Competition Sign Up Thread #18

[AnotherDreamer]

LOL, I am not kidding about being dry this month - my count is at 3 for July, and they were pretty weak! I promise I'll step on up to the appropriate tier when I'm back in the game. I have a feeling I'm already going to get smashed in the intermediate comp the way I'm going at the moment... expert would utterly destroy my ego! haha Although I am kinda staring longingly at those double +s... Doooooo it! Join the double +s Your skills are magnificent

[PostScript99]

Hi DV, it's been a while. Intermediate for me, please. I like the new three tier system, but is the scoring system going to change?

[~Dreamer~]

Doooooo it! Join the double +s Your skills are magnificent Awww, shucks! Well, I can't refuse after encouragement like that! I broke my dry spell with 3 LDs last night too, so maybe my bad run is over (hopefully!) You can add me to the ++ crew if you think it's appropriate, Sensei. Perhaps my strong task recall will make up for my lower LD count...

[LouaiB]

I'll join intermediate please!

[FryingMan]

Awww, shucks! Well, I can't refuse after encouragement like that! I broke my dry spell with 3 LDs last night too, so maybe my bad run is over (hopefully!) You can add me to the ++ crew if you think it's appropriate, Sensei. Perhaps my strong task recall will make up for my lower LD count... Doubleplus good! 3 in one night, and you wanted to slum with us intermediates!?

[covlad96]

I'll join in with this, can you put me in the beginner league please

[OneUp]

Haha its cool Sensei, just start calling me OneUp. Sounds cooler than just "boy" lol

[Darkmatters]

How about 1^? For true minimalism..

[Sensei]

1^. Sounds good to me. Darkmatters. Gonna sign up?

[Darkmatters]

Nope - just offering a suggestion.

[Sensei]

Nope - just offering a suggestion. Thanks for the suggestion! Reminds me of Oneironaut Zero's nickname. Feel free to join. All are welcome.

[Sensei]

EVERYONE! Hey! Quick update for everyone. I am closing sign ups on Monday, Competition will start on Friday the 25th. On Monday I will give you guys the new updated rules and the teams.

[Sivason]

EVERYONE! Hey! Quick update for everyone. I am closing sign ups on Monday, Competition will start on Friday the 25th. On Monday I will give you guys the new updated rules and the teams. I like the idea of changing the rules a bit. I would suggest getting rid of points for things like WILD and WBTB. We give points for "lucid" and that seems like enough. Is WILD better than DILD? So, I suggest to limit confusion, just points for lucid. People would say, lucid 3, wild 3, wbtb 2 = 8. 8 out of a max of 20 just for getting lucid? It should have been just 3 regardless of how you got there. Of course that is just my take on it, but I do like the idea of updated rules. It should freshen things up.

[JoannaB]

Ok, I have been away from dreaming for a while and have almost no recall, but I need to get back to it. beginner please.

[CanisLucidus]

Sign me up! My LD rate recently has been 2 per week. I'm feeling punchy and kinda leaning toward upper-upper but put me wherever you think is best. I know Dreamer mentioned this, but she and I are partnering on the DV member challenge at the same time. It would really be nice if we were on the same team. Otherwise I'll have conflicting goals from different challenges and probably wind up being a lousy teammate on this challenge.

[Ctharlhie]

If I'm not too late I'd like to sign up for intermediate. These challenges are always a great motivator and I need to get back in the LD groove!

[Sensei]

Sivason First thing I did was take away differentiating points for different induction methods. I didn't think about taking points away for WBTB as well. I am gonna take that away as well. hope you like the rest of the updates as well. JoannaB Thanks for signing up! Awesome Canis. It is better for you to be in Tier 3 then. Especially since you are on the fence on it. I am hoping to make tasks work together, so I don't wanna crush the spirit! Ctharlie! I'll sign you up. Not too late, sign up ends on Monday (Try and get more people in if ya can! The more the merrier). Love your 3 step guide to SP btw.

