Instant locking punishment

NightStriker23··1 votes·792 views

I don't know but i'm really sick of people just instalocking in normal blind matches after a lane was taken by someone i really believe that these people should get some sort of a punishment for instant locking. E.G. you take top with akali and only adc left, that players says " i'm going top or i feed " so you have to go adc akali. i do believe many people went through crap like this

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MagicFlyingLlama5 votes

Try not playing blinds, it helps everything from team quality to sanity.

Truly not Gay1 votes

I instalock every game. Do I deserve to be punished? Whether I instalock or not doesn't change anything.

Here are my main champions by role:

Top Taric item 3025 item 3065 item 3068 Jung Taric item 1401 item 3025 item 3065 Mid Taric item 3078 item 3004 ADC Taric item 3078 item 3004 Support Taric item 3401 item 3504 item 3109

PlsCheckThisBush2 votes

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I instalock every game. Do I deserve to be punished? Whether I instalock or not doesn't change anything.

Here are my main champions by role:

Top Taric item 3025 item 3065 item 3068 Jung Taric item 1401 item 3025 item 3065 Mid Taric item 3078 item 3004 ADC Taric item 3078 item 3004 Support Taric item 3401 item 3504 item 3109

At the risk of being in the M&G Board, here are my main champions:

Top/Jungle/Mid/ADC/Support RekSai item 3512 item 3512 item 3512 item 3512 item 3512 item 3512 Queen of birthing.

On-topic: Yes it's definitely frustrating OP, and currently there's very little in regards to how the IFS (Instant Feedback System) is able to handle these players. They're openly able to ruin the game for others until they're reported in a fair number of matches. I'd highly suggest putting in a ticket to Support with screenshots attached as well as the story of the affect game(s). Riot has all the chat logs available from pre-game and post-game, although the IFS doesn't (to my knowledge) monitor that.

It's usually the most frustrating and what gets under our skin, both as players and human beings, when someone insta-locks at 5 seconds left when everyone else has already mutually agreed upon their roles. If I play Rek'Sai in the jungle and think our team comp fits it, it's going to be rough when the person locks in Lee Sin at 5 seconds and says "jg or feed fk u." It puts players in that awkward position of "Should I dodge? Is he actually going to troll? How good is ADC Rek'Sai? I'm guessing terrible. I didn't set up my Runes and Masteries for going into lane, am I screwed completely?" It shows a definite lack of empathy from the other player, and more often than not it's going to result in a bad time for the allied team, while the enemy team has the time of their lives farming the poor double-melee bot lane while Lee Sin is busy executing to Raptors. Sure there's the times where it actually works out since you aren't able to see the enemy team in Blind Pick, resulting in Yasuo having a miserable time against Rek'Sai in Bot lane when all he really wanted to do was cheese an ADC, however this is likely not the case.

I'm all for being able to have "unique" builds and off-meta picks so long as the team is playing as a team, but in the situation we're describing it's usually one individuals looking to bolster their own ego or play their own game. Usually players don't hold up in their threats of "trolling/feeding," as they generally want to play the game to win, however it's incredibly demoralizing to the player that lost his role and lowers morale for the entire team - essentially making them a man down since they would rather not count on that individual.

There are many positives and negatives about Draft Pick: You're able to counter-pick your opponent and they're able to counter-pick you. This, however, works very well with a team that communicates and swaps around roles. Darius probably REALLY wants to fight Irelia at level 1, however he would rather not fight Gnar and this leaves the perfect opportunity to lane swap and try out off-meta roles. Irelia mid? Sure. Irelia jungle? Why not. Irelia support? Let's do it, I'll pretend I'm Rengar and jump around giving the enemy team whiplash.

TL;DR: I'd highly suggest trying out Draft Pick. Yes it sucks that you're forced to go through 19 hours of waiting in queue while someone plays the "gg autofill" game and dodges 10 times while you're half the time going to be suckered out of your own role, but in the long run it's much less frustrating.

Kei1431 votes

there is no "position has been taken" in blind.

it's niceto follow call order, but it isn't a rule.

Krigjer1 votes

Riot doesn't support the practice of calling lanes; it's upheld as a common courtesy to your fellow player. It's not enforced.

Casual Anne1 votes

Pick > Call or Call > Pick :c Everyone believes in something else especially when it benefits them. If you're not into that sort of thing then I'd suggest moving to draft pick. Helps prepare you for rank and you'll nearly always get the lanes you want.

scazzman1 votes

riot has flat out stated that instalocking in blind pick is legal

This Is Your Dad1 votes

Blind pick is for whatever you want. Draft pick is there for a reason.

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