Episodes
Jim is joined by Arian and (eventually) Strilling to discuss a recent charity showmatch, divine rapiers galore, the best shards and games that we care to talk about, DPC standings with a couple games left in the tour, and Arian gets grilled for his beliefs about Chen.
Published 04/11/22
Jim is joined by Arian and Sam to discuss their upcoming charity match vs team digital, mid AM, the DPC, the WLDL Competetive Div. Finals, the spring cleaning update and Primal beast
Published 03/27/22
Coach Jim is joined by Sam T. to discuss fouling out and stand-ins, Shadow Demon, why some carries are popular right now, team troubles, the permabans on Team Orca and Team Apex, DQ’s in NA Qualifiers, how various politicians and political offices might be represented in Dota, and voicelines of course.
Published 03/16/22
Jim is joined by charlene to discuss his youth sports coaching career, charlene’s lenghty (and well deserved) victory against Arians team in the WLDL, The Gamers Galaxy Invitational and revenant broooooch.
Published 03/08/22
Arian is joined by Sam to discuss the finer points of the new patch (creeps), incredible throws and not-throws, Chen, several impacts on Dota from the war in Ukraine, how to buff Pugna, and plenty of taunting.
Published 03/03/22
Arian is joined by resident patch analyst bealuct to give an overview of the 7.31 gameplay update.
Published 02/24/22
Jim is joined by Sam Trilling to discuss their past and nearing vacations, Valentine’s Day and the Super Bowl (god why), tons of dota ups and downs, WLDL, nullifier, their predictions for the second round of regional finals, their fears for the looming patch, the super secret OP morph combo, and karaoke practice.
Published 02/16/22
Arian is joined by Charlene to discuss sexist YouTube comments, Charlene’s WLDL matches, Arian’s drow arcana fashion, the regional finals (Arian’s predictions will be 100% right),. clockwerk, and mmmmmmnemonics aka donkey bridges.
Published 02/09/22
Jim is joined by Arian to dicuss their WLDL fortunes, battlefury bristlebacks, some incoherent rambling about Dota dragons blood (SPOLERS), Wraith King and Edge vs center pieces in various foods.
Published 02/02/22
Arian is joined by Sam to discuss their winning streaks, drums of endurance, the regional finals, TSM picking up team undying, Dragons Blood S2, the ESL acquisition, and Arians performance as a wldl captain.
Published 01/27/22
Jim is joined by Arian to discuss Dota 2 the videogame, the major cancellation (and possibly un-cancellation?), leverage between valve and the community, plumbing, and SWEET DELICIOUS TREATS.
Published 01/20/22
The Plaid Pirate is joined by BabyBokChoi to discuss cosmetic cat surgery, ear tubes, new dads, a series vs the infamous Pistol Pete, Chaos Knight 3, the looming threat of Colonel Squid, hero of the week Tidehunter, kids cartoons and more.
Published 01/11/22
Jim is joined by Sam and Arian to discuss crime dinners and murder mysteries (very different), wearing dresses, blue qop, theme thursdays, Sam in chad carry mode and the CC vote.
Published 01/06/22
A2K is joined by BabyBokChoi to wrap up this year of Dota and carol merrily about WLDL and cosmetics.
Published 12/23/21
Jim is joined by Sam Trilling (strilling) to discuss several beatdowns from Colonel Squid and his elites, forgotten WLDL casts, their mutual woes, winning games on carry, tanky Sniper, Alchemist in all non-traditional positions, carry SF, Eastern European Dota, the Valkyrie Cup, and “the Ultimate Sacrifice.”
Published 12/13/21
Arian is joined by a secretive, elusive dota 2 podcasting veteran to talk about that secretive, elusive dota 2 podcast veterans candid return to playing the game.
Published 12/06/21
Arian is joined by the WLD Dream Team (Greg, Charlene, Sam, Matt) to discuss their historic victory against Arkosh Gaming, as well as some NaN questions.
Published 11/30/21
Jim is joined by Charlene and Arian to discuss Jim’s foray into storm spirit, the eblade incident (correct version), the a2k vs. babybokchoi showdown of a lifetime, sucky pubs, R O S T E R S H U F F L E S, and buying 6 boots on one hero.
Published 11/23/21
Arian is joined by sam to discuss their recent WLDL series, some roster shuffles, uno reverse smurfing, anime (not that one), biting and resulting diseases, superstitions and drinks.
Published 11/16/21
Jim is joined by Arian “A2K” to discuss recent wins in the WeLikeDota League as well as on QoP, succeeding in unconventional ways, Jim’s experience on a new team, some post-TI roster shuffles for Liquid and Quincy Crew, hero of the week Marci, and some silly Noobs ask Noobs questions.
Published 11/10/21
Jim is joined by Charlene and Arian to discuss halloween, their weeks in dota, marci, the recent patch, the recent treasure, what could happen to make their favourite heros OP and candy.
Published 10/31/21
Arian (A2K) is joined by Charlene (BabyBokChoi) and Sam (strilling) to mourn the loss of a good friend, a late night of Theme Thursdays, OHKO’s, competing junglers, immense disappointment both in games and in the community, a WLDL live roster reveal (league info: registration closes Oct. 31, no MMR cap, new divisions by MMR), and the potential of new hero Marci.
Published 10/26/21
Jim is joined by a huge guest panel to discuss TI10, the games at their TI-meetup, and the WeLikeDotaLeague 2021, CCC-Edition. The guest panel features the host of americas #1 dota podcast, nick of bottle crow and host of americas #3 dota podcast, sam of fourth spirit. As well as Sam, Greg and Bob.
Published 10/18/21
Jim is joined by Sam ThePlaidPirate to talk life updates, Gregiverse 2 transcending the HGC league, and of course the TI group stages, especially the dominance of China in PSG.LGD and more as well as North America’s (not so) great hopes and Fantasy Dota.
Published 10/12/21
Arian is joined by Sam to discuss the appropriate amount of falcon blades, Sam’s winstreak and Arians mage slayer addiction. They then discuss the upcoming TI10, including audience cancellation, covid cases and questionable player conditions. They close the show out with everything you ever wanted to know about compendium predictions, and two NaN questions.
Published 10/06/21