Spellbee's Spring Competition 2017

[spellbee2]

The competition begins on Friday, April 14th, at 8 PM YOUR time (wherever you are.) The competition will end on Sunday, April 30th, at 8 PM. Track the competition score LIVE, and see your personal stats here: Live Scoresheet Please PM me if you need a scoring correction or notice any bugs. Rules: • Honor system: Be honest and trust others to be honest. • Lucid dreams must be posted in your dream journal on DV with link posted here to count. If it’s short, you can put it in your post in a spoiler. If you don't want to post it because of sensitive matters or anything like that, then you can PM it to me. • Dreams must be lucid for Tasks and Goals to score points. • Don't abuse the point system - No spamming. Spamming means intentionally finding loopholes and using sneaky tactics to get ahead of other members, rather than earning points the normal ways. If you have a plan and think it might be spamming, PM me to ask. Any points achieved via spamming will be automatically disqualified. Please play fair and remember that this is a casual competition with friends. Encourage others and celebrate their successes as well as your own! • If you have any questions or need clarification to any rules, please PM me instead of posting them in this thread. I will update the OP if anything in particular needs extra clarification. --------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT!! --------------------------------- I surround all important competition announcements in a big, bold announcement block like this one. Even if you don't read the rest of the posts in the thread, please at least skim the thread for these blocks - they contain incredibly important information regarding the competition. They're huge and should stick out pretty easily. --------------------------------- TEAMS Spellbee’s Spring Competition The Last Lucidbender Earth was a team last competition, so... Fire Expert Him dolphin Intermediate Nfri Raipat DawnEye11 Beginner StaySharp lunagoddess KingCobra Nebulus HenrikUPI Azaleaj Air Expert Naturespirit obfusc8 Intermediate cooleymd Valis1 Beginner LeaoLouro Occipitalred JoannaB Elaol JonBingus Mismagius Man of Shred Water Expert sivason Intermediate Saizaphod MadMonkey Jacob46719 DreamSwimmer Beginner Cookino ExothermReacton Nefets spellbee2 Letaali KevNice Eveningsky IMPORTANT! If you have not posted in this thread at all after the first 7 nights of the competition, you will be dropped from the competition and suspended from the following competition. Even if you aren’t scoring any points, please post it in the thread so I know you are participating, as failure to do so will result in your ejection from the competition. Also, if you know you will be unavailable for a period of time, please post something to let us know, or PM me (spellbee2) so you aren’t dropped. In light of this, at the half-way mark of the competition, if the lack of participation of some competitors has significantly thrown off the balance of the competition, I reserve the right to restructure the teams to restore a fair balance. This will only occur if the discrepancy is due to lack of participation, and any changes will be made at random, uninfluenced by individual/team scores at the time, and (as much as possible) performed with permission of the individuals affected. POINTS Induction and Recall In order for you to get points for an LD, you need to write it in your DJ on DV and post the link here. • Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - ½ point If you think more than 2 fragments are from the same dream, count them as 1 Full Dream instead. • Remember a Full Non-Lucid Dream - 1 point • First DILD of the Night - 10 points • Subsequent DILDs - 5 points • First WILD of the Night - 10 points • Subsequent WILDs - 5 points Note: DEILD after a non-lucid dream counts as a WILD • Chain a Lucid Dream - 2 points (Max. 10 points) Return to a lucid dream after a brief awakening mid-LD. A DEILD chain is over once you are awake long enough to write down the dream. • WBTB (success or failure) - 2 points (Only counts once per night) Dream Control Tasks IMPORTANT! - Points no longer stack for completing a single task that falls in multiple categories (i.e. Normal Dream Control, Task of the Month/Year, Personal Goal, etc.). Instead, it counts for the highest-scoring category. If you complete the same task multiple times, then it can count for the additional categories, but each category can only be scored once per task per night. For example, if you complete the weekly challenge of "Transform into your team's creature", it only counts for the 20 points for the Weekly Challenge, and not an additional 10 