WHY REMOVE NORMAL DRAFT IN SOME AREAS LIKE EUNE???????

gerintzeto··45 votes·3,819 views

This has been a huge issue for me ever since the new so called pre-season came along. The region i play in is EUNE. i have played for almost a year now (to some that is little) and ever since i got to level 28 i have played only draft, normals. The draft is crucial for many reasons, banning the champions you do not want to face, ensuring you know what you are doing, securing a champion only for you and or your team, not competing with yourself essentially. It helps comp picks counterpicks, and even just MENTAL PREPARATION for the game. i have time to chose masteries runes etc..

but MOST of all, IT TELLS YOU AND YOUR TEAM WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY, BASED ON YOUR OWN DESIRE. My main issue is the raging, the anger and the fury that this game brings to my life right now, i dedicate so much time and effort on it, why?, because i like it, at least i used to. In every single game i have had in the draft pick since then, either MY TEAM OR THE ENEMY TEAM RAGE. i mean actual fury, and i have experienced it myself. All because someone didnt get what they wanted to play or something along these lines. The worst is it makes me cry, and im sure many many others are upset too, but riot SEEMS TO NOT CARE.

This is a serious issue. Most of the youtubers have mentioned on this problem. I PLAY LEAGUE FOR FUN, WHY ARE YOU TAKING AWAY MY FUN? I heard it is due to low cue participation, and lowering wait time. That IS THE PRICE TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU CHOSE. I CHOSE TO WAIT SO I PLAY WHAT I WANT AND I KNOW MY TEAMMATES ARE PLAYING WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY CAN. We know what we are supposed to do, and if we are trying something new, we say it. If someone doesn't want to wait for the queue time, well then yes go to blind pick, I WANT TO HAVE A CHOICE.

As for the balance issues with the matchups, those are not solved one bit through this new only blind pick, all it does is RUSH ME INTO A GAME. It does not allow me to take my time with the game to see what everyone plays, what i wonna play. And it is ALL BASED ON WHO'S INTERNET IS FASTEST TO GET YOU INTO THE CHAT ROOM AND WRITE SPAMMING WHAT YOU WANT only to find that the new method for success is WHO LOCKS IN FASTEST.

I am very upset over this change, many of us are, but our voices are not heard, almost as if because we are one of the minor servers we are ignored, and that is just sad ;(. I do NOT want to be FORCED into playing ranked to get draft, because it is stressfull, or to play blind pick and just waste my nerves.

I ASK YOU RIOT, IS THIS THE GAME YOU WANTED TO CREATE. BECAUSE FOR ME, YOU ARE RUINING MY EXPERIENCE AND YOUR OWN GAME. I DOUPT YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR FANS, CLIENTS, FRIENDS, PLAYERS, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE, BUT YOU MIGHT PUSH ME TO, AND MANY OTHERS UNFORTUNATELY.

I'D BE GRATEFUL TO AT LEAST KNOW WHAT TO DO TO CHANGE THIS DECISION, IF IT IS SIGNATURES, I'LL FIND A WAY TO GET THEM. BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS ATTENTION.

thank you, Gerintzeto

27 Comments

Darth StepVader10 votes

The low queue population excuses are lies. They spammed them to force make Flex queue work and prove that last season's DQ introduction wasn't complete bs. By the way, i remember a time when normal queue's had to sustain THREE DIFFERENT ONES, Blind, Normal Draft AND Teambuilder. I was an avid TB player and i only had to wait like 5 mins for my top lane. It rarely went above that. So, i know for sure that all the things they said to back the removal of Normal Draft were lies.

Owyn7 votes

The same reason they put 3 poro kings in a row for rotating mode... they hate us [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Orangesilk7 votes

The truth is: Flex queue is an abomination that they're trying to push through no matter what the community wants. However, for it to work there has to be a large population of people playing it. People who can't stand blind pick will then use the ranked solo queue as their "serious" queue and use flex as the "fun" queue like they would draft normals.

Moody Jazz1 votes

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The truth is: Flex queue is an abomination that they're trying to push through no matter what the community wants. However, for it to work there has to be a large population of people playing it. People who can't stand blind pick will then use the ranked solo queue as their "serious" queue and use flex as the "fun" queue like they would draft normals.

So what are you trying to say is that a large amount of players has to stop playing Flex so they give us Normal Draft back or just play Flex as if it was Normal Draft?

