I would fine WoW dungeon finder pretty interesting if that would be implemented,

wonder how LoL would be like right now if it was implemented it right now.

Also, can we have like, a warning when we choose to accept/decline a match?

Like, "warning, one of the players (not necessarily teammates) you are about to play with has X amount of leaves/is X amount toxic/reported in games"

If players have an above average # of leaves/reports for AFK or a high report/punish rate we can have the option to simply decline then and there...

This could be easily/visually conveyed with Brass/Black profile avatars in the accept/decline prompt. Anyone would be able to visually see that this is probably a game they don't want to play.

And if a player who is one of these offenders fails to queue x times in a row, they have a 5-15 minute wait time before they may queue again. This should encourage better behavior which should be (hopefully) a little easier in a stable champ select lobby.

Options 2 and 3 are the best by far.

Option 1 will be abused by premades/ duos and by anyone who doesn't like a conventional pick

I believe that Option 2 and 3 even though they have its flaws are better over all

Preferences.

Do you like playing with premades? Y/N
Are you competitive ( as in making plays and following META ) or casual?
Like laning phase or end game more? ( to play games with people who like lane battles or teamfights more; To extend lane phase or expedite teamfights )

etc etc.

I always thought the role picking matchmaking like WoW has would be a good idea. And it could work. But then you have those people who claim tank... but aren't tank spec'd. I could see someone either choose a support and troll to go mid. Then what about champs that dont normally play certain roles but can? It's too hard to limit or decide what can go where and what can't.

Disclaimer: I skimmed the first post, I just wanted to get my ideas in.

I'm so glad you guys are considering the WoW Dungeon Finder Model. I feel that letting people queue for their favorite role(s) would be a HUGE improvement to the community as a whole. And there are trade offs of queuing for popular roles, just like there is in WoW. People who REALLY want to play Top or Mid are going to have to wait longer than people who Support or Jungle.

For someone like me who adores playing top lane, this tradeoff is 100% worth it. So psychologically, people can weigh the trade off of preferred role and queue time. The result is a champ select lobby where everyone is happy, and it will effectively cease any toxic arguing.

I feel that the other options do the opposite. If you give a team the option to kick a team member, you're going to have people who called their role too late or are low in pick order start lobbying their teammates to someone. It opens a can of worms that could lead to endless trolling and fighting.

As someone who has a stressful job with stress issues on top of that, I completely relate to the scenario you went through. I feel that most of the situations that set me off start in champ select. And negativity in champ select almost always continues into the game. A WoW Dungeon Finder system would almost certainly keep players like me out of the tribunal.

I work in Market Research, so I'm interested in how you guys collect your player data. I'm sure the statistics you're privy to are really interesting.

1) Vote Kick- Premade group of players search lolking and see that 5th player isn't Diamond and decide to kick, they don't like his name, etc.
2) WoW Dungeon Finder- 30 minute ques because no one wants to play support from Silver 1 down.
3) Prisoner’s Island- World implodes from all the toxicity.