Team Builder Queue Time

Ctrl Alt Kms·Jan 6, 2015·4 votes·1,404 views

I had to wait 46 minutes to find a match. i asked my friend and he said it took him awhile to find a match as well.

10 Comments

PL55Jan 6, 20152 votes

I play Team Builder mostly and I just go Blind or maybe Draft if I want to play mid or top. Jungle, ADC, and Support have really short queue times you should get a game in under a minute.

Space BumJan 6, 20151 votes

Have you left any games recently? DC'd or otherwise, including queue dodging?

1337n00bh4x0rJan 6, 20151 votes

I personally did team builder only a few times, and hated it. I found it was either people who've never played a champ/role trying to guarantee themselves their spot, or people who were trying to hit a skill ceiling with their main, guaranteeing their spot. The results were lopsided matches.

So I bailed on team builder, and I'm not going back. IDK if other people have other reasons for not playing team builder, but I think team builder looked GREAT on paper, and people who SHOULD be going into bot games to first-try champs instead went into TB and ruined it for me. =\

Magma Lux MidJan 6, 20152 votes

Except bots don't really give you a good feel for the champ, especially since you can easily go 30/0 on a first time champ. I only play bot games if I need some major stress relief.

Space BumJan 6, 20151 votes

I use customs to test champs. Bots are for noobs and people just trying to pass time.

Out of all game modes besides bots, I get the least number of toxic teammates on team builder. Sometimes I enjoy the time before the team is full. Getting to know your randoms a little beforehand cuts down the stress a little.

BorblandJan 6, 20151 votes

Goddammnit, these are only normal games, no need to lose 20 minutes on an uninterresting bot game when you can just do a normal game.

If someone does 0/10 on a 1st pick, he would probably be bad at another pick, he just suck a the game. A good player won't do that bad on a 1st play,

And pls stop tryharding in normals, it's normal people try new champs and builds there.

aaronconlinJan 6, 20151 votes

I noticed that if I didn't play a champion or role that's highly sought-after, the wait times were a lot longer. Like when I play Vayne top, the wait time was a lot longer, so I just created a game on TeamBuilder and had people join mine instead of looking for a team.

Space BumJan 7, 20151 votes

I normally pick the most wanted types of roles. Annie Fighter Top

MephïstophelesJan 8, 20151 votes

I find the problem being in two areas: Nostalgia, and the first time TB was launched.

Everyone is so used to Blind Pick it's created some nostalgia among LoL players. Blind Pick was the go-to place for normal PvP matches, and now there's another pre-game lobby mode introduced. People just didn't want to make the switch over to team builder.

Honestly I fell into team builder on accident because I thought it was blind pick (replaced it's spot on the list). It's launch really wasn't promoted enough, and therefore it lacked in popularity from the start. Because of this, it already had some long wait times, inferior to Blind Pick, and so people just got turned off from it after that.

The short queue times for bot lane and jungle are obnoxiously shorter than that of top and mid lane. I've waited 10 minutes to find a group for mid lane, that I later left because I had to wait another 10 minutes to find a support and adc.

If TB was encouraged, and more promoted, it would definitely increase use. It had a burst in popularity due to the new map and it was the first game mode to have it, but that's all that I've seen since it's launch.

MephïstophelesJan 8, 20151 votes

Also, I forgot to mention, I really enjoy getting to know your teammates a lot more beforehand. Sitting in the chat lobby for a few minutes isn't a problem for me because I talk it up with my team. Because you can choose when to enter queue, it's good to change runes/masteries, or maybe discuss some strategies. People can play for the wrong reasons (to win); I play because I love the game win or lose! I love every game I play in because I don't let toxies get to me, and I don't play to be the best. I play for me. I love TB because I love getting to know my team a little. Makes for a better game experience, and brings the community together.