There are endless number of alternative coins. What give coin value is its useability. Keep dreaming the LTC will follow BTC 
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Hardly any dreaming at all. YTD LTC has outperformed BTC by almost 300%: 

http://www.ltc-charts.com/period-charts.php?period=ytd&resolution=day&pair=ltc-btc&market=btc-e

Really puzzling, right?