Thread: Ultimate Summer Challenge!

Got 1 DILD and 6 DEILDs in a chain last night night, so:
(24/60) lucids
(6/6 consecutive DEILDs) DONE!

I've been getting more micro-lds than proper lds recently , but a micro-ld is still better than no ld at all. Progress with goals:

- Reporting one dreamlet/HI: large tropical plant
- 2 WBTBs
- noted position once
- 1 visualization
- used one allowance

Allowance 4/15 used

- 42 WBTB (22/42)
- Notice sleeping position 20 times (7/20)
- 30 visualization exercises (3/30)
- 20 Morning wake RCs (8/20)
- Notice and report 10 HI/Dreamlets (10/10)

Goals:
-Have sex with neighbor's mom(she's so hot).
-Succeed a WILD.
-Succeed a DEILD.
-Have 15 Lucids. [5/15]
-Destroy a house.

Punishments
-No masturbation for 2 weeks
-300 push-ups a day for a month

I haven't been having too many Ld's. But I'm figuring out how to get more though.

I've had 10 lucids since my last post which is still under the amount I need but it isn't exactly a bad thing since each dream just happened to be very long and there was no need for a DEILD. Now I don't know what I should do, should I count a few of these as doubles since they were extremely good quality lucid dreams...damnit I should have never done a lucid count. I should have just done amount of lucid days count.

Anyways a good note is that float around and have fun with dream characters is definitely finished for me! and even better is that I have started my apocalyptic character, It took me a while to decide on the character but I just got it a few days ago. I decided the main character would be me and the setting would be where I live I chose this because everyone always imagines a generic wasteland or city and virus and dystopian leadership, I thought what exactly would I do in the case it happened near me, I'd love to see how this pans out.

Sorry about the inattentiveness here. I have had 14 LDs this month (almost all in the last few days that I have been able to sleeeeep!) Been able to remember my tasks within dreams. Tried going to the place that I want to go twice. Once I get there I can just teleport, but the first time I want to get there a specific way.

Haven't posted here in a while. So, I used up another day of my allowance, AND *drumroll* I got two lucid dreams! There was also a third one in which I kinda noticed that I was dreaming, but I didn't realize it. Does that even make sense? I don't think I want to count that one. I also may or may not have finished a ToTM; I'll wait till I see what OB has to say about it before I decide if it counts or not.

Have 15 lucids [3/15]
Allowance used: [3/15]

WOOT! Good job getting lucid Stalthdan!

I finally (took three tries) got to Aincrad!



Go to a place 20 times (1/20)

Here is the dream!

Spoiler for SAO!:

lucid #1
This is my 3rd and 4th lucids of the morning, I just DEILDed into a car. Laura is driving about 98 MPH (157.7 KMH) which is funny because that is the speed I got my first ticket at. 98 in a 55. I don't speed anymore. I jump out of the car and grab a hold of a low hanging branch. I let go of it and hit the ground. I had just tried to find a Nervegear, but was unsuccessful. I imagined one lying behind a tree and walked around. Nothing. I imagined smoke and colors and one coming out of ground, fireworks popped out and completely destroyed my view. When it cleared, there was still nothing. Maybe I should look near a computer, but I am in a forest. I look across a wheat field and see a huge building. there has to be one in there with how popular these are.

I start to cross the field, but the sun is in my face and is waking me up. I go back to the trees and hit my watch. Everything stabilizes and I try again. The sun just seems to leak the dream out of me and make me almost wake up. I get to the shade (close to the building) and knock on the door. I didn't pay enough attention and the dream faded the rest of the way.

lucid #2
I lay still and get right back to the door. Sheldon (Big Bang Theory) is watching me and he says
"That shouldn't count as two LDs, since it was so quick."
"Shut up Sheldon, I fully woke up there. Do you have a NerveGear?"
"uh! well of course we do. Come in." He ushers me in, in a very Sheldony manner. "Would you like a hot beverage?"
"No thank you."
I walk around the building which seems to be a factory for computers. Jackpot! I see two Gamecubes, a PS3, and a 360 connected to a TV. The 360 has a connector for the NerveGear and I see the NerveGear lying near a computer.
"Are you gonna wear those goggles while you play?" Sheldon asks me as I slip the NerveGear on.

