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Pinnacle is a knowledge sharing event that was designed to educate the non – commerce background students to learn various commerce-based concepts, due to its increasing effects in one’s life

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Shark and Ladders” was inspired by the traditional game of Snakes and Ladders but was uniquely redesigned to incorporate real-world economic elements. The snakes were replaced by “Sharks”—symbolic representations of economic threats such as inflation, recession, stagflation, unemployment etc. On the other hand, ladders represented opportunities—correct knowledge, smart decisions, and strategic thinking, where the player has to answer a specific commerce related question to access the ladder (failing to which, he will be taught about the topic on spot).

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“Shark and Ladders” was inspired by the traditional game of Snakes and Ladders but was redesigned to incorporate economic elements. The snakes were replaced by “Sharks”—symbolic representations of economic threats such as inflation, recession, stagflation, fiscal deficit,etc. On the other hand, ladders represented opportunities— where the player must answer a specific commerce related question to access the ladder.

The players are supposed to team up in pairs of which one of them rolls the dice and the other moves on the board. Each of them is given two lives.

The dice mechanics Forward and backward – Teams had to make calculated decisions where they were given two dices to forward and backward using two different dices. The forward moving dices works as a usual dice whereas the backward moving dice allows player to move backward in case, they miss a ladder or to swap the roles if the player inside has lost one life.

A total of 6 teams will compete together, and the match time is limited to 10 minutes. Two teams get qualified from each game played

The teams that cross the final number first qualifies, or if the time exceeds the limit of 10 minutes, the two players at the furthermost number get qualified.