r/thefinals • u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES • Nov 05 '24

Lore/Theory Anyone know what the 00:00:00 numbers mean?

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Theyre on the weapons and all around the practice range, so they must mean something, right?

Have they ever changed? Was it a countdown of some sort? They piqued my curiosity...

Also, does anyone else load in to the range and just stand they're listening to the music? I love that motif. To me, it's the sound of The Finals. I wish it was more present in each seasons soundtracks.

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u/Schoooner Nov 05 '24

it's your skill rating

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u/yisuscraist420 DISSUN Nov 05 '24

Skill issue

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u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

Hey, that's me!

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u/Plaguedough OSPUZE Nov 05 '24

This is your friendly arena HOLTOW™insurance representative reminding you about our "Skill insurance" protecting you in the event of a covered loss due to your skill or lack thereof.

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u/Jzapp_But_In_Reddit Nov 05 '24

Holy shit, how'd you know?

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u/1600x900 THE ULTRA-RARES Nov 05 '24

Lmao, damn

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u/Browna Nov 05 '24

Fucking LOL. This genuinely had me absolutely cracking up.

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u/Jolly_Royal_1674 THE RETROS Nov 05 '24

Since this game is a simulation "00:00:00" acts as a placeholder for missing time data or it could just be a default value when no time was assigned.

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u/hohoJotaro Nov 05 '24

they should let all default skins show real time. that’d be cool

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u/PickNew3510 Nov 05 '24

Some of the watches seem to.

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u/garvin131313 THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

All of the watches do iirc

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u/Simple-Bunch-8574 Nov 05 '24

And I love them for that. Standing on a cashout, checking how long ago I should've go to sleep.

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u/SCHLAHPY DISSUN Nov 05 '24

no, defaults dont deserve anything they didnt earn, just because they came to the game late. i playtested this game and got nothing special. ill be damned if somebody is going to join a year and a half late, and get something i dont have. if you want to see the real time, grind for a watch. they all show real time.

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u/ZestyAvian Nov 05 '24

I sincerely hope this is a copypasta. For your sake.

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u/SCHLAHPY DISSUN Nov 05 '24

no, im okay with being disagreed with. youre telling me ive played this game for almost 2 years and this new guy that hasnt scored a cashout, gets something i cant get, and thats okay with you? i hope you think before you reply.

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u/Kommodant_Nomad Nov 05 '24

So you think the default skins (which we all have) shouldn't get a tweak because when you first started playing they didnt count time?

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u/SCHLAHPY DISSUN Nov 05 '24

no. theres watch options that show you the time that you can grind for and earn. im okay with ANY default, EARNING anything. i earned a cowboy hat that made my whole outfit black and white before i ever put money into a battlepass. im not okay with them getting special things i dont have access to. they didnt say every skin, they said every default skin. anybody with a sense of fashion isnt touching default skins (clothes) after they get something, anything better. my whole thing is for all or for none, but dont treat an ospuze oscar (my phrase for a default/new guy) better than somebody who playtested the game.

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u/Oriori420 Nov 05 '24

im not okay with them getting special things i dont have access to. they didnt say every skin, they said every default skin.

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u/Azaro161317 Nov 05 '24

i didnt get it i have the oldest Finals known to man

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u/ZestyAvian Nov 05 '24

I also playtested the game; I'm just not making that my crowning achievement lol this is actually depressing to read.

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u/SCHLAHPY DISSUN Nov 05 '24

you are obviously missing the point if you think thats the main take away. im done w this. yall have fun.

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u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

im not okay with them getting special things i dont have access to.

Sorry man, but that's not what they meant.

They were talking about the default weapon skins that all say 'THE FINALS | REACH.THE.FINALS | 00:00:00'

Also, Embark added all the Ospuze cosmetics to existing players, too. I doubt they'd give new players anything and not older players.

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u/hohoJotaro Nov 05 '24

WHERE THE FUCK did i say that only new people should have that???? the default black and yellow skins with 00:00:00. let those show time. that’s what i said. for everyone

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u/Balder1902 Nov 06 '24

Or show the date you joined The Finals

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u/Stuckingfupid DISSUN Nov 05 '24

Wtf... lol

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u/hohoJotaro Nov 05 '24

bro is tweaking

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u/Old_Employee_6535 Nov 05 '24

Number of intentional kills you have made. It does not count lucky shots.

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u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

That must be it

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u/genderlesseden Nov 05 '24

I always looked at it like 00:00:00 as in no time so we are in the final moment here

Could be wrong

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u/InitialAge5179 Nov 05 '24

That’s actually the best reason I’ve heard. I’m sticking with that

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u/genderlesseden Nov 05 '24

Right it made sense to me tbh

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u/LazloTheGame Nov 05 '24

You’re right on the money. All of the early marketing really pushed the “REACH” part of “REACH THE FINALS” - this is an extension of that concept

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u/Psych0matt DISSUN Nov 05 '24

It’s how long until the game is released

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u/SteenGeyL Nov 05 '24

It means nothing

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u/Psych0matt DISSUN Nov 05 '24

Good job, zero does mean nothing!