"No, they are in my way" He looks disappointed. meh, just a DC.
"LINK START!"

"Would you like to go through the tutorial?"
"Yes"
I am pitted against a small girl attacking me without a sword. she jumps at me and there is a speaker in my ear.
"You will have to fight against children and women in this game, you shouldn't hesitate to stop them. This is just an NPC designed to help you get used to the feel of being under and to make sure that you have a good connection."
The connection slips for a second and I feel myself lying down (with NerveGear on, so this is actually my dream body), I force the feeling of a DEILD and jump back into the game. I finish moving away from the girl and throw her to the ground.
"We will now transport you to the town of new beginnings. Enjoy playing."
I woke up. :/

Stalthdan, congrats on the lds!

BB, this is a very cool dream! A bit concerned about the women and children part though.

Nothing much to update myself, but I am getting my motivation back. WBTBs here I come!

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

WOOT! Good job getting lucid Stalthdan!

Originally Posted by NyxCC

Stalthdan, congrats on the lds!

Thanks guys! By the way, I have my wings, which of course means I completed a ToTM!

- Complete a ToTM [X]

I have no idea what the neighbors are up to but they have been very noisy ...

2 more allowances used, checked position 3 times, RCed 2 times after wake, 1 WBTB, 2 visualizations

Allowance 6/15 used

- 42 WBTB (23/42)
- Notice sleeping position 20 times (10/20)
- 30 visualization exercises (5/30)
- 20 Morning wake RCs (10/20)

Originally Posted by NyxCC

I have no idea what the neighbors are up to but they have been very noisy ...

That sounds a lot like us.
Anyway, got lucid again today. Nothing exciting, woke up ~10 seconds after realizing it was a dream.

- Have 15 lucids [4/15]

*Dreaming* Ah, if all people were trying to ld every night, the world be a much better and quieter place.

Congrats Stalthdan! Every lucid second counts!

Ughgh! My brain hates me, I never get lucid. BB I had no clue you watch SAO, it's an AWESOME series! I want to experience it in LD's too, so keep updating, I'm gonna start checking this thread more.

Originally Posted by Lmrhone

Ughgh! My brain hates me, I never get lucid. BB I had no clue you watch SAO, it's an AWESOME series! I want to experience it in LD's too, so keep updating, I'm gonna start checking this thread more.

Yeah. It is so amazing. I am wanting to make it through all 100 levels. I am gonna make it so that time doesn't ever move their unless i am there. Or if I can dilate time, I am gonna try and make it so that I can't get out (after what'd his name makes it so that people can't get out). should be fun either way. Need to learn more about sword play somehow.

Well unfortunantly, no progress on any of my goals, but thats because I was so busy losing weight this summer, and so focused on it, I just chose to drop out of it. But hey, at least I lost 40 pounds so far c: ... so uhm, I drop out I guess, good luck to everyone else!

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Yeah. It is so amazing. I am wanting to make it through all 100 levels. I am gonna make it so that time doesn't ever move their unless i am there. Or if I can dilate time, I am gonna try and make it so that I can't get out (after what'd his name makes it so that people can't get out). should be fun either way. Need to learn more about sword play somehow.

Swordplay...I guess you would have to do it like Kirito did and just learn over time through the game. Remember anything is possible in a lucid dream, I'm sure you can make it very realistic with life points and everything. And the key to dilation is practice and believing, just believing that dream time doesn't run on the same clock as waking time and that you have the control over it can make your dreams last for a VERY long time, and as for stopping it while you're gone, just pause it when you feel like you're gonna wake up of "set it up" so it pauses when you leave "automatically". Those are just some things I came up with on the spot, except the dilation thing that's something I use personally. Hopefully one day when I'm having lucids consistently and I begin playing SAO in-dream, we meet and fight along with each other, just a tip, my sword will look like a religious artifact, probably gold and black diamond, something awesome.
LucidBrony that's awesome!

Originally Posted by LucidBrony

Well unfortunantly, no progress on any of my goals, but thats because I was so busy losing weight this summer, and so focused on it, I just chose to drop out of it. But hey, at least I lost 40 pounds so far c:

Way to go!

Today, I did a DEILD for the first time. Shame I can't remember the details of the dream very well though.
- Have 15 lucids [5/15]

Thanks Lmrhone. I am hoping to learn dilation. Planning on going through lots of swords to get a feeling for any sword. I am excited about it.

