Bottle Crow Reborn

On this episode of Bottle Crow, we're game for some trivia if you are. Then it's off to more Robot Talk as OpenAI runs wild, and we posit our theories on the impossible forms our machine overlords will inevitably take. Plus: buttermilk roast chicken and chicken noodle soup in Jacky's Chow! Let us put the fear of your robot god into you, then cleanse it with some nice soup. Seems like a fair deal to me. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

Fly like a crow, into the future. Through the vastness of space, live from Kerbifornia and Milyland (respectively), Six and Nick are here with another weekly dose of kerbalnaut wisdom, bottled up and sent straight to you. Sweep past your periapsis and look towards your apo, cause we're burning prograde towards the latest in Kerbal Space Program news. DLC drama, Kerbal of the Week, Jackerblin's Chow, we got all the hits for you. A rousing discussion on sandbox vs career, and Nick's first flight! All in a day's Mission Elapsed Time. Join us. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Kerbal friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week! &nbs

One hundred episodes! I am not quite sure how we made it. Certainly, this episode won't shed light on that matter. Pro drama, the Community Hero and Item Project, the steady march of our oddly limited robot overlords. Plus, some pie crust tips from Jacky's Chow. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

When the end seems near, and you close your eyes, only death around you, we'll be there with that Shallow Grave. Stand up, y'all. Dota ain't dead, and neither are we. The Dota Pro Circuit is showing signs of life as it announces some crucial changes for next season, recalibration is upon us and is only a little bit (read- incredibly) late, and even Steam is rising from its grave with a rework of its chat client. Plus, on Jacky's Chow: gamey-ness, and how to make it work for you. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com! See again next week!

Teams are exploding. Pros are taking a break. The intensity of the Dota season this year is leaving everyone reeling, and we still have a few months until The International brings it all to a finale. At least we're (theoretically) getting the last of the biweekly patches, and things will start to settle down on the meta front? Meanwhile, in China, the Dota community uses memes to fight tyranny. No... literally. It's incredible. Plus, Jacky's Chow will teach you to make blackened shrimp tacos! We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

I think I've made every possible variant of a Navi's Back/Navi's Not Back joke at this point. Honestly, I'm at my wit's end. I need someone to guide me back to a quality joke. A... Navigator. ...Hmm, nope. That was not the joke. I truly am lost. The ESL screws up another tournament, faulty Roshan statues flood the market, Valve lashes out at visual novels, and we played a game with a Gold Hero Mastery Techies. Sound stressful? We'll help you relax by teaching you how to make a nice, cleansing miso soup. Or... the stock for it, before we get distracted >.< It's okay, here's what we forgot... bring it to a simmer, add miso to taste, add seaweed, add tofu! There you go. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questi

"So how long do you plan to let this patch last?" "Two weeks!" "Have you made any major nerfs or buffs that would affect the meta?" "Two weeks!" "...Excuse me?" "...Twooooo weeeeeeks. TWO WEEEEKS. twooOOOo weeeeekkks" How can anyone be expected to solve a new meta within two weeks? That's Nick's question on this week's episode of Bottle Crow, and I suppose it's a good question. I would ask, is solving a meta really something we want to happen? Battle Pass, streaming, the newest from Pumodi, and of course, a new Jacky's Chow, covering smokers and noodles. Dig in. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See

On this quiet week, Nick and Six talk school vs. chasing your dreams, Epicenter, and rising stars FlyToMoon, before getting into the content you REALLY crave. A ten item Taco Bell quiz? That we really probably should have approached Taco Bell and asked them if they'd pay us, instead of us doing it on our own for free? That's that GOOD shit. Corrections: yes, chalupas are a real food item, our bad. And yes, I did get mixed up when it came to the Crunchwrap, I was thinking I'd already asked that question and actually never did. My b. If you want to run the quiz by some others for laughs, here it is, with solutions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xRe5Dm4tiDyn9wEFXQ_ukCpNcum3S9rolRvTEZ1_ul0/edit?usp=sharing Vote for Yohosie for the Summit of Power! She deserves it! https://smash.gg/tournament/summit-of-power/nomination We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help sprea

From Australian lawsuits to unicorn figures, the courier's got it all for you this week. You ever think about it like that? Like the RSS feed is the courier, bringing you your latest episode of Bottle Crow? Then you slam the bottle, and put it back on the courier, and send it home, and then remember bottle crowing isn't in Dota anymore and that was a total waste of time. The patch schedule, Windranger's back (again), Dr. Ticklebomb's Single Tango, we got it all for you this week. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

We didn't need a Team Builder to form a great podcasting duo: we figured it out, on our own. And sometimes we have to be a little flexible about roles. Sometimes Nick has to do the "peace out" because I forget. Sometimes, I'm the one who memes! Because in this Dota podcast, much like in the Dota game, we're all about the freedom to play and innovate. Anything can work. The question is, will that always be good enough? As Dota slowly declines, can we rest on past successes? Or do we have to look for another way forward? Aghs of the Week, Lore of the Week, Jacky's Chow. We've got a good one for ya. Come on in. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com&nbs

