Part of me is thinking that even without this thread, those of us who are competitive already sort of are in competition with one another: we see messages by other people who are also struggling with dream recall and lucid dreaming, and those who are competitive cannot help but in our mind think that it is like a competition. Trouble is that with lucid dreaming being competitive may hinder more than help. There is such a thing as trying too hard to achieve dream recall or lucidity. Stress is a major factor in delaying LD success. And each of us really does get to LD at our own pace through different methods, and that's ok. So part of me worries that such a friendly competition for some people may actually make success less likely in the short term - though of course for others such competition may be justt the thing to push them over the edge and into lucidity. So I guess I can see how this could help some of us, but make it harder for others. Myself I think I have decided I am just in competition with myself: I am not going to let myself beat me! I will not fail and let myself laugh at me for it!