemployed rn

[sharp flame]

I wonder if poem_of_the_day will keep getting updated

[sonic rock]

We don't need it anymore, but I'll be interested to check

[sharp flame]

if you genuinely want to get involved, the #1332758896594387066 channel (don't post in there) is where verified/big finds are posted. turn notifications on for all messages in that thread!

[shadow wyvern]

“Stay tuned” started as a literal instruction in early radio broadcasting—telling listeners to keep their receivers tuned to a station—and then broadened into an idiom meaning “keep listening/ ??await further information ?? ,” carried forward into television and digital media.

[tame thunder]

i was thinking this too, but could be a violin pun

[sharp flame]

I'm thinking it's a double entendre, with the violin tuning too. clever!

that's nice to know. maybe radio is a path we need to explore.

[dapper swallow]

Looks like the password is deez

[tame thunder]

who tf added deez LMFAO

[sonic rock]

Maybe we need to go back to an older clue, Ben Bova

[sharp flame]

believe it or not, me

[tame thunder]

at this point, try anything hahahah

[royal root]

Do we know if its case sensitive or not

[tame thunder]

"and let me just repeat, all passwords are lowercase, no spaces, can have numbers or letters, like "ph4ntom", or "ballisticarc", or ”2421523"

[sharp flame]

it's like chinese whispers over here haha

[tame thunder]

anyone try chinals yet lol

[wraith karma]

any progress made in the past few hours?

[sonic rock]

I wonder if the Chinals community is having an easter egg where someone just said "it's like English whispers over here"

[tame thunder]

check pinned

[sharp flame]

not really, actually! the password is fresh for the solve!

[dusty ivy]

not violin but still ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sharp flame]

@tame thunder this is our "original source". 2022. the golden age of EE, when Rob was active. I feel old.

[tame thunder]

sounds like the train station in japan

[dusty ivy]

sound much like the melody when you launch the game tbh

[alpine junco]

i forgot about that and ive been using capital letters this entire time

[tame thunder]

totally

[sharp flame]

thought of that too! slightly off, but it's there.

[tame thunder]

i think we're on the right track

[sharp flame]

defo sounds cool, I do just think that this EE was not designed when that melody was introduced in S1

because this is the default notes for standard tuning

again, sounds cool asf tho

[frosty sparrow]

Where did we get this sound effect from please.

[random portal]

reminds me kinda of the alfa acta tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_Y-YfHq3Y

[neon basin]

Sorry if I missed it, but is there a transcription of what keys she pressed in the video

[shadow wyvern]

here?

[sharp flame]

the alfa acta jingle in this ad is actually a remix of the Finals S3 onwards main melody

[sharp flame]

sddaqfeaaeyae <- but nothing came of it

[neon basin]

Just spamming keys 🤦‍♂️

[sharp flame]

when my boss comes in and I have to pretend to work:

sddaqfeaaeyae

[neon basin]

True…

[dusty ivy]

these are just Tones played in Sine Waveform
G3 - 195.998 Hz
D4 - 293.665 Hz
A4 - 440.000 Hz
E5 - 659.255 Hz

[sharp flame]

and these notes came from one of the website clues - check pinned!

[frosty sparrow]

Ty

[random portal]

hmm, ok

[sharp flame]

it's also likely that the password won't include the word "alfaacta" or finals sponsors/lore

this is more of a puzzle with a cryptic answer that relates to the clues

[tame thunder]

ok i transferred the notes to violin but cant post .wav

[glass flint]

i dont know if it's just a coincidence, but at the end of todays stream there were four notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJEpH7ogi8

[sharp flame]

because of role? you can DM the file to me and I can post it!

[glass flint]

they sound like some kind of reverse or complementary of the sound sent above

[sharp flame]

via @tame thunder

again I do want to add that these notes are nothing special, apart from that they point to the standard tuning of violins and similar stringed instruments

they sound good because they are perfect 5ths, they are designed to sound good

[neon basin]

That’s one of the tracks from s7

[frosty sparrow]

It is a part of a song from s7 ost

[glass flint]

oh lol

[neon basin]

Is that the same interval as the notes in the finals loading screen

[wraith karma]

I’m gonna try to see if anything in the video was missed that’s important

[tame thunder]

yes

[neon basin]

Interesting

[sharp flame]

people say that it sounds similar to the Finals jingle because the Finals theme is the notes

1 4 5 8 in the major scale

and this sound is

1 5 9 13 in the major scale

which sounds KINDA similar but not at all the same

[lethal wedge]

sddaqfeaaeyae not what's typed in the video though

[sharp flame]

ah, can you correct it?

[neon basin]

Ohh ok

[royal root]

Maybe the cipher is us "turning" as in the tweet the violin note as in playing a turn to go one note above or below

[signal sorrel]

I think part of the problem with the hands is it seems like the back hand is typing too but I can't tell what

[dusty ivy]

i have a feeling that it might just be a teaser for the soundtrack...
if so it would be sad, so let's hope it's not

[lethal wedge]

sdd a BQe a maaYbE YAcE is what i got, but needs someone else to double check it in case i made a mistake

[neon basin]

@sharp flame are you able to break down the chords in the “season 10” text music

[sonic rock]

So, we've put all this focus on the 7>EL part of the hidden string, which converts to the notes for standard violin tuning, but maybe there's more to the MThd____ part

[sharp flame]

text music? you mean the reveal stream teaser vid?

