There's nothing in the title "mixologist" that says it has to be drinks. For that matter, lots of "bars" qualify for "bartending." ...Damn, the speed with which this bit became boring! Anyway. Jelly bean cocktails, luxurious Snickers, """""Cider"""" and more. Oh! And Dota, because they actually put something good in the game for the first time in a…

Ranch dressing. Since time immemorial it has enchanted mankind with its smooth flow and flavor. It is divisive, just as the Mighty Mississippi divides America. "Wings are better with blue cheese," they say. "Fries are better with ketchup," they whine. And sometimes they are right. Well, the ketchup people are. Blue cheese dressing is in fact disgus…

I hope y'all like Carmilla. There's a loooot of Carmilla this ep. ...Wait wait wait don't leave! It's not til like 50, 55 minutes in! There's a lot of non-Carmilla pod I'm sorry come baaaaaaaaack Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! There's also the new Scanline Media Disc…

Btw, you don't need to tell me the Hello Kitty thing is wrong. You can if you want. I pulled up tabs during the ep, and I left them open, and then looking at them AFTER the show, it was like "huh. No they say that's not true. Well. Ok." I don't really know what that means to be honest. I mean I guess it just means she really is a cat? I guess. Whic…

It's been a year- the story can now be told. We lived a real-life Battle Crow... and because it was real, it therefore wasn't a Battle Crow. Let's go back in time, shall we? One year ago to the day, Nick and Six were in Disneyland, as was Allen aka Sir Not Appearing On This Episode.... Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show …

We're allowed to talk about Deadlock now! And, fortunately, we want to. That always helps. Plus, there's a new Dota hero- that doesn't happen every day. Hell, it barely happens every year! Actually (squinting at a chart) in 2014 and 2018 we didn't get one! But otherwise, there's been at least one every year since Dota 2 came out. Maybe that'll stop…

Also known as "Cream Cheese Dog Food." Also known as "I Can See My House From Here." Also known as "Is This A Zacchaeus." Also known as... idk, it's a podcast, you can listen to, outside. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You …

Now, I have some sympathy for influencers, and then I also have a lack of sympathy in some areas. Part of the blessing of Scanline not paying my bills is, I'm not beholden to audience numbers and such. Bottle Crow's existence was probably a good clue of that. Point is, I can make whatever I want, and also NOT make whatever I want (broadly). An infl…

This was supposed to be a Battle Crow (our monthly bonus Patreon show), but the guidance of Grace deemed it not to be. Press play with your Two Fingers and celebrate with us the start of the Summer of Sour, cracking open a normal one with the boyz, and marveling at the miracle of bagged tea. I hope you brought some Oil Dipping Sticks for snacking. …

Bad drinks for me are a religion, and CoffeeMate is the sh- wait, can I write that? Is Apple gonna get mad if I swear in the description? Hmmm. Listen I'm a "rule breaker" but like only when no one's gonna get mad at me. i dont like disappointing people. im sorry i will not swear in the show notes. anyway if you're scrolling through eps or somethin…

Were you having trouble sleeping? Do you need to hear two idiots get confused by numbers for, oh, around two and a half hours? I have such good news for you. It's gonna be great. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! We’re on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subsc…

For a certain subset of our audience, I should probably apologize for the amount of Dota talk this ep. It's... uncouth. We're supposed to be post-Dota, like post-modern but cooler. Well, I am. Nick is still in denial. I just try denial on sometimes, like a nice dress you can only bust out for special occasions. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check…

After EIGHT YEARS, the Hatcast returns! I mean honestly, with such a wealth of quality hats, how could we do otherwise. Bizarrely, impossibly, it seems like Dota is back. Leave it to me to say that not because of a good patch or new hero, but because of cosmetics. Listen, you know what I'm like. Don't pretend to be surprised. Join the Bottle Crow D…

It's just... I mean, I guess 300 is a lot. It's a big number. But even SO I am surprised Giratina made the top 300. Is just every legendary in there? Probably, huh? Even though a lot of legendaries are just trash? Like, the Weather Trio from Unova: garbage. The stupid Lake Guardians from Diamond and Pearl? St... stupid. I already said that I guess.…

I'll try to get y'all the Riki Mahjong 2 rules for next episode. I doubt there's anyone chomping at the bit to get them, who really cares, but I have my pride to think of. Probably. That's what people say in these situations, isn't it? To be honest, I don't actually have my pride. But you probably knew that by now. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to c…

If you choose to walk away now, no one will blame you. There will always be more episodes. But if you stay here, and if you listen, you know what you're getting into. It's us listening to and talking over a bizarre Taco Bell press conference/event thing. You were warned. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well a…

