Bottle Crow Reborn

This week, a bonus episode for you! This podcast isn't about League of Legends, but they've done something interesting enough to get our attention. Colin and old host Johnny bring you a discussion of League's new system for punishing players, other systems that have been used in the past, and what their implications are. A little serious, but we hope you enjoy the conversation! We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

So much stuff happened on Friday! Na'vi breaking up, a new compendium chest... well, I guess that's it. Still, it's more than enough to make the fact that we recorded this the day before frustrating. ESL One New York, the Fall Compendium, Erno the Mysterious Boy, and Magnus- episode 15 has what you need! Whether you knew you needed it or not. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

This week, hot on the heels of 6.85, we record the first ever Bottle Crow with our hosts in the same room! Turns out this leads to more sass and snark- who knew? This podcast was recorded before the Fall Compendium's release- TRUST ME, we will have things to say about that next time. My goodness. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Patch 6.85 is here! Johnny is here! Batrider didn't get buffed enough! Gosh, it's a real blast from the past on this special patch notes episode of Bottle Crow. Somehow, despite this patch being way less content, we talk just as much as the last time we did a patch special. Are we getting better at this, or worse? See you guys on Saturday for the regularly scheduled episode! We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. You can email questions or comments to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

This podcast, unlike Dota 2 Reborn, is guaranteed bug free! Unless you count the part where I talk about this being the longest patch in Dota 2 and that's just completely 100% wrong by quite a lot. Eheheheh. Listen. It's been a hard few weeks. Last game my courier was just the word "ERROR" floating in the sky. Don't worry- Bloodseeker found a way to snipe it all the same. 6.84, you're killin' me. I love you, but you're killin' me. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Digital Chaos. Monkey Business. Monkey Freedom Fighters. It occurs to me that we give the East flak for names like "Vici," "CDEC," and "LGD," but at least those are just boring and not -painfully bad-. Maybe that's worse, though? Maybe it's better to have a bad flavor than no flavor at all? In any case... Burning God with VG, and I am pretty dang hype. Dota 2 Reborn is about to be... reborn, we argue about who has the best pants in Dota, and we take a trip to Dota High School with this week's fanfiction corner. Bottle Crow continues as it began- two friends telling hard truths about Drow's moral character. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

(Note: Massive, massive apologies- the wrong file went up! This should now be the actual, proper, edited episode 11.) The darkness has won, folks. A shadow falls over the Dota scene, and the podcasts that cover it. All the good players are leaving their teams. Chaos reigns in the roster realm. And our new host has made a move in the guise of altruism that proves to be more dangerous than any could have predicted. It's Episode 11. It has always been Episode 11. And there is no tomorrow. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Colin on Twitter at @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

An Empire falls. Those Born to Win meet their fate of failure. The seekers of nirvana find themselves not on Cloud9, but cold, hard earth. With favorites falling left and right, The International 5 is proving more tumultuous than any of us could have predicted. Here at home, the future seems strange as well, with longtime co-host Johnny bidding the podcast a farewell as he goes on a journey of Dota soul searching. I know we'll meet again, one sunny day. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

What were the Ancients called when they were first born? Were they called Ancients then, as well, but the word meant nothing? Did they perhaps come to define the word? Personally, I like to imagine they had other names. Maybe they were just Dire and Radiant. Or maybe they were like Michelle and Angela. In this special guest episode of Bottle Crow, friend Ethan joins us for a test of his patience and tolerance. How long can he endure Dota lore, hat chat, and Colin and Johnny's careless antics? Well, spoilers: he manages to not ditch mid-episode. Somehow. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Beat back the scouring light of day... embrace the shadow. Sink deep into the darkness of our podcast, brought to you by Shadow Demon, Shadow Fiend, Doom, and the letter R. Out here, in the shadows, there are many dark visions to behold- pro Techies, mild disappointment with Dota 2 Reborn, and the absence of the golden Immortal 3s that will never light our land of shade. Grab a ghost and get spooky, for you'll never see the light again. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

