Ok, I know everyone has been trashing the new champ select but...

I must say that I'm rather enjoying it. I'm finding that I'm better able to really take charge of the game and lead my team to victory with the increase in communication that comes with being able to group with more than one other person in ranked solo queue. You can now have multiple people on your team on Skype and make much more coordinated plays much easier. I know there is the potential for abuse with people getting carried through games with a group of higher ranked friends, but overall I think this was a good change to increase the overall competitiveness of the solo queue experience. Kudos to you Riot. :)