Thread: Sensei's Competition

Originally Posted by Nfri

I don't see why not... If anyone has for example lucid dare and totm the same thing, then it's nonsense to complete this same thing twice in two different lucid dreams. It's waste of lucid time to repeat the same challenge! I would let this be okay, people will be only more motivated and that's good. Anyway, there is not so much points for this stuff.

I think the point is that there ARE more things to do if you can't check off multiple different scoring categories with a single dream action. Having to have multiple LDs in order to get the points is more motivating. For more LDs, not less. Anyway you had such an awesome night I think you should go create a dozen or so persistent universes or something

Another night of crappy recall - I just crashed out and could barely remember any of my dreams.

All I remember: Talking to a man about his bisexual girlfriend who is a little too militant about LGBT issues. Also, being on an old wooden galleon occupied by pirates, and seeing a man get his spine broken by some monster.

2 fragments: 1 point.

Miserable night number 2.

Had a nice NL (ofc!!) dream where I was doing my exciting IT job (hey who doesn't love to dream about work) and my boss was Patterson from Sons of Anarchy
Another one where some weird stuff was going on around a giant face on an outdoor sign minority report style that I don't think it qualifies as a dream.

So...
1 Dream - 1
1 Fragment - 0.5

Comp Total - 5.5 Points
Cmon Snakes top THAT!

Noooo!!! No recall, not even a fraemt for night number two. I rember only what I was thinking upon waking up, and that I am calm this morning, but from before I woke up: nothing.

Total continues to be 1/2 point (from last night)

Whats up with all that bad recall, it also hit me tonight again!
I think that might even was the crappiest recall I've ever had since starting to LD...
Well I got only 2 super short dreams and with the worst quality.

Competition night #2

- 2 dreams: 2 points
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2 points

Total: 7 points

Originally Posted by Sensei

Antoia. I would say that glass is solid. If it breaks on the way through that would be different though.

Well, that makes my three-step-tasks a bit easier than expected.

Night 2:
3 dreams - 3 points
5 fragments - 2.5 points
WBTB - 2 points
2 RCs - 2 points (?)

Total night 2: 9.5 points

Spoiler for RCs (Warning, spiders!):

The driver of the car I'm in wants to scare me and drives the car through the fence which encloses the platform on top of the mountain. The car lifts off and lands on the cow pasture behind. I ask myself if this is really happening, but my RCs fail. The car stops so that no cows are harmed.

At home I wonder if I've really been in that pasture and conclude that that was a dream. I want to post my points on DV, so I go fetching my DJ. The window is open. (I remember my mom opening it and me not being able to close it because a tree was sticking it's branches through.) I notice three spiders crawling on the windowsill. There are more on my bed so I quickly leave the room. I consider getting back in because I still have to get my DJ, but there's already a spiderweb blocking the door. I flee into the kitchen. There I ask myself if I could still be dreaming. All my RCs fail and I wake up, relieved that the window is closed and my bed free of spiders.

I'm not sure if the RCs give points as they didn't make me lucid but are listed under Dream Control. But I think that we should get points for them because nearly getting lucid should be rewarded as well.

Ditto on the idea that RCs should count even if fail. My LD count for 2013-14 is 9.5 because I count a dream during which I had surprisingly high awareness for a nonlucid, and conducted multiple RCs all of which failed, though I knew that this could not be happening, but I concluded that I am going insane - I count that dream as a half lucid. Also I think there is a difference in dreaming about RCs but with no awareness (just going through the motions in a dream) and actually questioning one's state in a dream but not succeeding in full lucidity, and I think the later should count.

2. day no lucids last night

2f - 1p
2d - 2p
wbtb - 2p

total = 105p

I was gonna reach for the stars. But instead I grabbed the sun. Not a bad start I'd say.

Night #2
Ok so I just had the most amazing LD I have ever had. I finally did a bunch of things in a LD! It was like 20 minutes long!!
I never achieved my goal in the dream, but along the way I did a bunch of other stuff. And more importantly, had an amazing dream!

