Why do 9 people have to requeue if 1 person fails to pick?

9SNjGeJZYF·Feb 26, 2016·2 votes·699 views

[zombie-brand-mindblown] It doesn't even make sense!

Just remove that person/team only and replace them with someone else waiting in queue for that role!

Throwing everyone out just wastes a lot of people's time and is, to put it bluntly, a retarded design. It's especially frustrating if the last person fails to pick and you have to go through all the picks and bans all over again.

6 Comments

SkadeglädjeFeb 26, 20163 votes

I agree this sucks but I don't think slotting someone in would be ideal. Champ select is a process, with intent, ban, picks, communication. The best games are where the adc and support actually discuss their picks and play style before locking in (etc, etc). Just chucking someone in there when 9 persons have already banned and locked in doesn't really make sense.

WukongMainFeb 26, 20162 votes

because when your queue pops it pops for all 10 people. 1 person fails to accept it now has to find 1 person with similar mmr and with the new champion select, it also has to find someone of similar elo, in the open position queuing up alone at the same time

returning to queue for a breif moment allows matchmaking to do just that...make matches.

9SNjGeJZYFFeb 26, 20161 votes

[slayer-jinx-unamused] I'm talking about failing to pick, not failing to accept....

Kicking everyone out from the champion select and throwing them back into the queue just because of one person failing to pick, is retarded.

WukongMainFeb 26, 20161 votes

yes i understand but, it has to refind someone of the same mmr, queuing up at the same time, picking one of the open roles.

[slayer-jinx-unamused] going back into queue is a necessary evil.

Deep Terror NamiFeb 26, 20161 votes

You go to the top of the queue when someone leaves/declines. It's not like you are put at the bottom again. Matchmaking tends to not split up those people remaining when they are put back into the queue (because they're all at the top), but to increase the speed of finding a new match it has to go back and get a fresh look for players.

Looking only for 1 specific person would just make queues longer, and in a single lobby those players would now know what to pick/ban. If the new person was simply placed directly into the leaver's spot with the other picks and bans staying, that would just be dumb. It would completely screw them over.