[Dinkenflicker]

A Tongue-in-cheek view on DMI Alliance Foming
by D. I. N Kenflicker

The whole concept of DMI is that you join a branch - and that branch competes against all the other branches in tasks, games and the like in order to earn 'Shrutebucks' - the branch with the collective amount of average SB's at the end of the game is declared the winner - with similar awards on an individual scale.

So what the hell are all these alliances for?

Sure, they'll tell you it's all in the name of fun and games, a chance for you to get to know people outside of your branch. And some people in the alliance may honestly believe this. Strange how, if you did want to get to know other DMI members outside of your branch, that you would want to limit that to just those that are joined up to a certain club...and why you would need to form a whole network of 'alliance branches' for a local meet and greet? what if one branch chose not to partake in the alliance? would they still be invited to the local meet and greet?

There just seems something very strange in making a group that only certain branches can join depending on their geographical status in the real world for the sole purpose of being more social?

Especially as you don't seem to have to be part of the alliance in order to contribute to the 'fun'

Then what is the point of having an alliance if anyone can join in the fun? Yes...what is the point? Hmmm well I don't see one unless there was some sort of dark, sinister hidden agenda? Perhaps to do with vote rigging or something???

It seems to me, that alliances are groups apparently formed in order to be more social but can only be joined by branches based on their national geographical position...Hmmmm....


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wait...



National Socialism?



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RUN AWAYYYYYY!

[champy4prez]

Get over yourself.

[Lizzie9071]

This thread makes me sad.

[Dinkenflicker]

champy4prez, on Oct 2 2009, 01:34 PM, said:

Get over yourself.

Thank you for your opinion

[JimCTheTemp]

this is a joke right?


right?



bueller?



this is a messed up view of alliances. thank god those of us in them actually know what they are for. HAVING FUN AND GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE

[Dinkenflicker]

JimCTheTemp, on Oct 2 2009, 02:10 PM, said:

this is a messed up view of alliances. thank god those of us in them actually know what they are for. HAVING FUN AND GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE

Why do you need to be in an Alliance in order to get to know people?

[Lizzie9071]

I really hate to keep this going, but he didn't say that he NEEDED an alliance to get to know people. He said that was what he used this particular alliance for. Not that there aren't other ways as well. I wish you weren't upset about it, Dinkenflicker. My branch isn't in an alliance, and I have never had a second thought about all the alliances I was aware of. They have always been friendly and welcoming to me.

[Matt41272]

I propose a super-secret ninja alliance made up of those who are against alliances

[shakymon]

Dinken said it was tongue in cheek. It doesn't sound serious to me.

Dinkenflicker, on Oct 2 2009, 08:33 AM, said:

A Tongue-in-cheek view on DMI Alliance Foming
by D. I. N Kenflicker

PS. What is "alliance foming"? How do you fom? (fome?) Can you do it in public without getting arrested?

[Lizzie9071]

shakymon, on Oct 2 2009, 07:54 AM, said:

Dinken said it was tongue in cheek. It doesn't sound serious to me.

PS. What is "alliance foming"? How do you fom? (fome?) Can you do it in public without getting arrested?

Hehe...way to lighten the mood.

[Dinkenflicker]

Lizzie9071, on Oct 2 2009, 02:33 PM, said:

I wish you weren't upset about it, Dinkenflicker. My branch isn't in an alliance, and I have never had a second thought about all the alliances I was aware of. They have always been friendly and welcoming to me.

Well I admire your naïve attitude Lizzie...I wish I was dumb enough not to notice the unavoidable dangers that loom on the horizon like an angry dolphin with bombs strapped upon itself.

Unfortunately, I have seen the future* - and that future is you and and member of an alliance in the final company wide vote of a DMI 3.0 task!!!

The task was to draw a cat.

You drew a cat.
The other guy drew a sponge.

The other guy wins the vote because he got all his 'alliance' buddies to vote for him, rather than vote for the best picture (which was yours by the way!) You end up returning to this thread and crying to me saying things like:

"You knew it would all happen D-ink!"

and

"Why didn't I listen to you!!! I'm such an spineless simple-minded fool...waaaaaaaargh"

shakymon, on Oct 2 2009, 02:54 PM, said:

PS. What is "alliance foming"? How do you fom? (fome?) Can you do it in public without getting arrested?

Aha! I wondered that myself seeing as I so very rarely spell things incorrectly...but whilst researching exactly what 'foming' was I unexpectadly discovered that I had perhaps stumbled upon a subconscious slip:

According to Urban Dictionary,

Foming or f.o.m.-ing

- A Philadelphia area acronym for "fear of missing (out)".

LOL!





* DISCLAIMER: Vision of future may not be accurate.

[champy4prez]

This isn't about politics. I will tell you right now, that I didn't vote for a New England Alliance entry once last year in the company wide vote, and I believe only 1 New England Alliance entry won the company wide vote. Everyone still votes for the best entry on the first page, regardless of who entered it.

We enjoy creating different signature pieces and different prizes for NEA and not all our games are company-wide. Yes it might not be fair to restrict membership to New England branches, but who really cares besides yourself? Join a New England branch.