[neon basin]

Yeah with the purple stars

[sharp flame]

ah, yeah, I could.. but I believe 100% it's not related to this

[signal sorrel]

It is interesting, there are 4 spaces in between MThd and 7>EL

[sharp flame]

it's only 3 notes and they are in a very different style

[sharp flame]

I did get stuck on that for a while but then I forgot about it

[neon basin]

Oh ok

I hope the s10 music is like that teaser tho it sounds so ethereal and perhaps cosmic

[cyan mulch]

guys anyone ever try dial 852-516-445 (thats the number for alfa-acta if you want a mini-gun

[signal sorrel]

Somebody pin the no phone calls

[sharp flame]

EE people!

ok, for reference, in the previous stage we had references to "ballisticarc", "bow", "xbow", "phantom", "resona7" (or "echo"). (all were passwords)

these might have been pointing towards weaponry, projectiles.

just for those who weren't here for that part of the hunt

[frosty sparrow]

I tried it as a password

[random portal]

if you search faaar up the chat, you'll find a call recording for it 😄 it's a queue where you have to wait, but it's more like an ad

[frosty sparrow]

Did yall try to convert the Alfa acta phone number into letters?

[analog cloud]

not it
really good guess tho

hebeafdde?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1315051382302183517/1475252897326432316/watermark.gif

[plucky bolt]

sooo is everyone looking for the password to this alfa acta website thingy?

[sonic rock]

http://midi.teragonaudio.com/tech/midifile/mthd.htm

[dapper swallow]

Try ww3

[low heron]

We have made it to the tuning standard for violins, and that kinda links with the site stay-tuned. But how do we actually stay tuned, should we look into how exactly violins are tuned like tuning forks, tonometers, metronomes?

[sonic rock]

According to this, an MThd ID should be in Hex, and if we convert 7>EL into Hex instead of Decimal, we get 37 3E 45 4C

[neon basin]

Is the whole note the exact same as the one used for the high notes team

[wraith karma]

looks like it, but it's only the note and doesnt have the bars that the actual logo has

[sharp flame]

nope, not similar. People are just bringing it up because it's one whole note, that's as far as the similarities go

[silk merlin]

so we are thinking it has to do with the music?

[neon basin]

Wait what note is the high notes supposed to be since there’s only 3 staff lines 😭

[wraith karma]

a high note

[analog cloud]

what happens when you play the notes irl? does rob float down from the heavens and give you the password?

oh shit who am i thinking of

[frosty sparrow]

Is there anything hidden on the holtow website?

[silk merlin]

no ur thinking of the right person

[analog cloud]

i meant oscar FUCK

[shadow wyvern]

maybe theres a clue hidden in a spectrogram from the teaser video's audio?

[analog cloud]

been hearing that other guy's name too many times

[frosty sparrow]

Or maybe on the ospuze website?

[analog cloud]

does cns have a website?

[frosty sparrow]

Idk

[cedar carbon]

It sounds like the tune that plays when you open the game but I'm pretty sure its actually the Alfa Acta song from their Event in season 6: "Now for the Family Values"
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9_2x1G6hgg&list=RDX9_2x1G6hgg&start_radio=1

[spare brook]

We gotta hire a professional sleuth

[sonic rock]

I'm pretty certain it's not the right notes for that

[wraith karma]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378943154_Creating_a_New_Coding_and_Decoding_Algorithm_Based_on_Violin_Notes
could this be of use

[analog cloud]

we citing Telecommunications Engineering papers for this one 🗣️ 💯

[tired shore]

https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/ALFA_ACTA

I'm sure this was already noticed but the official wiki already says alfa acta is the official sponsor of season 10

[royal root]

I think thats a well known formality at this point

[analog cloud]

better change my name back to Junior_McJohnson

[night fulcrum]

wiki guys work fast

[dusty ivy]

wiki guys actually were hesitant to include that yet
on season 10 wiki page you can see that it's yet to be confirmed
someone's just a silly goober and sneaked it in on the alfa acta page

[analog cloud]

what is this in english?

[random portal]

according to google lens;
"Ghost Master"
"SPECTER NETWORK DIVISION"

[sharp crypt]

He's not lyin'

[analog cloud]

passwords not ghostmaster

[random portal]

isn't it SPECTRE normally? (ok.. nevermind, it's British vs American english)

[dusty ivy]

#📂┇the-finals-wiki message

[analog cloud]

theres an 89 on the bundle

on the left shoulder in big red numbers

[random portal]

this is YOUR number that you set in the settings. it shows a 13 for me

[analog cloud]

fuck

https://tenor.com/view/crying-emoji-dies-gif-21956120

[shadow wyvern]

dont know if this is helpfull but ive transcribed what they say in the teaser:

• Sir,

• Is it ready?

• Just finalizing the upload,... that's odd

• What?

• The bill? build? is adjusting itself

• Mhmhm (groaning)

• I didn't authorize that, Ill abort.

• No, let it run, he always did prefer doing things his way

anybody any idea who 'he' is referring to?

[neon basin]

Is she supposed to be someone or just a Marcel grunt

[fast moss]

ceo of alfa acta?

[sonic rock]

"FINALizing" [title card, "Now For The Action" plays]

[analog cloud]

what about the ceo of cns?

or the top hacker or whatever

[sonic rock]

I don't think we know who the leader of CNS is

[ocean crater]

Guys a the end of the web page https://www.alfaacta.net/ there is a eye below the logo, that's morse code and that say "A" 440 times

[sonic rock]

We know Ariad, but I don't think he's the leader

[shadow wyvern]

isnt this the ceo of alfa acta talking?

