easter-eggs

[silk merlin]

focus on the violin

wait holy insane idea

Resona7 is an ultrasound technology

[ashen glade]

any ideas what we should have our eyes on?

[silk merlin]

i bet we have to do something with the video (idk some sort of filter) to see what we need to see?

[silk merlin]

the violin, something about a cross bow (idk lmao), and we have Resona7 and "ballistic arc" to work with

WAIT I THINK I KNOW DUDE

ballistic arc is literally just a parabola shaped arc

just find an arc shape (increasing and decreasing crescendo) in the music and boom

we look in that area

am i crazy?

[maiden matrix]

Arc is just a fancy word for a incomplete Sin wave

[silk merlin]

true as well

[slender hatch]

wait where is the "broadway" clue from? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical) "The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running show in Broadway history"

[silk merlin]

i refuse to go back to sin functions 😭

if the password is a sin equation i will never return here

[ashen glade]

that would translate into frequencies

[silk merlin]

holy brain moment thats true

wait what is the type of thing where you run audio through and can see it (stetho something or other)

spectrogram

[grave lodge]

Oscilloscope?

Oh yes spectrogram

[ashen glade]

the problem is that we have two tracks at the same time

I'm so scared that this video is just a crazy coincidence 😭

[silk merlin]

got one

[silk merlin]

well hey its the best we have so im runnin with it 😂 we need plume

[ashen glade]

why do we always have the best ideas when Plume's away

[grave lodge]

@harsh violet we are once again begging and pleading for a feather

[silk merlin]

for this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD06poA2uiM

might be asleep, its late in EU

[maiden matrix]

Where is the Kratos meme?

[fading vigil]

Try not ping Embarkers if they are not active in chat rn. She can sleep, for example

[grave lodge]

Oh that’s so true ! My bad !

[silk merlin]

we need to use vectorscope and Virtual Oscilloscope

[ashen glade]

any idea what's on the pianist's necklace in the video?

[winged geyser]

do we know if anyone dug into the wave inside of the first video? like the graph underneath the squares thing

[silk merlin]

hmmmm..... another coincidence? i think not!

[azure sinew]

what a purpose of it? waht you looking for?

[silk merlin]

it sits at 440hz

[azure sinew]

what?

[ashen glade]

hmmm

[bronze wolf]

if we are indeed looking at wave functions, i'm curious if it has any relation to the Harmonic Series and the concept of overtones

[silk merlin]

but embark cant like dictate or edit stuff like that lol so idk 😭 im just yappin

my issue with all these graphs and diagrams is the fact that embark cant hide a message in it yk

[ashen glade]

true but the clue might be based off of it

[bronze wolf]

I find it very interesting that the violin is a big centrepiece, and stringed instruments naturally play tones that are much more complicated that just A=440

[silk merlin]

true

[azure sinew]

embark will not hide massege in video they never uploated 14 years ago

[silk merlin]

clearly you are new here 💔

embark will do whatever is necessary xd

[azure sinew]

Ana , you ever did anything for any EE ever?

[silk merlin]

huh

[azure sinew]

or you just got bored?

[silk merlin]

i have lol

[azure sinew]

show me pls

[silk merlin]

im so confused

ur asking for proof that i help in easter eggs?

why so hostile 😂

[azure sinew]

anything to understand

cause i dont see no sense, and you cant explain your idea

[gaunt kiln]

Don't come into the toy box and complain when you see people playing, lol. There's a method to the madness and all parts of it have their place.

[azure sinew]

no, i mean

i wanna help, but there is nothing, actualy nothing

[silk merlin]

and you have a problem with that?

we know we are looking for A440, ascii translated to the standard tuning of a violin, the video is 4:40 long, and im messing around to see if theres something in the spectrogram

i am so so so sorry my idea hurt your feelings 🙁

[azure sinew]

what bring you to this author, and this video?

[ashen glade]

scrolling up wouldn't hurt, unlike what you say

[gaunt kiln]

Just because you don't understand how we got here, doesn't mean it's nothing. Try goin' back and reading the posts. It'll help.

[grave lodge]

You’re being so hostile for no reason dude. Chill.

[silk merlin]

anyays im not mad at all i prefer we move on and get back to trying to justify why this video makes sense 😭

[bronze wolf]

gonna toss this in here in case it's in the right direction

Mersenne's Laws
the laws that govern the construction and operation of string instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne's_laws

[azure sinew]

i didnt mean to disturb you, just wanna see the way that you pass to get to this, so i can also analize and bring my minds

[silk merlin]

and thats fine, im glad ur here to help

but you did start off as "oh yeah, you think you know so much? prove it, cause this idea seems stupid" 💔

[gaunt kiln]

I do find it fun how a lot of these online easter eggs tend to find their way back to music somehow.

[silk merlin]

embark and their music

[azure sinew]

bra, miss understand, my english is like potato lvl

[ashen glade]

anyways, I'm now reading the wiki page about weber pianos since it's used in the video, nothing interesting so far

[silk merlin]

sorry! didnt know. we are currently thinking that its this video because it includes a violin from a regionally accurate area, its in 440hz, the video is 4:40 long, etc etc

[ashen glade]

except for "Unfortunately for Weber, the only thing in his pockets was a bean shooter, so he spent the night in jail as he failed to produce the necessary $5." but that's stupid

[bronze wolf]

music has a wild amount of math under the hood, so I'm not surprised a bunch of game devs love at as a tool. and who doesn't love a good ear worm in their life

[azure sinew]

i have problems with explanation, cause my word base is low, like realy low

[silk merlin]

all good, sorry i didnt realize

[bronze wolf]

hugs around

[fading vigil]

Good tip for y’all: try to theorycraft and investigate before posting and flooding everything here. Basically, old hunters got used to use this chat not for theory crafting itself, rather for showing already “poi” of some possible connections.
Since we use this chat as main, and don’t have separate thread for this EE, everybody asks same questions because answers flew far away.
For debates around EEs or not, we have off topic thread.
Fell free to join and let’s try keep this chat cleaner.
Also, it would be much easier for Plume search our correct answers to feather.
(If I was her, I’d drop this chat in muted and forget about it:) )

[quasi veldt]

though I feel like having a thread for it would slightly reduce the off topic flood

[eternal violet]

to not flood this chat we should make a thread and call it "W.P.N. X Program" or something 🤔

[quasi veldt]

That part of the hunt is pretty much done, so that thread stays clean for archival purposes

[ashen glade]

Since we are currently stuck at analyzing the video, I went through all the medley pieces' lyrics, but didn't find anything yet, although I'd love if someone could also give it a try. It might contain the password itself or a massive hint

https://genius.com/Sarah-brightman-and-michael-crawford-the-phantom-of-the-opera-lyrics
https://genius.com/Sarah-brightman-and-steve-barton-actor-all-i-ask-of-you-lyrics
https://genius.com/Michael-crawford-sarah-brightman-rosemary-ashe-david-firth-john-savident-steve-barton-actor-mary-millar-and-janet-devenish-the-point-of-no-return-lyrics
https://genius.com/Andrew-lloyd-webber-and-cast-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera-motion-picture-masquerade-why-so-silent-lyrics

[kind wasp]

Sorry i couldnt keep up can someone quickly summarize what we know right now?

[silk merlin]

typing it up now!

[fading vigil]

All we know is that you should check pinned messages first

[kind wasp]

Where can I find These on mobile?

[ashen glade]

we'll need a new pin soon, we found something new that most of us think is a huge milestone

[winged geyser]

little magnifying glass i believe

[kind wasp]

Oh thanks. mb its so hidden

[winged geyser]

yeah its kinda weird

[silk merlin]

Hello Everyone! As you can probably figure out by the multitude of messages (prepare that scroll wheel!), lots of theories have been crafted and back-and-forths have been had! Here is a summary of everything important that you probably haven't seen yet, plus an important message at the end!

The password has something to do with music, specifically violin. Even words like "arc" in "ballisticarc" (a previous keyword) refer to half of a sin-wave, a musical frequency

IT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED THAT the Alfa Acta video posted today is barely relevent to the password

We have found a video that is in a440 (standard violin tuning), it contains a violin, AND the video happens to be 4:40 seconds long, could it be a coincidence? sure! could it be incredibly important? sure! Only time will tell. Here is that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD06poA2uiM look for anything related to violin, or if someone can pour through the sheet music for any interesting patterns that would be great too!

Resona7 just so happens to be an ultrasound machine; hmmm, another thing related to sound! Perhaps we have use that somehow? Who knows!

Lastly, this has proven to a rather complicated EE, simply because some of the words we have received that have been deemed "milestones" are kinda vague! (ballisticarc, xbow, Ph4ntom, Resona7). A ballistic arc could be so many things 😅 Because of that, we are moving 100% of our random speculations to #🥚┇off-topic, and I will personally return here with important updates! PLEASE keep this channel clean so we can get everyone up to speed (and give Plume a break 😅 )

important materials:
Failed passwords: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wxnKol7T_l1AQTsW8dElHIWZPi_2aFHfJkSgIHCCVBo/edit?usp=sharing
Password Website: https://www.alfaacta.net/stay-tuned
Music... stuff? https://inspiredacoustics.com/en/MIDI_note_numbers_and_center_frequencies

Check pinned messages as well! Lots of great and detailed info there.
See you in #🥚┇off-topic !