[spd]

hope I'm not to late, got back into lding and I think this will motivate me a lot. In for beginner please

[Nfri]

Great news! Thanks for notice Sensei. I've just arrived from Italy and I'm ready to roll

[lucidmats]

Awesome, please sign me up Sensei! Teir 1 here

[Bharmo]

Hi guys! I'm also coming back after a couple of super-busy months... Please, sign me up for begginer, Sensei (just had 1 LD in the last 2 months) Gave some thought to the competition point system and came out with a suggestion: Why not choose a skill or set of skills to develop in each level and reward it accordingly? I.e: - Begginer / Tier 1 (for lucid dreaming fundamentals) Dream recall and WBTB points would count double. - Intermediate / Tier 2 (for frecuency) Getting lucid and/or induction techniques points would count double. - Advanced / Tier 3 (for dream control) Dream control points would count double. It's just a rough idea. For instance, IMO tier 1 should reward daytime awareness, but how would you do that? And doubling dream control points in tier 3 would produce some (maybe) too high scores, wouldn't it? Anyway, thanks Sensei for getting this competition rolling, looking forward to see your fixes to the point system!

[~Dreamer~]

I like the idea of changing the rules a bit. I would suggest getting rid of points for things like WILD and WBTB. We give points for "lucid" and that seems like enough. Is WILD better than DILD? So, I suggest to limit confusion, just points for lucid. People would say, lucid 3, wild 3, wbtb 2 = 8. 8 out of a max of 20 just for getting lucid? It should have been just 3 regardless of how you got there. Of course that is just my take on it, but I do like the idea of updated rules. It should freshen things up. Are you signing up sivason? I hope so! You were so nice in my last dream with you, and I'm sure that being in competition with you would spark more appearances. Excellent suggestions for rule updates, too.

[Sivason]

Are you signing up sivason? I hope so! You were so nice in my last dream with you, and I'm sure that being in competition with you would spark more appearances. Excellent suggestions for rule updates, too. Thanks, but I do not seem to be on the same level as the competitors lately. It used to be that scoring a maxed out LD every other night might win (say 140 points) but recently someone scored 665 points (so that is what? Over 2.3 maxed out LDs a night?). It seems completely common for half a dozen competitors to score over 280 points (which is about 1 maxed out LD a night?) WOW! I am just not on that level.

[StephL]

Haha its cool Sensei, just start calling me OneUp. Sounds cooler than just "boy" lol Ha! Been doing this as well somewhere! ~Dreamer~'s art thread, maybe? Darkmatters. Gonna sign up? Nope - just offering a suggestion. Come on!! Because the dark still matters and all? Going to be fun!! :pillowfight: Will there be a link to the actual thread in here? My thoughts on these points: getting lucid should be getting lucid points-wise, but it's nice to reward somebody for doing a WBTB try, even if it leads nowhere. Maybe just count it in that case? And getting lucid with whatever all counts the same, so it doesn't matter then if you did it with WBTB? And it would be great if one could collect a bit more points per dream with doing stuff than last time - I guess that's the plan anyway already. Ah shame - I forgot what else there was which I found suboptimal the last time.. But you'll do a good job there, Sensei - I don't doubt it - if you were Scionox I would now post a thankyou dragon - just insert what you would like in your imagination!

[~Dreamer~]

Thanks, but I do not seem to be on the same level as the competitors lately. It used to be that scoring a maxed out LD every other night might win (say 140 points) but recently someone scored 665 points (so that is what? Over 2.3 maxed out LDs a night?). It seems completely common for half a dozen competitors to score over 280 points (which is about 1 maxed out LD a night?) WOW! I am just not on that level. I thought the different tiers were meant to make it more inclusive for people at different levels... I haven't taken part in this comp before myself, so I'm not sure what to expect. I am lucid much less often than some people in my tier, so I might be struggling to hang in there, haha. I'd like to think the comp is more about encouraging each other and having fun though... winning the most points is just a bonus, right? C'mon sivason, we can plod along in the points-department together!