Here are all the points I counted:
Remember a fragment: 2x = 1 point
Remember a LD: 1x = 5 points
DEILD: 2 points
WBTB: 2 points
RC/Stabilize: 1 point
Interact with a DC: 2 points
Flying: 4 points
Teleport: 7 points

Three step task:
My first one was teleportation, so there is another 5 points.

Which comes to a grand total of 29 points.

Honestly, I never thought I'd get so many points. And I am completely thrilled to have had such an awesome dream!
I would like to thank Sensei and all of you guys here. I think the competition really motivated me to get to the next level. I now finally feel like a true Lucid Dreamer. Thanks guys! (and girls)

You're all the best!

Here is my dream

Very happy - my first comp lucid last night - but a short one, and I hadn't made a proper lucid plan, unfortunately.
So - that had me hovering over a beautiful lake and trying to remember what it was that I wanted to do with my hand - instead of searching for something solid to put it through (3-stepper) - I tried to partially transform my arm and hand into the neck and head of a swan!
This even worked quite nicely up to a point - the last I remember was really concentrating to make my hand sprout eyes of it's own. Shame that didn't come to pass - I would have loved finding out, if I would have been able to see with four eyes like that!

Competition Entry # 2 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

1 fragment: 0.5
3 dreams: 3
1 LD: 5
WBTB: 2
stabilizing: 1
flying: 4
partial transformation: 4 (hope that counts, even while I didn't finish it completely)
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19.5 points

Struggled to get to sleep, bad nights sleep waking up with hayfever and bad recall

1 fragment - 0.5

Total from 2 nights - 5

Night #2
No lucids. I did had lot of dreams though. I had about 5 dreams, but can only remember 2 dreams and 2 fragment. After yesterday's bad recall this felt good.
In one of the fragment I was playing a video game on a giant outdoor screen in a cool hillside resort by a water fountain overlooking the hills. It was beautiful, can't seem to recall the game. Wish this was lucid as it was one of 3-step task .

2 dreams - 2
2 fragment - 1

Total from 2 nights - 5.5

clone wife sex army - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Hmmm... Will post points later.

Night #2:
DJ: Can't Post Spoilers

I had really poor recall for the first ¾ of the night, because I kept getting woken up by my dogs and instantly losing my dream memories. I was feeling pretty disappointed, but I had a nice lucid comeback at the end of the night. I can't post the LD here yet, because it contains spoilers for a secret DV project I'm working on. I've sent it to Sensei privately as proof of these points, but I'll update my DJ when we launch the project publicly!

Members who featured: Original Poster, FryingMan, Darkmatters, (CanisLucidus & Sensei in the hidden LD)

POINTS:

Induction and Recall:
4 x Fragments = 2 points
2 x Full dreams = 2 points
1 x Lucid dreams = 5 points
1 x DEILD = 2 points
1 x WBTB = 2 points
Sub-total: 13 points

Dream Control Tasks:
1 x Interact with a DC = 2 points
1 x Advanced Flying = 10 points
Sub-total: 12 points

DV Extra Tasks:
1 x Personal Goal = 5 points (Find the secret location from our DV project and talk to the local DCs)
Sub-total: 5 points

Team Tasks:
1 x Meet a Teammate = 7 points (CanisLucidus)
Sub-total: 7 points

Enemy Tasks:
1 x Meet an Enemy = 5 points (Sensei)
Sub-total: 5 points

NIGHTLY TOTAL: 42 points
COMPETITION: 97.5 points

^^ oh yeah baby, now I've finally arrived, you're just not proper DV member until you've made it into a Dreamer dream!!!!

Ok, now that we've got this dream thing going, it's time to talk about that terrible terrible mistake with Merlin.... Remember, no cold hands with FM!

Originally Posted by FryingMan

^^ oh yeah baby, now I've finally arrived, you're just not proper DV member until you've made it into a Dreamer dream!!!!

Heee, FryingMan, you've made my day!

You were actually in 2, did you see?

Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

Heee, FryingMan, you've made my day!

You were actually in 2, did you see?