[fading vigil]

Press on the name of the thread - pinned

[crisp eagle]

why not keep EE talks in the EE channel?

[silk merlin]

we are, it just gets MEGA crowded with thousands of tiny speculations, it ends up being 500+ messages for plume to read through in one night 😭

[crisp eagle]

I thought Plume told us to move it all here

[fading vigil]

Because it’s easier for the newcomers to be in a convo than a thread. But when everyone posts aaaa.gif and asks “what is the password?” Every 15 minutes..

[ashen glade]

could we please get a thread at least?

for theories and stuff, so we can return to the main channel with solid clues

[crisp eagle]

shoot I'm not against doing it all in https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1471198829117309135

[fading vigil]

For what? We have threads for separate themes/EEs and/or massive parts (like wpn-x was)

[ashen glade]

for this entire stay tuned thing

[fading vigil]

It won’t fix problem with users without thread perms

[ashen glade]

oh, I didn't know that's a thing, my bad

[fading vigil]

I’m not bothered when something big found and conversation is going, but just throwing a ton of ideas just hoping that plume will feather.. we are not solving, we bruteforcing Plume as monkeys

[tame thunder]

oml guys

[fading vigil]

Maybe, we can ask Embarkers for a small reorganization, like: Leave this channel for theorycrafting, and add one for solid things to discuss, but then we will lose all the history..

[sharp flame]

what's up? why are people talking meta now?

[tame thunder]

idk ppl have been being weird and bitchy all day

literally havent said much bc of it

[sharp flame]

yeah I can see a bit of tension, but I hope it's nothing serious!
people flood in with theories all the time, this is a "general channel" for EE!

By shutting people out, all we're doing is shrinking the EE community back into what it once was.. and I don't want that

if we need clearer channels to communicate and theorycraft, I think threads ARE a great place to do it. WPN-X is retired, but we can absolutely make new ones to have clearer discussions

[tame thunder]

this

[fading vigil]

Yes, but this channel is not for just throwing everything by everyone. And spamming daily about “are we done yet?”

[sharp flame]

I'd actually disagree with you there.. this is probably the only place they can do it!

[tame thunder]

people are excited? why be upset about it? people want to help

[sharp flame]

I'd say most EE hunters that exist today started by "noticing" things and posting about them in this very channel. "spam", you might call it now, but they cared!

Let's start discussion threads for this EE. That way, everyone gets what they want, new people interested in EE can throw their theories in here, and for deeper discussions with veteran hunters, we can have our own channels!

The thread doesn't even have to be for anything specific, except a less spammy channel to discuss the current hunt in!

[fading vigil]

aaaa.gif was sent here more times that people in channel tho) and literally every 10 messages, someone asks “do we solved that password?” Not even bothering to read a bit and see that we are in progress

[low escarp]

A discussion thread for each theory maybe?

To help separate the different ideas.

[maiden matrix]

alfaacta.net

[crisp eagle]

I'd suggest just everyone try to keep it clean and on topic. I know it's frustrating seeing the same questions from newly interested people, but trust me, that's just part of it. Be patient and just do your part to not post a bunch. Plume knows how to navigate the channel

[sharp flame]

Absolutely. But right now, #easter-eggs is the landing pad. We can't change that. People will always click on this channel first! Obviously we can try and make the #egg-hunt-onboarding channel clearer, but that won't stop people because who actually reads the rules of every channel in the server? In fact, most people probably have no clue there are specific EE rules they must follow. I hope I'm making myself clear.

[fading vigil]

Yeah, I’m stretching my patience to the moment, when people who just asking about pass will notice that it isn’t a five minute solve and forget about the channel.
Who want to hunt will stay.

[fading vigil]

I read. And I read all threads that was mentioned in the chat while I haven’t got perms to join them. Because you can’t jump in a middle and be useful for hint, when you are totally out of context.

Man, when I was unemployed for a 5 months, I read this thread from the very beginning!) like a good book)

[sharp flame]

It's a management issue - I think it was a lot better for a few reasons a few months ago, but also a lot worse. We were quiet in this channel because we were so niche, and there was only a handful of dedicated hunters.

I've been talking to some of the mod team about it, I think we can find some solutions/fixes in the long term. Thanks for creating that thread btw! @maiden matrix

[fading vigil]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing to keep silence and make this chat sort of “latest updates”, but make it a waterfall of similar messages and any viable theory will be buried unnoticed

[sharp flame]

totally get it! we can discuss in off topic further if you want

[fading vigil]

Also, this thread was dead, cause nothing new happened and L3 is stuck

[left crown]

In all my attempts to solve these Easter eggs, I've had nothing but nothing. Literally everything by everyone who has tryed to crack syshorizen secret room, or the pr roses, or even lvl 3 in general aint been nothin but nothin

[sharp flame]

at least 99% of hunters can relate to that..!

[fading vigil]

Man, my first “approved” find happened in Wpn-x, and I’m in the ee chat for a 1,5 year!

[left crown]

Yeah we kinda stuck as hell...

[fading vigil]

Literally, 99% messages are in this chat or threads

[slow chasm]

the most i figured out on my own is that if you look really closely at the end of the mace video you can see that season 10 releases on march 26th

[bronze wolf]

i hate that this made me laugh so much, kudos

[slow chasm]

(getting discouraged over not having a revelation yet wont yield positive results)

[bronze wolf]

^ good overall life advice tbh

[maiden matrix]

You put the definition of juxtaposition in two messages.

[sharp flame]

Any veteran EE hunters want to be involved in solving the alfaacta.net password?

Happy to catch anyone up on the current clues we have

[hard forge]

and the novices too!

[sharp flame]

TRUE

this channel is for all-talk

[bronze wolf]

this trailer and new pwd made me dust off my dancing shoes to get back in the fray (and finally join the club too lol)

[hard forge]

oh I get it

[sharp flame]

the EE club, not to be confused with the ingame club

[bronze wolf]

but boy oh boy do i feel outta the loop lately

[sonic rock]

Tbf... It's a really loose loop

[sharp flame]

not many clues have been found past the alfaacta website, so you're in the same loop as us all lmao

[bronze wolf]

sometimes i'm not sure if there even IS a loop lol

assuming L3 is still dead in the water eh

[sharp flame]

for several reasons, yeah!

but not dead forever!

[odd sequoia]

I’m just going to throw my 2 cents in here since I basically never talk here. Honestly, I’m happy to see all the new faces personally.

Sure, things may get messy, it may get repetitive.. but what can we really expect when hundreds if not thousands (hopefully one day) of people get interested in the Easter Eggs? Discord unfortunately just isn’t formatted for this type of thing. Even with threads, there’s like… 5 active people in the Roses thread, my theory is buried and will never be seen unless I reshare it.

I guess my point, is we should be gentle welcoming in new people and try to get them up to speed without getting frustrated because we never know who will be the one to solve the next big thing. I know I personally took a step back after encountering some not so great people if I’m being totally honest. We should do our best for the new people 💜

[tame thunder]

this and its so easy to guide someone to pinned

[odd sequoia]

Idk what qualifies someone as a veteran, but I’d like to get more involved again.

[bronze wolf]

yaaaaaaaa, that was part of what made me wanna come back and check on what was up considering things
EXTREMELY happy it's still kicking, and Plume seems like a good egg (great even?)

[odd sequoia]

Agreed, while I understand there is an onboarding channel and it can be a bit frustrating to have to guide people over and over and over, we were all new once. That’s not even taking into account anyone’s background.

[sharp flame]

yep. I suppose I am indifferent because of how much free time I have, but I do see how it's tough to catch up on current progress when 700+ messages have been sent in this channel in the last 5 hours

which is why I want to have a better EE "news" channel so people can see the latest progress a lot easier

[tame thunder]

idk i just read pinned and im good to keep going

[bronze wolf]

also, it took me an embarassingly long time to remember where to find all the links as I forgot about the onboarding channel (as a returnee)

[tame thunder]

EE news is cute

[sharp flame]

hell yeah, BUT I agree, I think pinned is the best way to do it for now

no need for a new channel unless it genuinely becomes super hard to follow

[vagrant mauve]

#1336838311305810130 should just be like in EE onboarding

[sharp flame]

for sure. EE onboarding needs a refresh esp. since the old mod is no longer with us!

[hard forge]

it is

[bronze wolf]

i've been trying to find something akin to this for awhile now, so thank you

[vagrant mauve]

yeah but like it needs to be front and center

The Directory is the single most important ee thread imo

basically the gateway to understanding anything and everything

[hard forge]

it's the 4th thread from the top in onboarding

[sharp flame]

bruh all of the threads are listed within the first post in that channel

[vagrant mauve]

you overestimate ppls willingness to read

[sharp flame]

so you're saying swap the intro paragraph to be under the thread directory in that channel?

[harsh violet]

2 of them give you the idea, and 2 of them give you the key...

