Upcoming Ranked Changes
So coming with 2019 is the possibility of matchmaking in ranked based off your selected roll. I'd like to preface to post by saying that I know a lot of folks will welcome the new system, and that's fantastic.
With that said, I'd also like to request the option to turn it off. I can see where a lot of people would love it, auto filling to top lane when you're primarily an ADC can make life tough. Lowering your MMR for that match would be much less of a burden in regards to performing at your current elo. However, at the same time, I can't help but feel there are those of us who would find these off role matches to just be a waste of time.
To me, queuing up for ranked means I'm here to try and climb the ladder. That is my main goal. If I wanted to just have a bit of stress free fun or mess around, I'd find some friends and queue up a normal or flex. But, I do want to climb and so I choose ranked. When I hit that queue button, and I'm sitting at Silver 5 ready to get my grind on, then I load in and fill to my secondary of top lane with a Bronze 5 rank... all of a sudden, I'm curious if I've already used my dodge. Switching over from my primary role to a secondary or auto fill under these conditions really just turns this ranked queue I was ready for into a begrudging crawl through barbed wire laced mud. I have no desire to climb in what is essentially a second account, I don't want to rank up outside my main ladder rank, it means nothing to me.
So with these changes, I don't get my primary role and I'm left with 1 of two options: Dodge, or pick someone I really don't want to play and half ass my way through the shit show of whatever elo that position is in. You may say, "That's griefing!" or "That's an awful thing to do to 4 other people!" But, I'm gonna be 100% with you here. I give 0 fucks. I will do the bare minimum to not get banned and trudge my way through the wasted 20-30 minutes that game takes to complete. I'm not inherently toxic by any means, I've never been banned, never really gone out of my way and not tried in any of my games. Sure I've lost and got pub stomped, but I always give it my best. However, that's because I'm trying to climb on a ladder I care about. For the most part, those other people are trying to help me climb that same ladder despite not doing it for me intentionally. Throw me into a separate ladder though that I couldn't care less about? Hell, maybe someone else on the team is in the same boat. Now we've got 2 dip shits that give 0 fucks and just want the game to end.
All of that said, yes I can see where people think this would be great. But at the same time, try to put yourselves in other peoples shoes as well. Every time a role outside of what you're mainly climbing with is selected, the desire to just go out and give it your all is left at the door step for many. I click ranked, I get filled to a secondary or auto fill, FUCK, 30 minutes of wasted time.
TLDR; Please leave an option to opt out of this. If I get filled I'd rather just do my best in the role I was filled into on the same ladder I've been climbing on.