Disbanding Champion Select

Ecto2·Feb 7, 2015·2 votes·487 views

We've all experienced it. A person that just doesn't accept the role that's left for them or just wants to make other people's games more of a struggle than they already are.

My experience:

I experienced one such thing last night, where myself and 3 others on my team called a role, "mid pls" etc, and hovered a champion, ready to lock in. Our last player simply said "troll pls" then locked in Blitzcrank with Clarity and Clairvoyance. We decided to wait it out to see if he would leave but he didn't, so my friend who I was playing with decided to dodge so we wouldn't have to play with that Blizcrank, and nobody else wanted to play with him. As a result, we then had to wait 5 minutes befofe re-entering the queue.

My suggestion:

Have an option on your team to disband that champion select with a voting system the same as is used for a surrender vote, e.g. 4/5 votes needed for it to pass. This would only be available for Blind Pick so people can't disband if their champion gets picked in Draft. I feel this would benefit many players, as nobody likes insta-lockers or trolls and shouldn't be the ones who get penalised for not wanting to play with those kinds of players.

I'd like to hear what you guys think, and of course any suggestions are welcome, this is just an idea :)

4 Comments

Dangerous ManFeb 9, 20152 votes

Hell Yeah. I get bots on my team all the time and the instlock without calling a lane, then afk when the game starts. Its obvious because their names are "Freindly Garret" or "Super Tom"

Icy AuronFeb 10, 20152 votes

Ranked team builder would be fun, too. Then you'd never have people bitching about roles.

Ecto2Feb 10, 20152 votes

Agreed, I've seen some pretty good ideas of how it would work on here too like there's one where you queue for the role you want and then it puts the people into the standard draft system but there's no arguments about roles

Icy AuronFeb 11, 20151 votes

That's even better than my idea. I was thinking still blind pick and everything.

I think it'd be an amazing idea! You'd still queue up a hell of a lot faster if you played a less common role, but if you really wanna get placed based on your best champion(s), you could wait it out for a more accurate placement. For example, I love playing support, but I'm not gonna play ranked unless I know for a fact that I can get placed based solely on my mid lane Anivia. Once I've gotten my initial ranking, I'd be much more open to filling roles.