[silk merlin]

@ashen glade WE KNEW IT! (you knew it)

[sharp flame]

📌 @hard forge ?

[vagrant mauve]

Yeah, prolly should just list out like the essential "rules" (like check pins) and link to important threads like The Directory. Do all the describing about what the EE actually is below there or even in like a seperate channel

[sharp flame]

ballisticarc, xbow, Ph4ntom, Resona7
the "key" could mean cipher
replace A = 4, and T = 7 ?

or the other way round, "phantom" and "resonat" are the idea, and ballisticarc+xbow is the key?

[spiral tundra]

Or are we talking about the 4 strings on the violin?

[hard forge]

a = 4 because?

[sharp flame]

taking ph4ntom and resona7 as the "key" (cipher)

[silk merlin]

OOOH

[ashen glade]

no way 😭

[hard forge]

i am blind XD

[crisp eagle]

key could be a musical key

[silk merlin]

TRUEE

[spiral tundra]

Oh my gosh yes

[sharp flame]

I like that a lot!

[vagrant mauve]

good thinking

maybe 2 clues point to a song or tune and then the other 2 point to a music key

[spiral tundra]

"idea" is maybe another word for "motif".

[crisp eagle]

standard tuning of a violin would be in the key of C or relative minor Am

[ashen glade]

thank you for blessing us in the middle of the night

[silk merlin]

kushi lets lock in

[ashen glade]

oh you bet I'm not going to sleep until we move forward

[silk merlin]

w ill be here in a sec finishing a game of point break xd

[sharp flame]

it's worth mentioning how a violin actually works, it acts as an echoing wooden chamber
"that resonates"

[grave lodge]

Resona…

[spiral tundra]

A440 is significant, that's a tuning frequency the notes are anchored around. And we are given 4 notes translated from MIDI decimal, but the notes can sound different depending on the instrument. If we, say, transpose the notes and re-encode them back into MIDI decimal, could we find a legitimate word?

[bronze wolf]

a violin typically is in the soprano range, and we have a direct clue to the phantom of the opera
curious if investigating sopranoes/operas as whole would be worthwhile

trying toi make sense of that YT video besides the time of the video

coulda grabbed any video with 4:40

[crisp eagle]

the highest note a violin can play is A7
resona7

[silk merlin]

u guys are going mad

[spiral tundra]

On a violin, the two strongest peaks of resonance are 440 (on the A string) and 294 (on D string): http://www.hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Music/viores.html

[tame thunder]

time to break out the spreadsheet

[sharp flame]

the note A7 is 3520hz btw

[spiral tundra]

https://muted.io/note-frequencies/

^ spreadsheet

[crisp eagle]

haha sorry the fish hook is an old habit

[harsh violet]

resona7 still remains mostly unsolved..

[tame thunder]

its on there now, ty

[sharp flame]

so not a7, and not a violin resonating sound

[spiral tundra]

resona7 -> do re me fa so la ti do

[harsh violet]

What..?!

[sharp flame]

that's what we said like 10 messages ago

[tame thunder]

im now so confused

[sharp flame]

so it's clearly not that haha

[harsh violet]

It's not A7, no...

[sharp flame]

👀

[silk merlin]

Plume can i ask a vague question?

on a scale of sad nama tama to happy nama tama, how important is that video we found of the opera

[sharp flame]

violin violin violin I think it is surely

[tame thunder]

did they ever say if they can see the attempted passwords? lolol

[silk merlin]

hmmm

[sharp flame]

plume said it's not A7 at all, but didn't mention the violin...

[silk merlin]

lol 😭 someone typed "aaaa" 440 times

[silk merlin]

we are pretty deadset on violin

wait what was the password for the WPN again? i feel like the username and password might pair well together

[tame thunder]

so violin related, worded like Ph4ntom, Resona7

[sharp flame]

but I'm surprised resona7 is still "unsolved"
apart from the violin

for resona7, is it because the 7th letter is 7?

[crisp eagle]

how important is it to fully solve before moving forward? We did pretty good skipping some last puzzle haha

[sharp flame]

or is it because the letter T = 7?

I wonder if it's both...

[ashen glade]

we already got two big hints, let's not test the gods

[silk merlin]

this is true

ok so what can we cut out and what should we focus on?

[sharp flame]

we only know that A7 is not in the picture, resona7 has a different meaning

in the not-legally-lore .txt they call it "r7", maybe we need that

[silk merlin]

resona and sonata go together as well

[sharp flame]

re sonat(a)
I see it

[fading vigil]

Actually, we have this:

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1332758896594387066

[crisp eagle]

all we ever got with resona7 was that resonat is Latin for "sound" or "echo." Plume said that was part of it but there was a more true meaning of it. We never got any closer

[silk merlin]

wait lets pause for a sec

its obvious that the 4 in Ph4ntom is an A

is there a silly chance that the 7 is just like a t 😭 or some other letter

[crisp eagle]

7 = G

[sharp flame]

interesting, I went and found the old messages. this was after we made the latin "resonat" connection, where 7=T

we've missed a bigger meaning.

we need to find a WHOLE other meaning

[silk merlin]

good eye

[crisp eagle]

haha I just said that

[fading vigil]

Sonata in G7?

[sharp flame]

@crisp eagle I thought your find might have been right 😭

[silk merlin]

WAIIITTTTTT I CALLED THIS TOO

[sharp flame]

yeah, it inspired me to find the actual messages cause I don't remember reading that

[silk merlin]

thats it for SURE

[sonic rock]

Clearly this means we're getting a Mind Ray next season, GG

[crisp eagle]

haha I was so confident in that find, but she never hit me with that holy feather

[silk merlin]

THE GOAT IS TYPING?

[harsh violet]

Which means..?

[tame thunder]

holds breath

[silk merlin]

resonag?

[sonic rock]

Resonag

[spiral tundra]

G is 7th note in the sequence...

[tame thunder]

resonag

[silk merlin]

lol 😭 i feel like its so obvious but we are missing it

[spiral tundra]

Based on concert C

[sonic rock]

i dont think it's resonag guys

[left crown]

resonag

[sharp flame]

RESONAG

[tame thunder]

same we're seconds away i feel

[crisp eagle]

resonag of course!

[sharp flame]

https://giphy.com/gifs/telepathy-mind-reader-telepathic-fl0B5TLMTYLPvNervP

[crisp eagle]

we have our A and G so far in the tuning

[sonic rock]

resonag

[sharp flame]

https://resonag.tech/

[left crown]

Yass resonag

[silk merlin]

lol found this too 😂 i fear its a dead end

[tame thunder]

resonAg™ – We are a deep tech company making complex ...

resonAg
https://resonag.tech
resonAg is an Australian agritech company developing advanced soil sensing systems for precision agriculture. We specialise in adapting proven technologies ...

[tame thunder]

omg same wave length

[spiral tundra]

G is open string, fundamental, a note violins naturally resonate at. G3.

[silk merlin]

i think this is closer to the answer!

[fading vigil]

No agres?)

[crisp eagle]

yea I found this last month actually and thought it was a dead end as well haha

[sharp flame]

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

[spiral tundra]

OH. Ag. SILVER

[sonic rock]

Trentila ahh company

[silk merlin]

THAT WAS A JOKE FEATHER FROM ME

[tame thunder]

also thought this hahaha

[fading vigil]

No gears?

[harsh violet]

Yes

[silk merlin]

jorgs is COOKING

[sharp flame]

plume are you too tired of giving feathers 😭

[spiral tundra]

hell yea

[fading vigil]

Sonata in Re G3

[ashen glade]

we stressed Plume out so much she is now bald

[harsh violet]

You need to fly on your own now!

[sharp flame]

https://giphy.com/gifs/staring-elmo-im-done-TGUIq0O5s4XJSnefJ3

[tame thunder]

[silk merlin]

https://musescore.com/krisc456/sonata-in-g3-arrangement

[spiral tundra]

G3 resonance is 196 Hz

[crisp eagle]

https://tenor.com/view/hang-first-time-smiles-gif-14991372

[fading vigil]

Like nuke from video

[tame thunder]

side note, pretty song

[harsh violet]

I see what you did there

[sharp flame]

G3

resonaG3

resona73

resonate

[silk merlin]

strong guess incoming

we have to find the chord/key for each decibel?

but they did say todays video wont give us the answer?

[harsh violet]

I mean, I hear what you did there haha

[crisp eagle]

ok so Jorgs hit a nail with open G, but it wasn't worth a feather. So it's the right direction. We just need to crack this egg

[silk merlin]

like G3 is part of the password

[tame thunder]

added them to excel sheet

[sharp flame]

oh I didn't try them 😭 that was me thinking out loud

[tame thunder]

cant hurt atp

[sonic rock]

omw to try resonag and get it first try

[ashen glade]

we still have ballisticarc and xbow...

[sonic rock]

dangit

[harsh violet]

You just don't need feathers anymore!

[tame thunder]

guys lock in we're so close

[fading vigil]

But you won’t leave us if we stuck?