[fast moss]

no idea

[analog cloud]

do these symbols mean anything or am i just crazy?

[signal sorrel]

They're a code that, when deciphered, tells you the time

[analog cloud]

interesting...

i must look into this more

it said 12:55 in the update video but 1255 isnt the password

[fast moss]

wait the time was different before

[analog cloud]

yeah bc its 6:30 over here

[fast moss]

oh its showing true time?

nice

[analog cloud]

all the watches do that

[sonic rock]

The long hand moves forward at approximately one minute per minute

[signal sorrel]

They cracked the code

[analog cloud]

fuck you i wanted to reference that >:(

[ocean crater]

Guys at the end of the web page https://www.alfaacta.net/ there is a eye below the logo, that's morse code and that say "A" 440 times

[analog cloud]

yes

[signal sorrel]

Allow me to introduce you to the pinned message

[analog cloud]

has anyone tried 440 a's as the password

[neon basin]

So as far as s10 goes, the AI (or whomever Marcel is referring to) is tripping out again and changing the build like it did in season 3? Is that how we’re getting to space? Or is some alpha acta program creating a map that features dwellings with special defense systems (that somehow results in being on the moon). Basically I don’t get how we’re getting to space

[sonic rock]

Good find, we've been working on that one for a while

[tame thunder]

yes

[ocean crater]

ho ok thank XD

[signal sorrel]

Someone said they did

[sonic rock]

YES, TWICE

[analog cloud]

well then

[ocean crater]

😅

[random portal]

anything related to wpnX?

[tired shore]

just tried no caps and caps

[analog cloud]

i think everything is lowercase & with no spaces

[tame thunder]

please refer to the excel sheet in pinned

[sonic rock]

I love that the meme got added lol

[crisp eagle]

I wonder if we are going back to a certain number of sponsors next season. Those four, but we've only seen Alfa so far?

[neon basin]

Please be true and please be 3 sponsors except for lore reasons like season 7 🙏

[signal sorrel]

Would they really restrict sponsor options when they just made it easier to swap whenever you want?

[vale igloo]

i imagine it would just be the ones sponsoring the season/getting new sponsor tiers no?

[signal sorrel]

Oh maybe it's related to bonus pages stuff?

[neon basin]

Maybe boosted fans gains for a season’s sponsors? They could also do short term required limits, like only being able to switch sponsors once a week

[paper kraken]

what has been found out so far?

[sonic rock]

We've found a hidden string that seems to relate to standard tuning for a violin

[crisp eagle]

I hope so. Also, Hi!

[paper kraken]

how don you know it's for a violin?

[slow chasm]

Still left at bows/violins?

[tame thunder]

pleeeeeeeeeease guys read pinned

[fading vigil]

I don’t understand, why you started speculating about only 3 sponsors in s10. In s9 was 2 sponsors iirc, but now you can choose any

[crisp eagle]

I thought maybe four, just because it shows four listed on that monitor. I'm not confident in it, but we are allowed to just wonder things

[neon basin]

“dutytoretreat” the alternative to castle doctrine

Or maybe “standyourground”

[sonic rock]

nope, neither of those

[neon basin]

Thanks

[ashen glade]

Why is A4 mentioned in so many clues we have so far

• A440 is the tuning for A4
• A4 in the notes we got from converting 7>EL
• The Finals jingle shares a single note with the violin's standard tuning mentioned above and it's A4
• There are 4 As in Alfa Acta

[neon basin]

A4 paper, still used in the big 21XX 😭

[sonic rock]

A4 was mentioned even earlier, it's how we ended up with ph4ntom

[fading vigil]

True, a4 was missing note from song67

[slow chasm]

We're getting cars from that one really old trailer and our first car is an Audi A4 obviously

[ashen glade]

did we analyze those graphs from today's teaser?

that red one

[autumn jewel]

Has anyone made the correlation with the alfa acta link: https://www.alfaacta.net/stay-tuned with the A4 tuning fork reference yet?

[slow chasm]

I would honestly assume there's a possibility that there'll be a more substantial teaser/hint as the season gets closer

[sonic rock]

Plume made it clear we're on a bit of a time crunch for this hunt, or at least for the WPN-X part of it

[shadow wyvern]

i looked at a spectogram from the teaser audio for a bit but doesnt look like much

[ashen glade]

either that or we are missing something huge from today's snippet, but I don't think that's the case

[slow chasm]

So odds are can find all the clues we need

That's helpful info

[paper kraken]

maybe violin correlates to a song from the soundtrack that has a violin in it, or is it too far fetched?

[crisp eagle]

And if Plume sticks to her ways from the WPN X puzzle we were just working on, she will pop in from time to time and gives little hints to help us along when we seem to be stuck

[stone grotto]

[V]irtual

[E]ntity

[I]ntelligence

[N]etwork

[harsh violet]

Or to say hi!

[paper kraken]

hello

[fair wolf]

heya

[crisp eagle]

Yea, that too!

[deft spear]

had anyone noticed this icon flashing below Alfa Acta's in the footer on their website? I have no idea if this is new or not I'm not active here LOL

[paper kraken]

pinned messages

[harsh violet]

Lots of new names, lovely to see

[deft spear]

ah, cheers

[deft spear]

[low escarp]

Guys I think the code is 12345 /s

Have we tried triceratops

Just saying

[ocean crater]

is there some infos for this web site ? https://www.reachthefinals.com/wpn-x-program

[quasi veldt]

A million mutlibuck question: Will we or will we not continue to enjoy reading your poetry Plume?

