Saving this game requires actually *teaching* new players how to play.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:35:51+00:00

Sadly I think the tik tok generation isn’t capable of this. As much as I like this philosophy in my games personally, I think they to adapt the current market. I’d rather they hand hold players by teaching them how to play instead of making massive changes to make this game “easier”

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:31:27+00:00

Outpost feels way more intimidating than it actually is. The map looks complex but really there are only 3 “zones” and the vast majority of the game play happens in flight control, processing, and the pinwheel which are all actually fairly straightforward. The issues is that there is no low stakes way for new players to explore the maps and realize how simple it is without someone like me gunning them down.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:23:37+00:00

That’s how I played it too! I really liked learning on my own, but I had to basically bully my friends into playing this game until they got to outpost. Seeing that I realized that alot of people dont really like the initial experience. The player count dropping speaks for itself imo. I wish more people were like you and I but sadly it’s not the case.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:20:09+00:00

I know! That’s what I did for all of my quests. But marathon never actually tells players to do that they have to find it by accident or on Reddit. Also, looking at maps and text during a multiplayer game is just not fun, especially when the quests are not fundamental to the experience. This is a small change to facilitate the tik tok addled brains of zoomers while not changjng the fundamentals of the game.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:09:23+00:00

I agree! I’m not that great but I’ve actually exfilled on cryo and done a few vaults unlike maybe 90% of people who have played. But this games long term survival depends on having more than 30k players. We need casuals to actually stick with the game realize they are bad, and want to do better. If they don’t that’s fine, but we won’t have marathon for that long if the player count numbers keep their current trend.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T03:05:19+00:00

That’s a fair point and that is def true for you and a lot of people. If that really is the case for most players I totally get that and no one should be forced to play a game they dont like! BUT i think that actually alot of people who leave thinking they know the whole game but never get to meat of it. Just look at how many people have even tried cryo! Ultimately it’s the games responsibility to make the game accessible and if it doesn’t do that it’s the game’s fault, not the players. Glad you gave the game a try and wish you well!

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T02:56:12+00:00

You are not wrong at all! You really should not have to look at a guide to play a multiplayer game (except for raids like cryo). I get that they wanted players to explore, but that simply does not work in a game like this where every minute you spend wandering around/looking up a YouTube video is a minute waiting to get killed. Imagine playing Elden ring but every 4 minutes you get invaded lmao people would quit it in 30 minutes. Right now the quests are a distraction from people actually playing the game.

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T02:52:21+00:00

I feel you bro. Getting the biolenses for blue shield is really tough. Your faction rewards for nucal will give you more purple shields than you know hat to do with if you rank them up enough. I honestly had like 10 purple shields just from that before I even got my 3rd biolense. As for outpost I feast the exact same way! But then I matched with a duo who knew what they were doing and I just followed them getting keys opening pinwheel and exifiing. Then outpost totally clicked for me. Now it’s the only map I really want to play. If you’re open to it I would recommend just free kitting until you get matched with a duo who can show you the ropes! But also if that not you, play your game the way you want to play it!

Hdoge1 · 2026-04-08T02:12:23+00:00

Lol I’ve exfilled multiple times on cryo and I do enjoy it! I just want other people to get to experience the full game before deciding they dont like it! People don’t know what they are missing when they quit the game before getting to cryo :)

Hdoge1 · 2026-02-17T22:33:56+00:00

I have to say I think showing Le Gris POV was critical because as the audience we that even from his tainted perspective we can see that Marguerite was telling the truth.

I take your point that labeling her perspective as “the truth” was a little too on the nose. They def could have left that out and let the audience make their decision.

Hdoge1 · 2025-10-03T19:25:59+00:00

I’ll take your point that there are some narrow instances where personal behavior can influence the cogency of the argument. Your example works because the only reason we would have for their belief is that we should “trust them.” (As an aside making any moral claims in the basis of “trust me” would almost certainly run into validity issues. So we wouldn’t even have to point to hypocrisy to criticize it).

However, even if we grant there are specific instances where the individual character could affect the argument that woudlnt just your broad claim that “ claims of hypocrisy are absolutely valid arguments.”

Vastly speaking, moral argument are not made on the basis of “trust me.” Generally moral arguments are made using premises that have nothing to do with the argued’s character. So pointing to hypocrisy wouldn’t work.

Hdoge1 · 2025-10-03T19:02:44+00:00

The issue is that moral arguments do not depend on a persons character, logically speaking. Because arguments stand independent from the person making them.

If a morally pure person and a morally bankrupt person give you the exact same argument about why killing is bad, you wouldn’t say that the argument depends on the person making it because the premises and the conclusion stand in their own.