Made it back to SAO last night.

Spoiler for SAO:

I am in a glass house. Same one I was in the last few dreams. Dang, guess I'll just have to teleport, been wanting to try a new way of teleporting anyways. I can't think of what SAO looks like. I see my parents and ask them for a phone. My dad says "no way!" And I jump and grab his face and hit him against the fence outside.


I don't know why I got so mad so quickly. I go back in the house and find a different phone. I will it to show me where I was last time I joined SAO. It showed me exactly. I decide to try and aparate there (Harry Potter style) four or five turns later I am losing the dream. I stabilize and just go for my normal slow teleport. I close my eyes and imagine that scene around me. 10 seconds later I open my eyes and I am at the end of the setup menu entering the game. I appear at the ground at the town of beginning. And wake up. Will be starting there next time though. A little frustrated, but still happy that I got there.

Well done, guys!

Update: did 7 visualizations, 5 WBTBs, 3 position checks, 5 wake RCs, 1 allowance used

Allowance 7/15 used

- 42 WBTB (28/42)
- Notice sleeping position 20 times (13/20)
- 30 visualization exercises (12/30)
- 20 Morning wake RCs (15/20)

Days remaining: 25

I am thinking of maybe adding a one time task, something that I feel like doing in a dream, but still have to think about what to pick...

All right, there we go. From May to Aug I did 4 attempts for TOTY and I think it's high time to get the job done, so with 23 days left I am adding this as a challenge. Hope this will force me to be more serious with WBTBs too!

- Complete a TOTY

Punishment: go to bed 2 hrs earlier for a week

The challenges:
1.] [X] Remember at least [176/404] dreams including tags (Not going to make this one anymore. I've been pushed incredibly hard the past weeks and basically had ne dreams at all)
2.] [✓] Have a day with 10 or more dreams
3.] [ ] Have my first WILD (SO CLOSE! I had a visualization session where I got some nifty results, but wasn't quite a WILD, at least not the way I planned. But I'll weaken the punishment slightly)
4.] [ ] Have at least [2/5] lucid dreams
5.] [ ] Revisit at least one place in a dream where I have been before (Preferably Coon City, or a certain Postapocalyptic building, or maybe ISIM)
6.] [ ] Have at least [0,5/5] dreams about Ryuko (IOSDP Shared Dreaming RPG, 0,5 here come from the visualization mentioned above)
7.] [ ] Learn how to visualize good enough to see people/lifeforms with adequate details
8.] [ ] Cause the biggest detonation I've seen in my dreams yet
9.] [ ] Have another music focused dream
10.] [ ] Have at least [7/10] WBTBs
11.] [ ] Have at least [25/30] shorter sleep phases during the day

The Punishments:
1.] Sleep on the floor for a week
2.] Go sparring with my girlfriend 5 times (she is strong to the point of being dangerous, so...)
3.] Create and upload an anime styled picture within just 3 weeks (I'm not confident and I'm lacking proper practice, so that's definitely going to be punishment)
4.] Vectorize a lineart of my girlfriend, whatever it may be
5.] Make a piece of art about one of my recent dreams and submit it to DeviantArt and DreamViews, deadline is 3 weeks after starting with the picture
6.] Create lyrics for a track about the IOSDP shared dreaming project, sing it in front of my girlfriend and post the lyrics on DV, deadline would be a month after starting on the lyrics
7.] Meditate bound or in an otherwise uncomfortable position for 2 hours
8.] Run/Walk back home from work once (My working place is a lot further from home)
9.] Rev up my master keyboard and make some kind of track, upload it somewhere on the Internet, deadline is 6 weeks after starting
10.] Stay (sharp) afloat in water for at least 90 consecutive minutes
11.] Go to school a week without using the tram (The first day of the week walking home is fine as measurement)[/QUOTE]

I sense a lot of punishment coming up.

Wait...where'd the summer go? It was just here, and now school is already starting, and D: . I kept reminding myself of this thread, but never joined. Next summer for sure

Had a lucid this morning!

4.] [ ] Have at least [3/5] lucid dreams

Maybe there is still hope left on this one. Also though about unlinking some punishments so that I just have to choose between them, then I should try to even them out though.