I don't know if it is the word "Alliance" that you are having such a hard time with. It's really not that bad of a word. It's a team, it's a gathering, whatever, it's a word. I feel, like I said before, that it very similar to The Bad Boys Club, The Bad Girls Club, Jades Snack Stand, Omoms Office, in the respect that it brings people together with similar interests, allows them to create cool signature pieces, play different games, enjoy the site. If you would like, if it would make you feel any better, we can change the name of it from the New England Alliance to A Flock of Ponies. Seriously.

I feel you crave conflicts, and this is way this will be my last post in response to any of yours.

[djkw418]

I believe in the BEAA (pronounced BEE) - Bethlehem - Easton - Allentown alliance...

yes i haven't talked to Bethlehem or allentown, but as the leader of Easton, and being close in proximity to A-town and B-hem, i'm pretty sure we're come to a decision

[Jim_Halp3rt]

Dinkenflicker, on Oct 2 2009, 09:16 AM, said:

According to Urban Dictionary,

Foming or f.o.m.-ing

- A Philadelphia area acronym for "fear of missing (out)".

LOL!





* DISCLAIMER: Vision of future may not be accurate.

Boom Shaky got roasted haha, I wonder if that was on purpose...

[Dinkenflicker]

champy4prez, on Oct 2 2009, 03:28 PM, said:

This isn't about politics. I will tell you right now, that I didn't vote for a New England Alliance entry once last year in the company wide vote, and I believe only 1 New England Alliance entry won the company wide vote. Everyone still votes for the best entry, regardless of who entered it.

We enjoy creating different signature pieces and different prizes for NEA and not all our games are company-wide. Yes it might not be fair to restrict membership to New England branches, but who really cares besides yourself? Join a New England branch.

I don't know if it is the word "Alliance" that you are having such a hard time with. It's really not that bad of a word. It's a team, it's a gathering, whatever, it's a word. I feel, like I said before, that it very similar to The Bad Boys Club, The Bad Girls Club, Jades Snack Stand, Omoms Office, in the respect that it brings people together with similar interests, allows them to create cool signature pieces, play different games, enjoy the site. If you would like, if it would make you feel any better, we can change the name of it from the New England Alliance to A Flock of Ponies. Seriously.

I feel you crave conflicts, and this is way this will be my last post in response to any of yours.

This is a quote from one of your fellow alliance members (original found here)

"As a New Englander, I am part of this alliance. The purpose of the alliance is to 1) get to know other branch employees from within the region. and 2) to allow the smaller branches of New England to compete with the larger branches of DMI. After all, who wants to see the same branch winning over and over. This at least gives us a chance. We're not told who to vote for. We are New Englanders after all and we don't like to be told what to do. I am aware of the entries from various branches and vote based on what I feel is the best entry. Now, I'm sure there are some who will only vote for a New England branch submission. Let's face it, some New Englanders are lazy."

Somebody is trying to pull the dirty, smelly, blood stained wool over our eyes!

P.S - I would appreciate you changing the NEA to "A Flock of Ponies" Thank-You

[adie8080]

djkw418, on Oct 2 2009, 07:35 AM, said:

I believe in the BEAA (pronounced BEE) - Bethlehem - Easton - Allentown alliance...

Hey dj, that looks like it should be pronounced "beeaah". As we say in the DMI NEA "I'm goin' down to the pub to have a few beeahs."

[JimCTheTemp]

Dinkenflicker, on Oct 2 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

This is a quote from one of your fellow alliance members (original found here)

"As a New Englander, I am part of this alliance. The purpose of the alliance is to 1) get to know other branch employees from within the region. and 2) to allow the smaller branches of New England to compete with the larger branches of DMI. After all, who wants to see the same branch winning over and over. This at least gives us a chance. We're not told who to vote for. We are New Englanders after all and we don't like to be told what to do. I am aware of the entries from various branches and vote based on what I feel is the best entry. Now, I'm sure there are some who will only vote for a New England branch submission. Let's face it, some New Englanders are lazy."

Somebody is trying to pull the dirty, smelly, blood stained wool over our eyes!

P.S - I would appreciate you changing the NEA to "A Flock of Ponies" Thank-You

i seriously hate to keep this going, but really if you're gonna make an argument with the rebuttal in you response, i have to point it out. you forgot to highlight this part as well...

"We're not told who to vote for. We are New Englanders after all and we don't like to be told what to do. I am aware of the entries from various branches and vote based on what I feel is the best entry."

[auntjemima]

Dinkenflicker, on Oct 2 2009, 10:16 AM, said:

"You knew it would all happen D-ink!"

and

"Why didn't I listen to you!!! I'm such an spineless simple-minded fool...waaaaaaaargh"

Dinkenflicker, on Oct 2 2009, 10:16 AM, said:

* DISCLAIMER: Vision of future may not be accurate.

Dinkenflicker, marry me.

[Dinkenflicker]

JimCTheTemp, on Oct 2 2009, 03:49 PM, said:

i seriously hate to keep this going, but really if you're gonna make an argument with the rebuttal in you response, i have to point it out. you forgot to highlight this part as well...

"We're not told who to vote for. We are New Englanders after all and we don't like to be told what to do. I am aware of the entries from various branches and vote based on what I feel is the best entry."

Yes, but that bit is a lie

lol no, I joke. The underlined section are points alluding to mass decisions of an alliance, not a personal decision of the poster - I wasn't pointing towards what Matt was going to do personally, but what he mentions as "the purpose of the alliance" and what he thinks some of the alliance members will do...

[Liz1380]

I want to know how many people don't vote for anything past the first page.