Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Thought I'd pop in and say "Hi!"

Been awhile.  Too long.  For those of you who have been wondering about where I've been, I wanted make a little post about that.
So, let's back up a bit:  

About a year after COVID hit, I was in a bad car fire.  I mentioned this on the forum, as I was then running OF, and I'm positive it helped me act to save myself.  Got banged up, but made it through alive.  The nasty part was the PTSD that followed.  High anxiety, depression, and a much greater alcohol intake.  I found myself withdrawing from a lot of the things I used to enjoy, including this forum.  Even so, I maintained contact with Shannon throughout, and he continues to be a very close personal friend to this day. Now, 3 years later, I have most of those issues handled.  Anxiety and depression are under control, and my alcohol use is greatly reduced.  I still slip here and there, but I'm happy to be where I'm at.  I'm also back to doing a lot of the things I value most.

Regarding IML and my continued involvement with it, here's a little tidbit that may surprise you: I have been helping Shannon out as a tester for years.  Furthermore, around late 2021 (or early 2022, I don't recall, exactly), I asked Shannon if he would create a custom single-stage for me.  I wanted it to be something useful for me, but a title that he could also sell through IML as well.  He agreed, and I ran it for months.  I had some really interesting results and experiences.  But, Shannon wanted additional feedback about the program, so I suggested he bring on Duke as a tester.  I've known Duke for several years and vouched for him.  Shannon thought about it, vetted Duke, and then accepted him as a tester. Duke ran my custom single-stage for a few months, and consequently came up with several very interesting and valuable insights. 
He even suggested a new name for that little-'ole-custom of mine:

Maverick.

I haven't been able to journal, because I'm often running something Shannon needs feedback on.  I could have been here sharing insights and feedback on your journals, or just chattin' everyone up, but I haven't, and I apologize for that.  I miss being active on the forum, and plan to be around and more involved in the future.

Hope you all are doing well, and I look forward to catching up with you!

RTB

Hello RT welcome,

I am alittle bit confiused, shannon previously said that he created maverick for himself only and not for anyone else. now hearing this from you that you requested shannon to build such sub. I am confisued which one is which.

infact this below qoute is from Maverick description:

"Simply put, it was originally built for men because it was originally a private experimental. I thought I was going to be the only one to ever use it, and I wanted to explore the potential of men. In the end, it worked so well that I decided to publish it"

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Shannon,

not that it matters alot, but, please clarify if Maverick was originally created for your own or it was a custom request? 

thanks

You are referring to the following from the FAQ of Maverick's description page:

Q: Why is it a "men only" subliminal?

A: Simply put, it was originally built for men because it was originally a private experimental.  I thought I was going to be the only one to ever use it, and I wanted to explore the potential of men.  In the end, it worked so well that I decided to publish it, but I have quite simply had more than enough of working on it.  So it is offered as it is, as it ended up being when I finished the experiment.  I have no plans to work on it after this or make different versions of it for different groups of people.

This is actually a mistake.  I'm glad you pointed this out.  I'm really not sure how that got written that way, or made it through editing.  The only thing I can think of is that it may have been because the description was written by two people, and the other person may have believed I was using it.  However, as I said, that is not the case.  Here are the facts:

RTBoss came to me at one point privately and asked me to consider building a custom subliminal of a specific design he had in mind.  Normally I don't accept custom jobs, but his design was exceptionally good.  It was going to be useful for my research & development, and he was willing to pay what I told him it would require to make it worth my time to make for him, pay for it up front, and wait multiple months for it to be built (because despite the price, I have to prioritize customer focused programs.  That's part of why I don't accept custom jobs.).  So I agreed to make it.  It proved to be very difficult and very useful, resulting in 5.9G. 

RTBoss then used it, and after a couple months, suggested that his friend Duke should also use it as a tester.  RT believed that Duke would be better suited for it than he was.  I was introduced to Duke behind the scenes, and after a long interview and consideration, I accepted him as a tester and he started testing it.  Duke concluded that it was much more than the sum of it's parts and was extremely powerful, valuable and important, and encouraged me to offer it for sale.  The rest is history.

However, I have never used it, and I said so multiple times on the forum.  I never used it myself because I was worried that it would damage my long term relationship.  So RTB and Duke used it before it was published.

I will correct this now.  Thank you for pointing it out.  Here is what it should say:

Q: Why is it a "men only" subliminal?

A: Simply put, it was originally built for men because it was originally a private experimental custom job.  I thought the purchaser was going to be the only one to ever use it, and I wanted to explore the potential of men through this program.  In the end, it worked so well that I decided to publish it, but I have quite simply had more than enough of working on it.  So it is offered as it is, as it ended up being when I finished the experiment.  I have no plans to work on it after this or make different versions of it for different groups of people.