Meh. I've looked into all of it years ago, followed it for a while, but I never really felt like it helped much.

Now here's the thing... I don't think it matters whether it's real or not. If direction had an impact on synth results, it would most likely be a small impact, for a couple of reasons... game balance for one, and also because if it were actually a big factor, it would NOT be a secret with how big the player base was. I don't believe much of what sc4500 wrote either...

So really, who cares. Either it exists and it barely helps, or it doesn't exist. I think I'll just face what ever way I happen to be facing. :P