for the advanced control task of full transformation. However, if you were to complete the transformation a second time in the same dream, you would then score those 10 points. Note that this new rule does not apply to 3-Step Tasks, as those have always been purposely stackable. Each task can be completed once per dream/chain. Advanced versions of tasks earn points instead of basic versions, not in addition. Basic Tasks • Reality Check / Stabilization - 1 point • Interact with a Dream Character - 2 points • Practice a Waking Life Hobby (Beginner and Intermediate Only) - 5 points • Ask for Advice (Beginner and Intermediate Only) - 5 points (eg. ask a DC or electronic device) • Eat/Drink Something - 5 points • Use an Electronic Device - 5 points (doesn't have to work, just try) • Use an Ordinary Object to Perform Dream Control - 5 points (eg. car, phone, watch, glasses, pen) • Fly - 5 points • Telekinesis - 5 points • Super Strength - 5 points • Super Speed - 5 points • Gain Invulnerability - 5 points (must test to prove, eg. jump off a cliff) • Basic Summoning - 5 points (eg. summoning from pocket / making someone appear from behind you / around the corner.) +5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or Dream Guide • Basic Unsummoning/Banishing - 5 points (eg. look away and back to make something/someone disappear) • Object/DC Changing - 5 points (change object/DC into something different, or change its size/shape.) +5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or Dream Guide • Push your hand through a solid object - 5 points (note: 'pushing finger through hand' RC does not count) • Partial Transformation - 5 points • Invisibility - 5 points (must test to prove, eg. look at your body or sneak past someone undetected) • Change Gravity - 5 points (doesn't have to be for everything, at least one object) • DC Manipulation / Mind Control - 5 points • Unspecified Dream Control (any powers not listed here) - 5 points Advanced Tasks • Teleport - 10 points • Element Manipulation - 10 points • Fully Phase through Big Solid Object - 10 points (eg. the wall, keep your eyes open) • Advanced Flying - 10 points (flying at high speed / into space) • Advanced Summoning - 10 points (make something/someone appear right in your direct view / summon something larger than human-size) +5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or a Dream Guide • Advanced Unsummoning/Banishing - 10 points (make something/someone disappear right in your direct view / unsummon something larger than human-size) • Mass Telekinesis - 10 points (use telekinesis on 5+ objects at the same time, or one enormous object - something that can't be lifted in waking life) • Advanced Object/DC Changing - 10 points (change enormous object/DC into different object/DC, or many objects/DCs at the same time) • Time Control - 10 points (speeding up/slowing down/stopping time intentionally) • Full Transformation - 10 points DreamViews Extra Tasks Each unique task can only be completed once during the competition. You can complete more than one Task of the Month per dream. As per official Task of the Year rules, those tasks must be completed in separate dreams to count. Tasks include: • Task of the Month (April 2017)- 15 points/task (beginner tasks not included) • Task of the Year (2017) - 20 points/task Dream Themes (Beginner and Intermediate only) Each week, a different theme will be given. If your dream (lucid or non-lucid) matches the theme, you earn an additional 5 points. Points for each theme can only be claimed once per night. Some themes may be open to slight interpretation (just keep in mind the Honor System). Week 1 Theme - 5 points: (Expired) Need for Speed (Anything that goes particularly fast (you can count yourself if you're non-lucid, otherwise it's Super Speed from above)). Week 2 Theme - 5 points: Mutants (People, places, or things that have grossly changed from their original form). Challenge Tasks There will be one Challenge Task each week. Each task must be completed during the assigned week. The second task will be announced at the end of Week 1. Points for each challenge can only be claimed once. • Week 1 Challenge - 20 points Beginner: Ask a DC which team will win the competition. Intermediate: Uproot a tree and describe what you find underneath. Expert: Capture light itself in a bottle, and then unleash it against darkness/evil. • Week 2 Challenge - 20 points - Same as Week 1 [/COLOR] Three-Step Tasks Choose 3 different Dream Control Tasks from the Basic and Advanced Dream Control tasks above, excluding RC/Stabilization. DV Extra Tasks, Challenge Tasks, and Team/Enemy tasks can not be declared for the Three-Step tasks. Beginner: Pick