Well MasonGamble, sounds like a whole lot of drama. Hope you stick around. I'm sure it's been discouraging with folks telling you you're doing something wrong over and over.
Here would be my suggestion. In the future, communicate it as a challenge - ala Daniel Negraneau - $10-$10k. If you haven't heard of his challenge, it's logged here...
$10 Into $100,000 - FCP Poker Forum
If you set out with this kind of tone, "hey guys I'm going to try something really crazy, just recording my results..." then folks may not try to "fix" what you're doing.

Then you can set out whatever personal guidelines you feel like and folks won't feel like they have to correct you, instead they'll just kick back and either laugh at you or root for you.
BTW - if you check out Daniel's record, he did really well until he hit 50NL, then he's taken several kicks in the face. He can still succeed, but I would be shocked if he didn't raise the # of buyins for the next level. And this is one of the greatest players in the modern era.