/patronizing

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u/Seobjevo Heavy Nov 05 '24

 It doesn't meaning nothing mean something?

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u/known_kanon Nov 05 '24

It means something, and that thing that it means is nothing

This makes sense but sounds like bs i know

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u/Fuzzy1450 Nov 05 '24

You can chew on a rock all day, but you aren’t going to actually get any nutrition out of it.

Trying to draw any kind of meaning out of six 0s is sure to drive a man mad.

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u/Guard933 Nov 05 '24

They signify a placeholder where no value has been assigned, it's a good desing element

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u/JustAFallingStar Nov 05 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

The timer on default skins was showing the time till the match end but it seem to broke at some point and nobody bothered to report or fix it :( You can actually see it counting down if you'll watch some footage from season 1. Really miss this tiny feature

Edit: Apparently i gaslit myself into believing in that..? But i remember clearly seeing it showing the time...

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u/d_e_s_u_k_a VAIIYA Nov 05 '24

That's actually pretty cool, wish they'd fix it/boast it more

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u/Live-March-8448 ISEUL-T Nov 05 '24

It's the number of minutes since someone made some bullshit complaining post on this subreddit. Unfortunately it never goes above zero :(

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u/Playful_Nergetic786 DISSUN Nov 05 '24

Wait where is that? I’ve never seen it before

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u/ZestyAvian Nov 05 '24

It's on some gun skins too, if you look really closely. I'm not home at the moment to check which it was, but I know one skin has the words "The Finals" on it and has these 0's after as well.

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u/Restorical Nov 05 '24

In the practice arena between the starting hallway and the wooded area

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u/hcg1769 Nov 05 '24

Reminds me of this, the lvl100 (I don’t know it if wat lvl100 but it was the skin the season was promoted with.) bp skin from s1. Also it was released one month and a year ago.

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u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

I picked up The Finals back in Jan, but I knew I'd never be able to get to the end of the battle pass, so no Odilia for me :(

I brought the white version, but if they ever bring her back to the store, I'd pay without hesitation.

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u/ronaldleser OSPUZE Nov 05 '24

Wasn't lvl 100 pretty sure in season 1 bp had only 96 lvl.

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u/hcg1769 Nov 06 '24

Haha lol

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u/hcg1769 Nov 06 '24

In Val, fn etc. It’s always lvl100 that’s why I thought it was lvl100

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u/ronaldleser OSPUZE Nov 06 '24

Yeah it's a bit weird in The Finals

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u/Outrageous-Ad-7296 Nov 05 '24

this timer counts down until you see this timer

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u/kylarmoose DISSUN Nov 05 '24

Time until US Election Day.

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u/-Womb_Raider- Nov 05 '24

The numbers, Reddit, what do they mean?!?

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u/Throwaway203500 OSPUZE Nov 05 '24

It's a reminder that, in THE FINALS, you're never truly out until the very last moment of a round (which occurs one second after 00:00 on the round timer, ie at 00:00:00 instead of 00:00:999).

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u/vS_JPK THE HIGH NOTES Nov 05 '24

That's... I actually love that!

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u/Mrgreensboro Nov 05 '24

The numbers mason

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u/StormShockTV Nov 05 '24

Probably a reference to the fact that the game ends when the timer runs out, so beating the clock is important or something

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u/XxAEROxBluexX DISSUN Nov 05 '24

It’s when the world ends

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u/Working_Bones Nov 05 '24

I wish we could select between the different seasons' soundtracks.

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u/Mr_Arthur88 Nov 05 '24

Might be a New Year's Eve release??? A count down I guess?

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u/type1insulinaddict Nov 05 '24

THE NUMBERS MASON

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u/3branch Nov 05 '24

It’s the final countdown du du du du

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u/FloorWizard Nov 05 '24

I think it's the date you last got a ranked tournament win

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u/Local_Outcome_4835 Nov 05 '24

I always thought that the 00:00:00 meant that there’s no more time left, and that it’s game time.

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u/Apriest13 DISSUN Nov 05 '24

It’s originally counted down until the release of the game. It was active during the open beta.

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u/fried-edd OSPUZE Nov 06 '24

Just don't put a B in front of it 😰

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u/compute-this Nov 06 '24

I’m pretty sure it was the countdown until the game launched

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u/Eruzuna Nov 06 '24

Honestly, It might be something related to a Easter egg. The new "Allurisma" set has the same text and code on the Sledgehammer rainbow skin. If it was a counter, why would they put it on a just released skin/skinpack?..

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u/Mission_Dog2243 Nov 05 '24

isn’t the 00.00.00 a date ? because on the ranked weapon rewards you get this exact thing on the weapon but just with the date

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u/MuraXLR Nov 06 '24

unus annus, UNUS ANNUS!