[silk merlin]

so does that mean we're close? or so far feathers wont help us 😂

[crisp eagle]

Trust me I do. It's an addiction now

[sharp flame]

we have everything we need. no further solves. just the password now. Rob's had to do the same for us haha

[silk merlin]

O feather of life, O feather of truth, drift softly down from the wise hands of Plume

[sharp flame]

https://www.alfaacta.net/stay-tuned
One of you has to get it.

[silk merlin]

locking in

[tame thunder]

resona, Ag, ballisticarc, xbow,

[fading vigil]

(The whole world is Plume’s feathers, when you are a bald eagle)

[sharp flame]

our alfaacta.net clues have focused on Violin tuning.

we have clues about A4, and now.. G3?

[fading vigil]

Silver arrow

[silk merlin]

thats what I think! i think the password will be like

"G3A4XXXX"

[tame thunder]

do we know if its 4 notes?

[sharp flame]

we've been given 4 notes as a clue

[tame thunder]

we recently had tried g3d4a4e5

[sharp flame]

G3, D4, A4, E5, but using the cipher, it could be 73, 44, 14, 55

[silk merlin]

i feel like its this in a specific order

or in a different cipher like fish just mentioned

[crisp eagle]

ph4ntom = A4
resona7 = G3
? = D4
? = E5

that leaves xbow and ballisticarc matching those maybe?

[silk merlin]

wait huge

[tame thunder]

YEA

[sharp flame]

I don't think it's that literal

Plume said 2 will give us the key, but 2 will give us the idea.

[silk merlin]

yup exactly

[sonic rock]

Well D IS 4 and E IS 5 in a1z26

[silk merlin]

which i think means how the "7" gave us the idea to get to G3

[crisp eagle]

so those "notes" are the "key"

[silk merlin]

so i dont think the password will actually contain the G3, but rather where it came from? idk

[sharp flame]

that means it's not like they are 4 equal parts of the puzzle.
so we won't need a "xbow" --> musical note

[crisp eagle]

ok so ballisticarc and xbow are our idea

[spiral tundra]

Ah, so 4th note in sequence is D.

[fading vigil]

X is ten

[sharp flame]

still unsure about ballistic arc, but xbow -> bowstring is good

[silk merlin]

we just need to turn that into notes/keys/frequencies

xbow is also short for "crossbow"

[spiral tundra]

4th note is D, which is another violin open string, D4.

[crisp eagle]

bows shoot arrown in an arc

[silk merlin]

wait like "across the bow of a violin"

[sharp flame]

G3D4A4E5 are the notes we have so far

[fading vigil]

So x can be 5?

[silk merlin]

a ballistic arc specifically is a parabola shaped arc

[crisp eagle]

bow strings arc

[silk merlin]

wait fax

[sonic rock]

Arrows literally fly in a ballistic arc when shot

[spiral tundra]

Bow strings arc over the "bridge"

[crisp eagle]

alright we got our brains moving. let's do this

[silk merlin]

here

[tame thunder]

ive been updating excel

[sonic rock]

We're so close I can taste it

[fading vigil]

Musical bow!! Get it now!

[silk merlin]

wait crazy idea

u see the "f" carvings on the side?

[sharp flame]

I wonder if "fly" is a clue

[silk merlin]

possibly

[tame thunder]

another F

[sonic rock]

i am not mature enough to handle the phrase "f-hole"

[sharp flame]

we were pretty quick to make it "4 milestones", but what if it's 3?

resona7 / ballisticarc are the same one

[fading vigil]

Why everything big happens at 4am at my place?

[tame thunder]

omg yea

[spiral tundra]

See, if we are following the same method of how resona7 became G / G3 (7th note up from A), then ph4ntom would be D / D4. Thus, A4 and E5 are unclaimed, and would be 1 and 5, respectively.

[sharp flame]

resona7, ph4ntom, xbow

the first 2 are the "key", the xbow is the idea

xbow points to violin, but the others are the "key"

[silk merlin]

so what who the idea of xbow be manifest

[crisp eagle]

in the initial puzzle though A4 was our clue to finding ph4ntom

[silk merlin]

i think its literally "across the bow"

[ashen glade]

Plume said there are 4 things though, 2 for the keys and 2 for the ideas

[spiral tundra]

resona7 had two meanings though, right?

[sharp flame]

this is after we made it 4

[tame thunder]

i think the / was very telling

[sharp flame]

yepp

[crisp eagle]

yea good point

[silk merlin]

another good resource to have in front of us

[spiral tundra]

I'm just imagining Plume watching this and giggling

[bronze wolf]

enter music nerd again
A7 can be a chord, whch is a dominant 7th chord built on A mixolydian
which is the key of Dmajor

[silk merlin]

wait im STUPID the bow is what you play the violin with 🤦‍♂️

[harsh violet]

Accurate

[bronze wolf]

if we were to believe a particular musical key has any relevance, that seems connected

[spiral tundra]

Heck yes, great observation

[sonic rock]

happy to be of amusement to you 🤣

[bronze wolf]

A C# E G
being the notes of an A7

[ashen glade]

wait but we ruled out A7

[harsh violet]

Likewise!

[silk merlin]

ok so for "xbow" is it not the idea/act of playing the instrument? like the bow "crossing" the strings?

[sharp flame]

good point!

[spiral tundra]

C# is the only note not represented as an open string. But "A7" might be a red herring here anyway.

[sharp flame]

A7 was alr deconfirmed

[bronze wolf]

sad music nerd noises

[spiral tundra]

Terms tend to be "down" and "up-bow"

[sonic rock]

up and down, like some kind of arc

[fading vigil]

Band- Iron Maiden
Song- Phantom Of The Opera

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Murray dist
electric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dennis Stratton
dist electric'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Harris
bass'

[sharp flame]

we have standard violin tuning, and we've been asked to look at the "key"
we have A4, and now G3

[crisp eagle]

I'm sorry for this, so just ignore it most likely. But I can't make myself not post it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista

[bronze wolf]

i do suspect either the bow or the bridge are connected as the curvature/arc is VERY important to their functions

[sharp flame]

unless G3 wasn't confirmed, just G

[silk merlin]

now THIS is feather worthy 😂

[fading vigil]

Bro, literally mentioned it 12 hours ago

[silk merlin]

i think all four words are literally describing a certain way of playing the violin that creates 4 certain notes. I think if we can find those 4 notes then that is our password

wait...

[crisp eagle]

I work a lot and don't see every message.

[silk merlin]

the arc of the bow does have an impact on the sound... and a ballistic arc is a certain curve amount...

[glass flint]

no idea what you guys are talking about but go you!

[bronze wolf]

the violin specifcally calls alot of the body arches

[sharp flame]

are we ragebaiting plume into giving us more clues

[silk merlin]

so its EITHER a literal physical crossbow that has a certain arc to it

or its ALL violin language

[tame thunder]

great q

[harsh violet]

AAAA

[sharp flame]

😭 I SEE WHAT YOU DID

[bronze wolf]

i suddenly have a new bow skin idea lmao

[sonic rock]

I KNEW IT! Random screaming

[spiral tundra]

Other words for playing a violin...
tremolo, detache, legato, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato (plucking), sautille, arco

[sharp flame]

AAAA = scream into the password box

[crisp eagle]

AAAA is her 123

[silk merlin]

Plume can you symbollicaly guide us towards which it is

[spiral tundra]

So... AAAA battery?

[tame thunder]

at the point where i cant tell if this is more of a clue or just screaming

[silk merlin]

IT MUST MEAN SOMETHING!

[sharp flame]

A4, A=4, etc. ,we've covered

[sonic rock]

Maybe it means A4, have we considered that, that seems new... 💀

[ashen glade]

I think that means we should either rethink A4 or take a look at that gif again

[sharp flame]

A440, A4, was a pretty straightforward clue

[tame thunder]

also literally i just think of the miku "AaaAaaAaaaAa" song

[silk merlin]

i think the A4 is pretty solid, and I think the G3 is pretty good too"

i just cant decide whether to treat the ballistic arc and xbow as something to do with a crossbow and the arc of the arrow

or violin bows

[fading vigil]

Or is it Alfa acta without aaaa?
LF CT

[spiral tundra]

ooooooh

[silk merlin]

like what if it was "the note played when an arrow with a certain arc is fired from a crossbow" 😭 thatd be wild

[tame thunder]

omg

[sharp flame]

except we don't know if G3 was confirmed, only the "G is a note" was confirmed with G3 appearing in the message

[sonic rock]

Good idea, but tried it and no dice

[vagrant mauve]

Plume we already tried A 440 times as a password it didn't work. Maybe check to see if you have it set right?

[sonic rock]

i tried that TWICE

i did it in caps the first time so I had to do it again 😭

[spiral tundra]

Gotta step out, toddler demands my presence. Good luck!

[tame thunder]

going insane with sonata in G playing on repeat hyper analyzing plumes messages

[harsh violet]

Are you SURE you put it exactly 440 times?

[sharp flame]

GUYS ^^^

[fading vigil]

What a bait!

[sonic rock]

i am literally dead

[vagrant mauve]

Time to try it again @sonic rock

[sharp flame]

wondering if it's a simpler thing like 4lf44c74

[dawn forge]

Aaaa wasn’t the gif named that or something?

[sharp flame]

yep!

