Can we get rid of this dumb lock in feature?

Moooose3·Aug 17, 2016·2 votes·608 views

Just had a perfect example of why this is stupid in my past game. So I was in promos, and being the idiot that I am I forgot to lock in. I looked at our comp and was going to pick blitzcrank, but realized soraka would be a better fit for our team so I tried to switch, but didn't have time to lock in and everybody, because of Riot wanting to save us time and making people lock in, was backed out of champ select. Now how does that make sense? How does making everybody leave queue because you forgot to click a button "saving" people time. I don't understand this (yes I'm salty about promos loss but I've had this issue for a while)

5 Comments

EndlessSorcererAug 17, 20163 votes

If a player is incapable of something as simple as pressing a button within the time allotted, I'd prefer not having that player on my team for a 20-45 minute game.

Personally, I'm happy with the lock-in feature.

Woook3rAug 17, 20161 votes

its redundant now that we have a remake system and tbh its the cause of a lot of games going back to queue. plus its annoying. i say good idea.

specter424Aug 17, 20161 votes

yea it really does nothing but fuck people over, if someone is afk you can remake now anyways

OleandervineAug 17, 20161 votes

While it does make everyone leave queue, the remainder of the team or teams that aren't whoever dodged/didn't lock are kept on hand and the dodger/didn't lock position is filled almost immediately. Basically, it expels whoever was the problem and fills it in, keeping the other 9 players at the top of the queue.