Competition Thread #17

[Bharmo]

Last night had a fighting dream (which I've never had) Maybe I'm spending too much time reading DJs here There was some green jelly thing that would stick to someone and on being hit would produce random mutations in that person. So that was an epic fight in which I and my opponent were constantly mutating and transforming body parts into different alien shapes, appendages and powers. Anyways, points: 36 + 1 = 37 pts

[Scionox]

5 Fragments, 1 dream, WBTB fail. 4.5 points. Tomorrow is the last day of competition! Quick question: Do I get 2 points for each DC I interacted with, or does it only count the once? I had two DC interactions, so does that mean I get four points? Congrats! And yeah, tasks count only once per dream, also you forgot 8 points for TOTM.

[StephL]

One dream, one fragment - not really happy with my campaign here and sorry Brandon - but it was fun non the less - and three LDs is quite okay, actually, if not exactly for upper league. 110.5 + 1.5 = 112

[Sensei]

5 that I remembered, you? 5? You just had 11 up there! I have had 13 if you count DEILD... If not, I think that itis 4

[seank12]

3 fragments + WBTB fail = 2.5 2.5 + 62 = 64.5 Ugh, I guess I gotta journal my lucids again, digitally.

[KonchogTashi]

Thursday night: 2 dreams= 2 pts. 2 fragments= 1 pt. 1 WBTB failure= 1 pt. total for night = 4 pts. cumulative total= 4 + 86 = 90 pts

[DoctorKwack101]

NiGHT 14: A failed WBTB and... three fragments? What is this madness? Could my recall be... improving? Naaaahhh... don't be silly. Anyways, nothing really went wrong this time. I tried a different WBTB time, though, and it took me forever to get back to sleep afterward, so maybe I should keep experimenting with that time. Strangely, I think I naturally woke up right before my WBTB alarm, even though I had just set it to a new time. My body's more in-tune than I give it credit for. Night total: 2.5 pts TOTAL: 22 pts

[dolphin]

fragment-5 fragments-2.5 points dream-1 dream-1 point total-3.5 points DEILD-2 points become lucid-5 points reality check-1 point total-8 points dream-A couple of seconds after a dream I hear my ears ringing. My bed starts spinning. After a couple of seconds I do a nose plug get off and try to stabilize. While focusing on my surroundings, I wake up. 3.5+8=11.5 points competition total=281.5 points

[AnotherDreamer]

3 dreams, wbtb success - 6 Dream 2: WILD - 3 Lucid - 5 DC interact - 2 -->10 Dream 3: Lucid - 5 Flying - 4 Fully Move through solid object - 8 DC-interact - 2 -->19 Total: 19 + 10 + 6 = 35 Competition Total: 352 + 35 = 387 Strange Dreams - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

[atramentis]

Remembered one fragment (.5) and one dream (1). Night's total: 1.5 points. Old total: 69.5 points. New total: 71 points. I BROKE 70.

[fogelbise]

Night 14 - 1 DILD success & fun, then so close on 1st WILD attempt, 50% there on a 2nd WILD attempt (I was trying, thanks to BrandonBoss for the encouragement yesterday). Nice NLDs also, drank a lot of water to ensure I wake and recall better. I did a good review of dream signs before bed but was hoping for more points tonight. Dreams sign review seemed to incubate a number of minor dream signs, but only one helped me become lucid (making out, kind of like FryingMan's KILD ). 3 dreams, 2 fragments, wbtb success: 7pts DILD: become lucid, dc interact, fully change dc, fly: 15pts Competition total: 222.5pts <snip>the woman standing in front of me seems to be a dignitary, maybe even a head of state. She is somewhat tall and thin and has blondish-brown hair and a formal skirt & jacket on. Surprisingly she reaches behind her and gently grabs me down in the crotch area making a bold pass at me and I realize that I am dreaming. We are behind some other people standing facing a presenter that is saying something about having great confidence in Russia and she plays a clip of Vladimir Putin saying that Russia is the god of the top 3 nations (that are assembled here?). I am ignoring this and doing some various things with the dignitary woman with her back to me but I think that this is a good opportunity to bring Scarlett Johansson in. She still has her back to me and I think confidently to myself that when I turn her around she will be Scarlett Johansson. I turn her around and her face looks like a nice representation of her and her body has shortened a bit and looks like her body. Her hair is black though, which is not the color that she usually has (but I found a picture I will put below). "Hello Scarlett." "Hello." I am so thrilled to have her in front of me and begin to kiss her while staring into her beautiful eyes and soaking in her beautiful face. I keep going and going but after a while it seems like her face is changing slightly and I decide it is time to move on lest she changes into something undesirable. I fly up above the group and start to recall my goals for the night and competition and as I think of the first one I feel myself fading back to bed and it seems that I was at the end of my REM cycle. Scarlett was here! Click thumbnail for larger view scarlett black.jpg

[StephL]

Oh - one more night - great!

