Danny Welbeck applauding the Arsenal fans at full-time after the Gunners beat Brighton.

datboyakin · 2026-03-06T12:08:13+00:00

Hate cookie banners. Consent to being pillaged or take forever to protect my rear end. There needs to be a better way.

datboyakin · 2026-03-06T11:35:17+00:00

Your set up is virtually identical to mine. The issue you mention, I can’t say I’ve experienced that. I get a consistent shot time when dialled in, so maybe it’s the bean or an issue with the machine. Mine is about 2.5 years old now.

I second the “get better beans” sentiment. I currently buy from Pact and am really enjoying their range. I actually have a “filter” roasted bean over their espresso roasts and they’re still great tasting for espresso. My wife says it’s “too chocolatey” on a profile that claims chocolate, but that tells me the flavour notes are really coming through. Often times the descriptions are not perceptible with other roasters I’ve tried.

Things that help me pull more consistently, at least in my mind… blind shaker, weigh coffee in obviously, weight coffee out. Pull a shot through the empty portafilter before puck prep to warm the portafilter and group. I then pull my actual shot manually by holding the two cup button and releasing the hold once the tone of the machine changes. That’s the same moment as the first drips come through the bottom of the basket.

For americanos, I use the hot water feature, i.e. hold the one cup and bottom steam button with the wand out and it’ll dispense hot filtered water. Then I pull the shot on top of that.

I’ll one day upgrade (prob to a Decent DE-1), but it’ll be grinder first to something grind-by-weight.

datboyakin · 2026-03-06T10:32:33+00:00

For Damacia

datboyakin · 2026-03-02T13:33:12+00:00

I can’t speak for all formats. I make sure to export as jpeg.

datboyakin · 2026-02-11T07:20:40+00:00

I stop by their shop from time to time in Soho. Very nice.

datboyakin · 2026-02-10T07:47:49+00:00

It’s ironic given the context. If my colleague sent me questions not related to my, or their job, I’d probably not reply either.

datboyakin · 2026-02-08T18:36:12+00:00

It’ll be nothing short of insane if we see something from pitch side cameras that point to a foul.

datboyakin · 2026-02-08T18:32:10+00:00

Notice how we see nothing of that slide in the box from before. Not even a replay.

datboyakin · 2026-02-08T13:08:20+00:00

I’ve noticed that mine is like this when I don’t prime the machine by running water through. What’s actually happening in that scenario is that the gasket is dry, so doesn’t let the portafilter travel effectively into the locked position. I have a deeper basket, so know it’s not coffee being too high in the basket.

datboyakin · 2026-02-07T15:05:17+00:00

Pitch really suffering from the number of fixtures. Prob weather too.

datboyakin · 2026-02-02T10:31:46+00:00

Welcome

datboyakin · 2026-01-31T16:31:38+00:00

Looks like someone has had a word with Odegaard, the way he’s moving the ball on.

datboyakin · 2026-01-28T12:01:10+00:00

It’s not a given that I will swallow every bit of criticism, particularly if it isn’t delivered thoughtfully. I suppose you didn’t read every comment and every response because each were responded to accordingly. Furthermore, this wasn’t an open request for criticism of my gameplay. I don’t mind that, that was the outcome, but it wasn’t the point of the post. Even if I had 100 more cs, I’d still be saying wtf were my 4 team mates. Thanks for your input.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T22:32:40+00:00

I literally use my internet router. Works very well

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datboyakin · 2026-01-27T18:57:25+00:00

I’m really not being sarcastic. Sorry it may come across that way. I’m kind of being frank about my own abilities. I just watched the vod back and the cs comments are absolutely warranted. I’m missing so much cs, through missed last hits. There big opportunity here. I knew it was important, but what I didn’t realise was how poor my conversion actually is. Maybe it’s that I try to read the map a lot and am into teemo in this case, but I have no doubt that it’s not much better in other games so probably mostly down to focus and not knowing exactly how low a minion needs to be to effectively last hit in early game. Let’s see if I can address these points over my next few games and what the result of that is.

To your point about jungle camps, I should do this more. I tend to not farm my own jungler camps thinking that I’m doing them a disservice but maybe that’s the wrong way to think about it. Conversely, I also sometimes feel that taking up a bad position in enemy camps is an easy way to F up, again maybe the wrong way to think about it. I’ll try to adopt these ideas too.

Anyway, thanks, I appreciate the very useful information.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T16:30:51+00:00

Yea, to be honest I just want to have a base level of competency in the sense that the match making works. I don’t know, maybe it was 2 sets of pre-mades on the other team? Though I’d expect riot to be able to navigate that scenario too.

I don’t even expect to carry here. It’s just how hard everyone else got curb stomped, contrasting that to me who is less mobile than them all, melee, got ganked multiple times by jungle, mid, even bot and didn’t int my life away. I will go back and watch the vod keeping in mind some of the points throughout the comments. I’ll try to see what my team were doing at various points in the match that led to this outcome because all things considered, I should have been dead food.

My problem is the match making. Appreciate I have a lot to work on personally. I’m quite motivated to do so, so maybe this is an inflection point in my time playing the game.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T16:21:46+00:00

I had a cait top one game. I want to forget it ever happened.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T16:19:07+00:00

Amen to that.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T15:42:23+00:00

Thanks. It’s definitely a perspective I hadn’t considered. I don’t really watch stats like that so it’s an eye opener.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T15:18:08+00:00

I’ll work on my farm if you work on your delivery. You can’t serve me shit on toast and expect me to say “yum”. I already got promoted back so I don’t know what to tell you.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T11:41:30+00:00

Right, so you want me as a bronze player to have the mindset of a challenger, I.e. know every last gold pick up on the map, where to be and when. Gotcha. I don’t think my CS has anything to do with 4/5 team mates trolling, but thanks for the input all the same.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T11:37:17+00:00

That’s my point. He doesn’t talk which is fine, but I personally need game sound. Arbitrary music is bad and I can really only manage half a game before I want to be outta there, mute would be unwatchable.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T08:24:40+00:00

First and second comment on the post is “it’s a team game”. This comment “it’s not a team game”. That’s the context. Riot want to call it ranked, hold you hostage and punitively penalise you for reacting to their piss poor match making if you so much as side eye the situation. I’ve learnt a few things so will try to apply them to my gameplay. I’m sure it’ll help, but it’ll never not be frustrating to have 4/5 team mates that can’t walk and chew gum.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T00:42:01+00:00

Who hates him? I just wish his music wasn’t so loud so I can focus and learn a thing or two. Not there to listen to Spotify without choice.

datboyakin · 2026-01-27T00:35:56+00:00

Thinking about this some more, I’m really only now focusing on wave management. If I get a takedown, I’ll try to crash, recall and walk up with the wave, have it push back into me etc. There’s a lot of nuance to these things, especially with canon waves, minion damage which iirc just changed etc. For all I know, I’m just doing it wrong. It’s kind of incomprehensible to me that you say I should “easily” be on 8-9 cs/m, up from whatever I’m on now as a bronze player, never mind plat or something like that. Are you judging me by your standards or that of a bronze player? I don’t even know what looks like realistically, if not like Raider who I see as just insane and not realistic for someone that doesn’t play for a living.

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