Crying Obsidian Nether Portal Distance Multiplier

I'm sure Crying Obsidian already has a planned usage, which has not fully been revealed, and I'm aware that it used to be a way to set your spawn point.

I think, however, Crying Obsidian should serve as a distance multiplier, when used in conjunction with Obsidian and a Nether Portal frame. Essentially, you would build your nether portal frame, and then optionally place Crying Obsidian blocks in the formation of pillars around the Nether Portal, and much like bookshelves, they will add a multiplier to the total distance that the nether portal will send you. I think the height of the pillars should be limited, to perhaps a stack of 3 at each corner of the portal. Each stack of 3 gives a +25% bonus to the distance a Nether Portal travels, up to an obvious maximum of +100% (200% as a multiplier).

When you walk into the nether portal, it then calculates the distance as it normally would, but multiplies it by the number of pillars around it.