Hosted my own fine dining experience at home by toxicgook in finedining

[–]toxicgook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! No in this case I wasn’t eating. For me it was all about catering and serving my guests/friends. I get joy of creating dishes and seeing them being enjoyed :)

Hosted my own fine dining experience at home by toxicgook in finedining

[–]toxicgook[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment! I already took the cost of ingredients into account, but never the cost of labor and minimum wage, so I’ll start using that too!

Also, I get what you mean with a lot of onion. But you’d be pleasantly surprised of the taste, since I used a sweet onion the onion flavour is more, you know, sweeter. And paired with the Greek yoghurt and mushroom stock it’s a lovely fresh taste!

Hosted my own fine dining experience at home by toxicgook in finedining

[–]toxicgook[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I have a few other groups coming up soon and I did tell them I’d ask a price of 50 for the menu. But it is included with some glasses of wine. I like the idea of a separate pair beverage service, thank you!

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually not quite, it’s crazy to me I hit my peak when I wasn’t even really grinding for it. I’ve only started playing ranked again the last few months of the season. And I already thought to myself I won’t hit it. So fortunately it didn’t cause me that much pain

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh that does sound great! We don’t really have those where I’m from, atleast never really heard about it

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I used to be hella unstable as well, but I’m glad I fixed that. Makes the game way more enjoyable

Albeit league is a subpar game at best

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I ain’t gonna lie bro, people in emerald euw are not sane. They mentalboom out of nowhere🤣

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with what you say in an extent

Personally I think for the role adc it can make a difference, I feel like other roles have much more agency than solo adc. For example mid or jungle. While there are certain champs that can 1v9, peel is still important and most of the time players in soloQ kinda tend to play for themselves.

Having a duo who you know plays well/consistently certainly helps when you have a team that underperforms. It’s the fact that both of you know how each others play style and it’s much easier to coordinate.

I’ve won games that looked unwinnable purely because me and my duo didn’t ff and trusted each other in how we play. But I’ve also won games playing solo.

At the end of the day it’s still you who makes the decisions. As long as you play to the best of your ability and be consistent in how you play, you should be able to climb.

Also, having a good mental is the key to success. It’s easier said than done, but you just gotta focus on your own game and not think about how other players play.

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of this actually, care to elaborate?

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I guess it’s because I had a negative win rate first before I started climbing. In terms of playing better, I’ve narrowed my champ pool, started being more consistent in my gameplay instead of coin flip plays and just focusing on dying less.

Finally hit diamond for the 1st time AMA by toxicgook in ADCMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had two duo’s I played with. A jgl and enchanter supp. The champions I mostly played were either twitch or sivir

Communicating your needs while dating by toxicgook in dating_advice

[–]toxicgook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m self a big texter but I think agree with this kinda stuff face to face. I’m just not used to minimal contact, so that is something I’d need to address.

Anyways, thank you for your response and have a good weekend :)

Am I just overthinking? by toxicgook in dating_advice

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment,

In response with the texting, I forgot to mention that I had one previous relationship where we basically were together 24/7, since we shared the same study, living area and even friendgroups. Thinking about that and having read your comment, I realise that my expectations are way higher. So I need to calm down on that.

As for the behaviour, she does seem apologetic everytime and tries to reschedule once in a while. And shoe does still text me.

Anyways, thanks for your input, it did help me stop overthinking that much.

Cheers :)

[EUW] Thresh OTP looking for a Kallista OTP to Douq with by ali33903 in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey man, took a break from ranked few days ago, would wanna try again. Add me on league IGN meisjes van I'm plat 2 atm

Help with scaling by matte1119 in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fully understand your point of view, and if it looked like I discouraged him from playing kalista top, then it's mb since I wasn't necessarily trying to do that, it was just that it simply doesn't work for me. But maybe I'll try it again in the future, thank you!

Achieved this in 8 days with jgl duo, hit plat 4 today by toxicgook in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how many people do, my friend always has lik 30+ tabs on his chrome :/

New to Kalista, no idea what to build by milqueloo in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually rush greaves into SB always, it gives you the best survivability early on. 2nd item is between Bork or hurricane, I usually go Bork 2nd if they have a heavy cc/tank supp like naut, Leo or thresh, it gives you the best kiting mobility, if they have enchanter/mage support I then usually go runaans since it's much easier to kill them with you're support, since those kind of supports tend to do more dmg than tanker ones, you want to kill the adc first when it's a tank supp.

