Competition Suggestions and Notifications
Hey, I have been getting a lot of requests for "add this to the competition!" or "add this to the competition!" so I decided to make a thread for suggestions! I am not promising that I will take your advice, but it would be nice to have it all compiled in one place. Don't forget to check and see if there are any other people's suggestions that you like so that you can tell me if you agree with them or not so that I can get a consensus (I may or may not take the advice still :P)
If you don't know what this competition is, click here:
http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-chal...esomeness.html
HELP!!!
If you want to help with the competition, you can ask me in here and I will PM you. I will probably take most help offered, but I won't be running another competition until another two months, so you will have to stay on DV until then. :P
Notify
If you want to be notified each time that there is a competition, say NOTIFY ME in your post and I will add you to the list of people I PM when I throw a sign up thread up. I will not be signing you up automatically, but this is the next best thing.
Don't forget to tell your friends about the competition and how much freaking fun it is!!! :)
People to notify when a new comp is starting:
Sensei
suggestion: personal goals, dream quality, "good for your dreaming" points
Thanks Sensei & Dreamer for a great competition.
My first suggestion to all posters is to limit conversation here -- it'll be hard enough to try to follow the suggestions, at least put a title in the message like: suggestion to make them easier to find.
Most of the points in the current competition are reserved for "doing things" in dreams, but what most of us not-yet-advanced dreamers really need is incentive to really improve the dream experience. A tiny 1 point for combined RC/stabilization is waaaaay too little. It doesn't matter how "hard" it is to do, what matters is *doing* them. This is the justification behind all my suggestions: things that improve the dream experience should *all* have points to serve as incentive! Awesome dreamers will always have a lot of ways to score points and show off their skills, but the beginners/intermediates need to build up their critical dream-saving and stabilizing abilities, and most of my focus will be on this category.
In summary, the whole point of my suggestions is to take all the theory/advice we're always giving out on the forums and give them good points in the competition! I'm sure I've forgotten many important ones, so chime what I've missed.
No point limits on "good for dreaming" stuff -- there should only be positive reinforcement, the more you do, the more you score!
Suggestion: why should there be any limit on personal goals? Awesome dreamers will always have tons of ways to score a lot of points and show off their skillz, but I see the competition really as helping us beginners/intermediates to step up our abilities to a higher level. Personal goals should always be highly encouraged!
I suggest having an unlimited number of personal goals. They still need to be listed in the competition thread at least the night before you score them, however.
Scoring: something like: first time a particular personal goal in any dream, ever: 15 points (regardless of prior personal goals in that dream, first times are *important*).
personal goal that you have experienced in a dream before (1st personal goal in that dream): 5 points
different personal goal, experienced before, (after 1st personal goal already achieved in that dream): 2 points
(have to think about scoring here: maybe having one stated "improvement of ability" goal, like say teleporting, where you get unlimited points for success for that one goal in a dream [and half points for an attempt, even if it didn't work, one time perhaps?]
Suggestion: points for saving or improving a dream. E.g., if you have fuzzy vision, and "take off the blurring glasses," 5 points. Another example: the dream transitions to the void, and you make it back, still lucid, to a visual dream. Dream ending/collapsing, and you save it to continue as a full dream for at least 10 seconds.
RC super combo: try out ALL your favorite RCs! If you say or think "RC super combo" (or "I'm trying all my RCs", or you even just remember the intention to try RCs) then you get 2 points per RC (must describe the attempt and result for each one). If a particular RC indicates awake, and you keep going at it until it finally indicates dreaming, 4 points for that one.
Stabilization: Count slowly, looking/touching/listening/observing/arbitrary sense/ the dream deeply, 0.25 point per count value first 10, doubling for each subsequent 10. (11-20: 0.5 points per count, 20-30, 1 points per count, etc.). Count must be slow, like "one one-thousand, two one-thousand". You can repeat this process as many times as you like during the dream no point limitations
meditate in the dream: open or closed eyes, focusing on something, investigating your thoughts, same scoring as stabilization, increasing as time increases [take your best guess].
IN-DREAM mini-Goals: you must MAKE UP goals in the dream, and follow them out. They must be adapted to the dream environment, where you are in the dream. Example: "I'm going to see what's behind that tree, then fly to the roof of that building". 2 points per goal.
More Involved DC interaction: let's face it, 2 points is puny amount for successfully engaging a DC in "complicated" ways. When you're up close and personal with a DC, you want the experience to continue for as long as it can: 1 point per 10 seconds. Doesn't have to be erotic, could be holding hands and looking deeply into their eyes, giving/getting a friendly massage, deep conversation, etc.
Sageous's Access-to-memory: verbalize (speak/think) to yourself, "I realize my physical body is out there in the waking world asleep in bed, and this entire experience is a fantasy taking place entirely within my mind.": 5 points
~Dreamer~'s narration: keep a running mental dream journal, describing out loud/in your head all you see and experience, while you're experiencing it, in the dream. Must keep it up for at least one minute, or for shorter dreams, the entire rest of the dream: 5 points
Dream lucidity length: 2 points per minute, 0 points for the first minute (we already have points for "got lucid", now you need to *stay* lucid!).
Appreciate the beauty/weirdness/awesomeness of the dream, be happy: spend at least 10 seconds contemplating the awesomeness of being lucid in a dream, and feel a great sense of contentment: 4 points
Recall mnemonics: using your favorite mnemonic technique, remember specifically, and in detail, as many objects/DCs/views/perspectives as you can, 0.5 points per specific item recalled.