Honestly the rumored PSP3 is a bad idea because it'll be more like a Vita 2. And hey. The Vita was fine. I liked my Vita decently well. But the Vita's approach was to basically try to be a home to ports, mostly, and that territory is locked down by the Switch and the Steam Deck now. We don't need that! Now, the PSP had a lot of exclusives, which is…

No notes for you this time. Nick has a surprise for you. Get in here. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! 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…

It's time to Go back to basics. STOP MAKING CONTROL GROUPS. Years of triple nexus yet no REAL-WORLD use found for MACRO. Wanted to destroy a base? We had a tool for that: it was called ATTACK MOVE. "Yes please give me 4 pool so I can 8 morph" -Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged "Hello I would like to rush apple" They have played us for a…

In these "show notes", the podcaster, attempting to "tease" elements of the podcast, or to tell some self-indulgent "jokes", offers some out of context references to the recording itself, which, itself questionably funny, only becomes more question vis a vis this separation. Perhaps they think this attempt at comedy suffices to supplement their clu…

Looking into it, I've discovered that "chanmery" used to be called "champagne" but as ever, that region of France was like "no you freakin' don't" and they had to change the name. To be honest I wanna get more. That stuff was good! Anyway I'm going to work now, so these show notes kinda suck. It is what it is. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check …

I THINk what we want is Star Wars Galaxies Restoration. Cuz I think it's like, we want the Combat Update but not the New Game Experience? I think that's the story. SWG Legends is more popular but it's post NGE, and like, I guess if that's what you want that's fine. But I'm here for a world where Jedi are rare, but dancers are not. Which I guess is …

THIS is more what I expected. Raging over computer parts, confused over the Compendium, and the most frustrating Fanfiction Corner yet. Come to think of it, are normal pieces of fiction just fanfiction of life? You don't have to be a fan of something to write fanfiction, I know that firsthand. Much to think about. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to ch…

This is, somehow, just a pretty normal podcast of two friends talking about hanging out together. I don't know how we managed it? Except that it wasn't on purpose, because if we'd tried to do it deliberately, we would have failed. Perhaps we should just call it Disney Magic. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as we…

If this show was actually popular I'd be fighting with people in DMs for months because of my Dragon Ball comments. LISTEN I KNOW THE "AWAKENED BY RAGE" THING IS REAL IT'S JUST NOT USEFUL IN THIS CONVERSATION. I do know Super Saiyan 2.5, I do know Legendary Super Saiyan and Legendary Super Saiyan 2. We were in the weeds enough that I decided to ski…

I'm telling you gang, the initial break on that candy bar? Coulda stopped a BULLET. After that we good but DANG. Anyway I gotta get back to Oblivion posting. I miss that goofy game. You ever notice I don't swear in these show notes? It's a challenge. It's like common courtesy for podcast notes but MAN it gets in the way sometimes. Join the Bottle C…

This podcast has a Communication Score of under six thousand. Do NOT let Bottle Crow Reborn coach. You should also not let Bottle Crow drive, buy alcohol, or onto any rollercoasters. It's short. The safety harness WOULD NOT REACH. Trust me on this one. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and …

I didn't want to just do patch notes. So please enjoy an hour and a half of patches plus our usual food and drink, Carmilla reading, and despairing over what's become of Jacky Mao. How far you've fallen. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! We’re on iTunes, Google Play, an…

SingSingSing might have to retire after this one. One of those good retirements where your job tells you you're retiring, and you're like "oh thanks but actually I-" and they cut you off like "CONGRATS ON YOUR RETIREMENT" while shoving a watch into your hands, and you out the door. But hey. At least there's pizza. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to ch…

The time has come to pay the 7Up Piper. We promised y'all 7Up recipes, and we are here to deliver. Whether you want us to or not. We've got cheeeeese trivia, we've got experience points in a bottle, we've got surprisingly high quality champagne. Grab a MimosUp and kick back. When you're here, you're family. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out…

The Double Down is bi culture. So says George Constanza. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! 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 real reason six is afraid of seven is all these 7Up recipes. We have Dota thoughts, we have pork sandwich chips, we have a mid to reasonable level of confidence few people will listen to this ep for days because Zelda just came out. So, yknow... enjoy this, whenever you get to it. shame on that man for his lewd and also impossible ascii shrek J…

Aka Dota 3-3. Once again, Dota has undergone tectonic shifts- kinda literally this time, judging by the teaser. Also, like. In that video, the Ancients were destroyed?! Is this LITERALLY a new battle? Like, did we get a canon ending to Dota 2?! I dunno, this patch is whacky and my judgment is broken. But I reinstalled Dota, so. They got me. Join th…

I'm BACK! And I'm not taking Nick's garbage lack of prep lying down, I'm here to right the scales! I did forget to eat those Peeps though. That's on me. Look forward to next ep, when I'll forget again and not eat them again. Our special guest on this episode is listener Dilweed89, whom you can join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live post…

