Get rid of Normal mode and just replace it with team builder

400 Soft Pandas·11/18/2014, 6:31:15 PM·2 votes·415 views

I think normal should be eliminated from the choices to pick from when picking a game type. Normal is full of people who either auto lock or people who feed because they did not get the position they wanted. It would also help with the wait times in team builder. Everyone would get the position they want and I think it would just improve the overall league experience. I realize that there could be logistical issues with this idea, it is just a thought.

3 Comments

DrCyanide11/18/2014, 6:56:50 PM2 votes

No way I'm going to put up with the horrible experience that is Teambuilder!

Believe it or not, some people like mixing up what they play. There are many players that are glad to fill roles and pick champions based on what their team needs instead of just what they want to play. Teambuilder's solution? Dodge, over and over again until you get paired with a team that actually works well together.

I'd also rather not have matchmaking be completely screwed up every time I try a new champion or role. Sure, it sounds fine and dandy on paper, but then you get matched against a player that's way higher level than you because Teambuilder thinks they're new at that champion... even though they main it in Diamond 1...

Add to that horrible experiences with wait time, and there's no reason for me to ever want to touch Teambuilder without Riot bribing me. Summoner Icons? Sure, I'll bite for a little while, but only long enough to remember how much I dislike Teambuilder. I'm very glad that the new Summoners Rift is on Normal mode so I can once again leave Teambuilder behind.

ValyrianBlade11/18/2014, 6:56:54 PM2 votes

Why do people keep suggesting this?

Just because you like teambuilder doesn't mean everyone else does. Frankly, in general I find that people in teambuilder suck at the game overall, as they either only know their role and can't react to moves made by other roles, or because they're trying out something new (or someone on free rotation) and want to make sure they get what they want.

Draft is what there is in ranked, so you're better off playing Draft once you have enough champs. Besides, maybe I want to play a variety of roles (you should, you'll have to in ranked and it will give you a better understanding of how to play your preferred role) and am willing to get stuck as support in 10% of my games but get queued 10x faster.

Just ban all the people who troll and refuse to communicate/work with the team and let the maybe 200 people that remain play :p. Okay not seriously there, but really the fact that you get the odd troll or person who insta-locks, that's their problem and they're going to be a problem no matter what happens. I'd rather them be in a different queue :)

redniwediS11/18/2014, 7:57:15 PM1 votes

While I agree with the OP I also don't want to help beat this very, very dead horse. It's been suggested time and time again and the general opinion is that it's a bad idea.

Also you say the people who play normals are not particularly nice people, yet you want them in team builder with you...