So maybe I freak out a little too much about how crazy this MMR distribution data is, but… like, can you blame me? It’s really somethin’ else. The Immortal 3s are out, and we have Thoughts about Dota Fashion. (Gold is still terrible.) Blitz delivered some incredible knowledge to Day9, and by proxy the rest …
Man. Valve dropped a bombshell on us in the form of the 2017-2018 competitive season announcement this week, and we’re still poking our heads out cautiously to make sure everything’s okay. Majors aren’t Valve-run anymore, and we also have Minors! What can this all mean?! At least The International is still here… and almost upon …
Do you like us talking in circles? No? Not a fan? Well… do you like us talking in circles? Okay, cool. On this episode of Bottle Crow, we struggle to understand the format of TI7 Regional Qualifiers, and who has or hasn’t won them. Then we mourn the absence of Redeye as a host for …
Tell me something, folks. Inform me, enlighten me. Is the primary qualifier of whether something is food how smooth the process of it leaving your body is? Cause that don’t seem right to me. Also, what is a vitamin? Why don’t we have vitamin immortals? Can’t be worse than these gold ones. Nick and Colin talk …
Not all that glitters is gold, my friends. That would be a far worse world, because I’d take a handful of glitter over one of gold any day… assuming I’m not allowed to just sell it, because in that case the hypothetical is not very interesting. With that in mind, Nick and Colin take another …
After much hype and a small delay, the cooperative adventure campaign for Dota 2, Siltbreaker, has been added. Nick and Colin immediately dove in with a full team of friends to experience it, and after several hours and runs, they’re ready to report their thoughts. What happens when Dota goes Diablo? How do the systems …
This week on Bottle Crow, is it Valve’s fault that 3rd party tournaments are struggling in the Majors era of Dota? Spoilers: no. It isn’t. Don’t be ridiculous. We check in with the TI7 Collector’s Cache for another hat update, Thunderbirds have moved on to a new team name, and we’ve got two new hero …
Turns out you don’t have to sponsor this show to get us to talk about stupid garbage for a long time! Colin’s mad about Reddit (again), Nick went deep into the ACE drama, neither of them can believe what the Coke eSports twitter has been tweeting. Statsmen battle, sodas fly, you will weep. And we’ll …
As we crest over fifty episodes, Colin commits to relearning solo mid, while Nick brings the beef over Hand of Midas. Respawn talents are gone- how are we feeling their absence? What do you do if you talent incorrectly? Phantom Assassin takes the Aghs of the Week, and our Lore of the Week is perhaps …