A scattering of pro drama is dominated by our grand topic for the episode: is the Dota Pro Circuit actually a terrible system? Six and Nick are divided, and like most bad things in life, it all boils down to capitalism. Our best wishes to w33 on his new team, and a quick talk with "Sebby" about the fool's errand that is chastising Reddit. Part of being a pro is shrugging off "advice" from amateurs, you just gotta get used to it. Then we dive into Jacky's Chow, where Nick is going to tell you how to make a delicious Japanese-style grill pizza. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

Nick is a very good friend of mine. He's a reliable cohost. He's agreeable, he puts in the work to make this show run, he's always friendly and understanding. I really value him, and our relationship. And sometimes I want to kill him. This episode introduces a new segment that absolutely will NOT reoccur, "Meme of the Week." We talk NoobFromUA's copyright strikes, DAC and the victory of Mineski, Kyle the Super Commentator, and the trouble with best of ones. The offlane might be due for some changes, and Beyond the Summit is going Beyond Dota. Plus, on this week's Jacky's Chow, a full service guide on oils and fats! Dig in. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowrebo

7.12 is the least of our worries this week: we're diving full into the surreal. Patch notes pair nicely with a dive into the baffling world of Emma Saying, and a short interview with Allen, a friend and non-Dota player. Jacky's Chow is gonna teach what to do with a pound of ground beef, and explain some food safety while we're at it! The Na'Vi CEO vows to fix things in boot camp. I guess we'll see. Happy Birthday, Ohaiyo! Big thank you to Allen for joining us for a little interview! You can find them on Twitter at @allenibrahim. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

Congrats to Virtus Pro for being the first team to clench their International 2018 invite! My sympathies to Most Dota Players for being unable to get tickets to said International, because they sold out in mere seconds! Dota Plus is changing the way we play, but perhaps catastrophic hardware failure is changing it even more. Reso needs a rez, five anchors unsecured, the newest Hero Concept. And, Jacky's Chow this week tackles chicken: baked chicken breast and quick chicken piccata! The video with the flipped Dota map is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnDDck8hio We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See

The old Bottle Crow RSS feed that we lost access to has been delisted. At last, Bottle Crow Reborn is again your ONLY Dota 2 podcast named after a technique that has since been patched out of the game. And we're celebrating with a jam-packed episode! Dota Plus, Artifact, the future of VR (I know, but hear us out), our new cooking corner, and The Only Way To Get Banned. I wonder if we should call getting called out on our show "bottling crow." Food for thought. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

Do you like QUIZZES? Do you like DOTA? Well, we have two Dota quizzes for you this week! Play along with Nick as Six plays quizmaster! We've also got the latest from Iceberg eSports (rip rip rip rip), Jacky Mao's Kitchen Nightmares, Patch Is Here Once Again, we're salty about the Sunder cooldown. Plus, Valvebro isn't back, stop it, that's obviously OBVIOUSLY a fake. Like come on, you guys. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

This week, Six and Nick are going all in on ESL. (Katoviiiice.) We take a deep dive into the history and structure of the esports behemoth, in an attempt to learn where its corporate clumsiness stems from. Then it's on to observations about Artifact, applause for Envy, and a very happy birthday to Fear. And, uh... Car Talk? Listen, Nick was pretty sick. Be nice. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

It's a sad time for Dota fans. Not only is one of Dota's favorite sons, Merlini, retiring from pro Dota, but LD is stepping back as welll... and then to add insult to injury, doofuses like Slacks and the Bottles Crow, Nick and Six, aren't stopping while they're ahead. We wish a warm farewell to Ben Wu, one of the greats, and look to the future... it sure as shit ain't coming from casters like TeaTime, I can tell you that. Could it come from... gasp... the return of IceFraud and Surge?! ...No. No no no. Don't be crazy. I can't stand those guys. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

This week's news might spell the death of the patch note special? We can't do those every two weeks, we seriously can't. But if the average quality of our standard episodes goes up because of it, it's well worth it. Inbetween talk of beef stew and microwave bacon, we find time to dish dirt on Navi and VP's player swap, the Fate of Sonneiko, our biweekly patch future, the contents of 7.08, and more. More Windranger buffs! We're gettin' there, folks. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Highlander Music Pack in the Steam Workshop! The official Bottle Crow twitter is @BottleCrow if you have any questions or comments. Email your questions to bottlecrowreborn@gmail.com or colin@bottlecrow.com! See again next week!

You know, I'm sure Icefrog MEANS well, but the consistency with which he makes our podcast episodes incorrect by the time they post is a tad frustrating. Then again, it's also on me for being a bit slow this week. The ESL One Genting drama starts to calm down, but we still manage to get fired up. We tackle some big questions: how will they nerf Tinker? What changes need to happen to get Techies, Pangolier, and Dark Willow ready for Captain's Mode? Where's the Spring Cleaning Update? Where's the Battle Pass? All of these questions got answered by now, because Icefrog is just obsessed with blowing up our spot. Thanks. Oh, since it didn't make the podcast: Nick cut me off just as I was about to suggest a sandwich sauce utilizing Kool-Aid Ice technology. When I told him off air, he mourned his decision to shut down my bit. It was a good bit. ...It was a bad bit, but it was gonna end well. We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really h