i can't watch that movie IDK why anyway:

is network established between you and the target? can you ping it?
Can you scan the target with nmap?

Is your target on internet? if it is:
Are you behind any firewall? If you are, try this scan:
This may bypass the firewall.
Always scan the server using IP address because they may implemented network load balancing so you may scan different servers each and every time.

Is your target in a virtual lab? if it is:
Make sure that you attack system and server are using a same network adapter otherwise they can't connect to each other.
check your IP addresses for both systems

i hope this info can be helpful if not tell me i will watch the vidoe.

I may do the course once gold is out the way tho as I got free upgrade since I don't want be in situation where I trying to do both at once.

I've done most of the Shodan course, however I failed at cracking some passwords. Despite that I tried idunno, 50-100'000 relevant variations of the mentioned topic, and 165 million random different passwords. Did any of them crack? Nope.

And you get the same discount?  What exactly are your obligations?

I find that certs are the only way to force me to learn usefull but boring things. Without a goal/carrot in front of my, I either get lazy or study only what I like.

There have been many discussions on certs vs experience on this site and I think most people agree that experience is more important, while *some* certs open doors (get you through HR screening) and *other* certs/training programs make you a better pentester.

For example, CISSP vs OSCP are pretty much opposite to each others...