When IIM-Kozhikode professor, Deepak Dhayanuthy introduced
Poker as part of a course on competitive strategy & strategic management in 2015, some people raised eyebrows. As per Deepak, poker as a game assists players in comprehending human psychology in a better manner as they have to identify subtle cues & personal motivations while also having to learn how to manage the resources they have when playing. Simply put, poker is a skill-based game in which skill & strategy triumphs over any kind of luck.
Students across the country appeared to commonly agree with Mr Deepak’s conclusion. This positive response was visible at IIM-Kozikhode itself. IIM-K students not only signed up for the course but also participated in one of the biggest college poker fests organised in India.
An inter-collegiate poker tournament comprising some of the country’s biggest colleges like various IITs, IIMs, IMT-Ghaziabad & MDI Gurgaon started on 31 October 2019. Participants played the mind sport for more than 4 days across campuses, with the nine finalists flown to Goa where the tournament finale was streamed live.
Tournament winner Jimitesh Singla (IIM-Bangalore) said, “It was a surreal experience. I’ve been playing Poker for a few years, but I never thought I would get to play on such a large scale. It was like playing at international tournaments which get televised.”
Runner-up Ankit Chaturvedi (IIM-Bangalore) added, “Playing live poker is an experience in itself. The final venue in Goa was world-class. I’d definitely like to do it again.”
Poker is being rapidly accepted across India, thanks in no large part to the speedy growth of online platforms that offer huge prize pools & lucrative incentives to players. The audience has been nothing but shy & platforms have reported average y-o-y growth of almost 100% for the past 5 years.
With such a thirst for poker in India, it’s certainly no wonder that the game that used to be college passion is now being noticed big time on the national level. India’s 1st ever National Poker Series (NPS) will start at the Casino Pride 2 in Panjim, Goa on 29 April & will end on 5 May.
With a golden opportunity to compete in Las Vegas on offer, it’s foreseen that the NPS which comprises buy-ins starting at ₹4,000 will transpire into the country’s definitive poker event, providing every poker enthusiast across India a chance to compete. PokerBaazi.com CMO Varun Ganjo, who is also one of the partners for the NPS & the organiser of the IIM event, was positive about player turnout, “Indian Poker is now at a turning point. The game has been recognised as a thrilling strategy game and sport. We expect enthusiastic players from across the country to be joining us in Goa. Those interested in winning all-expense-paid packages to the event can also join qualifying tournaments on our app for just ₹10.”Kanchan Sharma, a pro poker player believes that many pros were likely to participate in the event. “Even though the NPS is not a high-stakes event, it’s a chance to win a trophy at India’s first national poker stage. Such events give regulars bragging rights and help players get noticed for their skills within the community.” Irrespective of the final outcome of the NPS, it’s very much clear that India’s poker landscape is evolving at a swift pace with players driving the skill-based game forward.
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submitted by Hey, everyone! I'm the YouTuber Tabor Hill. I just recently did an elaborate guide on Octane and wanted to share my findings. It's against the rules to advertise your own videos, so I went ahead and typed up word for word (with a few additions) everything I said in my video. If you'd rather me read it all to you in video form, you can find a link at the end of this post.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=- INTRODUCTION TO OCTANE: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-
So is the new Legend Octane any good? That’s the question I’ll be answering in this video, but more importantly, is he worth unlocking? Now if you weren’t aware, you don’t actually unlock Octane from the season 1 battle pass. A lot of people assumed you would, but this isn’t the case. You get a character skin for him mid tier in the battle pass, but it won’t actually award you with the character. In order to obtain Octane, you need to spend either 12,000 legend tokens or 750 apex coins. You can only buy 1000 apex coins at a time at $9.99 – so essentially, he’s a $10 character. You earn legend tokens just by playing the game, and if you’ve been playing for a while you probably have well over 12,000 already.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=- APPEARANCE, SKINS AND PROSTHETIC LEG DRAWBACK: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-
Now let’s get straight into the review aspect of the high speed daredevil, Octane. First of all, his appearance. He’s got two prosthetic legs and a creepy mask. His voice, as with most other characters in Apex Legends, does not fit his appearance. He has a Mexican accent, but he’s truly hilarious, much like Mirage. He apparently was best friends with Ricky Bobby, as he loves to go fast in everything he does, as you’ll soon see. As for his legendary skins, their all pretty incredible. El Diablo is my favorite, which is quite creepy. Speed Deamon is equally frightening, whereas the victory lap and gold rush remind me of the road runner from Looney Toons for some reason. I refer to Octane as speedy Gonzalez, mainly due to his accent, but also because of some of the hilarious moves he does. One thing to note about Octane is that his prosthetic legs are incredibly loud. When you walk, you don’t hear it – but when you run, you get a mechanical noise. This can be heard by your teammates and enemies alike, which can be a major drawback. It reminds me of the swooshing noise when you walk with a jogging suit on, like the gangsters do in the mafia movies wear.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=- PASSIVE ABILITY- SWIFT MEND: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-
