User blog comment:Dracko40/The Angry Illithid: Abolish the Random Button/@comment-134.84.52.142-20120417125745

A few thoughts:

1. ARAM doesn't exist strictly because there is a random button. ARAM basically sets the champ select timer to 0, and away you go.

2. Randoming in a ranked game is just stupid. End of story.

3. "Soft randoming" (hitting the random button until you get a champion you want to play) in a normal is much more acceptable. Normal games are the best place to practice new champions (unless you like winning your first several games with a new champion without being challenged, in which case I recommend bots).

3a. Players these days are way too uptight about winning unranked games. What's the point of playing a game (any game) if your competitive nature ruins the fun of the game?

3b. If you're just jumping in for First Win, do, like, Dominion against bots.

4. Locking in without selecting a champion (the "hard random") shouldn't be allowed. Two thoughts on how to fix this:

4a. You should not be able to hit the "select" button without selecting a champion first.

4b. Not selecting a champion before time runs out should lead to a different result, say, "leave during champion select".