New system for ranked's pickorder.
How about you give every a player a pick order number that changes with every ranked game played.
-> You start off with 1. You play a game. The number goes up to 2 = you're second pick. You play a game. The number goes up to 3 = you're third pick.
QIIPWA (Questions I imagine people would ask)
How does this system help?
With it you know what pick you are going to be next game. So you can mentally prepare for the next game. You can decide what role you're going to want to play and what role you're probably going to get. As long as some idi- ... person doesn't go first pick and take support.
It's helpful for promo's where you're scared of not getting your role. And it makes ranked play more similar to the oh so great team builder.^^
Edit : And players with only 2 rune pages can make better rune pages for the next game.
Where will this number be?
In the top left corner, where the announcements used to be, there will be two numbers. One for ranked and one for draft pick.
What about duo queue?
Well the first best solution would to delete duo queue. But I could imagine the duo partner always getting the number 5.
And what if I myself have the number five?
Well then your duo partner gets his number and you are 5. If you're both 5 the duo partner gets 5 and you get 4 and you search for people with 1,2s and 3s.
Won't this prolong the queue time/ the time spent searching for a game?
It will.
But would you rather win your promo or lose and spend another 2 games building up to it?
Or would you rather be demoted, because you don't have any points left, or spend 10 more seconds waiting for a game?
Doesn't this force people into certain roles?
It doesn't have to. 5 would normally be support, but at least you know.
Pick order already decides your role as is, if you're last pick your forced into what's left. Nothing would change there.
If everyone starts off with 1, how can you find a game?
'There are no stupid questions', yeah right.
A random number is given to every player when this system is implemented.
Do you think this could help?
Edit (important) :
Then Riot could also bring a new item into the IP shop : "Dice".
It could cost ~450 IP or 260 RP and it gives you dice that you roll, giving you a new number. One purchase gives two dice roll attempts. You have to stick with the final number given.
So if you have 5 and roll you could get 3 and if you roll again you could get 5 again.
This is very helpful for promos, since you can buy these to get 1st or second pick and then take the role you want. Also, players who have nothing more to buy, but are in diamond promos, could spam these as they like.
