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Retired as Player
Octane
Octane 2023
Background Information
NameSam Larew
Country of Birth
United States
BirthdayJune 23, 1997 (age 28)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
Team100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
Role
Content Creator
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PlatformPC
Prev PlatformsPlayStation 4
Xbox 360
PSN IDPogtane
XBL GamertagOctane eLv
Social Media & Links
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Sam "Octane" Larew is a retired Call of Duty esports player, currently a content creator for 100 Thieves. He is a 2022 World Champion. He emerged as a top talent during the Advanced Warfare season, being renowned as one of the best ARs in the game, and remained among the elite at that position until his retirement eight years later. Octane won ten major tournaments during his career with Rise Nation, Luminosity Gaming, OpTic Gaming, and 100 Thieves/LA Thieves.

Team History

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TeamStartEnd
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ISolation eSportslogo stdiSolation eSportsNov 20142014-11-09Dec 20142014-12-0526d
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NA
Dream Teamlogo stdDream TeamDec 20142014-12-06≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??≈3mo 17d
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NA
Team JusTuslogo stdTeam JusTusFeb 20152015-02-08May 20152015-05-233mo 15d
ejel
NA
Prophecylogo stdProphecyMay 20152015-05-23May 20152015-05-23
ejel
NA
Prophecylogo stdProphecyMay 20152015-05-25Jun 20152015-06-2127d
ejel
NA
Envylogo stdEnvyJun 20152015-06-25Sep 20152015-09-232mo 28d
ejel
NA
Elevatelogo stdElevateSep 20152015-09-23[2]Oct 20152015-10-25[1]1mo 2d
ejel
NA
Rise Nationlogo stdRise NationOct 20152015-10-25Oct 20162016-10-28[3]1yr 3d
ejel
NA
Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLuminosity GamingOct 20162016-10-28[5]May 20182018-05-06[4]1yr 6mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingMay 20182018-05-06[7]Aug 20182018-08-31[6]3mo 25d
ejel
NA
100 Thieveslogo std100 ThievesAug 20182018-08-31[11]Oct 20192019-10-21[10]1yr 1mo
ejel
CDL
Seattle Surgelogo stdSEA SurgeOct 20192019-10-21[13]Aug 20212021-08-20[12]1yr 9mo
ejel
CDL
Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLA ThievesSep 20212021-09-09[15]Jun 20232023-06-27[14]1yr 9mo
ejel
NA
100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
Jun 20232023-06-27[16]Present2yr 5mo
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TeamStartEnd
NA
ISolation eSportslogo stdiSolation eSportsNov 20142014-11-09Dec 20142014-12-0526d
ejel
NA
Dream Teamlogo stdDream TeamDec 20142014-12-06≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??≈3mo 17d
ejel
NA
Team JusTuslogo stdTeam JusTusFeb 20152015-02-08May 20152015-05-233mo 15d
ejel
NA
Prophecylogo stdProphecyMay 20152015-05-23May 20152015-05-23
ejel
NA
Prophecylogo stdProphecyMay 20152015-05-25Jun 20152015-06-2127d
ejel
NA
Envylogo stdEnvyJun 20152015-06-25Sep 20152015-09-232mo 28d
ejel
NA
Elevatelogo stdElevateSep 20152015-09-23[2]Oct 20152015-10-25[1]1mo 2d
ejel
NA
Rise Nationlogo stdRise NationOct 20152015-10-25Oct 20162016-10-28[3]1yr 3d
ejel
NA
Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLuminosity GamingOct 20162016-10-28[5]May 20182018-05-06[4]1yr 6mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingMay 20182018-05-06[7]Aug 20182018-08-31[6]3mo 25d
ejel
NA
100 Thieveslogo std100 ThievesAug 20182018-08-31[11]Oct 20192019-10-21[10]1yr 1mo
ejel
CDL
Seattle Surgelogo stdSEA SurgeOct 20192019-10-21[13]Aug 20212021-08-20[12]1yr 9mo
ejel
CDL
Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLA ThievesSep 20212021-09-09[15]Jun 20232023-06-27[14]1yr 9mo
ejel
NA
100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
Jun 20232023-06-27[16]Present2yr 5mo
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News

