Why does Team Builder even exist?
Surely I can't be the only one who thinks that the production of this queue was a monumental waste of Riot's resources. Originally, I thought that the whole point of it was to create and stabilize a platform that could eventually be used for Ranked Solo Q to prevent issues in Champion Select. Then I finally got some details about it as Riot's got closer to finishing it and bringing it into its Beta Testing phases only to discover that Team Builder had no Drafting phase which meant it could never be used for Ranked Queues in its current form.
#What did I think Team Builder was before it came out?
To be perfectly honest, which contributed to my disbelief that it was taking so long for Team Builder to be produced, at the time, I thought that 'Team Builder' was literally just going to work as follows:
<Play> <Classic : Summoner's Rift: Ranked Solo/Duo (Draft Pick)> <Select Primary Role>
Top Mid Jungle AD Carry ◄ Support
<Select Secondary Role>
Top ◄ Mid Jungle Support
And then the system matches you with 4 other players with similar MMR in either your most preferred role, or your second most preferred role. As you load into the Lobby it explicitly informs you of what role you were given. In the lobby below each person's name, they also have a symbol/tag indicating what role they are playing.
No issues whatsoever.
