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Gave it one last try last night. No server problems, apart from intermittent spiking.
Solo queued and it was frustrating: seeing players dodge cuz their favourite hero gets banned/taken. Or ppl "try out" new heroes because the three heroes they can play are taken. Seriously (just like your Ashe, Joz), I can't fathom how these gamers can have such a high saturation point that they dont get bored of playing one hero all the time when there are 55 available. Anyway, ended the night on 2-5. I was lucky enough to have sensible teamies 30% of the time. Can't ask for more when solo queuing, really.
Interestingly every game was still mismatched (player skill with heroes, or wrong bans), but much better team balance than the blind pick normal games. The draft mode leads to longer games. Riot should perhaps revisit their fundamentals. They wanted games that are <30 mins, but the meta is pushing games to be 50+ min. I suppose the "pro-play" emerging from season 1 will give them a better idea.
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