[tame thunder]

added to sheet

[sharp flame]

A4, 4A, A=4, 4=A, idk

[silk merlin]

ooh but what if the l,f, and c were different as well?

[fading vigil]

Somehow maybe 3520 frames, A7?

[sonic rock]

A7 has been deconfirmed

[dawn forge]

I’ve just stood by and watched this btw I’ve been trying to think of anything of importance but yall way over my head

[sharp flame]

I don't think it's the word alfaacta

in fact, I have no idea what the word is.. that's strange

[silk merlin]

we are so close yet so far, arent we?

[tame thunder]

i feel like ive tried so many variations with xbow

[sonic rock]

If we knew the word, this would be a whole lot easier 🤣

[sharp flame]

it's simpler than what we're thinking. It's not some sponsor name like "ospuze", it has to be derived directly from the clues

[fiery marsh]

Found either o or 0. You can find it at the bottom of the 404 page

srry if I'm late to that lol

[sharp flame]

we have words like "violin", "tuning", "standard"

[tame thunder]

extremely but thank you regardless ❤️

[sharp flame]

but nothing that specifically feels like the one

[sonic rock]

just a little, but we appreciate it regardless

[silk merlin]

if only violin terms werent so vaguely applicable to other areas... like ultrasound machines and agriculture 😭

[tame thunder]

really debating what word spam i should be using

[sharp flame]

st4nd4rd is wrong too

[sonic rock]

I've got it, we need to use an ultrasound on a piece of grass from Embark's property

[sharp flame]

or s74nd4rd for that matter

[ashen glade]

what if xbow means no bow

[silk merlin]

oh....

[sonic rock]

Pizzicato

[silk merlin]

oh boy this just got much harder

[sonic rock]

That's a violin with no bow

[tame thunder]

A FIDDLE

[fiery marsh]

well it aint 2180

:I

[silk merlin]

violin with no bow would be plucking no?

[sharp flame]

😭 what about it

[sonic rock]

Yes, but the term for it is "pizzicato"

[sharp flame]

I've been "fiddle"ing with this password box for hours

[fading vigil]

Does your pizzicato hurts?

[fiery marsh]

fun fact. pizzle is an actual word (:

[ashen glade]

3am pizza would go hard rn

[silk merlin]

amen

[tame thunder]

lemme crack another redbull

(i mean, ospuze)

[sonic rock]

I tried "pizzicato" and "pizzic4to", no luck

[sharp flame]

RECAP:

resona7/ballisticarc, ph4ntom, xbow
+
The milestones. we need to keep them in mind. alfaacta.net has pointed us to violin tuning:

1. the A440 tuning standard

2. the MIDI notes for g3, d4, a4, e5

this is literally all we need to use ^

[tame thunder]

MOMMA PLUME

[harsh violet]

Oh btw, completely unrelated, great job on finding ghost notes, didn't think anyone would find that connection!

[sonic rock]

IS IT UNRELATED THOUGH

[crisp eagle]

please don't. trust me. hahaha

[tame thunder]

pin?

[sonic rock]

I know, just messing 🤣

[harsh violet]

It's a connection in the puzzle, not that much use where you're at now haha

[sharp flame]

@hard forge @unkempt dune @dull marsh 📌 ?

[sharp flame]

NOT OF USE! EVERYONE! IGNORE!

[ashen glade]

thank you I'm fl4ttered

[sharp flame]

the EE hunter corruption.. it's happened before... it's happening again..

[ashen glade]

I feel round and festive

[glass flint]

is that the order of the notes? g3 d4 a4 e5

[sharp flame]

😭 oh my god 🥚

[silk merlin]

yes but unfortunately its not just those notes in a certain order

[sharp flame]

also, no Plume interaction about where we're currently at - we need to just solve it cmon

we already have the A=4 cipher. I bet the password will use it.

[tame thunder]

fish [NAMA], Role icon, CNS — 9:21 PM
RECAP:

resona7/ballisticarc, ph4ntom, xbow
+
The milestones. we need to keep them in mind. alfaacta.net has pointed us to violin tuning:

the A440 tuning standard

the MIDI notes for g3, d4, a4, e5

LOCK IN GUYS WE'RE SO CLOSE

[sharp flame]

should I watermark my messages now 👀

[tame thunder]

yes

[sonic rock]

yes - carl tge pirate

[silk merlin]

"this is a certified fish classic"

[crisp eagle]

I've been chewing on the milestones and all I can think of is
A4 = 14
G3 = 73
1473 Bow
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/549079

[sharp flame]

well you shamelessly pirated my message WITH my username so I don't think that's stopping anyone 😭

hehe

[silk merlin]

so what if the word we get is from ballistic arc and xbow, but the way we write is was found out through resona and ph4ntom (replace A's and T's)

[sharp flame]

is resona7 solved do we think? is the 7=G a good fit?

[silk merlin]

i think so

[sonic rock]

resonag

[ashen glade]

resonag

[dawn forge]

So maybe I’m just crazy but ph4ntom is changing the vowel with a 4 could that be like gamer language kinda thing or am psychotic?

[tame thunder]

all roads lead back to resonag

[sharp flame]

it absolutely is. Rob used leetspeak, replacing letters with similar-looking numbers and vice versa

[fading vigil]

Silverpilen (The Silver Arrow) – a ghost train roaming the Stockhilm metro, see The Silver Train of Stockholm

[silk merlin]

other than the crossbow, do we have any projectile related stuff? bc this seems very important to me

[sharp flame]

we had passwords before like 0vif0rm where letters were replaced with numbers

[fading vigil]

It’s called l33tspeak

[sharp flame]

1337

[sonic rock]

L337SP34K

[dawn forge]

Could the 4 be basically an and the 7 be something else? Could the resona7 be like more than one letter? Like resonance?

Idk spitballing

[tame thunder]

@sharp flame should we be just trying variations now? im adding a ton to excel

(sorry, google sheets)

[silk merlin]

yeah we are pretty decided on that already, A=4 T=7 prolly

[ashen glade]

where did t come from 😭

[dawn forge]

But could the other numbers be vowels?

[silk merlin]

uhh someone said "7=T" and everyone clapped and went with it

7 could also be G

[ashen glade]

wasn't that 7=g

[dawn forge]

Resonag

[glass flint]

maybe xbow is like "solve for x"? so we have to get whatever corresponds to x?

[silk merlin]

true

[tame thunder]

if plume is making me solve for x in 2026 im quitting 😭

[sharp flame]

We have said it since resona7 was on the Weapon X site, weeks ago :(

the latin word "resonat" meant echo, resounds

Mainly because the word resona means nothing on its own

[ashen glade]

if x = bow then my brain = fried

[silk merlin]

but i do think the fact that we have "crossbow" and "ballistic arc" which is literally the arc of a projectile is pretty darn signifigant

[dawn forge]

This sounds very right

[spare brook]

Arc raiders

[ashen glade]

but what arc would it be though

[sharp flame]

ballistic arc led to crossbow, not sure

[dawn forge]

Idk I tried “open sesame” it didn’t work so I’ve done all I can do

[silk merlin]

gg

[fiery marsh]

My dumb ah tried the ARC Raiders year it's based in but it was wrong ):

[sonic rock]

I still think "xbow" meaning "no bow" might be accurate

[tame thunder]

this

[sonic rock]

No-bow violin is a legit thing

[grave lodge]

Plucking?

[dawn forge]

Or like ___bow?

[sonic rock]

Plucking, or properly known as "pizzicato"

[spare brook]

Xbow. X marks the spot on the bow. Someone check every skin for the bow for clues

[tame thunder]

on it

[harsh violet]

Leave the feathers alone!!

[sonic rock]

WAIT

[grave lodge]

I would never pluck yours plume they’re too precious

[sonic rock]

Mandolins are tuned the same as violins, but they DON'T USE BOWS

[harsh violet]

THIS IS JUST A JOKE XD

[tame thunder]

PLUME

[silk merlin]

and the bow of a violin DOES HAVE an arc to it...

[sharp flame]

https://giphy.com/gifs/12oPSrUAnn76aA

plume rn

[sonic rock]

also us rn

[harsh violet]

XD

[tame thunder]

checking all bow skins rn

[ashen glade]

were we wrong this entire time

[sharp flame]

I think violin is right, for all intents and purposes

[crisp eagle]

the password is obvious and right in front of us, isn't it? OYE

[sharp flame]

occam's razor right

[fiery marsh]

OYE?

[crisp eagle]

it stands for Open Your Eyes.

[fiery marsh]

oh lol

[crisp eagle]

Rob would tell us that a lot when we were stuck haha

[spare brook]

No one says that

[harsh violet]

Yes it's right there XD

[silk merlin]

we get this tonight

[tame thunder]

slowly stops checking bow skins

[sharp flame]

plume respectfully stop getting my hopes up please 😭

I have to lock in every time she types

[fiery marsh]

My eyes are open and are currently burning

[ashen glade]

I mean tbh the only violin clue was the tuning, which also fits the mandolin, and maybe xbow was supposed to lead us to it from the start

[crisp eagle]

I've got the main things hand written and just staring at it. I know it's there on the page

[sharp flame]

the password is easy

[sonic rock]

when are we allowed to blink, it's been days

[sharp flame]

let's try things people!

