Vote Kick-Dodge in Ranked Lobbies (and Why it Wouldn't be Abused)
This idea has been mentioned time and time again, and has positively been seen by multiple Rioters, yet nothing has been implemented. Honestly, I can understand why; they don't want the system to be abused for getting out of unfavorable situations. However, the game does need a system implemented to deal with this, and adding this into the game would at least be a step forward. In fact, there isn't a doubt in my mind that this idea would be abused much less that the current system in place.
Let's start by addressing Riot's biggest fears when it comes to implementing a system like this:
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People will use the system to dodge unfavorable lobbies (such as getting counterpicked or paired against a terrifying team comp with al the current FotM op champs).
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People will use this to punish a person for picking off-meta champions (such as Mundo or J4 Support, picks that people think are troll but are surprisingly very doable).
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People taking offense to the smallest things, and deciding to vote-to-kick a person (less conceivable, but people like this exist).
I'm not sure if this is what Riot believes, but the majority of the community is not toxic. Yes, some have anger issues and a very colorful vocabulary, but most are reasonable and rational when it comes to Champion Select. The problem is THAT ONE GUY who always has to have his way, or is just a flat out troll to begin with. This means that, for the most part, the other 4 people are reasonable enough to know if they should kick him and restart or if they shouldn't waste more time.
What I propose is the highly suggested 4/5 Vote Kick-Dodge System for Ranked Lobbies only.
In this system, if the heavy majority of players believe that the lobby is doomed to a troll, then they can vote to kick that troll out of the lobby resulting in a loss of lp.
HOWEVER, everyone in the lobby get's placed in a temporary ban from Ranked Queues only for X minutes, with the one kicked gets double that time (the time does not increase if another vote kick occurs).
This system would be much more beneficial than the current and would also be built to fight against abuse.
Sense the vote has to be 4 of the 5 players, it would mean that all of those 4 people would have to be toxic and abusive to kick someone who's innocent, which isn't all that common considering the max amount of people in a single party is 2.
It also would prevent the abuse of dodging unfavorable games because there is always a fall-guy, and odds are the people in the lobby won't agree on pinning the penalty on one person just to avoid a game (dodging already will do that).
Finally, the addition of a wait time after the vote kick will add a bit more penalty for skipping a game, even if it was to a troll, making the decision** just a little more difficult to instantly pull the trigger**.
If anything, this system will be much less abusive than the current system and at least allow kicking a troll from the lobby to be an option.** It's absolutely stupid that I or any other player should be punished for the behavior of an immature twerp either requiring things to go his way or is just there make other people's lives miserable. **
Something needs to be done, Riot. We get that you have fears, but holy shit we as a community will gladly suffer through the abuse of this new system, or a similar one, in comparison to the one we currently have working. Please just do SOMETHING!
...also stop starting games without everyone connected for the love of all that is good.