[crisp eagle]

we have solved that

[sonic rock]

unfortunately not it

worth a shot lol

[low escarp]

I’m a genius, just held back by the times

[harsh violet]

More like a 47min question XD

[ocean crater]

ho ok thank

[deft spear]

man this easter egg shit is terrible smh my head

[low escarp]

I think the code might be ILoveScotty

NerfSword

Anyways

[quasi veldt]

Darn it, and I wanted to go to bed earlier tonight...

[low escarp]

Enough goofing

[paper kraken]

anyone?

[sonic rock]

I know you definitely don't want to give too much away, but is the violin idea anything?

[crisp eagle]

Yew know it is! she just likes watching us dance around these clues

[quasi veldt]

Dance and sing along our little songs...

[fading vigil]

For any chance, is a4 ee we're working on harder/same/easier that wpnx?

[quasi veldt]

You want Plume to go easy on us????

Not a chance

[crisp eagle]

47 minute long violin song. check

[sonic rock]

"47 Minutes of Violin Interrupted by Alfa Acta Password"

🎵 🎶 🎵 t h e c r o w f l i e s a t m i d n i g h t 🎵 🎶 🎵

[crisp eagle]

Also, I said it earlier but a lot of messages came flying in. For anyone new to these hunts, Plume will react with 🪶 on messages that are big steps in the right direction. For those who remember Rob's 👀 reactions, this is her version of that. So keep an eye on the reactions your messages get.

[tame thunder]

PLUME PLEASE

[severe creek]

And on occasion too iirc

[dull marsh]

@crisp eagle your wish is my command

[crisp eagle]

If you haven't heard, We. R. Back

[dull marsh]

I SEE THAT lol

really cool stuff

[wind shadow]

Maybe not relevant, but A aswell as G are the only notes that dont have a decimal frequency from octave 1 and up

[finite stone]

i found a brighter version of it(maybe its morse code?)

[sonic rock]

It is, check the pins

[wind shadow]

Although on a standard 88 key piano the lowest note is A0, the first octave where A is in fact a decimal frequency, 27.5Hz

Im going nowhere but just putting it out there

[sonic rock]

"going nowhere" is our middle name

[maiden matrix]

Is this a reference to / ? A link?

[sonic rock]

When she sent that, it was 47 minutes until the time when poem_of_the_day usually changes

[crisp eagle]

ohhhh we are still getting those?

[sonic rock]

That's the 47-minute question

That's what she was referring to

Now it's 20 minutes, and we'll get to see if it changes or not

[stiff tree]

it has to be the poem then

[rain roost]

hmm guys, does anyone knows what this is?

[fierce rose]

Do we get hints? I could do this all night btw

[rain roost]

https://www.alfaacta.net/robots.txt

[fierce rose]

How did you find this

[rain roost]

random tries

[ocean crater]

XD

[grand bobcat]

Thats a pretty standard file for a website to have

[stiff tree]

yeah thats for robots go to youtubes robots.txt it has an easter egg

the sitemap is interesting

https://www.alfaacta.net/sitemap.xml

[fierce rose]

Is this even solveable right now?

[lone wave]

“Does it matter" was your actual answer? https://poets.org/poem/forty-seven-minutes

[sonic rock]

... Probably

[fierce rose]

Were the passwords casesensitive up unitl now?

[sonic rock]

All lowercase, no spaces

[crisp eagle]

Most likely. Every puzzle we've had thus far has been solvable once the first clues drop. Then we get more as time goes on to help.

[unborn ledge]

• Alfa Acta ad starts with "please stand by" and password page is "stay tuned".
• "Stay Tuned" by Gang Starr sampled Don Pardo's "Please Stand By".
• Don Pardo's "Please Stand By" is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television's_Greatest_Hits:_65_TV_Themes!_From_the_50's_and_60's
• Side one concludes with a faux test announcement of the Emergency Broadcast System, leading into the "Duck and Cover" song (from the 1951 Civil Defense education film of the same name.)
• Side two concludes with easy-listening music and Pardo making announcements of the "station" having technical difficulties and to please stand by. ----- Alfa Acta ad is full of "technical difficulties" and has easy-listening music

So a huge list of TV series but maybe there is something with a runtime of 47 minutes

[dusty ivy]

47 minutes is not a clue 🥀

[fading vigil]

It was 47 minutes till new poem of the day, from Wpn-x, nothing more

[fierce rose]

Guys , 440 is the morsecode right? 440 AD in the middleages Stainless steel was used to forge weaponry

[stiff tree]

that's just reaching

[sonic rock]

The morse code is "A," but it's repeated 440 times

[fading vigil]

What bother me: plume in “sneaky mode” or nothing mentioned was good enough for a feather?

[fierce rose]

But it would fit to alfa actas theme

[stiff tree]

watch plume feather this

[sonic rock]

Same, we could be completely off-base

[stiff tree]

have we tried "alfaacta" 220 times yet

[sonic rock]

"Prayer, demise came whereupon me
helpless…, do I longer be"

No new poem

[rain roost]

pretty sure that's called DDoS

[stiff tree]

we tried aaaa 440 times

i mean repeating 220 times

[rain roost]

oh, we could try that

[sonic rock]

Imagine if every time you had to log in at work in the morning, you had to count out typing your company's name EXACTLY 220 times

[fading vigil]

You know, brute forcing passwords not in a hunter spirit

[rain roost]

doesn't work

[stiff tree]

yea i assumed

[stiff tree]

if you have any other ideas id gladly listen

[sonic rock]