[tame thunder]

everyone please go to the excel

[sharp flame]

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

[dawn forge]

Okie

[fiery marsh]

We keep hitting wall, so lets throw it

[sharp flame]

don't look at the excel before you try passwords. better to be fresh

fill in the excel with any attempted passwords afterwards

[dawn forge]

Nah charge and slam through it

[sonic rock]

locking in

[fiery marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/the-finals-charge-and-slam-gif-14501892880089210923

lol

[harsh violet]

Even the page name has multiple layers... but it won't help you get the idea

[ashen glade]

but what if it helps us get the key, huh?

[sharp flame]

tuned = commercial radio broadcast, tuned = violin,

idk how you could cram another layer into that one

[tame thunder]

whats the

a tuner? does it have a different name for violin?

[sonic rock]

She's an Embarker, don't underestimate her ability to speak in riddles

[sharp flame]

the standard method for tuning a violin goes A, D, G then E

using "pegs" for large changes

[tame thunder]

Intonation = playing in tune (it’s about finger placement, not string tuning)

[silk merlin]

i just cant figure out if leetspeak comes into this

[sharp flame]

surely A=4 must

[tame thunder]

relating back to xbow, = no bow

[spare brook]

If 2 ideas get us 2 keys, and if one is the violin, perhaps we should be thinking about what key a violin could be played in

[sharp flame]

resona7 = echo, so maybe you repeat the letters based on the numbers?
A4 = aaaa
G3 = ggg
etc.

[silk merlin]

idk i still think the word we type in is found through the xbow/arc thing, and then we use the cypher from the other two words to type it out a certain way

[glass flint]

xxxxx?

[silk merlin]

im gonna cypher in every term for the bow of a violin

[sonic rock]

would you rather have infinite clues but no bow, or bow, UNLIMITED bow, but no bow

[sharp flame]

E5 A4 D4 G3

gggddddaaaaeeeee
aaaaddddgggeeeee

not working

[dawn forge]

can we get a wordle of it?

[tame thunder]

this actually made me laugh

[sharp flame]

plume probably should be helping with the next season launch and she stays up until 4am every day 😭

[crisp eagle]

we actually did this in the original puzzle haha

[silk wolf]

I know music theory but even then I’m still thinking of possible correlations

[crisp eagle]

well. we don't know her time zone haha

[silk merlin]

lol i just find this cool

[silk wolf]

Is it a chord name

[sonic rock]

Peak Bard weapon

[silk merlin]

check le pinned comments

[silk wolf]

Thanks

Ohh 2 of them give you the key

[sharp flame]

I'm just completely thrown by 7=G

[silk merlin]

random fact: the arc of a violin bow is called the "Camber"

[silk wolf]

What do we have so far?

[sharp flame]

I thought I had it but G7 is just so different

[silk wolf]

I know how to tell what key we’re in with letters

[ashen glade]

yeah I don't know anymore if G3 or 7=G or both

[sharp flame]

Rob did the same thing to us with G6

[tame thunder]

i really want this done tonight so i can sleep peacefully lol

[silk wolf]

So it’s G and a second letter?

[sonic rock]

Somebody just go ahead and put in the password real quick so we can all go to bed

[silk wolf]

Any music theory related questions just ping me ima be getting drunk

[tame thunder]

staying tuned without using a bow ring any bells? (with violin)

[ashen glade]

oh so now we have bells too, great

[harsh violet]

I just did and it worked, good night everyone!

[sharp flame]

SOLVED! WELL DONE TEAM!

[tame thunder]

😭

[sharp flame]

what did it unlock?

[silk merlin]

wait i shoulda asked this earlier

what do we even get for completing this 😭

[tame thunder]

a website

[glass flint]

woah! wht was the solution? lol

[sonic rock]

a sense of satisfaction and the friends we made along the way (i dont know)

[silk merlin]

lmao

[ashen glade]

unlimited multibucks for the rest of your life

[glass flint]

r3c4p plz

[sonic rock]

Not actually solved, Plume was just joking with us

[glass flint]

oh hahaha

[harsh violet]

You get the password, I guess? XD

[sharp flame]

maybe it's

a=1, d=4, e=5, g=7

[silk merlin]

good enough for me!

[sharp flame]

the cipher is getting a bit clearer but I still have no idea about the word to be ciphered

and by the looks of it, nobody else knows either

[silk wolf]

He said two letters determine the key

[glass flint]

i think its x what number is x

[silk wolf]

The key of C Major

[sonic rock]

it always comes down to solving for x

[silk merlin]

well, im hittin the hay, but im glad we all got to hang out! PLEASE ping or dm me if you happen to get it tonight or make progress, cya tmrw!

[silk merlin]

pre calc flashbacks

[slender hatch]

why is a=1 instead of a=4?

[sharp flame]

the same reason g=7

[fiery marsh]

what about o? or possible 0

from the 404 page

[sonic rock]

That gif led us to A440

[fiery marsh]

oh ok thx

[vagrant mauve]

this works til you hit calc 3 😭

[tame thunder]

guys im so lost

[glass flint]

xbow… b? what number was b?

[dawn forge]

can plume give us hot and cold?

[glass flint]

x2ow

[harsh violet]

You basically have key already...

[tame thunder]

...

[fiery marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/bruhbruh-pogchamp-pog-poggers-pogu-gif-25989323

thats a good thing though

[grave lodge]

Key as in… major? Minor ? 👀

[sharp flame]

nooo plume no clues

[fiery marsh]

oh wait... keys

[sharp flame]

you guys better not solve it before I wake up

[crisp eagle]

I assume the key is character replacement.
A = 4
G = 7

[ashen glade]

but replacement in what 😭

[sonic rock]

That's the 47-minute question

[crisp eagle]

yea that I don't know. I'm not even super confident in that idea. or if the sub is correct.

[sharp flame]

all of the notes, G3 A4 D4 and E5 are in the same key

[crisp eagle]

but if 2 are the key, and we have 2 of the milestones both having character subs like that, then it makes me think that's the key. I'm also loopy right now

[dawn forge]

g is 7th in the alphabet 😭

[sharp flame]

they are in the key of G Major!

[paper kraken]

Yo guys what did I miss, anything new?

[crisp eagle]

yea natural notes are in the key of C I think

[sonic rock]

Yes and no, we've gotten a couple clues from Plume in the pins

[glass flint]

maybe its 1bow

[tame thunder]

whoevers putting ffuk in the excel im immature lol

[glass flint]

by the a=4 matchup

[sonic rock]

at least they're documenting their guess 💀

[crisp eagle]

the standard tuning is made of perfect fifths

[tame thunder]

fax

[fiery marsh]

I get the ffuk lol but atleast he put the meaning

[maiden matrix]

Message hidden in notes, but they need a key to decipher...

[ashen glade]

hm...

[paper kraken]

Okay so two of them give you the idea, likely refers to the melody or chord progression, and you’ve already got the key part

[tame thunder]

[silk wolf]

Ooooooh

A=4 and G=7

[sonic rock]

yes, yes they do

[silk wolf]

Key of A?

[sonic rock]

G is 3 in E

[paper kraken]

Either E or C major

[sharp flame]

I thought so but still stuck

[silk wolf]

G being Seven means one is either A or Ab

But then it’s 4 so hold up

[paper kraken]

Hmm.. 47.. ak47..? /j

[ashen glade]

what if it's not G=7 but rather G7

[sonic rock]

That is very Alfa Acta coded tbf

[ashen glade]

which I believe is called a dominant

[silk wolf]

G7 is a dominant chord

There’s variations but I doubt that’s what they want

Like G7b5

[sonic rock]

G7 tends to resolve to C major

[paper kraken]

Getting too deep into music theory can really mess us up since there’s too much similarities between everything

[ashen glade]

but we don't really have anything else right now...

[sonic rock]

Do we have any words with both A and G in them that are relevant

[ashen glade]

we have so much info and still basically no progress

[sharp flame]

Plume says we basically have the "key" and I'm assuming that's in a musical sense too

[tame thunder]

resonag

[sonic rock]

...

[paper kraken]

What are all the past things again?

[tame thunder]

wait so a = ? and g = ? again

[sharp flame]

Check pins!

[silk wolf]

If it was a chord based on A it would be Am7 but if it was based of the G it would be Gsus2 I think

[tame thunder]

[sonic rock]

I think we're getting lost in the weeds again

[ashen glade]

it might be the right time to recover

[silk wolf]

Well what are the solidified answers that gives us letters

[glass flint]

what key are we in?

[paper kraken]

If the past milestones have something to do with this, and plume said we basically have the key already, maybe it’s something to do with them?

[ashen glade]

we still don't know what the xbow is for

[maiden matrix]

BRO

[ashen glade]

please tell me you got it

[paper kraken]

I’m pretty sure it’s a part of chords, I know there are guitar chords that have it (letter x)

[tame thunder]

@sharp flame can u dm me if its solved? i need to take a break from this im so tired

[maiden matrix]

G D A E in Ceasar Cipher shifting 4 gives K H E I

[sharp flame]

I'm going to bed haha

[crisp eagle]

I'll be up for a bit. I can if I'm still awake haha

[tame thunder]

thank you pibb<3

[sharp flame]

Turn on notifications for all messages in #1332758896594387066 , the news will go there when solved!

