Rochambeau FTW!!
Heya guys! I had a thought for something to do during those long load-in wait times at the Champion Portrait screen (where we can see our ping and players ranked borders etc.). Now I understand that many players just don't care what side of the map they start on so it's entirely possible that some players won't find my idea earth shattering, but....., how about putting in a little Paper-Rock-Scissors mini-game for teams to battle each other over to win their preferred map side/color? Each individual player would fight the player directly above/under themselves, both having a small icon or simple animation depicting their shape selection. The team with most wins gets to choose their "home court" (Red/Blue*Left/Right). In the event a players portrait does not load as fast as their teammates, their column/opponent does not participate in the mini-game for that match. In the event of an even number of players ending up with a tying score, the two highest ranked players (one from each side) face off in a match for final victory. If any of the conditions to complete the mini-game are not met by either side in the allotted time frame the computer chooses team placement at random like normal, except in the event of a tie breaker where the computer would then give the win to the team with the highest collective total of Honor Points. Also, since it is possible for the sudden death tie breaker round to itself end up in a tie, the two players would continue battling until the allotted time expires or a player successfully defeats his/her opponent. If said sudden death round concludes with no winner, the computer once again assigns map start designations at random (or is given to the team whose player has the highest Honor Point total). I thought the idea sounded kinda cool, but then again, who isn't partial to their own ideas lol? You might even want to make a few Summoner Icons for mini-achievements like "Most Wins", Most Wins with a certain shape (Rock or scissors etc..), "Longest Win/Lose Streaks", "Most Sudden Death rounds won/lost", even possibly awarding IP or RP for Sudden Death streaks etc, or something to that nature. Now I admit right here I have no idea what kind of programming or adjustments would be needed to implement something like this, or if it's even possible at all. Twas just an idea lol. Maybe it would be better for ARAM's instead of all Match types idk, but I think it would be something fun to do while we sit and stare blankly at our screens during match load ups? Anyways, if you've made it this far down this comment, thanks for reading it!
Anyone else agree/disagree or have suggestions I didn't think of for this, please comment and let me know what you think :) Good Luck and Have Fun out there Summoners!!! ----FLlGHTRlSK. ![]()
P.S.- Yes RIOT, I would love to come work for you LOL ;)