Am I the only one who hates having to lock in their picks?
I get why on paper it seemed like a good idea, and Riot I respect that your trying to improve the champ selection experience. But there is no reason to force people to lock in. If I click a champ then I know I want to play them, and on the off chance I do pick the wrong champ I can dodge myself, I don't need you to force me to. It should work how it's worked for the past 5+ years, if you pick a champ and the time runs out you get that champ. If you don't pick a champ then you get a dodge. Locking in bans is the same way, if I click on a champ then don't give me a dodge if I don't lock in. If someone you don't ban anyone then ya that means they are not paying attention, but if I click on a champ to ban then I'm paying attention to champ select. Bans have worked totally fine again for the past 5 years with no take backs, if you miss click it instantly bans who you click on. Adding time to change your ban is an improvement, but having to lock in is overkill. I've gotten dodged two times today just because of this and I'd bet money this is a major reason the ques are so long right now.
Riot, the new champ select is much better. I'm on board with joining you in the path of trying new things and understanding that progress is not always right on the first try. You need time to iterate and I get that, but please, on your next iteration, make it so we don't have to freaken lock in picks. I know the "it was fine before" argument is not always a great one, but in the case your changing things just to change them.