Well yes, with that one it's the same thing but tweaked slightly. Like for example, the first year I think you needed to make journal contact and this year you didn't. A year ago, it added in the threesome things... but yeah, I understand that objection and that's why I've come up with a Reason B about the Valentines Shift. But-

A Shift is a progressive change in reality. Relating to something physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or all of the above. This world we're in now is full of rampant natural Shifts outside the barrier, but a synthetic Shift is one that someone produces through technology. This barrier is one of the examples, but the "experiments" are another. Basically, they're probing our reactions to different dials on their machines and seeing what they do.