I really like the new champ select, but I agree 100%, the part where everyone has to LOCK everything is Game Design by Trolls for Trolls 101. Especially since it all started with "intent", which has no lock. So you start by having people casually select something, which is even optional, and then you're like OH PSYCHE now you gotta lock everything or the game resets and you all return to the Hell of a Thousand Queues. Wtf, Riot. >< You're literally training people to use your new system incorrectly from the moment they walk in the door.
And, spoiler alert, your freaking game has 130+ champions in it, and a never ending supply of new players showing up from every corner of the globe, every hour of the day. Not everyone is going to find the champion they're looking for in the time allotted, especially with a timer breathing down their neck. (You know that timer gives some people panic attacks, just by existing, right?) I was in one lobby with a dude who was just so lost, we had to walk him through every tiny part. "Now it is time for you to ban someone. Be sure and lock your ban. No, no, it's not broken, it's just not your turn to pick yet. You pick after Player BlahBlah. Ok, now pick and lock. Good job, man, you've successfully navigated the lobby, and get to play the game!" (I'm not kidding, and this is the short version of what we all actually went through to get that poor kid into the game, and save our lobby from collapse.)
Also, I don't like that you have to ban someone. You should be able to choose to not ban, if you want. Maybe I'm so punk rock I don't believe in bans. Maybe my team plans on not banning anyone, then grabbing as many of the "classic ban champs" as we can for TEAM OVERPOWERRRR!! Whatever. Banning should be optional, like it always has been. I'm going to start using my ban on the most popular free champ I see on the list, as a form of protest, until banning is a right again, not a danged commandment.
But, really, if you'd just fix the LOCK OR GTFO part, the new system would be a huge and wonderful improvement over the old team builder. Just uncripple it, please.
