New ban structure suffocating creativity

Preamble: Ok first let me say i like the new system a lot, there are tons of pros to this system. I see all that, i don't want it gone. However there are some unintended consequences to the changes that i think we need to talk about.

I know we all love the meta, whatever it is at the time. but some of us out there are the experimenters. we don't enjoy just playing this game, we like trying things that shouldn't work to see if they would. or at least don't seem like they would be good and have fun testing things out. Not all of these things are dramatic either, but its all the same to the people im going to call... blocks.

blocks don't like unfamiliar. in fact they go out of their way to stop it from happening if they can. you know these people. they think someone having a bad game is a troll. when they are legitimately trying to play well. just suffering. they also tend to be the more toxic of the crowd in general. So lets talk about the problem.

Problem statement: when you get into the champ select for ranked. you select who you would like to play. now say im first pick support. and i choose an unconventional support, volibear, fiddle, mumu, illoai. I've announced my pick to my team, they are free to discuss it with me. i dont mind explaining myself.

What happens however is someone else just says something to the effect of. i dont want voli support, and bans him outright. even if they are not part of my botlane. and i see this for every position.

Analysis: While i like the idea that more people are banning now, and therefore more people can carry the responsibility of bans. it also makes it more likely to hit a block, someone who will ban out of spite. or troll his own team. (and yes this is legitimate trolling)

this is a problem for three main reasons: 1.) team synergy is immediately degraded. I have been antagonized by this person and possibly others if he is duo q. and therefore am less interested in their success. which means less interested in the success of the team as a whole.

2.) i have no recourse. there is nothing i can do about it. in fact the ONLY thing i could do (if i were in a ban position after him) would be to respond in kind with his champion. further degrading the team and also wasting two bans instead of one. if my only recourse is to respond by making my team weaker, or do nothing. something is wrong.

3.) most importantly, this means i now have to not declare my champion. negating the whole point of the champion declaration part of the process. since i don't want this problem. which may lead to its own effects since people now don't have a chance to ask me why im picking that champion or for me to tell them not to worry im not trying to hurt their game.

Now im a persistent type of person. but i know someone out there isnt going to go through the trouble. which means less people are going to try things, less people are going to find and learn. less people are going to be willing to experiment. and regardless of how your particular experience was with someone who does these experiments. its worse not to have them. those experiments are what make the game still interesting after years of play. don't kill it.

Possible solution: the easiest fix i can think of right now is just don't allow the banning of champions on your team for champions your team have chosen. also give an option to clear your choice. in this case. i choose verus and want to go bot. someone says to me please play ash and wants to ban varus. so i unlock the champion for banning and then wait to select whatever else. this would allow people to still declare which champion they want to play and FORCE would be blocks to talk to them about it before they can just cause such disruption amongst team synergy.