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Please consider pure solo queue games:

iHerbalist·11/4/2014, 4:42:29 PM·4 votes·810 views

As a player who isn't wanting to micro manage friends lists - or hopping into external voice chats to gain an edge in ARAM... I find it pretty brutal the advantages you get from non-solo queuing.

A little box to click off: solo queue - solo but would queue with another group - group queue options would be amazing. So those who don't care about being grouped with others and would get a quicker game... or those who want to ONLY fight against solo queued players instead of against groups would be phenomenal.

I'm just sick and tired of getting pure owned by groups that obviously play together - and poof 4 of the 5 players instantly re-queue all at exactly the same time leaving the chat lobby on their way to their next victims.

It's been a pretty brutal week in both ARAM and Hexakill where basically now it's nearly to the point that I have zero options but to team up - and do what I actually hate doing: micro managing friend lists, downloading and using voice chats... all of that junk that goes into it - just to be EQUAL of a player to those who I'm facing.

Man - I just want to chill and have a friendly non-competitive game... just all random - against SOLO queued players like myself... I hate the loss ratios lately - I much prefered 50-50 that I'm no longer getting because this community is opting to group queue more and more.

Anyways.

Let the down voting begin I guess. But just consider what I want: fair play - chill environment - solo players vs solo players. An EVEN playing field for everyone involved. That's it. That's not too much to ask for.

7 Comments

redniwediS11/4/2014, 4:58:42 PM2 votes

I actually got accused of being part of a premade during an ARAM last night... and while there was a premade I wasn't a part of it. Unless you are actively looking it up (which you can do if you really want to) there is no way to tell if a group is premade or not outside of them telling you.

disregardable11/4/2014, 4:47:09 PM1 votes

I don't really see it as a problem. I don't really see a lot of groups, and the groups I do see aren't particularly better than myself or the other team. You're right though, it'd be nice to give groups a separate queue. It's annoying when you get that premade that expects you to support, as first pick.

AtheosisX11/4/2014, 5:29:16 PM1 votes

There is a solo/duo queue and a team queue. What's the problem?

AtheosisX11/5/2014, 9:55:48 AM1 votes

I agree that the surrender timer is too long in ARAM, but I'm still not seeing what the big deal is with premade teams. First of all, I'm pretty sure the matchmaker prioritizes team vs team matches, and in the cases where that doesn't happen ARAM is not a mode where premades have a huge advantage.

AtheosisX11/5/2014, 6:59:21 PM1 votes

Oh I understand. I just don't get why it's such a big deal.