Ah just did now. It's a start...complaining and stuffing my face with chips...hey, it's a beginning. Don't worry, well get there

5 dreams-5 points
2 fragments-1 point
night #2 total-6 points

Yikes...94 posts, I got some catching up to do in more ways than one. No good last night and not expecting too much tonight with a game which is usually exhausting. I did finally plan out what exactly I would like to do when I become lucid, so there's that going for me.

3 fragments, 1 wbtb: 3.5pts/7.5pts total

Edit: I have the wrong attitude. Even though I might be exhausted tonight, I can still LD! I may also need a little of that "If I do, I do; If I don't, no worries."

3.5 points for dreams, had a short lucid this morning which I will post later.

Whew, I was lucky last night, managed a couple of lucids. My youngest was sick overnight so I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to make anything happen. (I need to be lucky in this competition... you folks are lucidity animals!!) Great job, all, I'm impressed and intimidated.

Lucid #1 - Speedboat - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
1 x Lucid = 5
1 x Interact w/ DC = 2
1 x Object/DC changing = 4
1 x Basic Summoning = 4 (Edit: Noticed that I left this off initially)
1 x Mass Telekinesis = 10
1 x Meet a Teammate (Dreamer) = 7

Lucid #2 - Temple of the Dog - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
1 x Lucid = 5

Other Recall
2 x Full dreams = 2
5 x Fragments = 2.5
1 x WBTB = 2 points

Nightly Total: 43.5 (Edit: Added the basic summoning above which I initially forgot)
Competition Total: 49

Originally Posted by fogelbise

Yikes...94 posts, I got some catching up to do in more ways than one. No good last night and not expecting too much tonight with a game which is usually exhausting. I did finally plan out what exactly I would like to do when I become lucid, so there's that going for me.

3 fragments, 1 wbtb: 3.5pts/7.5pts total

Edit: I have the wrong attitude. Even though I might be exhausted tonight, I can still LD! I may also need a little of that "If I do, I do; If I don't, no worries."

That's the spirit! Scarlett won't know what "hit" her!

A little late this afternoon (yikes!) but it took me a while to DJ everything. Here is what happened last night:

4 fragments: 2
3 dreams: 3
1 LD: 5

WBTB (sako!): 2
WILD (unsuccessful): 1

Basic
RC/stabilize: 1
Interact with dream character: 2
flying: 4
basic summoning: 4
Gain invulnerability: 4
Hand through object: 4
Use electronic device: 4

Advanced
Phase through object: 8

Three-step task
Summon phone, hand through object, walk through wall: 30

Nightly total: 73
Competition total: 90.5

Originally Posted by StephL

Very happy - my first comp lucid last night - but a short one, and I hadn't made a proper lucid plan, unfortunately.
So - that had me hovering over a beautiful lake and trying to remember what it was that I wanted to do with my hand - instead of searching for something solid to put it through (3-stepper) - I tried to partially transform my arm and hand into the neck and head of a swan!
This even worked quite nicely up to a point - the last I remember was really concentrating to make my hand sprout eyes of it's own. Shame that didn't come to pass - I would have loved finding out, if I would have been able to see with four eyes like that!

Competition Entry # 2 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

1 fragment: 0.5
3 dreams: 3
1 LD: 5
WBTB: 2
stabilizing: 1
flying: 4
partial transformation: 4 (hope that counts, even while I didn't finish it completely)
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19.5 points

Alright, Steph! love the swan action, lol. That's where I'm headed next (transformation and pillow fights)! I plan for an epic pillow fight very soon . . . .

4 Dreams - 4 points
WBTB - 2 points
Remember lucid - 5 points

RC/stabilize - 1 point
Mass TK - 10 points
Advanced object/DC Changing - 10 points
Advanced Summon - 10 points
fly - 4 points
Use electronic device - 4 points
interact with DC - 2 points
gravity - 6 points
push hand through solid object - 4 points

Bonus
step 1 (gravity) - 5 points

Night - 67 points
Total for competition = 67 + 28 = 95 points