I guess I don't get the joke...

"Just_Me_Not_You;c-1065101" wrote:
I used to do it. I am top 10-20 in arena and allies with most of them. They have great squads also that help me out. Never an insult more of a compliment really.

Everyone can beat everyone. That is how arena works.

See the glass half full!

Exactly. I've never used as an insult, more of a "great squad I want to use your characters" kind of gesture.

I've never heard of, or even thought of that as an insult. Win or lose if I face a strong opponent in arena, and I have an open spot I will try to get them as an ally.

If someone has a beef with someone else in their arena, and they aren't in a chat somewhere together then the usual tactic to talk smack is to change your name to something provocative aimed at that person. If you're getting bent out of shape over getting an ally request then might you be just reading something negative into it because you're annoyed at losing multiple times to the same person?

"JacenRoe;c-1065130" wrote:
I've never heard of, or even thought of that as an insult. Win or lose if I face a strong opponent in arena, and I have an open spot I will try to get them as an ally.

If someone has a beef with someone else in their arena, and they aren't in a chat somewhere together then the usual tactic to talk smack is to change your name to something provocative aimed at that person. If you're getting bent out of shape over getting an ally request then might you be just reading something negative into it because you're annoyed at losing multiple times to the same person?

@JacenRoe nope I pretty explicitly said that I am not bent out of shape about it. I've read in other spots on the forums that this is some kind of rude gesture. I could be mistaken. I honestly don't care about it I was just looking for clarification.

I've done it for the ally and I've done it because they keep attacking my squad before payout.

Mixed bag.

One guy in particular kept sniping lots of people on my shard. I would send him an ally request every time I beat him. If he accepted me as an ally I would remove him and send a request again.

Sometimes he would attack me, get knocked back behind the original spot he knocked me back to and then attack me again. Increbily rude to attack the same person when I hadn't messed with him.

He rarely makes past top 20 anymore so I haven't had to deal with him in a while.

"Coolmcdrew;c-1065135" wrote:

"JacenRoe;c-1065130" wrote:
I've never heard of, or even thought of that as an insult. Win or lose if I face a strong opponent in arena, and I have an open spot I will try to get them as an ally.

If someone has a beef with someone else in their arena, and they aren't in a chat somewhere together then the usual tactic to talk smack is to change your name to something provocative aimed at that person. If you're getting bent out of shape over getting an ally request then might you be just reading something negative into it because you're annoyed at losing multiple times to the same person?

@JacenRoe nope I pretty explicitly said that I am not bent out of shape about it. I've read in other spots on the forums that this is some kind of rude gesture. I could be mistaken. I honestly don't care about it I was just looking for clarification.

Well it could be a dig, or it could be benign. See if you can find them on the forum if you want to chat with them, or add a Line ID to the end of your in game name if you have the Line chat app.

Bigger joke is that you can ally request them but not message them

This is one of those things that depends on the person.
Positive-minded people will likely take it as a "great squad/could use that leader as an ally" opportunity, while negative-minded people are more likely to be offended by a hypothetical insult based on a scenario made up in their head.

"Alrikster;c-1065150" wrote:
This is one of those things that depends on the person.
Positive-minded people will likely take it as a "great squad/could use that leader as an ally" opportunity, while negative-minded people are more likely to be offended by a hypothetical insult based on a scenario made up in their head.

The glass is neither half full, nor half empty. The glass is too big.

It's a reminder saying, "hey your arena team just lost, go get your spot back"

"MayAddy622;c-1065161" wrote:
It's a reminder saying, "hey your arena team just lost, go get your spot back"

This is typically what it means for me lol