In the world of the hatless, the beret'd man is king. Are you crazy for Drow's Mask of Madness? Are you pumped for Chaos Knight's Armlet of Mordiggan? Do you wish I'd stop with this clumsy wordplay? Come in, friend. Come in, brother. There are so many things we can show you on this special episode of Bottle Crow. Infinite wonders to behold. Most of them are hats. Big thanks to our returning guest Emily for rappin' with me about cosmetics. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

I am Colin. I speak for the lore. I speak for the lore, for the lore has no tongue. Except that it never shuts up. As Dota 2 is Reborn from the ashes of bad UI like its strength-based Phoenix, we look at custom games, the influx of League players, and experience our first ever major technical difficulty. Unreliable internet is the only thing more frustrating than Craggy Exterior, if you ask  me. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

With the International 5 qualifiers behind us, we turn our eyes skyward. But lo, what is that among the clouds? It is words, written in fire, delivered by a divine hand! "You have 322 games remaining in the low priority matchmaking pool due to abandoning games." You weep, and the only one that hears your tears is the queen of low priority- the Queen of Pain. Beg for forgiveness, though there is none. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Sports! This week, special guest Emily Dalton joins us to explain why we sound like idiots every time we try to talk about hockey. We talk about why players associations will never happen, why draws would be a good thing, and the benefits of stability and branding. Oh, and why Legion Commander should have an entourage of ghosts. Because it's us. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. You can email questions or comments to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

It is a sudden thing, the death of a hero. Once, he was unstoppable. Nations bowed before him, and his face shone like the sun on all who gazed upon it. His enemies fled before him, and his allies knelt at his altar, praying for his justice to rain down. Now, there is nothing left. A mere man, a mere mortal, toiling as hard as any. Some, they laugh. They mock him for his past glory, and his fall down to earth. Me, I pity him. I pity a man who once had it all, and is now the same as you and me. I whisper these words, in his memory... "ho ho... ha ha...." We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. You can email questions or comments to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Dota 2's latest 6.84 content patch is eminent, and Valve has released its patch notes for public consumption. Naturally, this was cause for Johnny and I to read them together and repeatedly exclaim how nuts they are. Expert patch analysis, in podcast form! We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Bottle Crow is also available via RSS feed at http://www.score-attack.com/feed/podcast/bottle-crow. Bottle Crow is created in a cooperation between Scanline Media and our sister site Score Attack, which you can find at http://www.score-attack.com. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. We'll have a regular episode in a week and a half- this is just a quick special release for you to enjoy!

What animates a flaming skeleton? Is he driven by a passion that won't quit? Is the fire simply a metaphor for a desire burning deep within, that refused to die when his body should have? Do his bones truly go "clinkz" when he walks? Oh wait no, this is Dota, and the answer is stupid. The future of Na'vi, the lore of Clinkz, an Anti-Mage Aghanim's, gold gain, the vision war, this week's Bottle Crow has it all. Skeleton Walk your way through the ravings of madmen as Johnny and I discuss the latest in the Dota community. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. You can email questions or comments to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!

Such an innocent time it was when Dota 2 was first in beta, and the writers figured no one cared about the lore they were writing. In the second episode of Bottle Crow we explore lore, balance, mechanics, the pro scene, and momentum-halting Metal Gear Solid 3 references. As you sit and wait for patch 6.84 to hit, while you marvel that they haven't nerfed Sniper yet, let Bottle Crow fill the empty time. Well, some of it. It's gonna be a while. We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. You can email questions or comments to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!  

What makes a great Dota podcast? Expert analysis? Winning personalities? Years of experience, a high level of production quality? We who lack any of these are going to try our hand. This brave endeavor, inspiring as it is foolish, be a testament to our will. When all has fallen to dust, and nothing remains of us but memory, someone will remember this podcast. Someone will think of this noble effort. And they will say, in hushed tones, "Eh. Kinda sucked, I guess." We're on iTunes! You can subscribe there, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyWarpzone, Colin is @SixTwoSixFour, and the official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow. Email your questions to bottlecrowpodcast@gmail.com! See again in two weeks!