[X] Prefer First Pick

Meriipu·9/23/2016, 3:19:55 PM·19 votes·959 views

Can a box be added to searching for games to tick if you prefer picking early [position 1-2] than later [position 3-5] ?

It would NOT be used for matchmaking, so queue time would be identical

It would only be used to order the players in the player list so that players who ticked the box get placed higher in the list and players that did not tick it get placed lower

Among the people who did tick or did not tick the ordering is random

14 Comments

Dr Poro9/23/2016, 9:55:08 PM4 votes

I think we should just be able to swap positions. It's such a hassle when you're trying to pick for your teammates and they're like "but uhh... I don't have this champ, do you have that champ?" You just waste so much time talking about your champ pool rather than strategies for the game.

DJMason889/23/2016, 3:21:13 PM2 votes

Why tho?

Weathered9/23/2016, 3:29:26 PM2 votes

Randomness is balanced for this specific instance

ZephyrDrake9/23/2016, 10:08:06 PM1 votes

the thing is it would affect queue times, if most people rather be 1st or 2nd pick then guess what? it'll become the same issue that teambuilder had when not enough people queued for support. It'll raise queue times for no reason whatsoever

Nameless Voice9/24/2016, 7:01:03 PM1 votes

It would be kind of nice to have, but since they are probably adding 5 bans per team next season, it won't be as useful then.

(To me, being able to ban is much more valuable than being a higher pick, since my picks are rarely contested.)