You can't tell me that they don't have enough resources to whip up Normal Draft mode for TT. That falls in line with the same argument I hear that they don't have the resources to run all three variations of SR at the same time. We're not talking about a complete revamp of the map. We're talking about gaining access to the same game mode options available to the other two maps. We're talking about fixing a bug that has been there since the launch of the map (fountain laser length difference between the two sides).

Bump for TT.

I <3 tt!

Bump for TT. Give it some support. More maps in general.

Bumping because Riot is still "disregarding TT to acquire monies". (I'm about to make a meme image for this... Don't make me, Riot.)

TT already has ranked(3v3).
Why does it need draft mode?

You see I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, diversity is always nice after all, but you have to realize something.

Dominion is just as popular, or slightly less popular than TT, and it has a Draft Mode. It's Draft Mode tends to have Queue Times of anywhere from 1 minute to exceeding 100 minutes. I personally had a queue time of 4 minutes one time on Dominion Draft, and I'm not even remotely close to high elo.


Currently what Twisted Treeline needs isn't Draft Mode, it's adjustments to the map to balance it out, as well as some advertising by RIOT. TT and Dominion both suffer currently from a lack of RIOT going "Hey guys, don't forget our cool other maps besides summoner's rift! Look at phreak totally jungle on TT!" and other such things.


I made a thread dealing with TT/Dominion and asking why they're underplayed.

TT, at the very least, seemed to mainly have a reputation of extreme turtling which ruins the overall gameplay as well as a lower group of viable competitive champions.

Still not an excuse to deny Normal Draft mode to TT players when it's offered to both SR and Dominion players.

Yes, they do need to fix the issues with "balance" (read: bugs) on the map. But they also need to up the rewards. People don't play it because it doesn't reward enough IP. The top 3 complaints I hear are:

1: Not enough IP reward. (One of the main reasons why Dominion is underplayed as well. At least according to the people I play with.)
2: Can't ban champions unless you want to play ranked. As a result, the same champions are picked time and time again.
3: The que times are horrid.


They need to up the IP. They need to offer Normal Draft mode. They need to fix the bugs that unbalance the gameplay. Yet, why don't they do this? They get more money from players that play primarily SR. They don't care because it's not a huge draw for players.

If it's that bad, then revamp it, stretch it, add another tier of towers for each team, and make it a 5v5 map. Then you can throw it into a "random map" option for 5v5 matchmaking and it'll get a lot more play. Heck, then you can give bonus IP for choosing a random map where you don't know what you're playing until you're in.

Riot could probably make a draft mode for TT, but thats about all they should/can do for TT. You have to realize that 90% of the community plays SR, and pretty much nothing else. Companies do what is best for them, and that is taking care of the vast majority. You will just have to accept that fact. There is no argument for this.

They may want to spend most of their time trying to appease the majority, but they can't be disregarding the minority all together. That's what this thread is about. They pay TT players no attention whatsoever. They don't even acknowledge us. Guaranteed this thread will probably not even get a red post, let alone enough attention to garner updates and the release of a Normal Draft mode.

The most recent red post I see on the forums is 2/09/2012.. That's almost 2 months ago. I had to go back to the third page to find the next most recent post besides the stickied post (which is fairly old too, 10/5/2011), and that was posted on 11/09/2011... Which is newer than the stickied post...

My que times are like 10 seconds normally for TT normals, So obviously they're plenty of people that play it. I think more people would play it with draft mode where you can ban the insanely OP champs on the map. Also fixing the turret would really help out with the turtling issue. Also a solo ranked que would be nice because not everybody can find 2 friends on that want to do ranked.