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Replace Blind Pick with Teambuilder

Devack The Holy·2/10/2016, 3:03:45 PM·8 votes·640 views

Okay, a LOT of people have been asking for the return of Teambuilder, and I can see why. It was a good way to test out certain champs and lanes with little to no hassle in making sure you got said champ/role (For example, I haven't been able to play Shen since his rework since I've been unable to get Top or he's been banned/picked before I get to him).

One of the biggest issues is "Where do we put this then?". New Champ Select covers Draft mode and Ranked, yet Blind Pick still exists. Here's what I think should happen:

Replace Blind Pick with Teambuilder.

Teambuilder was to Blind Pick what NCS is to Draft mode. There was no "mid or feed" crap to put up with in champ select, no worries that you wouldn't get your champ or role, and people were generally nicer to each other because they got mostly what they want. Don't like your team comp? Hit "Find another group" and go somewhere else. Don't want that Darius Support? Kick him and find that Leona or Janna you were looking for. Also, you can make it have the same level restrictions as the current Blind Pick.

Riot removed Teambuilder in the hope of more players switching to the NCS and reducing wait times. This in turn forced players into Twisted Treeline, Blind Pick, Custom Games, ARAM (Which has lead to more "ARAM Accounts", seriously Riot, unlock all champs in that mode already to stop this crap), or simply to quit the game altogether.

Post and upvote if you feel Riot should replace Blind Pick with Teambuilder.

And please, let's get a Rioter or two in here to comment.

11 Comments

Aeolian Melodies2/10/2016, 3:05:55 PM4 votes

Yes. Blind pick is just a sea of toxicity, it brings nothing actually valuable to the game.

Oksanaandjoy2/10/2016, 3:06:17 PM2 votes

Yup. This.

The Rewritten2/10/2016, 10:03:31 PM2 votes

No thanks. I like picking three or four roles, and blind pick is currently the only place I can do that.

Until I can call "anything but mid" or "top, jg, or support" in dynamic queue, I am going to stay in blind pick.

Lauchmelder2/11/2016, 7:01:22 AM2 votes

NCS = pick your role: results in Little to no flame Teambuilder = pick your role and Champion: results in Little to no flame

With the only difference that I had to wait for Ages to start a game in teambuilder (Note: I main Support. The amount of time i was in this gamemode amounts to several games I could have played in NCS. If you didn't have a Team in less than a Minute People started leaving)

You are asking to remove Blind Pick and replace it with teambuilder. Now what would happen if Riot did this? I'm quite sure that a lot of People wouldn't even bother using Teambuilder and would instead just go and Play a game in the NCS. The teambuilder crowd is the minority, asking to remove a gamemode the majority enjoys.

time walk2/11/2016, 6:55:14 AM1 votes

Why limit our options? Wasn't there still room for TB?

LordGeovanni2/11/2016, 7:04:18 AM1 votes

they could but then no one would play the new team builder they worked so hard on.