We have to be missing something

The violin clue just isn't enough to go on

[ashen glade]

maybe we went wrong with this entire violin thing after all

[fading vigil]

Try to find more clues/connections is better than just spamming all words from the game

[stiff tree]

yeahhh ik :(

[fading vigil]

Don’t rush yourself, patience and time works better than bruteforce.
Walked the same road when joined ee-chat, I know that feel)

[sharp flame]

awwwwwwww

[stiff tree]

it also doesnt help that i dont have any sort of computer available to me rn

[crisp eagle]

ok so her 47min comment was a clue then

[sonic rock]

I don't think so, she was just saying we would find out whether or not there was a new poem, which we were actively asking her about

[sharp flame]

a 47min question and the answer was no 😭

[fading vigil]

I mainly hunt from phone too. Cause in working hours I use company laptop, not allowed any reachthefinals)
And after work - I want to play rather than learning photoshop or lurking the wiki

[stiff tree]

valid

[fading vigil]

Most annoying is that Wikipedia, even after registration, can’t “remember” that I use dark mode everywhere

[crisp eagle]

oh ok, I had missed the context

[fading vigil]

For all veteran hunters, a small joke:
a440 is a basic tune note.
We need to go back to the basics
ABC aka 123

[hard current]

You’re gonna make me have a schizophrenic break

[fading vigil]

Thanks god, that wasn’t feathered)

[half anchor]

Examine the product codes on AlfaActa site.

[ashen glade]

that's probably a stretch but there are ratios under each product

[half anchor]

The RR's string/product code deviates from the consistency between GF and OCS string/product codes. Was this intentional or simply a typo?

[ashen glade]

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

[rain roost]

guys in the stay-tuned page there is a hidden comment in the html: "bumblebee-drum-yngf" maybe it is a clue or something? i have no idea

[golden gorge]

Has anyone looked at the quote on the alfaacta.net page from the CEO and tried to see if any of the current hints lead to a cipher on that quote?

[ashen glade]

plume told us not to worry about the metadata

[wintry cedar]

When did he say this

[fading vigil]

There can be one symbol in text, that is a link

[wintry cedar]

So basically all we need is the text and images on the page?

[ashen glade]

I mean that's what I've seen people say

[severe creek]

its in the easter egg rules/etiquette that metadata isnt used

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1100745453206786078

[fast moss]

it is literally in rules #egg-hunt-onboarding

[sharp flame]

She said it here:

and also again

[fading vigil]

We need to be careful and look precisely on everything

[signal sorrel]

Damn I was doing reckless and imprecise, this changes everything

[half anchor]

Plume's 47min comment is referring to release of next PotD?

Considering others were asking if we shall enjoy reading the poems.

[sonic rock]

It was, but the time came and went

The poem did change, but it recycled to an old one

[fading vigil]

As of logo of the high notes team, what will be the highest variant of a440?

[sonic rock]

"The highest typically playable note on a standard violin is A7 (3520 Hz)"

-from Google AI overview, so take it with a grain of salt

[unborn ledge]

• aaaa.gif has a total of 3520 frames, last frame is 3519 (0-3519)
• last password hunt led us to bows: XBOW (crossbow)
• "3519 bow" search leads to a violin bow product page: "Coda bow Colours B-3519" which has a circled cross symbol or logo on it.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_cross Interesting... it is/was used in astronomy and by prehistoric people & indians. (titan, high.png, caves/prehistoric places, depot charlie)

[fading vigil]

So my guess can be valid

Prehistoric rock carvings at Madsebakke, on Bornholm Island, Denmark, depict multiple sun crosses with cup marks. These petroglyphs date to the Bronze Age (c. 1800–500 BCE) and are among the best-preserved in Scandinavia.

[ashen glade]

I wonder if we should look at A440 from the frequency perspective

[half anchor]

Is anyone able to determine what the female's keyboard input is in the latest short?

[ashen glade]

instead of simply tuning

[sonic rock]

A bunch of people have analyzed it separately from each other, but they all seem to conclude that it's gibberish. I think our best guess is transcribed in a pinned message

[wintry cedar]

Do you mean in the Commercial music?

[fading vigil]

There is no formal code point in Unicode for this symbol, though other symbols representing the sun are included. Symbols designed for other purposes, such as U+1F728 🜨 alchemical symbol for verdigris, U+2295 ⊕ circled plus and U+2A01 ⨁ n-ary circled plus operator, and U+2316 ⌖ position indicator are similar.

Verdigris can be interesting

[low escarp]

Alchemical? Medieval!

Anyways

[maiden matrix]

Why do I keep imagining Plume coming to this chat and saying "it's simpler than that"?

[fading vigil]

Because it’s not!:)

[sonic rock]

Now she's gonna come in here and say "it's WAY more complicated than that" 🤣

[fading vigil]

But Plume has her own OYE

Bet Oscar’s hair - this ee with us for a month minimum

[maiden matrix]

If this has no time limit, I agree

[fast moss]

it is all in the picture, just look!

[ashen glade]

never thought I'd hope for Oscar to go bald

[neon basin]

It’s as shrimple as that

[fast moss]

so many embark people here and never seen one in chat

[grizzled river]

What’s the PW y’all?

