Thread: Sensei's Competition

2 dreams and 1 fragment - 2,5

Comp total - 13 points

Originally Posted by JoannaB

I got lucid!!!

Woo!

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Lucid: Fish in air, dream character, lots of flying - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Ok, I would appreciate someone double checking my points since I do not have experience counting lucids during a competition.

1 dream fragment earlier in the night (1/2 point)
WBTB (2 points)
Lucid (5 points)
Do I also count remembered dream for the lucid?

As I read it, that's worth 5 points for recalling an LD, rather than that plus one for remembering a dream.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Do I count the reality check in the first part of the lucid even though I woke up before completing it during it?

I reckon so, you *did* the reality check, even if it gave the wrong answer!

Originally Posted by JoannaB

DEILD (2 points)
Transform darkness into light? Does that count for any points?

Basic Summoning? (Summoning light )

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Interact with DC (2 points)
If I tried to make a DC disappear but they transformed instead does that count?

I reckon that's worth 4 points:

Originally Posted by Sensei

Object/DC Changing - 4 points
(fully change object or DC into different object/DC + 5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime!)

yes? no?

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Flying (4 points)
Super speed (4 points)
Missed opportunity to recognize FA (0 points)

Doh!

Originally Posted by JoannaB

So by my count this night is worth 19.5, but it may be worth more if some of my questions above lead to points in response or someone finds something else I missed

19.5 for the night + 3 points before = 22.5 point total

For what it's worth, I'm a first timer, too

SammyTheSnake

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

Wait, wtf? Tonight is the last night?


EDIT: Ok, good OneUpBoy, you officially gave me a mini-freakout. Competition ends on Sunday, 8/10.

LOL really? Haha my bad man. Glad it goes a week longer.

Ok so last night I screwed up my entire sleeping schedule so I dont remember anything . Tonight however I am returning back to my old sleeping schedule so all should be fine. And again, for the motivation, tonight McCoys I will succeed and get a lucid to help our team out and do my part! I will not fail!

WBTB- 2 points

Total- 2+ 58 (previous nights)= 60

Night #6

I didn't get much sleep last night as I had to be up early, hoping for lots of REM tonight though

1 dream - 1 point
Competition Total - 14.5 points

Night 6:

Another workday, so my journaling wasn't very thorough. I remember two dreams, but I probably would have remembered more from the two fragments if I'd taken more time to think about it. But once you're up, you're up - and the dreams are gone ...

02.08.14 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

2 dreams = 2 points.
2 fragments = 1 point.

Competition total = 17 points.

Tonight I am determined to do a WBTB! And I want to have a lucid dream!

Finally got lucid in night #7!!

It was pretty short because I got woken by some kids playing fetch at 6am (I am camping for two weeks and the tent is pretty thin). "Get off my lawn ya buggers"

Anyways, I remembered another really cool dream. I also found out that my subC is some kind of rap-god, even in English! (A lot of my dreams are in English lately since me buying a kindle and the discovery of the world of free, mostly in English, eBooks)
I forgot everything except one line which I will include in my DJ. It was awesome tho!

I'll post the dream sometime today, it's a pain in the to post on DV with you phone!

Competition night #7

- 2 dreams = 2 points
- WBTB = 2 points
- LD = 5 points
- RC/Stabilize = 1 point
- Partial Transformation = 4 points
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14 points

Competition total: 45.5

Good Luck everybody and Happy Dreams!!

Its hard to WILD when you have poison ivy but I did it and scored some major points for dream control! :bender: I probably wont be able to post untill Monday. I still got time for one more LD.

Edit: I got two more LD's. In the last one I found OneUpBoy71 in the shower and hit him with a pillow. I can't wait to enter these dreams!

Night #7
8 fragments: 4 points
2 dreams: 2 points
WBTB: 2 points
1 (really short) lucid: 5 points

total for night: 13 points
competition total: 76,5 points

Link for really short lucid

@SammyTheSnake: thank you very much for your help with the points for my lucid yesterday. Appreciate it.

So based on that, here is my current understanding of my points. Sensei, please correct me if this is wrong. I posted the link to the lucid yesterday.

Previous nights (3)

Yesterday:
1 fragment (0.5)
WBTB (2)
Lucid (5)
DEILD (2)
Interact with DC (2)
Flying (4)
Super Speed (4)
Reality Check (1)
Basic Summoning (4)
DC Changing (4)
SUBTOTAL yesterday (28.5?)

Today: one fragment (0.5)

Competition total thus far: 32 points?

I hope, you're feeling better soon Sensei!

Originally Posted by Xanous

Its hard to WILD when you have poison ivy but I did it and scored some major points for dream control! :bender: I probably wont be able to post untill Monday. I still got time for one more LD.

Edit: I got two more LD's. In the last one I found OneUpBoy71 in the shower and hit him with a pillow. I can't wait to enter these dreams!

Congratulation - buuut: how dare you attack our OneUpHero, when I'm not there in the shower with him?!
You wait - we're gonna get you for that and give you a good washing!!



My meagre spoils from night #7:

WBTB: 2
1 dream: 1
3 fragments: 1.5
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Night #7: 4.5 points

Comp total: 4.5 + 68.5 = 73 points

Night #7

Sooo
3 Dreams - 3 Points
WBTB - 2 Points

Total - 5
Competition Total - 19.5

Looks good to me Joanna!