When the Six is away, the meat will play! Allen Ibrahim of the Chatz (COLON) Television Podcast and other Scanline Media products subs in for the absent Six to prove that not even having a guest co-host will make Nick prepare decently for his own show. What if I somehow was able to get Six to record an episode with me on a boat? Like, we set sail o…

I mean I didn't spend a TON of time on Google trying to figure this out (for understandable reasons) but it doesn't SEEM like our new favorite recipe site has a good explanation for its name. That Word seems like it's not like... a common word meaning something else in King's English. Then again it's probably slang? But it's slang HERE. And it's ba…

Death is coming! Or, rather, Death's right hand gal. We're finally given a new hero in this smaller-than-expected patch, with a focus on Turbo Mode and smaller balance changes addressing concerns from the recent Lima Major. This is the Turbo Mode episode- the regular episode is the same content. It's like Pokemon Red and Blue- a LITTLE different bu…

Death is coming! Or, rather, Death's right hand gal. We're finally given a new hero in this smaller-than-expected patch, with a focus on Turbo Mode and smaller balance changes addressing concerns from the recent Lima Major. This is the regular episode- the Turbo Mode episode is the same content. It's like Pokemon Red and Blue- a LITTLE different bu…

Is it "Azwraith" like "Azure Wraith" because he's got blue skin? Though the "wraith" part is the confusing one. He's not dead. Though apparently a wraith, definitionally, can imply a ghostlike image you see shortly BEFORE your death. So it's like, his doppelgangers are wraiths because they're gonna kill you then disappear? This is really stupid. Do…

From the ancient catacombs of the Dettmars to the corporate headquarters of Monster Energy in Corona, California (wow that's actually not that far away), let the land shake. Let us feel the mighty swell of Single Malt Ultraviolet Grain Whiskey move body and soul. By the light of the Sherry Cask, you shall do as I ask: receive this bounty, and rejoi…

Sam and Mistablue talk intro music, Extra-Life fundraising, WLDL results, and more! Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! 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 fr…

Six has not only made had me edit this episode, but now make the actual RSS-thing post that disseminates this vile libel to the broader world. I guess after 6+ years it had to happen eventually. In this installment of Pod Cast we talk Boba, Red Bull, World of Warcraft, and spend a "generous" amount of time with our new best fanfiction friend DotA H…

Sometimes, you read something and you instantly realize the author is a cishet man, yknow? Obviously I don't know that for a fact, but a third of this week's chapter of Dota High School takes place in the girl's shower room, and it isn't the worst thing in the world? But our author absolutely fails to be normal about this. I suppose I should sympat…

i've already forgotten who the gym teacher is. c'est la vie. It's a Frostivus Special as we reflect on the year we've had. A little. Mostly we drink tea and scotch, are subjected to garbage tier trivia once more and finally, FINALLY, we go Back To School. Send in YOUR Mirana voice! Hard to imagine it's worse than mine! Happy New Year, perhaps minus…

THICK. THICK. THICK. THICK. It's time to be thankful, to be sincere, and to regret. Honesty casts a dark shadow, but not as dark as the late Alex Trebek, and his dry dismissals. Three, two, one, mark- open wide for Chunky. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! We’re on iTun…

I did a report from the field to tack onto the end of Episode 164 and then forgot it. Have this six minute addendum, not counting bumpers.Von Scanline Media

The past is a foreign country. But on this episode, we have a passport! ...I'm sorry. That sucked. That sucked! We spend most of this ep looking at Dotabuff. You can tell it's gonna be a riveting ep, hence why these notes are so clever. Whatever, enjoy the ep. I Can't Escape Anti-Mage from 2014. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live po…

The International is over! Battle Pass Part 2 is here! The Swageth Bageth! All these things and more as we are unexpectedly joined once again by Bea for a very Dotaaaaa episode. apparently you can also hear this episode at https://www.twitch.tv/lubacet438 Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us a…

it's too long a title but i couldn't pick just one do you think you could... ok. not YOU. the question i am about to ask is like. if you were to direct it to me, to ask this of ME, i would be insulted. and so not YOU. but do you think ONE, a PERSON, could tell the dif... ok. like. a good scotch uses local water and you can taste that, right? or som…

"Ehhh... captain? Puppey?" hazarded Resolut1on, approaching the Monitor's Bane hesitantly. Team Secret's captain didn't look up from his copy of Sun Tzu's Art of Laning. "Reso. What's on your mind?" Resolut1on shuffled his feed. "I, uh... well. I've been hearing some of the... stuff. The rumors. You have too, right? About Dota... dying?" "What abou…