[Chessica]

Night 14: 1 dream, thats it ... Competiton total: 36 points.

[FryingMan]

00:00 Saturday 2014-03-22 competition #17 night #15, LD #29 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views Always nice to finish the competition with a LD (first time for me!) -- even a short one. 3 dreams - 3 2 fragments - 1.5 got lucid - 5 WBTB success - 3 interact with DC - 2 night total: 14.5 competition total: 14.5 + 173 = 187.5 If I had gotten my other 3-step tasks I would have broken 200! Really big comp for me, many new firsts, including first night with 2 LDs, and first time 7 LDs in a calendar month. Thanks Scionox, again, for running this, another great competition with a whole lot of fabulous dreaming going on!

[FryingMan]

... helped me become lucid (making out, kind of like FryingMan's KILD ). Ah yes that is becoming my signature LD initiator. Yet another one last night . Way too short, but sort of astonishing lucidity moment since nightly dream state awareness was already on the wane....there's just nothing like the feeling of getting lucid in a dream!

[JoannaB]

I remember that sometime in the middle of the night I remembered a fragment but was too exhausted to write it down, and now by morning it is gone alas. So no points for this night for me. Scionox, thank you so much for the competition! While I did not get lucid but my dream recall was better during competition than before it, so progress.

[Chessica]

Night 15: This last night was a short one, only slept for 5 hours, so I'm a bit tired now (thank you civilization 5!) BUT! I think I had my first lucid in this competition, and my second one in 2014! Not sure if I only dreamt I was lucid, or if I really WAS lucid, If that makes any sense? Well, here's the dream (it's a short one, and not very exciting): Don't remember the dream leading up to this, but all of a sudden I "realize" I'm dreaming, because I'm doing the nose plug RC. I do it over and over just to feel the sensation of air going through my plugged nose (it's quite an odd feeling) and to hold on to the realization that I'm, dreaming. After a little while it feels harder to draw my breath through my plugged nose, but again I "remember" that it's a dream and I'm supposed to be able to breath through my nose while doing this RC. This "clears" up my nose and it feels easier to breathe again. Realizing it's a dream I think "I can do whatever I want!" And I launch myself up in the air, thinking I will fly - and I fall flat on my nose (luckily into a basket of laundry). I think to my self "this IS a dream, if I only believe hard enough that I can fly I will fly!" I jump again, but fall flat again and lose lucidity - and the dream. Don't remember anything other than this from the whole night. So if this was a proper LD, I got 0,5 points for the fragment, 5 points for lucidity and 1 point from doing a RC? That is 6,5 points! Making my competition total: 42,5 points! I don't know what it takes to get points from stabilizing the dream. I was using the nose plug RC to sort of stabilize, and (believe it or not) this was really my longest LD so far... If it counts as stabilizing then the competition total would be 44,5 points. So happy I finally had a LD experience again, even though the lucidity couldn't have been very high, because I'm left with the feeling that I only dreamt about being lucid, and that it doesn't really count? Strange feeling. Has anybody else ever had this sensation?

[FryingMan]

^^ Chessica, lucid is lucid, it doesn't matter how many layers down you are. If you realize you're dreaming, you're dreaming. That is not the same as dreaming *about* lucid dreaming, situations like "oh, that guy over there is a lucid dreamer," or "if I got right back to bed I'd be certain to have a lucid dream," these are not lucid dreams if that's all there is. Control comes with practice, and developing expectation of success via waking life practice and imagination, and just getting lucid a bunch and trying stuff. Oh and sometimes using external aids really helps: have a DC sprinkle magic flying fairy dust onto you, or imagine that a stick is a power wand or remote control that makes specific things happen.

[Sibyline]

The pressure of knowing that the competition was coming to an end caused me to have two LDs last night. They weren't very good and I didn't really do anything with them, but nevertheless. I'm very confused about the number of NLDs and fragments, though. So far I have only jotted down notes, and I have a lot to do today, so I won't be able to write it down properly until tonight. Then I'll know the exact count. I also would like to thank Scionox for this competition. It has been great for me. Above average recall and LDs and it's been lots of fun and a good challenge. You must have spent a lot of time keeping track of everyone's progress and answering questions, so thank you so much!!! You are and you deserve !