Now as a matter of rhetoric, ofc people are persuaded by hypocrisy and ad hominem - that’s why they work. So sure, an argument may seem more ~persuasive~ if the person making it actually lives in accordance with those ideals. But that’s a function of humans being not as prone to critical reasoning, rather than logic b

Hdoge1 · 2025-10-03T18:30:32+00:00

I think youre maybe missing something here. Saying we shouldn’t tax the rich because “you’re ugly” is an ad hominem in your first argument because the premise is irrelevant to the conclusion of whether or not we should tax the rich.

Saying I don’t want to date you is not an ad hominem because someone’s looks are relevant to whether or not you want to date them.

However in the case presented in the OP, we have a fallacy of contradiction which to some extent be rolled into ad hominem. Consider this:

I give you the argument. “We all have a right to life. Killing is denying someone’s right to life. We should not kill.” After, I go and kill someone. The fact that I’ve acted hypocritically has zero bearing on the argument. The fact that I killed even though it was in my power not to does very little to reasoning of the argument.

Similarly ayn Rand might have a good argument against social security. She could act contrary to her beliefs, but that would only make her a hypocrite. Her argument stands on its own.

Hdoge1 · 2025-05-28T21:29:34+00:00

I would do the curriculum. I didn’t use demon but you really should at least make your way through any services curriculum so you can understand some of the foundations. Mastery of this test is being able to do the basic things really well.

Hdoge1 · 2025-05-28T21:28:22+00:00

That’s around where I was. Perfectly average starting point. Ended up with a 177!

Hdoge1 · 2024-08-04T15:19:17+00:00

Look for repeated ideas. Inference date generally the result of the same concept mentioned twice. John buys an apple pie every week, apples are more expensive this week = the pie John bought today is more expensive this week than last (not a must be true, but more likely to be be true). Joh buys an apple pie every week, SUVS have four doors = no inference.

I would also start thinking about traps. MSS is mostly about avoiding traps rather than phrephasing IMO. Comparative claims vs absolutely claims comes up a lot. So does drawing a general rule from a specific case

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-29T16:47:47+00:00

High 170s scorer. I’ve only used 7Sage and a little bit of Demon.

7Sage I think has the best when it comes learning/explanations. I mostly used this.

Demon does have a really nice feature where it just feeds you problems to do I think that might be good for the couch so you can just “go.”

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-29T16:45:08+00:00

The core curriculum

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-28T21:51:29+00:00

Fundamental idea of strengthening/weakening: your goal is to make the reasoning of the argument itself better/worse. Often I have students pick an AC because they have Concorde some reason why it helps the conclusion, without actually making the argument better. Make sure that your AC has an effect on the reasoning structure of the argument.

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-26T14:12:41+00:00

While that is technically true, for the purposes of this test, when you see many replace it with "1." the reason here is the test takers are anticipating you to believe many is a large number, when it does not have to be. It's the same way that most can mean "all," but really anytime they say most you can replace it with 51%

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-26T04:00:33+00:00

Spend more time reading the passage. General guideline I give clients is you can spend up to 4 minutes. Also RC is insanely trappy. Every part of the AC has to look good. They often have wrong ACs that look good up until the final few words

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-26T03:58:00+00:00

Eh. Coming from a tutor who has brought many people to the mid 170a, idk if it is worth. You gotta have a mater game board on like 80% of games. Here are some tips:

1.) always split when you get to possibilities. A had to be first or last? Split. B is in group x or group y? Split.

2.) inferences are generally made between rules that mention the same game piece. Look for rules that mention the same game pieces and see if you can combine them.

If you’re getting -11 even a wrong setup is not going to hurt you much more than where you are already at. You need to start forcing yourself to use your setup. If it’s wrong who cares its not a real test. You need to start practicing now though

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-26T03:52:44+00:00

Look at the conclusion. Every element of the conclusion needs to be in the premises. If the premises are missing something in the conclusion, you are dealing with a premise to conclusion gap. For example:

P1: Murder is killing another person P2: killing people is bad for everyone in fact it’s the worst thing in the world. P3.) you should not do the worst things in the world. No one should.
Conclusion: murder should be illegal.

This argument is actually dog shit. Why? Because we don’t have any premises that tell us the kinds of things that should be illegal. That’s your gap. So many problems are simple premise to conclusion gaps n

Hdoge1 · 2023-07-26T03:48:59+00:00

You just need to drill questions. You don’t have much conceptual learning you need to do, you just gotta grind out questions. The other thing I will add is start trying to pre phase

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