[Suggestion] Adding a coach to solo queue game

Kyemon··1 votes·628 views

Hey guys, so... In competitive matches all teams, or most of them, have coaches. So why don't we have them in solo queue game? Imagine that you play a game 5v5 as it is now but you have an option to add a 6th player, which will be your team guide or coach. These coaches have the same vision as their teams and all they can do is ping, chat and likely resources that can guide their teams to a win. The coach will also get xp and ip if his team wins and you can rate him at the end game. The basic principle of this idea is that someone better than you, or with a better vision from the whole game, can help you improve and train you, just like it is for competitive matches BUT you would either choose a coach or play with one randomly. So here comes some early functions for these coach players:

• The same smart ping with new functions

  • The coach ping sound and effect is longer and bigger than normal players pings (this gives it an importance feel)
  • Enemy ult down
  • Enemy flash down
  • Baron/Dragon up --- Baron/Dragon soon • Chat just like normal players but with bold letters and distinctive color to pop it out • Voice chat • After game analysis (the after game data could be used to teach players about how did they play and how can they improve)

So, a coach would work pretty much as the team manager, trying to solve problems, even troll/toxic players problems, give suggestions and calls for the team. But how to prevent those players from being afk or toxic? There would be a rate system in which the team evaluate the coach and this would count for his position as a coach and a player. Also you could only be a coach for a team if you are 1 or 2 elos above your whole team. What do you guys think?

4 Comments

Prospector Pete2 votes

That would be cool but super hard to implement... Like maybe when you're queuing up you can fill in a check box to have a coach on your team and then there can be a separate queue for coaches? But then it might be easy to abuse since the coaches could just go in queue and then afk and still get IP.

Kyemon1 votes

Yeah, it would be hard to implement, but the odds for a coach to be afk and for a player to be afk would be the same. And for this to not happen there's the rate system i'm talking about. Also there's already a punishment system for afk players that could be implemented for coaches as well. =]

JollySalmon2 votes

Well I see what you are trying to do, but correct me if I am wrong, coaches do nothing while there team is playing in a tournament, they are here, while picking or they train them, but they can't communicate with their team while they are playing.

Kyemon1 votes

Well, if they can or not, they should... At least in this new function that would work for ranked soloq/normal games.

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