PSA: Call your role/lane in Ranked Lobbys

6o1hOOJVDL··84 votes·3,265 views

One of the most frustrating things in champ select is people who lock flex picks without saying a word, or people who are in the same pick rotation as you who don't say/hover anything giving you minimum time to react or get angry because you took their role in the last couple of seconds because they didn't say a word.

Please even if you lock an obvious pick like Jinx just say you're ADC for summoner 13 's sake.

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Bergk32 votes

I just love it when people pick champions that can fill multiple roles, but don't say what role they're filling. Let me tell you a story of my promo matches:

Summoner 1 Locks: Nautilus summoner 4 summoner 14 Team: Yo naut, you going Top or Sup? Heck maybe you're even going AP mid??? Naut doesn't say a word. Summoner 2: Well he's obviously naut adc, so I'll do that. Tehe like my pun? XD Summoner 3: Guess I'll jungle <picks Skarner summoner 4 summoner 11 > Summoner 4&5: YO Naut! We need to know where you're going. Summoner 1 (4 seconds left on the clock for summoner 4&5 to pick): Skarner, I'm jungle Nautilus <changes summoner spells: summoner 4 summoner 11 >

Cipse20 votes

Had this one game where I called mid, then asked if anyone wanted mid in ranked, after I was able to pick. No-one answered, so I locked in... only to have the guy in the same pick rotation select then lock in Yasuo without saying a word.

And we already had our top picked.

chipndip112 votes

Another thing that sucks is when you say "sup/adc pref", someone says "mid/adc pref", someone else picks support, and the guy that COULD mid picks adc.

Like...you couldn't even leave me enough rope to hang myself with, could you?

LadyRenly6 votes

Assholes who do it frustrate me beyond belief. As soon as I get in I like to call my role. Maybe I will call support. Then a few seconds later,the other guys call top, mid, adc. and I'm just like sweet, this is working out. Then the mute guy just takes support, forcing me into the last position. Like, fk you, honestly. If you had just called support, I could have called a second preference, but no, that's already taken.

Frost Hellfire3 votes

I had this one game where someone picked Galio with summoner 13 and I thought he was going support, because he didn't say a word. Then, I picked and said "Mid" and the guy didn't say a word either, so the time ran out and I locked in. Welp, turns out the guy was cursing at me and flaming for picking mid when he "obviously" was going mid. I mean, pardon my ignorance, but I've never played with a Gaglio before, dafuq am I supposed to know about him?

Bergk1 votes

To be fair...Galio's main role is mid. He'd probably be trolling if he went support with clarity .

Frost Hellfire2 votes

Welp, I started playing this season. This was legit the first time ever I had a Galio in my team. So yeah, I didn't know what was going on until the final countdown started and he cursed at me.

50000000000000001 votes

Clarity support can work well with a lot of caster ADCs.

Reaper Soraka3 votes

p1: top p2: midmidmidmidmimdimidmidmidmidmid!!!!!!!!!11 p3: top p4: adc <silence for 20 seconds.> <I choose a support and lock it in.> p3: support. p3: wtf call yor role im trolling now. me: ....should I take 34% attack speed runes/masteries or 6.7gp10?

Good ol' Blind Picks.

RisenDarkKnight2 votes

On the bright said riot has said they are doing teambuilder ranked for next season so that should help with some of this :)

6o1hOOJVDL2 votes

Oh really, you got a link to source? Cause that's awesome.

RisenDarkKnight1 votes

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/riot-pls It's under "scratching that competive itch." That's also not the first time they've said that so I'm pretty confident they going to implement it.

Cowgirl Ed1 votes

agree. what psa means?

AstroFerrari 6 votes

public service announcement

PapaGreg211 votes

The top guy almost never calls it. It drives me nuts. Or somebody will pick yasuo or ezreal and not tell you what lane they are going

Rolldembones1 votes

This is the same as disco nunu. Most times they want someone to dodge.

6o1hOOJVDL13 votes

It's not about that, its about people who will for example first pick Annie with ignite, not say a word then alt tab back to YouTube or something leaving the rest of us to try figure out if he's mid or support.

Rolldembones2 votes

I understand. But most of the time this "i was tabed out" is an excuse. Or the "oh, was finishing a HS game." Unless you're Masters or higher you have a 20 second - 2 minute que, people can't wait for a 2 minute que? I don't buy it. This is for the most part a dishonest way to force a dodge (like disco nunu). They're not going to say they want someone to dodge.

Riot has said they're looking at team builder for next season. Perhaps force communication for people to lock in. For instance have one of six boxes to click before they can select a champ. Top, jungle, mid, adc, support or other. With other they have to type something.

Byakuya Kuchiki1 votes

this is just so frustrating

warpenguin5551 votes

or the people you are picking with just dont respond to "what lane do you want" so you sit there waiting until 5 seconds left and you both lock top

Linna Excel1 votes

People who don't call a role are the worst. Part of me would like riot to get rid of 2 at a time champ picks and shorten the time to pick a champ to 20 seconds.

48983507DEL11 votes

Remember when Jinx Jungle was a thing?

Plz guys cooperate as a team. Nothing can be accomplished without communication.

SladeXD1 votes

it apparently still is, i just had to deal with another a couple days ago

Diananmen Square1 votes

I hate the people who do that and those who aren't paying attention to the chat/picks and pick a roll that has been taken.

Krys Star1 votes

It'd be pretty cool if you could just check in roles when you queue up, that announce to your teams what role you prefer.

S2C2Xd9KOy1 votes

The most annoying thing is when theres a person in front of you picking like theyre 1st and you're second or theyre 2nd and your 3rd AND THEY WAIT UNTIL THERES 4 SECONDS TO CALL THEIR ROLE AND PICK A CHAMPION

Frost Hellfire1 votes

Oh, yes, fuck those guys.

Alleo1 votes

You try that and call your role but then people flame and say its pick order you don't get to call your lane. Got sick enough of it that I just fill.

Frost Hellfire1 votes

Yeah, 90% of the time I play draft pick, I get the last pick. So instead of asking for my main role, I ask "Blitz or Alistar?"

Koldheartedjsp1 votes

lol i dealt with something like this not too long ago

first picks like "mid/support"

locks in morgana

doesn't say a single word until last pick (happens to be me) locks in

I hover over a bunch of champions before locking and finally lock in a mid

"i hope you intend to support with morde per rework because I'm going mid"

tried to argue that nobody should dictate where he goes when he never made it clear where he's going

FancyKiwi1 votes

Also make sure you stick to what you call. Just had a game where this guys called mid so I was gonna jungle and with like 3 seconds left he said he'll jungle so we had a Lee Sin mid. To be far me and him did the best on the team.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

What's even better is they end up filling for a role they absolutely suck dog shit at.

For example, if you're a support main and can't do anything else other than support and will feed harder than I do upon filling, you better say something or else it's your fault. Of course, they never said anything until after I locked in.

Then what's even better is they bitch and whine about how they can't do X role... lovely.

Saphixia1 votes

had a game where a Tahm locked in withsummoner 4 summoner 3 and im like ok hes probs going supp so i go Xin Zhao summoner 4 summoner 11 and at the last second he types wtf and changes his summoners to summoner 4 summoner 11 . Yeah Xin Zhao aint a good support...

DeynaTaggerung1 votes

Haha one ranked lobby I was asking everyone to call their roles but literally nobody responded.

Then first and second pick BOTH lock in junglers. second pick: "oh, sorry I didn't know you were going jungle" me: "...you know I think I remember hearing something about calling roles >.>"

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