This thread deserves more attention.

Well thought out and typed. Most of what you say seems like good ideas and should at the least be looked at. Ignore the tl;dr people and the trolls. Unfortunately even if pick order and such is made more friendly, the idiots will always still abound and try to ruin peoples' experience any way they can.

I disagree with your solution however queue dodging is a huge problem atm and causes the most amount of frustration above any other issue save one (playing a 4v5 game out when 1 player never connected).

Trolling in lobbies is at an all time high and I was so INCREDIBLY frustrated that I started leveling a smurf account mostly when I had to queue dodge on my main. And do not get me wrong I don't dodge frivolously but there are many others who will refuse to compromise and are willing to play troll games if they do not get their role.

It is much better at certain times of day and at certain elo levels I have found. I would like an option to report troll picks in the lobby so I do not have to play a game of chicken about who will dodge or not because of the obvious troll and nor do my teammates like that pressure.

Did you know the roles that the current meta has such as Top/Mid/Jungle/ADC/Healer only exist because of how the player base is playing the game? It not like these roles and set up is iron clad but if Riot were to ever formalize this role selection I will be one of the first to leave this game out right because the great thing about this game and you probably don't know since you are coming off as a hardcore winning is only fun way to play since your making a post like this is that the numbers of combinations outside of the meta roles is where the LoL moments happen, where fighting against the norm and playing the unexpected is fun in of itself. So for pick orders I believe this is something that shouldn't change this process truly shows what kind of players you are playing with and what kind of player you yourself are.

"The decision to dodge is not an entirely unskilled one either. Rapidly assessing the comparative skill level between your team and your opponents team given limited information is in fact a highly skill intensive decision."

This. Retreating in a real-life battle is oftentimes a good decision. It may be because you're outnumbered, your fellow soldiers suck, your position on the terrain is bad, or the enemy has more guns. LoL should have the same mindset in champ select if you feel a loss is imminent.

i downvoted because you called me ADD