@Riot Why is there still "Lock in" in blind pick?

Earl Ciel·1/3/2015, 11:39:38 PM·10 votes·1,223 views

I have played over 2,000 blind pick games and only 2 times has the game started early due to everyone locking in. This "lock in" feature does nothing but allow people to force their will on the rest of the team, and make teamwork something that doesn't happen. I can not see a positive side to keeping locking in as a part of blind pick champion select.

Some people, and I will never understand them, will pick, then lock in, a champion before looking at chat, and someone else might have already called that role.

I am curious if I'm the only one that is getting frustrated by this champion select quirk.

9 Comments

EndlessSorcerer1/3/2015, 11:42:55 PM3 votes

If the player would currently lock in, then after lock-in is removed they would just pick their champion and ignore their team until the game starts. This isn't an issue with the lock-in system itself but it is a fault of the players who lock-in their pick without first communicating with their team. If they were willing to switch their champion anyways, they wouldn't have locked-in in the first place.

Snarflaz1/4/2015, 1:32:24 AM1 votes

I think when they call it, they are so desperate to play that Champ in that lane they lock in. I remember the time when there was tons of Katarina players that they will get frustrated when someone else picks her.

DaddyBat1/4/2015, 8:02:50 AM1 votes

And now we know a tool that can be used to choose players for pro play.

Akesgeroth1/4/2015, 2:40:31 PM1 votes

What would removing "lock in" achieve? Tell me. That guy who insta-locks, would he suddenly be open to picking another champion if he couldn't lock in? No, he'd just pick a champion and go AFK until the match starts.

doubleguac1/4/2015, 5:52:57 PM1 votes

Honest answer: to reduce queue times. In a lot of blind pick matches, the game starts early, because everyone locks in their champion before the timer ends.

Removing the "champion lock" feature isn't going to stop people from stubbornly trying to take each others roles. The same person who used to insta-lock is going to pick their champion and flat out refuse to switch.

Spacesuit Spiff1/4/2015, 6:38:48 PM1 votes

That might make it more awkward for the instalocking idiots, but I don't really think it'd stop them.

Impossum1/4/2015, 6:46:49 PM1 votes

This is a pretty minor change but psychologically it would put more of a burden on the player to communicate with the team.