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
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ISolation eSportslogo stdiSoNovember 9, Dev1L, InFamous, Octane, and Stringo join.
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ISolation eSportslogo stdiSoDecember 5, Dev1L, InFamous, Octane, and Stringo leave.
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Dream Teamlogo stddTDecember 6, Octane and Stringo join. Hazard and SanGoku leave.
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Team JusTuslogo stdJusFebruary 8, FeLonY, Methodz, NauX, and Octane join. Classic, Mochila, and Slacked leave.
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Dream Teamlogo stddTMarch (approx.), Octane leaves.
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Team JusTuslogo stdJusMay 23, Octane, StuDyy, and TcM leave. MerK's loan from Envy ends.
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Prophecylogo stdprphMay 23, Octane joins. Apathy, AquA, and Nagafen leave. Octane leaves.
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Prophecylogo stdprphMay 25, Apathy, AquA, and Octane rejoin.
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Prophecylogo stdprphJune 21, Apathy, AquA, and Octane leave.
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Envylogo stdENVYJune 25, AquA, JKap, and Octane join.
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Envylogo stdENVYSeptember 23, AquA and Octane leave.
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Elevatelogo stdELVSeptember 23, Octane joins. Classic leaves.[2]
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Elevatelogo stdELVOctober 25, Octane, Saints, Slacked, and TJHaLy leave.[1]
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Rise Nationlogo stdRISEOctober 25, Classic, Octane, and Slacked join. ACHES, Burns, Chino, and Whea7s leave.
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Rise Nationlogo stdRISEOctober 28, Classic, Octane, and Slacked leave.[3]
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Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLGOctober 28, Classic, Octane, and Slacked join. NAMELESS, Spacely, and StuDyy leave.[5]
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Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLGMay 6, FormaL joins. Octane leaves.[4]
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGMay 6, Methodz and Octane join. FormaL and Karma leave.[7][8][9]
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGAugust 31, Octane leaves.[6]
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100 Thieveslogo std100TAugust 31, Octane joins.[11]
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100 Thieveslogo std100TOctober 21, Enable and Octane leave.[10]
CDL
Seattle Surgelogo stdSEAOctober 21, Apathy, Enable, Karma, Octane, Slacked, and Nubzy (Head Coach) join.[13]
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August 29, Arcitys, Shotzzy, Octane, Simp, and Envoy are selected as the SCUF Team of the Year.[17]
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Seattle Surgelogo stdSEASeptember 5, Octane will remain with the team for 2021.[18]
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Seattle Surgelogo stdSEASeptember 9, Octane's contract is extended.[19]
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Seattle Surgelogo stdSEAAugust 20, Classic, Gunless, Octane, Prestinni,
Loony, and Nubzy (Head Coach) leave.[12]
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Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLATSeptember 9, Octane joins.[15]
CDL
Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLATNovember 22, Drazah, Envoy, Kenny, and Octane will remain with the team.[20]
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April 23, Octane is awarded the Call of Duty League 2023 - Major 4 MVP.
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June 15, Octane, Dashy, Shotzzy, and Pred are selected for the CDL 2023 All-Star Second Team.[21]
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Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLATJune 27, Octane retires.[14]
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100 Thieveslogo std100TJune 27, Octane (Content Creator) joins.[16]

Biography

Advanced Warfare

Octane took the Call of Duty Pro scene by a storm during Advanced Warfare. He briefly played for Dream Team before being picked up by Team JusTus alongside StuDyy, Merk and TCM. Octane competed with Team JusTus during Season Two of the Pro League but ended up placing 12th with the team ending with a record of 13-31. Octane played for Prophecy NA for the Season Three Relegation Tournament alongside Aches, Aqua and Apathy although unfortunately they did not place top 4 to make it into Season Three of the AW Pro League, falling short by one round in a Game 5 S&D Qualification Round vs. iSolation. On June 25, 2015 Octane joined Team EnVyUs alongside Jkap, Aqua and Loony. After inconsistent placings with Team EnVyUs, Octane left and decided to join Elevate alongside Saints, Slacked, and TJHaLy. At MLG World Finals, Elevate defeated top teams like FaZe and Denial before they faced Denial again and lost, finishing in 3rd place. On October 25, Octane left Elevate to join Rise Nation with Classic, Slacked, and Loony.