any of the Basic or Advanced Dream Control Tasks Intermediate: At least 1 of the 3 must be Advanced Dream Control Tasks Expert: All 3 must be Advanced Dream Control Tasks Tasks must be completed in order. Multiple tasks can be completed in one dream, but they can also be completed in separate dreams. You may change tasks at any time, even if you are on task 2 or 3, as long as your updated task choices are posted before the night you complete them. If you choose to include an Unspecified Dream Control task, describe your task here in advance. In addition to receiving points for the Dream Control task, you will also receive bonus points: • Complete first chosen task - 5 points • Complete second chosen task - 10 points • Complete third chosen task - 15 points If you complete all 3 tasks during the first week, you may pick 3 more tasks to complete in Week 2. The same difficulty requirements from above apply. Team Tasks Asterisks* indicate that points can only be claimed for these tasks once during the competition. • Meet a teammate - 7 points (once per dream/chain) Each additional teammate in the same dream/chain - 3 points • Show your teammate a previous dream (in-dream)* - 10 points • Have a teammate take you somewhere from a previous dream of theirs* - 10 points • Have a teammate teach you something* - 10 points Enemy Tasks Note: "Enemy" refers to a member of the competition on a different team than you. Asterisks* indicate that points can only be claimed for these tasks once during the competition. • Meet an enemy - 5 points (once per dream/chain) Each additional enemy in the same dream/chain - 3 points • Fight an enemy* - 10 points • Fight one or more enemies with your teammate(s)* - 20 points • Convert your enemy to an ally* - 10 points (enemy must start out hostile) • Convert multiple enemies to allies in the same dream/chain* 20 points (enemies must start out hostile) Personal Goals Choose your own goals to complete in a lucid dream. Unlimited additional goals can be selected, but only ONE per night can be claimed for points. Each goal can only be scored once per competition. Goals must be different from other tasks in the competition, eg. "telekinesis" is not acceptable. More specific/unique versions may be okay, eg. "use telekinesis on a DC" - ask if you're not sure whether it's too similar to another task. Goals must require some degree of thought, not just things you might accidentally do in a dream anyway. You can find some ideas in the Lucid Dares thread under "Anyone Dares". Post your intended goals in this thread (wrap in spoilers if the list is long). Goals will only be awarded points if they are posted in advance. • Complete a NEW Personal Goal - 15 points (something that you have never done before in a lucid dream.) • Complete an OLD Personal Goal - 10 points (something that you have already done in any previous lucid dream, including outside of the competition.) Dream Journal Points Points will be awarded at the end of the competition for posting comments in other contestants' Dream Journals. Only DJ entries containing dreams from the competition are included. Only one comment per DJ entry will earn points (a conversation on the same entry will still count as one.) Add these to your posts as you go. Include how many DJ comments you made each day in your scoring posts, and I will add them to the scoresheet. • 1 point will be awarded for every 3 DJ comments. This is just a little kick to get people posting in Dream Journals. I feel a lot better about writing in a DJ knowing that people are going to read and comment on it; I am sure others feel like I do. It isn't worth many points because this is a dreaming competition, but it could add a few bonus points to your final score. When posting comments in a DJ, it is helpful to "like" the entry so that the member will get a notification on DV. You should also "like" any comments on your DJ when you read/respond to them, so that people know you have seen it. Make sure you read the dreams so you can make a comment with some substance (more than a quick one-word comment.) Tier Bonus The top scorers in the Intermediate and Beginner leagues earn a bonus for their team based on their position. • 1st - 100 points • 2nd - 60 points • 3rd - 30 points Now what? Post your task choices for the following: - Three-Step Tasks - Personal Goals Keep track of your nightly scores and post your updates/subtotals here when you can. Have fun everyone, and good luck! Edits (all times Eastern): Apr. 14 9:35a - Added more competitors Apr. 15 1:48p - Ditto Apr. 15 5:06p - Added Live Scoresheet Apr. 15 11:06p - One more competitor Apr. 23 12:11a - Updated Week 2 tasks and added week 2 competitor

