"I'm somewhat disappointed in your reply, as I presumed that someone with a stated interest in ciphers would be eager to investigate anything new to pop up that

"I'm somewhat disappointed in your reply, as I presumed that someone with a stated interest in ciphers would be eager to investigate anything new to pop up that didn't have obvious holes in it." This is totally, utterly and critically wrong. Ciphers with "no obvious holes" are dime a dozen. Nobody is interested in looking at your cipher unless you both have strong evidence that it's beats the existing ones in at least one area and that you did your homework to check for known weaknesses.