Black Ops 3

At the Totino's Invitational 2015, Rise placed first beating OpTic Gaming by 1 round of Search and Destroy on Breach. Rise attended the 2016 CWL NA Pro Division Qualifying Invitational Tournament and qualified for the league. Rise in their second LAN of Black Ops 3 placed first at UMG South Carolina 2016 beating Luminosity Gaming in the finals. They also managed a second place finish at the 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Playoffs after a heartbreaking loss to OpTic Gaming in a Game 7 Round 11 on Infection Search & Destroy. At ESWC 2016, Rise took home the 3rd place finish losing to Splyce. Progressing through the year Octane and his team continuously fell down in placings after being considered a top 2 team in the first half of the game. They placed 3rd at Anaheim, finished fourth overall in the Stage 2 regular season Season, and 3rd/4th at Stage 2 Playoffs, and a 5th place finish at MLG Orlando. The renowned Call of Duty Championships took place but Rise Nation failed to come up with anything special, as the team got pushed to the losers bracket by Elevate and ultimately knocked out of the tournament by Splyce This was the last time Octane played under Rise Nation.

Infinite Warfare

As the year began Octane, Slacked, and Classic parted ways with Rise Nation and Loony, to join up with Saints on Luminosity Gaming. Octane continued the main AR role on the team. The core 3 roster and the addition of Saints was regarded as a team to watch out for, with the slaying capacity of each player. Starting off they year, Luminosity attended the PlayStation Experience Invitational, but fell short, finishing 3rd-4th, losing to Orbit eSport EU. At the first major LAN event of Infinite Warfare, the 2017 CWL Las Vegas Open, the team played well but once again lost out, finishing 5/6th. This event saw the emergence of Luminosity's weakness in Search and Destroy. Moving forward, Luminosity managed their best placing in the Infinite Warfare season so far at the 2017 CWL Atlanta Open, coming home with a fourth place finish, after losing to Team EnVyUs in the Winners Bracket and OpTic Gaming in the Losers Bracket. Search and Destroy proved a particular struggle for Octane as he finished with a 0.66 K/D ratio. At the 2017 CWL Dallas Open, Luminosity finished 7-8th and continued to struggle in Search and Destroy. Although Octane posted a 1.0 K/D in that game type, showing massive improvement, LG only won 2 Search and Destroys, losing 7. Luminosity went on to become the 5th qualified team for the 2017 CWL Global Pro League Stage 1, where in Group Yellow, Octane had his best performance of the IW season, boasting a 1.15 K/D overall and a 1.32 Uplink K/D. LG clinched a playoff spot, finishing their group 4-2 after a dramatic finish against eUnited. Moving onto the Stage 1 Playoffs Luminosity placed 2nd off the back of one the best events Octane's career so far, but ultimately lost to Splyce in Round 11. Octane boasted a 1.20KD, taking down many of the top NA teams like OpTic Gaming, EnVyUs, FaZe and eUnited. The 2017 CWL Anaheim Open followed only two weeks later, and Luminosity took home 1st Place and Octane the MVP Trophy. Octane managed a 1.24 K/D, leading his team to victory taking down OpTic Gaming, Evil Geniuses, Epsilon, and getting payback from Stage 1 Playoffs beating Splyce in the Grand Final. This win and MVP performance solidified Octane as one of the best slayers and all round competitors in Infinite Warfare.

Trivia

  • Octane was the MVP at CWL Anaheim Open 2017, CWL Northern Arena Showdown 2018, CWL London 2019, and [Call of Duty League/2023 Season/Major 4|CDL Major 4 2023]].
  • Many people thought that Octane named himself after the Call of Duty: Ghosts map, "Octane", but stated he started playing competitive Call of Duty during Black Ops 2.
  • Octane was a YouTube sniper before he began competing.
  • Octane was a 2016, 2017, and 2019 CWL Pro League All-Star.
  • Octane was on the Call of Duty League 2020 SCUF Team of the Year.
  • Octane was a 2021 Call of Duty League All-Star.
  • Octane was selected for the CDL 2023 All-Star Second Team.

