Effect of MisMarked Damper +5 degrees?

Was looking at old posts and if the damper in this post 0,s at 5* atdc wouldnt he always be setting the timing retarded instead of advanced or am I missing something?

I think your looking at it backwards Pete. With the balancer the way it is it showing 5 degrees retarded he would be advancing the timing 5 degrees to make up for it.