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Is grammar an excuse to insta-lock in blind pick?

Eternal Torment·5/20/2017, 12:21:40 PM·1 votes·449 views

So, this has not happened to me anytime soon but i have legit never seen this being addressed so i wanted to ask this out into the public for a means of confirmation.

If you Play blind pick and, just for hypothetical example, call top, but mistype and say to for example, there is this one guy who will say "to is not top, so you didnt call" and will insta-lock top and with a high chance end up trolling the game, but this post is not for the trolling afterwards, but for that grammar-snitching. Since this is a question of understanding and not any mechanics (due to it being blind pick) i ask this in the PB boards

is a mistype discounted as a call? or are those people who say stuff like in my example just another form of insta-lockers who can (and should be) reported for unsportsmanlike behaviour?

11 Comments

archerno15/20/2017, 12:53:40 PM2 votes

Well first of all "call" isnt rule at all. In blind pick u are allowed to play any comps. 2 top, 2 mid...

Vhan87655/20/2017, 12:34:29 PM1 votes

It depends on the person really. Maybe they really didn't understand your mistake or maybe they're just being an asshat.

Regardless of which though, you should make an effort to have proper grammar none the less. Just copy your role to your clipboard and then paste that shiet the second you hit champ select.

EvilDustMan5/20/2017, 12:38:39 PM1 votes

Pick order trumps call order anyways, there is no way to police call order.

DrCyanide5/20/2017, 12:51:45 PM1 votes

I've played enough Blind Pick it would be extremely rare for me to run into someone like that. Most trolls that are that set on playing a role left for Normal Draft.

But, hypothetically, there's no punishment for that kind of behavior. 99.9% of Blind Pick players will see something that looks like a role and accept that as being called, particularly if the player who made the typo corrects it.

The remaining 0.1% would instalock over top of someone anyway.