[ashen glade]

that means the string is mute

[tame thunder]

no bow

[ashen glade]

mandolin

[sonic rock]

Or pizzicato

[maiden matrix]

Whiteboard for everyone to go crazy

[grave lodge]

I’m back y’all, I was thinking about ballisticarc and the concept of arcs in music and thought of this

[crisp eagle]

maybe a tie instead of slur haha

[grave lodge]

Slur is a little… unfortunate hahaha

[crisp eagle]

that is a good line of thinking though, jokes aside

[signal sorrel]

In b4 password is articulatedslur

[maiden matrix]

We have a good start yall, feel free to join in

[spiral tundra]

I'm back! ...Jeez, you guys went hard.

[fiery marsh]

I think we've hit brickest wall available.

[spiral tundra]

Summon your inner Kool-Aid man.

[fiery marsh]

I can't get the website to do anything else sooooooooo ya lol

[crisp eagle]

eh, we've been stuck on level 3 of the big whoop for almost 600 days now. this ain't nothin'

[fiery marsh]

lol

Do we know if like any of the letters or numbers go into the URL?

[spiral tundra]

Like as a query flag? I don't think so.

[fiery marsh]

something in me stomatch is saying the www.alfaacta.net isn't just it. Idk why lol

[violet blade]

Just tried alfaacta.com, there's nothing but hostinger

[sonic rock]

ive been down a rabbit hole with xbow and a4, apparently xbow is a unit or something in Clash Royale, and A4 is common terminology for Arena 4 in the game, but I really don't think this is anything

[crisp eagle]

I will say in the past with other hunts from Rob, once we reached a password page, we no longer needed to find a URL until after getting past the password page. I know Plume is doing this one and she may have her own style, but it feels very much borrowed from Rob's style.

[sonic rock]

Any Clash Royale players know if G7 means anything? If not, I'll consider it a false lead

[grave lodge]

What scale are we going by? I’m trying to put stuff together and I’m a little confused by the whole g3=7 thing

[spiral tundra]

Re-grounding myself... Plume agreed that 7=G in "resona7" because G is a natural resonance of the violin, one of the four strings.

So resonance notes are important: A, E, G and D. We know two of them correspond with numbers, A=4 (ph4antom) and G=7. These are somehow the "key" to unlocking the "idea" provided by the other two notes, E and D.

(G is the 7th note in a scale starting from A)

[sonic rock]

But the "idea" doesn't come from the E and D as far as we know, it comes from xbow and ballisticarc

[spiral tundra]

We were given 4 words:
ph4ntom
resona7
xbow
ballisticarc

But, we were also given 4 notes:
A
G
E
D

[grave lodge]

Gotcha so A flat major ? My music theory sucks so forgive me lmfao

[spiral tundra]

I think E and D correspond somehow with xbow and ballistic arc.

[sonic rock]

Probably so

[spiral tundra]

Maybe A natural minor.

No sharps or flats in that scale

[grave lodge]

Just a nice visual

[spiral tundra]

Okay! 7=G because of scale sequence, but also 7=T with L337 speak.

If we follow that same rule with A, A=4 with L337... but also 4=D because of scale sequence.

If this is correct, then that's three of four notes accounted for, leaving only E.

[crisp eagle]

Yar. That’s what I was thinking earlier too

#easter-eggs message

But also if 2 gives an idea and 2 gives the key, I wonder if it’s wrong. I’m so mixed up

[grave lodge]

Wait omg so if E=5 (scale)but E also equals 3? (Leet)

[spiral tundra]

OH. What was the original decoded string from the MIDI decimal sequence? We can just swap the numbers and re-encode back into decimal and then to ASCII

[sonic rock]

MThd 7>EL

[spiral tundra]

G3 D4 A4 E5
becomes... uh...
7C 4D 1D 3E

Nah, this looks wrong

[sonic rock]

Worth a shot

[spiral tundra]

Where was it established that ballisticarc and xbow were part of the set of 4 words?

[grave lodge]

In this chat, plume actually confirmed it to me

She had said to look at our milestones and then I sent the list of the four words

[spiral tundra]

#easter-eggs message

Thanks, found it!

[grave lodge]

Yaya !

[sonic rock]

https://www.bestcrossbowsource.com/crossbow-arrow-ballistics-calculator

Could be useful?

[spiral tundra]

I would be shocked if we had to calculate projectile trajectories, but perhaps I shouldn't put it past Plume...

More musings:

• "Phantom resonance." xbow > "X" is a "ghost note", which could also be used for pizzicato aka plucking strings
• "Bow" and "arc" can mean the same thing. Rainbow, arc.
• "X" can indicate a target for ballistics, or used in math to represent slope of trajectory.
• 7=G is somehow significant, but there's no "g" in any of these 4 words. It's the cipher fully calculated yet out are we missing a conversion step?
• Can't forget A440 is involved here too.

[grave lodge]

Yeah also Arco is the music notation word for bowing

And it usually cancels OUT a pizzicato notation

arc —> xbow

[spiral tundra]

Bowin_g_ ... Our first word with g in it lol

[grave lodge]

Lmfaoooo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale?wprov=sfti1#

Gotta go to bed but some good stuff here

[spiral tundra]

Same here. Night!

[spiral tundra]

Ugh, Im kicking myself for blowing off all that music theory homework I got from my childhood piano teacher.

[sonic rock]

So I went back to look at how we arrived at "xbow." All the clues we were deciphering from the Tuesday Party Place image, led us to the Phantom program from Battlefield 4, and by extension the Phantom Bow, at the same time as a bunch of other clues were relating to bows. Calvin the Cube managed to figure out "xbow" by simply adding the "x" from "wpn-x." But when I went to do some digging on the Phantom Program on the BF wiki, I noticed a note at the bottom that said the Phantom Bow is the second offensive archery weapon in the BF series, after... The XBOW in Battlefield 3: Aftermath. I think it's odd that the clues pointed us to a different archery weapon in a different game, when the password itself was "xbow," but maybe it's because some details about the XBOW will be useful now? (sorry for wall of text)

[signal sorrel]

I noticed something weird watching the latest trailer

It's probably nothing, but right as it switches to the "family fortress upgrade kit" there's this brief image before you see the house with the mote

I have a screenshot, but I can't post it

[sonic rock]

Does it look sorta like an inflatable circular thing, with a date near the bottom right?

[signal sorrel]

Yeah

[sonic rock]

yeah we saw that, couldn't make anything of it atp. Good spot, though

[signal sorrel]

Weird as hell that the date is 2014 though

[winged geyser]

7/27/2014

We went through that date earlier right? That's where the whole Obama Israel thing popped up from

[frosty sparrow]

Hello (new player in the EE thing) Could i ask a few things?

[charred pasture]

Th e more i think of its in front of you OYE.. its a plain ol cross-bow. xbow

[tawny sorrel]

Hello guys, we still dont know the password right?

[frosty sparrow]

I think not

[tawny sorrel]

Интересно, тут есть русскоговорящие?

[plush quiver]

Has anyone looked into a415 pitch instead of a440? 440 is “modern performance practice”, while 415 is a “historically informed performance practice”

Yall were talking about the bow being used as a form of violin back long ago, we’re getting a mace, we think we’re getting a medieval season. Maybe there’s something someone smarter than me can figure out?

As well as the text being “stay tuned” which is what baroque violins were typically tuned to

Also a466, used a lot during the Italian renaissance although it’s not necessarily violins that’s mentioned. But yall mentioned Italy so maybe that also has something

https://shop.gamutmusic.com/pages/understanding-tunings?srsltid=AfmBOoopKMnsip203MVs_tT_O2HzmU7KfwCSWppqOqARvaeBY1DsO80m

Idk how useful this source is but it’s where I’m getting my info. Could be totally wrong

It’s got a lot of other historic frequencies

The violin was also originally came from Italy

I’m going crazy I apologize lol

[spare brook]

Now is the time for crazy

[unkempt dune]

what if bow is actually the final bow in a performance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain_call

[spare brook]

Probably nothing, but bow strings are made with synthetic fibers referred to as B55 or D97

[quasi path]

BF3 Xbow had different tips like mentioned in the trailer for the mace!
Dunno if this has been noted yet?

[spare brook]

But everything points to music. Ballistic arc and xbow are just curious. "Stay tuned", the A4 tuning, the other words corresponding to voilin standards notes

[unkempt dune]

a crossbow (xbow) can be a curtsy

[quasi path]

I have a feeling we're getting a heavy defensive gadget that would make sense to refer to it as the moat... Maybe something that is a circular AOE and slows people down as they enter it...
Just wild havent slept thoughts though.

[charred pasture]

ok...lol in the alpha add

X - Only letter Fully repeated in the warp. the others are slightly cut off.

Bullet - (B?) A reach I know

Then hard line, on POWER before he O... OW..

