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Draft Pick & Instalocking

Creator: R4GE February 15, 2014 1:19am
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In Draft Pick I've heard about " Pick Order " but I've never experienced that before because everyone still instalocks, and no one is communicating. I'm not the person who instalocks, I pick the role that's left after all the insttalockers, and sometimes there are only me and another guy who didn't instalock, and the problem is this guy refusing communicate when I'm asking which lane there is left for me to take. Everyone are just spamming the roles they want to and flaming on each other when they chose the same role, so I don't know which lane to take!

How do I solve this problem with instalockers? Can I just pick the role I want to play when it's my turn to choose, but what is someone who have the 5th pick wants the role, because he will flame me to hell and spam report the whole game?
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If you are one of the last two to pick, I'd say you pick what you want to play, but without locking it in. This gives the other guy plenty of time to evaluate whether he wants to take the last role, or enquire for the role you picked. Then, if you want to be the good-guy, you give him what he wants.

Also, all of these insta-lockers are there to help you. They prepare you of the mentality that those who pick first, get to pick actually first. That's how it goes in ranked as well, with some FriendlierThanRankedwisedlyPossibleExceptions. The more prepared you are for playing any role, being happy with it, and doing your best, the higher your chances of a general winning trend will be. That said, if you get to pick a role which you are better at than another, that's also a bonus. Just don't lock it, causing annoyance towards the guy who picks at the same time as you, and you'll be fine. :)

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Be ready to play what your team needs. **** you and what you want.


Go in with that mind set, and you will never be surprised.





Btw I didn't read your thread. Typical Toshabi. My advice still works.
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I agree with what was said. Be ready to play anything, try to communicate, if it doesn't work than select a champion but don't lock it to be able to swap if needed. Sometimes, selecting a champion make them saying "im top/mid/etc".
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Thanks for the responses. I can play almost every single role, and I choose the role my team need. Pancakes & Kirluu, your advises helped me a lot.
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That goes for most of you, I main support, and I have little to no quarrels with others in ranked pick since most don't want to do support. The few exceptions are duo bot and trolls, wherein I'll take Soraka Top / Karma Jungle.

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I agree with what was said. Be ready to play anything, try to communicate, if it doesn't work than select a champion but don't lock it to be able to swap if needed. Sometimes, selecting a champion make them saying "im top/mid/etc".





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