The removal of team builder took a significant amount of my enjoyment out of the game. So much so that I have decided not to give riot a dime of my money until they bring back some queue that allows me to play the champ and role I want to play. I suggest anyone who really wants riot to listen to do the same. Its really the only action that will force a response from riot.
I find none of the reasons riot gives for team builders removal credible. In fact from the riot comments I've read I get the impression they just wanted to force everyone to play with the shinny thing they made and not because team builder was some how negatively affecting the game. I freely admit I'm biased, but I keep picturing some three year old rioter throwing tantrum screaming, "But they have to play it my way!"
Dynamic queue, blind pick, and team builder all offer a different experience. Each has pros and cons to it.
Dynamic queue is much improved over the previous draft system.
Team builder guaranteed your champ and role with a greatly reduced level of stress. Now you got this with the possibility of a long queue time, but that was the trade off.
Blind pick gets you into the game the quickest way possible.
Those arguing against bringing back team builder really confuse me. Its not like team builder hurts the othe queues in a significant way. Some might argue that it makes the other queue times longer, but if thats true I highly doubt its significant. For myself personally I haven't played a single pvp game except one dynamic queue game since they removed team builder.
I am a highly casual player. I played maybe one solo pvp game a day. I want that game to be with the champ and role I want with as little stress as possible. By the way I'm a middle school teacher and anyone who has an issue with me wanting a less stressful game can die in a fire. I would love to see the data of where all the team builder players are queueing now. I suspect what you'll see is a significant rise in bot, aram, and blind pick games. Not everyone flocking to dynamic queue.
I am also not in favor of the removal of blind. I don't like blind pick myself, but there is no reason to remove it.
Riot has said they've got some new form of blind pick comming that uses the new system. If thats true why remove team builder until it was ready?