Hi BigSampy!!
I have no idea about the Alliance - I was suckered into it along with everybody else - as it turns out, I caught Jeff and Ben stealing Alliance traffic, falsifying stats, you name it - if it was crooked, they were doing it. When I figured out what was going on, I publically confronted them - they denied everything, of course, and kicked me out.
Since then, I've been making galleries and kicking butt - without the Alliance sucking up all my time for NOTHING (actually, I made a whole $8 from FEB while an Alliance member - 9 months)!!
How about you - what have you been up to?