Orangesilk3 votes

Well, I can't stomach Blind Pick for the life of me. So I will give in to what Riot wants, play Flex like it was draft normals and test new champions/builds/strategies there, while keeping solo queue for serious ranking.

Moody Jazz1 votes

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Well, I can't stomach Blind Pick for the life of me. So I will give in to what Riot wants, play Flex like it was draft normals and test new champions/builds/strategies there, while keeping solo queue for serious ranking.

Can't test Camille though D: Since you know, "she is new, nobody knows how to play her" but how the hell am I supposed to learn how to play her then if I can't play her? I guess it would be the same in Normal Draft, right?

Orangesilk1 votes

Nah, no one banned the new champion in Normal Draft anyways. But if you wanna play her... I don't know, wait a bit until the hype dies down? And if some salty premade taking Flex seriously flames you for playing Camille in ranked for the first time, duck em.

Moody Jazz1 votes

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Nah, no one banned the new champion in Normal Draft anyways. But if you wanna play her... I don't know, wait a bit until the hype dies down? And if some salty premade taking Flex seriously flames you for playing Camille in ranked for the first time, duck em.

I guess you are right. As for ducking, I guess a rubber bath duck can work. :^)

RavenMagus6 votes

I'm not even in EUNE but damn I'm sorry you guys lost normal draft. I honestly have no idea where you guys are supposed to practice new champs or new roles now.

gerintzeto3 votes

exactly, it is just discrimination of the minority, and that is just disgusting me

Quinnova5 votes

come on, can we get normal draft in oce finally? it's been gone for a long time because we didn't have enough people, but I think we do now...

Synnx74 votes

ITs ok i'll tread flexQ as a normal draft que I had a darius intentionally going afk because our draven didnt use Q in team fights.. lol I told him, stay in bronze forever where u belong, cuz idc about this flexqueue rank. He started to rage at me I dont take ranked serious anymore

Tukan Tonko3 votes

Well, you think they won't listen? We got your back-up guys, I hear you talk for us, too! Because if they don't listen to us, it may happen to you as well. And then, well, would you like it? They just have to listen, in every single new riot post on EUNE everything I can see is bring back Normal Draft. You thought that URF was something? You are wrong. Drafts are more wanted that URF was, waaaay more wanted.

gerintzeto3 votes

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Well, you think they won't listen? We got your back-up guys, I hear you talk for us, too! Because if they don't listen to us, it may happen to you as well. And then, well, would you like it? They just have to listen, in every single new riot post on EUNE everything I can see is bring back Normal Draft. You thought that URF was something? You are wrong. Drafts are more wanted that URF was, waaaay more wanted.

THAT IS A VERY FAIR POINT!

Legendsofthedark2 votes

It's been a while since I last saw one of these posts. I don't think RIOT listens to smaller regions like EUNE.

gerintzeto7 votes

that is sad on so many levels, but mostly minority discrimination ;(

Pommel Knight4 votes

It's the 3rd biggest server ...

Legendsofthedark3 votes

Not big enough, mate. Only EUW, NA and BR get to keep theirs.

Pommel Knight1 votes

Yea, but still. Korean is the biggest, then EUW, EUNE and then NA. Honestly feel like we are just big enough to be the ginnie pig.

RocketRelm2 votes

I 100% sympathize, ever since I first heard about it happening a while back. The suggestion Igave still holds up, I think, because Riot gave you a Normals Draft replacement.

Flex Queue.

Yes, Riot calls it ranked. And maybe to some people it even is ranked. But you don't need to treat it that way. Act within it literally like normals.If riot wanted/wants Flex Queue to have chance at being taken seriously within that region, then they'll bring draft back rather than making Flex Queue literally Normal Draft With Rewards.

64bit Kata god1 votes

You have misspelled queue, with cue. I personally won't upvote/downvote the idea. Playing rankeds only and mostly on EUW.

ScissorsNstuff1 votes

because eune isn't worthy

Suracha1 votes

This doesn't concern you, 'Murican. Yet. When it will, you and all the other peasants that spout this kind of shit will be begging riot for mercy. You'll learn to kneel, don't worry.

ScissorsNstuff2 votes

ya, apparently when you got your 1000rp that one time it didn't concern us either.

Still waiting on mine years later lol

cncDAni21 votes

Maybe Riot want to throw Leauge of Legends away. Strategically dismantle their players. Like draft pick -> -20% players. New messy client -> -20%

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