Achievements

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Minimum place
Tournament tier
Octane Tournament Results
GameDatePlPrizeEventTeamDisplayRoster
2025-04-0945$ 1,650$ 1,650$ 1,650 Twitch Rivals Warzone Verdansk ReturnsLogo stdAPAT Apathy •  Octane •  Heis
2024-11-167 - 8 Cloud9 x Sony INZONE $10000 TournamentLogo stdHAVO Havok •  Octane •  FormaL •  ReddySZN
2024-11-125 - 6 $10000 Gunfight InvitationalLogo stdIITZ iiTzTimmy •  Octane
2024-11-0413 - 16 $10K Methodz SwitcharooLogo stdOCTA Octane •  Apathy •  Pred •  Kenny
2023-11-2813 - 16 150K GGCS Kickoff FinalsOld Men of OpTiclogo stdOMoO Di3seL •  Hutch •  MerK •  Octane
2023-11-189 - 16 Boston Breach Full Tilt Holiday ClassicToronto Ultralogo stdTOR P Scrap •  Envoy •  TJHaLy •  Octane
2023-11-172$ 10,000$ 10,000$ 10,000 Team Summertime ProSim Invitational 3Logo stdSMIX Smixie •  Octane •  Hitch •  aBeZy •  Aydan
2023-10-215 - 6 Stallion Showdown 2Logo stdOCTA Octane •  Gunless •  Classic •  Prestinni
2023-06-187 - 8$ 40,000$ 40,000$ 40,000 Call of Duty League Championship 2023Los Angeles Thieveslogo stdLAT Drazah •  Kenny •  Octane •  Envoy JKap ShAnE
2023-06-185 Call of Duty League 2023 SeasonLos Angeles Thieveslogo stdLAT Drazah •  Kenny •  Octane •  Envoy JKap ShAnE
Total Prize:USD 51,650

Awards and Accolades

Game Date Event Award
2023-10-31 2023 Breaking Point Awards #7 MWII Top 20
2023-06-18 Call of Duty League 2023 Season CDL Second Team
2023-04-23 Call of Duty League 2023 - Major 4 Event MVP
2022-10-27 2022 Breaking Point Awards #11 VAN Top 20
2021-11-04 2021 Breaking Point Awards #18 BOCW Top 20
2020-11-08 2020 Breaking Point Awards #7 MW Top 20
2020-08-18 Call of Duty League 2020 Season Scuf TOTY
2019-07-05 CWL Pro League 2019 CWL All-Star
2019-05-05 CWL London 2019 Event MVP
2017-12-17 CWL Northern Arena Showdown 2018 Event MVP
2017-06-18 CWL Anaheim Open 2017 Event MVP
2017-05-14 CWL Global Pro League 2017 Stage 1 CWL All-Star
2016-07-07 CWL Pro Division 2016 NA Stage 2 Regular Season CWL All-Star

Media

  • 2015
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  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2025

Post-Match Interviews

  • 2017
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
DateTournamentMatchLink
2019-04-01CWL Pro League 2019
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2019-04-03CWL Pro League 2019
Gen.Glogo stdGEN
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2019-04-04CWL Pro League 2019
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOG
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2019-05-03CWL London 2019
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Team Reciprocitylogo stdREC
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2019-06-16CWL Anaheim 2019
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOG
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2019-06-25CWL Pro League 2019
FaZe Clanlogo stdFaZe
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100 Thieveslogo std100T
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2019-08-17Call of Duty World League Championship 2019
FaZe Clanlogo stdFaZe
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100 Thieveslogo std100T
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DateTournamentMatchLink
2020-02-09Call of Duty League 2020 Week 2 - London
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2020-03-08Call of Duty League 2020 Week 4 - Los Angeles
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