[final cosmos]

aladin

[signal sorrel]

Have they ever hid stuff in audio before? The distortion at the end of the most recent vid sounds... Weird

[cyan mulch]

I feel like it’s gonna be CNS vs Alfa-acta

[frozen oxide]

It shows 4 sponsors as well, maybe 4 sponsor show

[quartz abyss]

I’m gonna lose it

Is it solved

[sonic rock]

The password? Nope

[frozen oxide]

DISSUN, ISEULT, Volpe, Alfa Acta

[sharp flame]

I'll try and break down as much of it as I can when I have the time tmrw

[cyan mulch]

That says the other sponsors are verified so maybe it’s becouse they have already been a part of a season (which they all have) and Alfa acta (although they have been a sponsor) are coming back for another run

[frozen oxide]

Possibly for sure, I’m still hoping for IVADA to join in smh

[sharp flame]

I've broken down the text, posting it here tmrw, I love how much lore they're giving

[frozen oxide]

Well they straight up stopped the lore after s7 lol happy we’re back

[dapper swallow]

I think the password is "better servers"

[unborn ledge]

I am still convinced that the password page "stay tuned" is a nod towards Alfa Acta ad with "please stand by" in the beginning. aaaa.gif can mean AD (d=4th letter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_Y-YfHq3Y

In my first post today I mentioned that a song by Gang Starr called "stay tuned" used a sample from Don Pardo's "please stand by" which was a clip from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television's_Greatest_Hits:_65_TV_Themes!_From_the_50's_and_60's
The Alfa Acta ad plays out very similarly to the description of the "Releases" part of this article, with extra little hints like "Duck and Cover" - map variant / "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." - Alfa Acta P.E.A.C.E. Center map / The F.B.I. - Junior McJohnson (CEO of AA) has always looked to me like the most generic fbi guy.

Anyways...
"Please stand by" has 7 colored TV bars in the background. After finding the violin bow (3519 bow search - 3519 is the last frame of aaaa.gif) with the "sun cross" symbol and "color" in the name I started thinking that maybe we can get notes from these color bars. Found this: https://www.flutopedia.com/img/ColorOfSound_Nextdrum_lg.jpg
This idea sounded too random... but then I noticed the same "sun cross" symbol on the chart. And then the site itself... "Welcome to Flutopedia.com — an evolving encyclopedia and on-line book dedicated to the Native American flute." (again prehistoric people and depot charlie clues). And this site is deeep.

All the poems led us to prehistoric people/caves. Guess what is probably the oldest musical instrument in the world... "The Divje Babe flute, also called tidldibab, is a cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes..." Also known as the Neanderthal flute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute

Also https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Resonator -- resona7?

Sorry for the massive wall of text. I don't know what to make of it yet but decided to post as this seems more than an hallucination.

[elfin turret]

https://klipy.com/gifs/space-outer-space

tfw no embed

[lethal wedge]

is it me or MThd 7>EL kinda looks like medieval? midi + vel (> is actually v)

[vagrant mauve]

It kinda does... Maybe not "vel" but "Midi" + "Violin" = Medieval

[thick elbow]

What is the password ?

[ionic hazel]

We don’t know yet, still figuring it out

[quasi veldt]

I expectedly fell asleep before the poem was dropped
So we truly took so long with wpn x that we only got it on the last day 😭

Well, that confirms that WPN X page will not offer us anything new or haven't seen before, safe to rule that out

With what we only managed to figure out so far, this will be a doozy

[cyan mulch]

Guys I think I found something. https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/s/ZKbu7Vk5UZ

[lean holly]

minerva -> 13914518221 (A1Z26)

I tried minerva alone and it isn't a correct password

[earnest copper]

what is she typin?

[fresh quiver]

Hey, this is an old clue you found. Still a great catch.
As others already said its spelling out Minerva.

Minerva was a clue for L2 T3, where the password was 0v0aurum.
0v0 is a ASCII owl. and Minerva is connected to owls. That was the connection back in the day.

[cyan mulch]

oh my bad, its just that the reddit post is new so i thought it was somthing recent. thank you the info tho!

[crisp eagle]

I missed that message, but here’s the cave I believe she was talking about

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_du_Bichon

Think we might need it still? She may have just pushing us towards “bow” since I think they found arrow in the bear.

[dapper swallow]

What if the password is "Haily Mary" ? In honor of this pretty cool movie i watched last night

[topaz ruin]

i assume its either at the start or when they are overridden

ONE SEC LISTEN TO THIS

ANYONE WANT TO ANALYZE THE KEY PRESSES IN THE VIDEO

SEE WHAT IS WRITTEN AND CHECK THAT

[topaz ruin]

im just rly busy rn which is why i am asking here instead of researching myself then publishing results

[sweet shell]

i could but it could take a while

[ashen glade]

we already tried that! looks like some gibberish

[topaz ruin]

ah ok thanks for getting it out of my mind

[sweet shell]

thank you for saving me 4 hours of my life

[crisp eagle]

We did. Someone posted it further up somewhere, but so far nobody has gotten meaning from it

[topaz ruin]

sure

imma see if i can find anything

[ashen glade]

it could be something though, cause we are currently stuck

[topaz ruin]

me to

spent the past 2 hours hyper analysing the text

didnt get much

betst game ever Name 1 other game which does this

[crisp eagle]

Welcome. We’ve been stuck on level 3 of The Big Whoop for almost two years haha

[topaz ruin]

mods are prob watching laughing at us

[topaz ruin]

sry im kinda new what is the big whoop???

[balmy frost]

Has someone analyzed the audio for hidden frequencies?

[crisp eagle]

It’s the main Easter egg hunt that started before the game launched. I’ll send the link to our wiki in case you’re interested in that too.

https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/THE_FINALS_Easter_Egg_Hunt

[topaz ruin]

smart ill get that prob not just for frequencies

[topaz ruin]

ok thanks a lot

[ashen glade]

I don't think so

[topaz ruin]

the PICTURE IS CHUCK

maybe the pass will be in a new map for s10

[crisp eagle]

Which picture?

