I completely and considerately disagree with your primary point.
You haven't defined "good", so I'll make the logical assumption that you use the term "good" to mean "effective for everyone". Of course techniques aren't going to work for everyone who tries them - that's why there are so many.
I do agree that they should be taken as guidelines - and surprise! They are. Lucid dream induction is all about your mind, your imagination, your experience. Techniques are provided and shared and further developed to provide you the knowledge that others have already discovered in their experiences, so you may take ideas and lucid dream in your own way.
There are those who feel the incessant need to make yet another "new" technique to induce lucid dreaming, there are those who are just fine going by the rules they've read online or in ETWOLD, and there are those who can bounce around to whatever techniques - custom or common - to try new things. That being said, all a technique is is a guideline. It's how they're interpreted and applied that makes them "good" or "bad" for the users. If you're a person who takes it word for word, and it works consistently, then it's good for you. If you modify it, and it works consistently, then it's good for you.
If techniques aren't always "good", then why are they here? For us to learn from? Yeah, that's it, precisely.
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