Quote Originally Posted by [AK]The Beast View Post
Fixed. Put Clay up there as well. For the new folks--as near as we can tell, sending a friend request doesn't work if the person you are sending to is in a game at that time. (At least that was how it was last week. Hopefully they'll get it working better in another patch or two.)
From what I've experienced so far, the best chance of having it work properly is if both the requester and receiver are in the lobby at the same time. Yes, this is a P.I.T.A., but it's worked so far.