[topaz ruin]

the whoop 3

thing

[crisp eagle]

The Nama Tama floating in space?

[topaz ruin]

i didnt see anything but im not good with audio so someone should prob double check me

now im looking at the alfa-acta sponsor page

[ashen glade]

were the product codes relevant for anything so far?

[topaz ruin]

wdym?

oh on th e website?

[winged geyser]

like the product codes on the alfa acta website?

[topaz ruin]

not sure just connected with others after giving up on trying alone

[vague gull]

im currently deep in the source code of alfaacta.net/stay-tuned and so far i found nothing

[topaz ruin]

i doubt they would put it on the frontend

[vague gull]

a clue or something

[topaz ruin]

maybe

[tawny sorrel]

Всем привет (Hello Everyone)

[vague gull]

there is this thing in line 12 "bumblebee-drum-yngf"

creds to https://www.reddit.com/user/ymOx/

but nothing else so far

[topaz ruin]

bumblebee-drum-yngf is the closest we are are there any bees or drum sounddracks in the game?

[fading vigil]

Nothing hidden in a source code

[vague gull]

amen

[winged geyser]

idk if it means anything but of the 4 seasons "recovered" season 7 is the only one not to be mentioned in a package name

[topaz ruin]

wait B-sides the song in the ost B for bumblebee and it does have drums not sure if im strechting it far though because if this somehow is the path what do we do with music

also anyone know what 7-el means in invalid branches on the alfa acta websites

[ashen glade]

check the pins

[fading vigil]

Try to use search, it was covered yesterday

[topaz ruin]

ah ok

[vague gull]

"bumblebee-drum-yngf" is a dead end, as this random squarespace website (https://www.theaitable.org/) has something similar at the same place in the code ("elk-endive-dy22")

same withe ospuze website

[faint rivet]

Yesterday, someone on Twitch said an EE was solved recently. Which EE was it if it’s true??

[ashen glade]

w.p.n. x

[vague gull]

@ashen glade what?

[fading vigil]

Told ya

[ashen glade]

the ee that got solved

[fading vigil]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1471198829117309135

[gritty wind]

has anybody tried calling alfa acta ad number again?

[fading vigil]

They are NOT useful.

[vague gull]

has anything new been found concerning VEIN

[ashen glade]

is there anyone that's good in analyzing audio? the teaser has a lot of weird hums and beeps, might be more than just ambience

[vague gull]

or maybe eaven what shes typing

[topaz ruin]

they already did that yesterday

[vague gull]

so, nothing

[topaz ruin]

think so i didnt find the message

when i did the first typing part i got sd sra or sdd sra

[vague gull]

nothing when simply putting the audio through spectrum analyzation, but could be more complicated

[ashen glade]

multiple people tried but I think we got different versions from each, if you want to give it more time go for it

[ashen glade]

we do still have two clues connected to sound that we don't know how to use

[vague gull]

what are they?

[ashen glade]

should be in pins

[crisp eagle]

The one from the Swift Blades short that TF posted on their YT a little over a month ago. It resulted in us finding the new Alfa Acta site, but we only solved it a couple hours before they revealed the website.

The new lore video along with the site are the current puzzle. We just had a chance to get a head start last month, but didn’t solve it fast enough.

[fading vigil]

What if we just need a440 or a7 note in MIDI?

[faint rivet]

Ah ok. I wasn’t following that one. I’m too focused on the roses.
Gonna have to read all about that EE. Thanks!

[ashen glade]

that still wouldn't really help though, we are still missing more pieces so we can somehow connect everything

[vague gull]

69

[fading vigil]

No, I mean, create midi file with a440 or a7 (hence the logo on gif was HIGH NOTES team logo)
Save midi, open it like a txt file

[vague gull]

that sounds plausible

[fading vigil]

My point:

• we had a4 gif - lead us to a440.
• High notes logo was used in the gif.
• the highest note is a7 (3519Hz)
• aaaa gif has 3519 frames
• 404 page on alfaacta.net - has hidden MIDI header

[unkempt dune]

3520 frames to be precise

[vague gull]

a7 also is 3520Hz

[fading vigil]

But it start count from 0, isn’t it?)

[unkempt dune]

but Frame 0 is a frame

you count it

[fading vigil]

Anyway, 1hz is tolerable)

[unkempt dune]

If you had an array that started at 0 and one entry in the array... the length is 1, not 0 even though it starts at 0

[fading vigil]

I know, I know. I got the point. Still a7=3520hz=3520frames in aaaa.gif

[ashen glade]

a7 could also refer to a chord

[steep sphinx]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1ryux1m/comprehensive_investigation_report_alfa_acta/

i hope it can help a bit

[topaz ruin]

i took a couple hour break, did we have any breakthroughs?

[steep sphinx]

its realy "music turned" (Stay tuned, midi file header, chord...)

[violet blade]

I'm too dumb for this lol

[steep sphinx]

i need the reaper file who are wrote in meta data (thank to the redditor)

[dusty ivy]

lines 5 and 6
#egg-hunt-onboarding message

[steep sphinx]

thx

[past karma]

Screams "this was made and processed entirely with an AI-driven automation" for me, but in any case thanks for trying something new I guess

[gleaming robin]

https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level3
You didn't find the password for this page?

