Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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0:00 Intro
5:55 Environmental Immersion
10:44 Tarkov IRL Locations
11:12 Hurting Immersion
12:40 Tarkov & Realism
13:42 Is Realism Always Good?
18:57 What Is Realistic?
22:56 Realism is Subjective
26:00 The Abstraction / Immersion Model
28:33 Examples of Abstraction
29:37 Insurgency: Sandstorm
31:04 Insurgency: Automatic Voice-lines
32:32 Insurgency: Covert Movement
33:22 Insurgency: Sound Design
34:45 Insurgency: Movement Gunplay
35:32 Insurgency: Sensory Overload
36:53 Friendly Markers in EFT?
39:45 VOIP
41:56 Karma System
45:05 Immersion vs. Realism
46:32 Getting Tarkoved Now & Future

Additional Resources
theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/reality-testing-and-metacognitive-failure
caffeinatedgamer.com/eft-tarkov-a-real-place/#:~:text=The%20short%20answer%3A%20No%2C%20Tarkov,the%20Shoreline%20Resort%20in%2Dgame.
youtube.com/watch?v=BYSCuAfOc5g
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