An alliance is a basically a group of players that get their own forum section and share game srtategies, run torunaments, and participate in tournaments against other alliances. They kind of add another level to the game and can be helpful with answering game questions, getting fights, and getting to know other palyers. You seem to run a solid camp and I think you and your camp would be a find addition to the SFL. If you're interested you just need to send jbear a PM on the forums.