Can't wait for the DJ Xanous. pillow fight!

challenge tasks
Only one for every one, worth 30 points, this one activates at 8PM Sunday night (sorry for people that are already past that).
Meet a famous dreamer - 30 points
From Krueger to Cobb. Meet any famous dreamer. Can be from any form as well, movie, book, TV show, etc.

Night #7 No lucids, woke up twice still failed. The dream recall were very good makes though, waking up after every dream. They were very detailed but also seemed so ordinary, I guess could be reason for failed lucid. Being weekend I plan to do increase my RCs today .....
Points
Dreams -2
WBTB fail - 2

Total Points - 4

Competition Total - 81.5

2 Dreams - 2 Points.

Comp total 15 Points.

Good morning, Dreamviews! A few (mildly) frustrating experiences!

Am fairly certain I was lucid early in the night, but don't remember anything else!

I accidentally killed my wife's elderly cat (in an NLD)!

I got booted from another LD because my mind hadn't settled yet (not sure how to say that).

Otherwise not bad, with some mildly interesting NLDs. In particular, I was fighting for House Lannister in GoT; Jaime and Cersei were both centaurs, though. Tywin yelled at me for cowering outside of the battlefield. I also tried to steal money off of someone's coffin

Will update my DJ and points later!

Originally Posted by Xanous

Its hard to WILD when you have poison ivy but I did it and scored some major points for dream control! :bender: I probably wont be able to post untill Monday. I still got time for one more LD.

Edit: I got two more LD's. In the last one I found OneUpBoy71 in the shower and hit him with a pillow. I can't wait to enter these dreams!

Sounds like we may have to start calling Xanous "Hat-wild." Or Hat-deild . . . .

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

Good morning, Dreamviews! A few (mildly) frustrating experiences!

Am fairly certain I was lucid early in the night, but don't remember anything else!

So many lost LDs in this comp! How frustrating...

My update is coming soonish, too.
I had a very unsuccessful night post-drinking, but that was to be expected.

2 fragments-1 point
2 dreams-2 points
competition total-116 points

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

I got booted from another LD because my mind hadn't settled yet (not sure how to say that).

I know this phenomenon, happens to me with start of dream DILDs, a handful of times, you're excited to recognize the dream state but it's too early to interact with the dream, twice I was booted to the void (and couldn't get out) and several times I just woke up

Only slept half the night, but just took a long late afternoon nap and got one more dream, hopefully my body/brain feels it got a full nights sleep at this point!

Night#7:
2 frags -1
4 dreams - 4
WBTB - 2
Night total 7
Competition total 33.5 + 7 = 40.5

Originally Posted by Sensei

challenge tasks
Only one for every one, worth 30 points, this one activates at 8PM Sunday night (sorry for people that are already past that).
Meet a famous dreamer - 30 points
From Krueger to Cobb. Meet any famous dreamer. Can be from any form as well, movie, book, TV show, etc.

This is a great idea! Hm - maybe A. Andrew Gonzales (see sig), or Dmitri Mendeleev who gave us the periodic table of chemical elements:

"I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper, only in one place did a correction later seem necessary."

—Mendeleev, as quoted by Inostrantzev

Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

So many lost LDs in this comp! How frustrating...

My update is coming soonish, too.
I had a very unsuccessful night post-drinking, but that was to be expected.

Yes, very unfortunate! Despite hearing otherwise from very experienced LDers - I also found, that one can forget a lucid, especially when dreaming on non-lucidly. I feel really sure of having had one in that case - but otherwise - empty. As far as the term "sure" means anything here. One can hope, though, that with more experience, the risk of "losing lucids" will vanish beyond imagination!

Alcohol does the same to me - and on top of this I usually stay up longer.

@Fryingman: I was being so careful, too! My non-lucid body was rockin' on, walking down the sidewalk, doing non-lucid things, and my mind was saying, "Oh, we had better wait. The dream isn't ready yet." Wait, wait, wait. Wait some more. See the DC? Smile at her. Wait, wait . . . NOSE PLUG! This happened after a very intense session of MILD. I am going to try to recreate this tomorrow morning

@StephL: I used to think lucids could not be forgotten, until I actually forgot a few (or almost forgot them, only to dredge them back up with lots of effort). And yes, I find that I forget them when either

1. I lose lucidity and continue on non-lucidly (as you say)
2. The dream runs very long

After about 20-30 minutes, I begin to experience lacunae. Also, I recently had an experience where I was quite certain I had shared a dream with a friend. Not sure how we established this (that's the part I forgot) but I know that dream was long enough that I forgot the whole first portion (how I became lucid, what we did during the first part of the dream, etc.) So yes, for me, lucid memories are about as stable as waking life memories, though they are subject to the brain's mental pruning

Here are my nightly and updated comp totals:

3 dreams = 3
2 frags = 1
1 LD = 5

WBTB: 2
WILD: 1

RC: 1
Interact w/ DC: 2

Nightly total: 15
Comp total: 148.5

Originally Posted by Sensei

challenge tasks
Only one for every one, worth 30 points, this one activates at 8PM Sunday night (sorry for people that are already past that).
Meet a famous dreamer - 30 points
From Krueger to Cobb. Meet any famous dreamer. Can be from any form as well, movie, book, TV show, etc.

Real people as well? Einstein, Tesla, etc? Or just fictional?
Either way, I will be meeting Leo. I mean, Cobb... not just my hunky celebrity crush...

ha - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

3 dreams, 1 lucid, 1 fragment - 8.5

288.5 + 8.5 = 297

nothing exciting, I will do better tonight!!!