[Mismagius]

Yeah, thanks Scionox for doing this awesome competition, it's a lot of fun! Hopefully next time I'll have more consistent lucids. Had bad recall for the past week I had a really short LD but all I can remember was looking at my hand move in slow motion, so not really sure if it counts. 1 dream - 1 point 3 fragments - 1.5 point Night Totals: 2.5 points Competition Total: 37.5 points

[seank12]

I had the best lucid ive ever had just a bit ago. SSILD really is an amazing technique. Not updating my score now as i am going back to bed, but if i have a lucid, then try and wake up and end up in a FA and become lucid again, does that count as being lucid once or twice? And does the reality check from that FA count?

[seank12]

Hey Mismagius, buddy, dont be bummed! You and i made a great team! I do believe that counts as a lucid btw Also, to anyone who knows, do you get 2 point for each DC you interact with? And you can only get 20 points per dream? And man, I wish there was a task for breathing fire because i did that in my dream! Ill make sure to update my score and everything later

[Scionox]

2 dreams, 5 fragments, WBTB fail. 5.5 points. Not sure if I only dreamt I was lucid, or if I really WAS lucid, If that makes any sense? Sounds like you were really lucid, so congrats. but if i have a lucid, then try and wake up and end up in a FA and become lucid again, does that count as being lucid once or twice? And does the reality check from that FA count? I usually don't count FAs as separate dreams from dream before FA. Also, to anyone who knows, do you get 2 point for each DC you interact with? And you can only get 20 points per dream? tasks count only once per dream And yeah 20 points max per dream except for tasks marked * , challenge tasks and three step tasks. And man, I wish there was a task for breathing fire because i did that in my dream! Ill make sure to update my score and everything later Theres task for element manipulation, and that counts for that. :p And dont forget to update with DJs for this and your previous competition lucids too. I had a really short LD but all I can remember was looking at my hand move in slow motion, so not really sure if it counts. Short lucids count. And competition end time has been reached, so it's now is officially over! You can still post dreams you had before this post and from Friday-Saturday night to get points, but any other dreams from now on do not count towards score. Also those who haven't posted DJ entries for lucid dreams before please post DJ entries or update your previous posts with them. I will verify the scores tomorrow and winners will be selected!

[seank12]

Awesome thanks scionox! Since I'm stil a bit confused, I'm just going to put all the tasks i did in my LD this morning and hopfully you will help me total them up . 1 dream become lucid successful reality check stabilize dream successful WBTB flying (my first 3 step task) Interact with DC element manipulation Seriously an incredible night. I will update my DJ with my four LD's later tonight. Thanks so much for hosting this whole thing scionox, i can assure you that i will attend next month's comp as well! Edit: I'm going to put a really quick summary of each lucid here because I don't want to type them all out. 1st) I reognized I was fighting this kid and that I didn't want that behavior to transfer to waking life. I realized the significance of this thought, and became lucid and did a reality check, then quickly waking up. 2nd) I am at a gas station in my city and it's snowing (I live in central california, it doensn't snow here man). I become lucid somehow with no RC, and quickly wake. 3rd) I feel myself in my bed and do a reality check, pushing my thumb through the wall. I become lucid and then wake. 4th) I have a FA from SSILD which leads to my becoming lucid. I fly around, quiz my DC's, breathe fire, do reality checks, yell "increase lucidity/vividity", fly more, etc. Super fun and super long. I hope that's good enough! Thanks again Scionox!

[DoctorKwack101]

NiGHT 15: Oh my goodness. The last night of the competition and I actually have a lucid dream. It wasn't very long, but it was long enough to complete some tasks and actually earn some decent points! Ohhh, now I wish the competition was longer! Funny enough, after all my WILD and MILD practice, I ended up just having a good old-fashioned DILD. I just got a heavy feeling in my gut that I was dreaming, and I knew I was right. I almost WILDed as well, as I was forming a dream and staying lucid while it was happening, but I got excited and woke up again. Still inching ever-closer, though. Here's my journal entry: 3/21-3/22: GOT LUCID: My sister and I are at the movies and I get lucid in the parking lot. I just get a gut feeling and know I'm dreaming. She calls out to me "Are you coming?" so I call out to her to "wait just a second" and she nods and walks off. I run behind a dumpster and stabilize the dream by rubbing my hands on a concrete barrier and the road. I try to spawn a strawberry directly in my hand but can't, so I just close my eyes and think real hard about eating one. A strawberry then appears in my mouth, and it tastes awesome. I try to remember what my next task was, but I lose my lucidity after that. Fragment: 0.5 Got lucid: 5 Stabilize: 2 Eat something: 4 First step task!: 5 If telling her to wait counts as "interacting": 2 Successful WBTB: 3 Basic summoning if the strawberry thing counts: 4 Night total: 25.5 pts TOTAL: 47.5 pts This competition was a lot of fun. Thank you for hosting this, Scionox. If you host another one, you can bet I'll be there!