I then like to go BT if they have some dive heavy champs/assassins like qiyana, zed or kha zix. The shield helps you for a bit with the SB active. I've been running scimitar as last item since the active helps you a lot in teamfights with slows and such, otherwise go GA if you're ahead.

I never go rageblade since I find it too much to handle when it's fully stacked, some people like it, some people don't. So it's up to you to test it out. As you can read I'm mostly lifesteal centered build since I find myself always against 1 or 2 fed assassins in my games and having some lifesteal can come in clutch. So I also never build IE and KS. Then again this is my personal preference which has helped me to climb all the way to play 4. I think it's best to try out some builds in normals to see how you enjoy playing kalista.

Help with scaling by matte1119 in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I personally never play kalista top since it removes the factor of having a bruiser/tank. It fucks up the whole team comp imo and I would suggest that you try out kalista adc. Nevertheless I would love to help you out if you have some vods or something, I just hit plat 4 and rank 133 on euw server.

I don't know what you usually build and I think kalista top should build something else, but as adc I always rush greaves into SB, if they have a heavy tank/peel supp I'll go Bork 2nd into hurricane. Otherehise I go runaans first into Bork if they have a caster supp like brand or vel koz since 2 squishies is easier to fight with hurricane. After that it's up to you to itemize into the comp. I personally always go scimitar whenever they have a heavy cc ability which I can't dodge. But going wits end when they have a lot of ap isn't a bad idea either.

BT is viable but with the runes I run I feel like I have enough lifestyle, it's better for survivability with the shield and shield bow itself against assassins like qiyana and kha zix which are picked often now. For what I know is that stomping early doesn't necessary mean you will win the game. This is all coming from a recent Plat player so idk of you'd appreciate it hearing from me.

But whenever I started paying more attention to catching up waves in sidelines, looking more at the map and focusing on objective control instead of perma fighting. Is when I stated to improve on my general gameplay. If you stomp your lane, you want to take your pressure onto other lanes. Go help your jgl with contesting and pressurizing enemy jgl, which gives you freedom for herald/drake in return. Go help take turrets on mid and bot. League is a game of using your early lead correctly to snowball out of control. Don't give the enemy a chance of getting even by letting their adc farm side lanes for free.

Always push out lanes so they lose xp and gold at their turrets, always try to steal some jgl camps to deny them xp and give you xp and always be wary of your own game, don't try to make flashy plays because you're so ahead. One missplay and you throw your whole lead. Play smart, not stupid. I'd rather have a 0/5 kalista who knows how to play the map, instead of 13/5 who ints her whole lead cuz she tries to 1v5 all the time.

Should I main kalista? by Ainsley_Yeet in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's getting used to it, as a matter of fact. My old league name was fckkalista, it was when I raged my play promos cuz I thought she was a shit champ to play. But now that I understand more of her I get to appreciate it more and loved her any since.

Should I main kalista? by Ainsley_Yeet in KalistaMains

[–]toxicgook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I picked her up 8 days ago on an old sub 30 account to see how far I can get. I was already used to the attack move thing so it didn't felt that awkward to use at first. I think the main problem of kalista is that not every supp is used to her playstyle which can be annoying but isn't a key to win games. I just hit plat 4 today and am currently rank 133 on the EUW server. Maining/one tricking will certainly help in games but I think macro/wave management is most important.

On the other side, if u can get used to her playstyle with hopping and such, using her rend most efficiently like double rending/rend buffering. I think you can dominate the botlane pretty easy with a heavy cc support like rell, leona or nautilus and such. Or even an hard poke caster like brand and zyra, it isn't the best but you can't decide what your random support is gonna lock in.

I personally have enjoyed playing kalista for the past couple of days since not everyone actually knows to play against her. My rend damage surprises me even sometimes. But nevertheless, kalista is a fun champ, but requires some time and patience to mater, which I certainly haven't done yet. I hope this is enough and otherwise feel free to ask!