It seems the "Alliance move" was declared without much statistics. Assuming I came late for voting and my vote doesn't count...

Qc6 - D3V1L, ChuckBurch, Elroch, casmith_789, urvang, Valentin
Nb6 - savyma, ivan_the_truble, JRoyer, Ixodidae, dsarkar, IMCheap
Qa5 - alenkanh

Qc6 - 6

Nb6 - 6 (+1 if you count my vote)

Qa5 - 1

It's not obvious the "Alliance move" is Nb6 or Qc6. Winning by one or two votes is not enough to call consensus. Also, it seems IMCheap is completely against the queen exchanges. He stated Nb6 was "obvious". This is something Qc6 advocates should consider. O_O

As of now, I don't believe we have enough to call a "consensus". It is simply not fair, winning by one or two votes. It doesn't matter that we are in time pressure. Rushing this and telling people to vote prematurely is not going to help the game. I'd rather we get the best move and vote too late than vote early and vote the wrong move (which would also destroy our reputation).