I am having >10 minute queue time as silver in normals and ranked draft

I miss solo queue, I didn't even mind not getting my lane every time. it was just a better overall experience

It's about the same because after that long, silvers get matched against people in much higher tiers! Enjoy your "balanced" dynamic queue experience!

Yeah, when me and my team queue up (Normal) we expect to wait like 15 minutes, to go up against Plats and Diamonds. (Team ranges gold 1 to silver 2)

What I did if I get queue times that long below plat I just canceled the queue and re-queued if the timer went past 5 mins.

10 minutes? That's quick

Don't worry though, the game isn't losing players.

Honestly, i wouldn't be surprised if more players started playing normals or draft, and just let the hidden MMR match them.

Sometimes it's a bug where they found 10 players but can't enter champ select, so the Q just gets stuck there.

In that case, just leave Q, and reenter, you should find a match instantly.

No other reason, really, people need to quit making blind assumptions rofl.