i look at the ally invite as a sign of when someone is active. About half of our top 20 is in a discord channel, I look at those that are not as trying to communicate. I've had about 3 players send me ally invites in the hour that i'm going for arena rank, either beating me (in response to me beating them) or losing to me. I made a point of remembering who they where and that they were active at the same time as me. I therefor stopped attacking them during this timeframe. A few weeks later, one of them hit me and I returned the favour and sent them an ally request immediately. Now I never have an issue with any of them, I don't hit them and they don't hit me (in the hour we are all active). Sure, it may be coincidence, but maybe not. It's just the way I see it.