So now let’s talk about Octane’s three character traits. First up, his passive ability. This is called Swift Mend, and the in game description says, “while not taking damage, octane restores health over time.” Upon testing this, you’ll regenerate 1 health point every 2 seconds. [Clip of me showcasing this in slow motion] As you can see here in slow motion, at 1 second a sliver of health is apparent on the health bar – and at exactly 2 seconds the health sliver gets restored. Keep in mind, as the description states, it only works while you’re NOT taking damage. This means it won’t regenerate while you’re in the storm. Unfortunately, this also means it won’t heal you while you use Octane’s tactical ability either – but I’ll cover that in just a second. Many people may consider this a pretty weak passive ability – especially considering the fact that if you’re at, say, 10 health – it would take a whopping 3 minutes to fully heal up. Compare that to using Lifeline’s heal bot, or a normal syringe and it’s painstakingly slow. HOWEVER, with that said, this obviously makes no noise whatsoever. Both alternatives to healing obviously do cause a bit of a ruckus and can alert your enemies of your presence. With Octane, you just have to be not taking damage to benefit. I for one thoroughly enjoy this passive ability.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=- TACTICAL ABILITY – STIM: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-
Next up is Octane’s tactical ability called Stim. The in game description says you Move 30% faster for 6 seconds. Costs health to use. Reduction to slows while active.”. Now this is a lot to take in via text, so let’s take a peak at what it looks like and what effects it grants. So here’s me using it while not moving at all. [CLIP OF ME USING IT] As you can see, you take out a ninja turtles secret of the ooze container and jab it into your chest. Then, your screen gets psychedelic as your character gets crackhead pro speed. You can notice a green super Saiyan aura on the left and right sides. Once you remove the syringe, your character gives a rock’n’roll sign and you come down from your high. This ability only has a 2 second cool down timer, and you can once again become higher than a kite and be the flash. Now as soon as you use this ability, it’ll take 10% health damage, but this is a bit misleading. Upon testing, it seems to always do 10 HP regardless of your health. So if you have 15 health left, for example, it’ll still only do 10 damage. This also only affects your actual health, and not your armor. You also can’t die from this effect. If you have 1 HP left and use it, you simply don’t die. Now I’ve seen a lot of people state that your passive ability will regenerate your health while you use this stim – but this is NOT true. [CLIP OF PROOF SHOWN HERE] As you can see here in a zoomed in view of my health bar, as soon as the 10 health gets taken away from using the Stim, the health regeneration does not occur. It only starts regenerating once the syringe is removed and the stim effect is gone. So if you ever hear someone say otherwise, point them to this very video for proof. Now one thing I don’t hear a lot of people talking about in regards to this stim ability is the horrifically LOUD noise that it makes. Despite it only lasting for 6 seconds, the noise is emits is enough to wake the dead. Listen closely to what it sounds like here. [PLAYED A CLIP OF THE SOUND IT MAKES] I have no idea how to even describe this – it sounds like a rapid heart beat, followed by some kind of boomerang being thrown, followed by an obese lady with a mustache chugging down a beer. And then there’s what can only be described as a slot machine dispensing wins at a casino to end it. All of this is easily audible to anyone nearby, including teammates and enemies. Regardless, this effect will boost your speed by 30% for 6 seconds at the cost of 10 health. Is it worth it? You’d better believe it. You can use this in a variety of ways in Apex Legends. For example, need to out run the storm? Hit the stim. Need to close the gap between your teammates that are already engaged in fighting? Pop the stim. Need to get the hey batter batter out of dodge? Drink the ooze. Need to gain the upper hand on an enemy in the middle of a fight? Juice it up. This 30% speed boost also grants you the ability to strafe like speedy Gonzalez. If you can hit your shots while strafing left to right, this ability is incredibly valuable. Did I mention that this ability also has the bonus effect of reducing the slow effect caused by some items and abilities in the game? For example, these things include the arc star stun effect, the caustic gas or trap slow down, or even Bangalore’s ultimate ability. If you get caught in any of these, or see one about to catch you, pop the stim and run away free as a jail bird. It’s invaluable and one of the best tactical abilities in the entire game. My favorite use of this ability is right off the bat in a game. Often times you’ll drop into an area that’s heavily contested and it’s, quite literally, a foot race to the first weapon or bin. Pop Octane’s stim ability and easily out run your way to loot before your enemies. I’d rather take a 10% health loss from my own ability than a 100% health loss from an enemies weapon. Food for thought.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=- ULTIMATE ABILITY – LAUNCH PAD: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-
