Games take way TOO LONG to even START

Mrr House·11/23/2016, 4:25:39 AM·10 votes·2,149 views

Does anybody else feel that Ranked and Draft take unnecessarily long to even start? This whole new format takes a solid 7-8 minutes and that's if no one leaves. I started a Stopwatch Timer from launching the queue to game start and I waited 17 minutes 23 seconds between dodgers, declines, etc. After I noticed this, I did this 3 other separate times and all were over 10 minutes. Is this really a mechanic Riot thought was a good idea?

I lose interest in playing before I even start and lots of others feel the same.

22 Comments

Xilixer11/23/2016, 7:22:02 AM4 votes

thats not riots fault thats dodgers fault. people will simply dodge for not getting their role or you picking a champ that is not meta.

Sanctimonious11/23/2016, 7:19:33 AM3 votes

I would rather not play the cancer that blind pick is. i'd prefer to filter out some of the cancer in the ban phase and counter pick where applicable.

SGT Dingle Berry11/23/2016, 4:32:47 AM2 votes

I was gonna play a game last night while my family watched TWD as I'm not caught up, I was only 5 minutes into the game when they finished the episode.

Mojihito66611/23/2016, 6:11:56 AM2 votes

And then after 17 minutes you get a remake and start entire process again ... :D

WoonStruck11/23/2016, 4:58:22 AM2 votes

Role select inflated queue times.

Outside of that, things aren't any better or worse than they've ever been. Doesn't take too long for me.

bad arcade kitty11/23/2016, 4:54:11 AM1 votes

it always was like that?

FourVsFive11/23/2016, 5:03:38 AM1 votes

Maybe make it when you dodge you have to wait 15min to start another game? Be less dodges maybe.

MLDzXnRRR11/23/2016, 7:14:18 AM1 votes

Blind pick takes around 30 seconds to search for a game and 30-60 seconds to start the game. For the time you waste in queue times for ranked, you could play 2-3 normals...

SolarisCorvus11/23/2016, 8:46:35 AM1 votes

Like if everyone didnt wait out the entire thirty secs they had to ban or pick then i would play draft.

BeatzBoyFTW11/23/2016, 8:48:57 AM1 votes

One reason why Normal Draft was removed on other servers.

Dominick Destine11/23/2016, 3:24:50 PM1 votes

Now that solo queue is back, games start much quicker.

Best Kog NA11/23/2016, 4:26:51 AM1 votes

I've been trying to get in a game for a good 20 Minutes now. Eventually I'll get into a game.

hhaavviikk11/23/2016, 4:11:32 PM1 votes

it's why I never play ranked, rather take to blind pick where not only do I not have to wait 10 minutes I also face flamers/trolls/assholes about 40 times less then in ranked

ShinkoMinori11/23/2016, 4:27:08 AM1 votes

FioraWillCarry11/23/2016, 4:28:37 AM1 votes

Interesting. I found that getting into games was extra fast today. I'm talking about Solo/Duo. I don't know about the other queues though.

PH Xcentric 11/23/2016, 4:28:45 AM1 votes

I can't even enter in the game xD It keeps saying I have a connection problem when Im in youtuber, fb, ig, twiiter, etc. google etc

InfernoFøx11/23/2016, 4:52:59 AM1 votes

You capitalized the wrong thing. You should have capitalized: WAY. and left too long lower case because you're describing how long it takes. Always emphasize the adjective, not the verb. If you're going to cap. too long, then add way with it. You just look like a kid who didn't pass 6th grade English.

Your's Truely,

-Grammar Nazi