Oh well, I haven't been following this closely at all until just recently. So maybe he didn't reproduce the "tan".
That was a pretty elaborate-ass thread to create though. I believe he might have actually reproduced the "tan" or at least created something better than mdpv.
MDPV is a shit drug, almost dysphoric and laden with side effects. The legendary OG tan MDPV I received several occasions around 5 years ago was something completely different.
It's funny how so many people are quick to say "it's delusional MDPV users coming up with this", when there are a lot of people who are otherwise not extreme drug users who have said there is an unmistakeable difference.
Personally, I never became addicted to any form of MDPV. I'm not a stim-head. I'm not psychotic. But I am able to recognize one hugely euphoric / smooth / desireable chemical from another which is only mildly euphoric / sucks / undesireable.
There is definitely a reason people wanted the "tan" back, and it had nothing to do with tolerance. It was like people who were doing cocaine suddenly had their supplies switched with caffeine.