[Cobalt Storm]

Three-Step Task Full Transformation Fly Change Gravity Personal Goals -(new)Maintain Layer 3 or above for at least 15 minutes. -(new)Summon Princess Luna and ask her what I should transform into next. Let's GO

[KevNice]

Thanks for the message, SpellBee, to let me know it had begun! Three-Step Task Basic Summoning DC Manipulation Ask a DC Character for Advice Personal Goals Have an orgasm Train with Bruce Lee Here we go!

[JonBingus]

Three-Step Task Eat a croissant and drink an iced tea Hover in place Summon an elephant and ride it Personal Goals -Meditate for 5 minutes in the dream -Summon all 10 member of my household for a meeting -Compose music from thin air -Take a picture Let's GO

[Saizaphod]

Water tribe! Three-Step Tasks 1. Telekinesis 2. Basic Summoning 3. Teleportation Personal Goals (Old) Visit another planet (Old) Pilot a jet/space craft (Old) Meet my doppelgänger (New) Visit a jungle/magical forest (New) Go to a club (New) Go to a house party (New) Meet Saitama (New) Explore a cave

[obfusc8]

Three Step -Fully phase -Element manipulation -Advanced Flight New Goals -"Split the sky" to change day to night or night to day -Run on water

[Cookino]

Yay water, my favourite out of these 3 elements! Three Step -Flying -Basic Summoning -Time Control New Goals: -Fight a supervillain -Participate in a fighting competition -Go to a snowy place

[Letaali]

Oh yeah! Water tribe! Three Step -Advanced Flying -Mass Telekinesis -Time Control Personal Goals -(new) Reach the Frozen Planet -(new) Meet Ysera For the Enemy tasks I'll probably focus on Obfusc8, since I've met him in my lucid dreams already. Should be an interesting fight.

[EnricoXVS]

I'm fire?Let's ignite the competition then (ahhahaha i'm joking,i barely made two briefly lucid last week) Three Step -Teleport -Telekinesis -Super Strenght Personal Goals -Make it rain money -Speak with a tobacconist and gain 5 numbers,and at the awakening bet them in the game of Lotto -Teleport to the ISS(International Space Station)

[DawnEye11]

Nice! I like the elements theme. Three Step Task 1) Fully phase through a big solid object 2) Interact with a dream character 3) Mind Control Personal Goals -Change the setting to a place you've never been before. -Summon a forcefield around someone

[lunagoddess]

I'm happy to be on the fire team! 3 Step: Telekinesis Basic Summoning DC changing New Personal Goals: Try LSD Meet my doppelgänger Take the red pill from the matrix

[naturespirit]

Three step 1. Teleport 2. Element Manipulation 3. Time Control Personal goals: For now, I will just post: What do colours sound like? What do sounds look like? Texture manipulation What do textures look like? What do textures sound like? What do colours feel like? What do sounds feel like?

[JoannaB]

Three Step Task 1. Fly 2. Super Speed 3. Super Strength Personal Goal Visit the Taj Mahal Befriend a dragon

[Occipitalred]

This will be a breeze! 3 step tasks: 1. Change gravity 2. Partial transformation 3. Teleport personal goals: 1. Join a pirate crew (new) 2. Garden (new) 3. Visit my mental temple (new)

[Nfri]

Three step task: 1. fly 2. telekinesis 3. teleport Personal goal: 1. masturbate Others: 1. Uproot a tree and describe what you find underneath 2. Discover a new species of animal or plant in the dream world. What does it look like? What is it called? 3. Need for Speed (Anything that goes particularly fast) 4. Go into space and travel into a black hole or break through a space-time continuum. Report where it takes you Go team fire!

[dolphin]

Yay team fire! three step task: phase through big solid object advanced summoning advanced unsummoning personal goals: breathe fire under water (new) breathe through top of my head (new) verify map of the dream world (new)

[KevNice]

Night one was kind of a fail. Remember a non-lucid dream: 1 point Remember a non-lucid dream fragment: 0.5 point (separate dream) Total day 1: 1.5 points

[Letaali]

Kev, I don't think the competition has started for you yet. Today is 14th and it starts 8pm your time. Or am I misunderstanding something?