Now in photoshop i did mess with the levles and if you crush the blues and reds, the ER trickle out and you see the OW are stil visible . Brobably crazy, but its in fron of us

https://i.postimg.cc/zXRFrZB2/arcbow.png

.. and i f it HAS to have G my bet would be on GROW as in jack and beanstock ./ sponsor etc. anyuwho NNight

[keen wind]

(space)sdd(space)(space)aBqE -> [cut] -> MaAymbe
that's what I got but didn't do it for the full thing bc it could just be a nothing burger

[neat dew]

I’m a bit late on this but does anyone knows what the codes means in this vid ?

[opaque reef]

Are we finally getting a medieval season theme???

[maiden matrix]

So... I was playing with ciphers, and I got this...
G3 D4 A4 E5 ->
Split Letters and numbers = GDAE 3445 ->
Convert numbers to letters (A1Z26) =
GDAE CDDE ->
Ceaser shift them by 4 (A4) = KHEI GHHI ->
Unscramble both separately = HIKE HIGH.
Tried as a password but didn't get anything, might be missing a variant or a step along the way...

[bronze wolf]

meantone temperamant tuning is a deep rabbit hole

[plush quiver]

Definitely seems like it

[unkempt dune]

resonag -> oranges

[quasi path]

Here's a sorta, index, for the phantom programme/ phantom bow stuff. Focused a lot around Kevin Simpson
https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/2aqzsm/phantom_initiate_phantom_program_discussion_2/ (a lot of the links and pics dont work now)

There's also a link to those symbols (hexagrams?) shown on the new watch item and the phantom programme as seen in the pic

^

[tawny sorrel]

[full plinth]

hmmm

[regal flower]

Not gonna lie I saw this and thought airplane seats

[tawny sorrel]

Sooo... Whats new?

[bronze wolf]

been cracking away at a440 all night and wanted to share what I thougt were the most promising threads

1. Johann Heinrich Scheibler recommended A440 as a standard in 1834 after inventing the "tonometer" to measure pitch. It was approved by the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians at a meeting in Stuttgart the same year. (A440 is also called Stuttgart pitch for this reason)
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)

2. This standard (A440) was taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 as Recommendation R 16, before being formalised in January of 1975 as ISO 16:1975.
   https://www.iso.org/standard/3601.html

[harsh violet]

No...

This leads to an old clue

[unkempt dune]

onagers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onager_(weapon)

would have some good arc there

[ashen glade]

we are yet to find the meaning of xbow

but the x could mean anything:

• a 10
• a "no"
• "cross"

[harsh violet]

Yes haha

This was a clue for the first password

[bronze wolf]

My favourite rabbit hole of the night: the syntonic comma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntonic_comma

The notatation reminds me of a ghost note and a plus is just an X rotated 90 degrees

a440 or what concert pitch should be tuned to is one of my favourite musical rabbit holes in general

[crisp eagle]

So, Plume told us we basically have the key. Now we just need the idea.

[fading vigil]

XBow can mean no bow..
Maybe this about playing technics, like guitar tapping?

Hey, guitar is like a big violin without bow.. bass guitars are commonly has 4 strings

[harsh violet]

Do you think Cpt J. Müller would have an idea..?

[past karma]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Müller

[regal flower]

can i have a mini update on whats happened because seeing a catapult and a music notes is pretty weird

[fading vigil]

Rails?

Bullet trains? Silver arrow?

[regal flower]

the silver bullets for werewolf's

[spiral tundra]

Dammit Plume, I was just about to fall asleep again. Now I'm reading about maritime shipping.

[royal terrace]

Question from a newbie: was j. Müller relevant for other ees? Because I've read this chat a lot but must have missed the connection

[past karma]

J. Muller operates in Bremen -> Bremen musicians?

[royal terrace]

The animals?

Because there are 4 of those.

[ashen glade]

wait you are right

[spiral tundra]

J. Muller does maritime logistics. "Log". Which can describe a curve, which is the ballistic arc of an arrow from a crossbow.

[crisp eagle]

what animals?

[past karma]

The Bremen connection, but I doubt it's relevant
Plume hinted that we have everything for the password already...

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

Just in case

[royal terrace]

They also do agriculture shipping (wasn't there someone who mentioned it on here?)

And have 4 subcompanies. (if I read correctly)

[past karma]

The company was founded in 1821

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1821_in_music

[ashen glade]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Müller_(composer)

could this be relevant

[spiral tundra]

An organist, the iconic instrument in Phantom of the Opera 🤷‍♂️

[royal terrace]

The dialing code the company is registered at is 04401 (which is probably a coincidence but I've read 4 so often in this chat it sprung out to me)

[spiral tundra]

But why "Cpt" J. Müller? I think that's to point us to the shipping company.

[crisp eagle]

That's what I think too. It started by Johann Muller founding a freight forwarder business

so what's an Idea that Johann Muller may have had that would be similar to our idea we need right now

[past karma]

Josef Müller
Bow maker
(1850 – c. 1925)

Josef Müller was a violin and bow maker, the son and pupil of Andreas Müller, a wind instrument maker and dealer. He distinguished himself as a flautist and as a maker and repairer of brass and woodwind instruments, taking over his father's shop in 1873. The business expanded to include the making and repair of stringed instruments, producing or retailing generally inexpensive commercial copies of Stradivari, Guarneri, and Stainer. He created some experimental models and made various attempts at improved varnish formulations and wood treatments, primarily water-seasoning the timber and occasionally using lime-water. His son Andreas succeeded him. He produced bows of good commercial quality.

But not a captain!

[royal terrace]

I got stuck on the 4 subcompanies. Because as far as I read there are currently two approaches to decipher the number letter combo.

One makes it that A is 4 (?) and g=7.

I did not fully comprehend how that conclusion happeneded I just kept thinking that apparently for one you count the position in the alphabet (the g) and for one you don't.
But then the chat continued to try to apply one system to both.
But the 4 subcompanies have diffent "goals" but all operate with on main goal.
(my English is not super good and I will check out the figma later - cannot do this on phone)

[crisp eagle]

A = 4 was a major clue in the previous hunt we had been doing which is how we got the password "ph4ntom."
G = 7 I just threw out there based on the alphabet like you mentioned, and Plume seemed to respond to it.
We still aren't certain, though.

[regal flower]

grabbed it from the website

[crisp eagle]

Well and now A4 is a major clue yet again

[royal terrace]

Remembering

[sharp flame]

GOOD SOLVE!

That's the other meaning of resona7, "onagers"

[sharp flame]

A new clue!
Let's try and find this Captain

[crisp eagle]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Müller#Agricultural_products

He's here we think

[fading vigil]

Maybe Jake muller from Resident Evil?)

[crisp eagle]

https://tintin.fandom.com/wiki/J._W._Müller

[past karma]

A Colonel!

[ashen glade]

there's only one person I found that is both a captain and J. Müller but he's a victim of the Katyn massacre so that's definitely not it

[silk wolf]

I’m too ree farted for this

[gleaming robin]

Something new?

[grave lodge]

https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Muller

Last line ^^

BOWs in RE is bio organic weapons

https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Bio_Organic_Weapon

[royal terrace]

Does Mr. X have a music theme?

[grave lodge]

Mr x… xbow… you’re cooking…

[ashen glade]

Jake Muller is missing that ü though, and captain title as well

[crisp eagle]

We just need to Open our Eyes. I need coffee. It's too dang early for these obscure clues

[past karma]

Found another historical J.Müller:

https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=mullerjc

An astronomer and a cartographer?

[grave lodge]

Damn true… another crazy coincidence

[severe creek]

theres also this J. Müller who did art for Tonnhalle Concert hall, but he's not a captain persay, but is a leader in swiss design

"used a visual form to translate the mathematical system that is found in music, playing with visual scale, rhythm, and repetition"

and also married a violinist, Verena Brockmann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Müller-Brockmann

[barren radish]

Another J Muller (missing the ü)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Muller_(rugby_union)

[past karma]

We need more J. Müllers!

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

[ashen glade]

there's a lot of them, Müller is a common surname

names starting with a J too

https://jmueller.de/en/unternehmensgruppe/

[silk merlin]

@ashen glade hello again! find anything td?

also i see talks of trebuchets and other musicians, i though plume said we already have everything we need?

[ashen glade]

we got a new clue from Plume, she said "Cpt J. Müller might have the idea" or something like that

[silk merlin]

oh shoot interesting

[crisp eagle]

This still haunts me. The only things I can think of are:
The Key is: A=4 G=7
47 in ascii is / which points to a URL, but we shouldn't need one right now

[silk merlin]

interesting

what do we know about J Muller

[grave lodge]

we cant rly find one that fits

[silk merlin]

please tell me hes a musician and not some random dude

hmm so maybe its related to him but not actually him?

what the heck man 💔

this is probably the guy, he is from denmark and stuff and embark loves sweden+denmark

[crisp eagle]

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

[silk merlin]

reading rn

[grave lodge]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Müller

this makes me feel like this shipping company might be the answer....

[silk merlin]

ooh

[ashen glade]

oh that's great to know

so we do have to focus on the shipping company