So now that we know Octane’s passive and tactical abilities are top notch, how about his ultimate? Unfortunately, this is where the balancing factor comes into play. Despite his awe-inspiring other abilities, his ultimate is a bit lackluster. It’s called the launch pad. The in game description says, Deployable jump pad that catapults users through the air. Now if you’re used to Fortnite, a launch pad sounds incredible, right? Sadly, it falls flat. Quite literally. I’m sure most of you have seen this in game already since it got put in before Octane’s release – but it’s a green deployable item that resembles a lilly pad. If you walk over it or jump on it, it’ll catapult you into the sky. The initial distance you get launched doesn’t seem very impressive at all – however, what most people don’t realize is that there’s some tips and tricks associated with it. Before we talk about those tips, let’s learn a bit about it first. So first off, it has an extremely fast cooldown time. You earn the launch pad every 90 seconds – so every 1 minute and 30 seconds you’ll be able to toss down a fresh pad. You can deploy as many as you want, and they are a semi-permanent addition to the map (they can be shot and destroyed). [CLIP OF ME HAVING 4 DOWN AT A TIME] As you can see here, I have 4 down at once – so if you’re one of those noobie boobies that camps it up, you can deploy several in the same area and make a pee-wees playhouse for your friends and enemies alike. Lastly, you can chuck this pretty far. The higher you look up, the further it goes. Sadly, though, you can’t hold it out or cancel it once you activate it – he’ll let it go as soon as the animation ends. Just as an example, Bangalore can hold her ultimate in her hand and you can cancel it if you don’t want to throw it. That’s not the case with Octane – as soon as you initiate it, it’ll deploy. So now let’s talk about those tips and tricks with the launch pad. How high you go and the distance you go depends on how you launch yourself from the pad itself. [CLIP OF A NORMAL LAUNCH] Here’s a normal launch, just by running or walking right over it – the height and distance is the same walking or running over it. Now to launch yourself both higher AND further, you have to press the jump button immediately after getting launched. [CLIP OF A JUMP LAUNCH] As you can see here, the height and distance traveled is further than the walking or sprinting jump. Now if you hit the launch pad while you’re sliding, you’ll continue the slide as soon as you land. This actually takes you the further distance out of all the methods, but you won’t get the super height like you would by jumping. So to sum that up, if you need to get to high places, jump right after getting on the pad. If you need to go the furthest distance, slide into the pad. If you just need to get out of there as fast as possible, walk or run over it. Now oddly enough, Falling onto a pad from a great height, or any height at all for that matter, didn’t seem to affect the distance or height you go.
So what can you use this parlor trick ultimate ability for? That depends on your play style or how the current game is going. You can use it in combination with Octane’s stim ability to outrun the storm, which I find incredibly useful. Likewise, you can use it to engage in a fight or, more importantly, disengage from a fight. If you or your teammate has knocked a far off enemy, deploy the pad and launch you and your team right into the enemies face so they can’t get the revive off. Likewise, if you’re getting cold cocked into oblivion, deploy the pad and launch yourself to safety. You can also launch dead teammates out of harms way by deploying one right on their corpse, or in front of them so they can crawl to it. My favorite use of the launch pad is to reach high places, such as the tops of a building or a high cliff. I’ve already hit quite a few sniper shots by using the launch pad to catapult my way to the top of a house and snipe someone’s face off. Take a look at this tactic in action here. [CLIP OF ME SNIPING SOMEONE’S FACE OFF IN MID AIR AFTER USING THE LAUNCH PAD]
If all else fails, you can use it to troll your teammates – in particular, AFK ones. There’s nothing worse than a teammate that isn’t playing the game, so why not have a bit of fun with them while their gone. While I don’t have any clips of it, you could use it in the middle of combat and make your enemy launch themselves out of the battle, or even better, off the map entirely.
You can also bounce weapons and items off a deployed launch pad. For example, chuck an arc star or a grenade onto one and watch it fly. If you have a second launch pad available, you can deploy it right on top of one you’ve already placed and it’ll go flying and land in the exact spot where you would if you used it. With this tactic, you can get two jumps for the price of one.
And that, as they say, is that. Octane is more or less a mix of Bangalore’s speed and Lifeline’s healing capabilities, with his own speedy Gonzalez like twist. As I mentioned earlier, his passive and tactical abilities are two of the best in the game, while his ultimate is somewhat of a let down. With that said, it has many uses, and if mastered, can be a real game changer in certain scenarios. One thing I forgot to mention is Octane’s hidden ability – he can make your random teammates disconnect. Now I’m kidding of course, but Seriously, I’ve never seen so many salty teammates before. When Octane first came out, people would quit the game immediately if they didn’t get to be him. That’s how I did a lot of my testing, because I was put into essentially a solo game with no teammates due to them rage quitting. Of course, I anticipate this to not happen as much as more and more people get to try him out, but it sure was frustrating on day 1. So back to the question at hand – is Octane worth unlocking? Absolutely. I’d say he’s better than Mirage and Caustic for sure, depending on your play style. So if you’re torn between those 3, definitely go for Octane. You can’t really spend your legend tokens on many things in the game anyway, so you may as well use them to unlock him. With two incredible abilities and a very handy ultimate, Octane can make even the noobiest of boobies a contender.
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