Leave it to Nick to go completely out of his mind off the rails on an episode where we already had plenty to talk about. The International 7 is underway! Some last minute team changes occurred! We’ve seen the schedule for the Majors and Minors next year, and we’ve got the inside scoop of what …
The real Immortals aren’t the items you equip to your heroes. It’s the players who claim the Aegis at the International. With TI7 beginning in just a few days, Nick coaches Colin on how to safelane carry, PPD coaches Nahaz on how to watch his mouth, and we make our predictions for TI winners. Plus, …
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 …
What would you do if you stepped out of a movie theater, checked your phone, and your team was gone? Would you cry? Would you ask for help? Would you wonder where this hypothetical is going? Ask PPD- we don’t know either. The pro scene shuffle madness continues, we talk about the joys of five …
With the Dota pro shuffle in full effect, we call in Jesse Cox to tell it how it is. OG, DC, the future of the pro scene? Lofty aspirations and dirty realities collide in this discussion of competitive gaming’s bad habits. Not really, I guess, but that sentence sounded cool, so I wrote it. Mostly …
Boy. Well, at least we got it out the door. This is the most technologically messy episode we’ve put out, by far. It just… the things didn’t work like they should have. There’s some good conversation here! We hope you enjoy it! But there’s a lot more good conversation on the cutting room floor, because …
This week on Bottle Crow, we travel back… way back. Watching pro Dota 2 from TI1-TI2 era, we’ve come to some realizations about commentary, pro player insight, and what needs to be done with Pudge. The solo queue life is getting Colin down, and Valve’s negligence is getting on everyone’s nerves. Sorry for the bummer …