[LeaoLouro]

All right, let's go Team Air! Three Step Task: Drink Water Fly Personal Goals: Be three ants at once; Fly out of the planet; 720º vision

[cooleymd]

advice to beginners: Drink lots of water before bed and get some natural WBTB its 2 points per night at least try it on weekends Also focus on lying still upon awakening and recall recall recall. Recall is not a luxury that some lucid dreamers have, it is a necessity, you must have it. Luxuries are things like being a Natural (triggering), Stable as a rock, Crystal clear Prospective Memory, and unwavering Control. Prioritize your intention setting based on goals, placing a high priority on stabilize. Its only one point, but one point at the beginning of a 2-minute Lucid, is worth a lot more than 5 points at the beginning of a 5-second one. Plan your dreams especially around 3 step. For instance I will attempt to pocket summon (+5+5) something to eat (+5+10) Remember to go for some dead easy points like pocket summon an electornic device and attempt to use & ask it advice. So what if that I-Phone Tweleve you tried to summon was actually a broken flip phone that advised you to 'shove off' its still +5 +5 +5. Additionally create some goals around your plans, for instance my goal of 'stretch a phone screen bigger' would go great with the above. Think of creative ways to achieve tasks you have never managed, such as my distinct lack of teleportation. So this contest I will attempt to stretch a phone bigger, shrink myself smaller and then phase thru the danm phone into a new scene with the recent no stacking rule I suppose it would be 'old goal' possibly partial transformation (becoming tiny) and then I'd have to give up phasing in favor of teleport, but this has the added advantage of possibly teleporting me somewhere I need to be for more points like into the 'Theme' or somewhere a Task of Year can occur (like snow capped mountain, elephant war jungle, etc...) Also I would encourage you to focus on using intention setting for the Dream Themes as I scored 3 hits on this last time, but I'm not sure what to focus on with the vague 'Need for Speed' category, I guess I'll try to imagine myself riding a roller coaster or some such as I fall asleep (since in my mind this is a fast thing, and something I would never do in waking life, thus if I'm on a rollercoaster it is some kind of nightmare and hence dream) finally go for the monthly tasks how hard is it to: __ yell abaracadabra while pointing at a DC __ or tell a dog to fetch __ or find a new plant/animal in a dream specific advice: @KevNice 3-step (supposed to be standard tasks so change the third one to Ask Advice, and ask a DC where to find your dream guide or something) @Letaali you chose beginner but then proceeded to pick all advanced tasks and yes the contest didn't start even in Guam until a few hours ago coming to Europe and America Soon tho

[Letaali]

@Letaali you chose beginner but then proceeded to pick all advanced tasks and yes the contest didn't start even in Guam until a few hours ago coming to Europe and America Soon tho I did that knowingly. I didn't really choose beginner, it's based on my LD frequency. I believe in my ability to get those tasks done, since I've done all of them lucid already. Most of the time my dream control is fine, the frequency of my lucid dreams is the issue.

[ExothermReacton]

I am going to break with my tradition this time and take tasks that I never took or even tried before. I am sorry for my team in advance. Three-Step task 1. Partial Transformation 2. Time control 3. Change gravity Personal goals: 1. Break out from a prison 2. Handcraft a device that can perform dream abilities like telekinesis, slowing down time etc. 3. Invent a random magic spell that actually works and look what it does 4. Gather a small army just by asking people on the street to join me and storm invade a small house or something like that. Flow like water!

[Elaol]

Three-step task: 1. Basic summoning 2. Teleportation 3. Fly Personal tasks: 1. Use saidin 2. Have sex 3. Use ka'kari That's about it, I don't have many goals this time, I just hope for more lucids

[Valis1]

Three-step task: 1.Change Gravity 2.Advanced Unsummoning/Banishing 3.Mass Telekinesis Personal tasks: Find and enter pyramid Create sphere of light Find spiritual figure

[Raipat]

easter special Three-step-Task - Summoning (an egg) - Unspecified dream control (make the egg hatch) - fly (grow whatever hatched into suitable size and use it as a mount) Goals: NEW - complete the terrain mapping study Robert Waggoner suggested - use the mobile EEG prototype device S. gave me to record my own LRLR signal