[steep sphinx]

well i put my note in cause i'm so unorganised you have no idea

[sullen lynx]

"facebook"

[gleaming robin]

"this is standard XML notation for extending the current XML namespace (in this case XHTML) with another one (in this case FBML)"

The main page of the site was updated yesterday, we are waiting for today's update, I think they will throw something in

<loc>https://www.alfaacta.net/home</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
<lastmod>2026-03-19</lastmod>

https://www.alfaacta.net/sitemap.xml

Unfortunately, I can't hack the developers' computers, so I'll never know all the URLs associated with the site.

[fading vigil]

Oh, come on guys.
Plume said and Rules of EE hunt says that we don’t need to search this deep. Everything is reachable without breaking the source code, page analysis and other.

[gleaming robin]

Ok

[velvet narwhal]

the password is sliescetaceaasconce (that page is unrelated to the alfa acta page)

[steep sphinx]

as the acces to the webpage is approved remotely by a server from squarespace it seems not in the plan

[azure sinew]

no its not

[gritty wind]

yes it is

[velvet narwhal]

you probably accidentally copy pasted it with a whitespace.
it's the right password

[neon cobalt]

What do the numbers mean when it says mw.area 1

[fading vigil]

We don’t know much about it, unfortunately.

Rob left us there, and since then we hadn’t any approves of the right ideas.

[shell barn]

theres a lot of data in there like wow

[grave lodge]

does anyone have a raw midi file for the notes we have

i wanna try the conversion to text

[shell barn]

theres also this

    creatorAtom:fullPath="M:\Other\Video\Projects\Discovery\Season 10\S10_endcards\AE\S10_EndCard_fullscreen_REDACTED.aep"/>

[shadow wyvern]

i can make one rq. what are the notes again?

[slender hatch]

G3 D4 A4 E5 i think

[grave lodge]

i made one and did it found an online sequencer it was nothing sadly

[neon cobalt]

1. 46.69812 55.09871
2. 81.75162 37.16174
3. 72.58514 64.02630
4. 27.86234 12.98314
5. 15.70363 23.22150
   I wrote down the numbers from the area website Im betting you already have them but i didn't see them written down

[ashen glade]

someone also got A7 from the gif

[fading vigil]

Thick the TFEE Miro board for known clues from big whoop

[polar gazelle]

I need help. This O at the bottom of the Alfa Acta page is blinking and it could be Morse code but I don’t know how to read Morse code. Could be the password we need

[grave lodge]

check pins

[fading vigil]

#1332758896594387066 message

[cunning hemlock]

Wonder if the Port 4417 is important here

[dense smelt]

link?

[polar gazelle]

https://www.alfaacta.net/

[dense smelt]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6983366e988ac20aefdd0dc2/e34f523a-a0e5-4932-b3ee-808e2dac8d3e/aaaa.gif
Heres the raw gif

[dense smelt]

I see

[earnest copper]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6983366e988ac20aefdd0dc2/e34f523a-a0e5-4932-b3ee-808e2dac8d3e/aaaa.gif

[dense smelt]

https://packaged-media.redd.it/1tl42x2jhwzf1/pb/m2-res_720p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&var=sgpssan&v=1&e=1774033200&s=391cc508784c2e60f4a765dcbc3f91de41e49774
could the "High Stakes Waltz" emote have anything to do with it?

I suck at easter eggs and music so i dont even know if this would be worth asking

[hardy urchin]

whats the word guys how the project coming along guy in the group project who doesnt do any of the work

[polar gazelle]

So did we find out the password or no?

[grave lodge]

not yet

still working on it

[dense smelt]

how come "Midieval" is spelled wrong?

[ashen glade]

hoping for a big hint today

[azure sinew]

its Swedish way to write it

[dense smelt]

Thats what I figured

[frozen oxide]

Its background code doesn’t have to be spelled right

[frozen oxide]

English it’s Medieval

[hardy urchin]

in japanese its MEDUIBURO

[cunning hemlock]

do we have the audio pinned somewhere with the violin tuning notes?

[ashen glade]

.

[solid jay]

The path for the password page is called /stay-tuned So we need some sort of tuning device maybe?

[cunning hemlock]

what if we need those four notes we already tried playing but it needs a fifth last note and thats the password? 😅

the high note, at the end

Like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-bwqYv9bk&list=OLAK5uy_lDRXPyOiBy2jI1UUkvHnmfi-OTYwoI1Bk
when the trumpets start, there is 5 notes chords/notes there, and i wanted to compare it to the first four we already have

trumpets start at 00:03 i think

[polar gazelle]

So what notes do we have so far

[solid jay]

I am not musically inclined so this may not make sense but this seemed interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation

[cunning hemlock]

omg the flashing O

[polar gazelle]

It’s a whole note

[solid jay]

Yeah I know that much lmao

[quasi veldt]

there are 3 lines under the whole note in the high notes logo, maybe that could be used?

[solid jay]

I played the recorder in 1st grade 😛

[ashen glade]

I doubt the password would be just the notes glued together though

[solid jay]

Even if it isn't it leads us somewhere else potentially.

[ashen glade]

that would be a high C I think?

[ashen glade]

trueeee, I'm thinking ahead too much

[quasi veldt]

Cannot help you there because I am completely unfamiliar with sheet music

[cunning hemlock]

And regarding the 7>EL, this is just a random throw-it-at-the-wall thought, but I went to the CNS subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/cns/new/) just in case and there the > was usually used to link to somewhere, a google drive or so.

No idea if the track xX_TF_CNS_TheArcade_24bit_Xx.wav has to do with anything currently being solved for the password or notes or anything.