Thread: Spellbee's Spooky Competition 2016

Here is my current full list for tasks including most of my old ones and the newest 'face down a clown'

NEW GOALS
Draw a Light Saber
Face down a Killer Clown
Smack a DC with my Flashlight
Flip a Coin and land it on Edge
Find self in Void and believe that I'm a Dragon'back and emerge from 'between' Pern-Style
Make it rain 'Cats' and 'Dogs' literally
Use Phone Screen to locate specific DC/Place/Object that I want/need
Breath Underwater
Use 'Lucizon.com' by any means to summon a Drone containing my wanted/needed item (from my suggested Future Montly Task)

OLD GOALS
Pistol whip dream-cop with their own weapon
Find self in Void and punch my way out of it minecraft-style
Transform into a giant and stomp/smash stuff
Transfigure the color of bird/animal into different color
Duplicate DC (make additional copy/copies of them)
Enter the TARDIS
Kiss 10+ random DC
Use hand as musical wind instrument (added)

Originally Posted by RelaxAndDream

...i understand why this new rule got introduced but i find it a little sad. i had tons of fun thinking and incubating some dreamgoals that stacked a lot of points. now this is over :/
but when i get it right i can do one dreamcontrol now several times in one dream?...

Here is how I think the need to repeat part of task skill to claim skill works

Lets say I'm in a dream and become lucid, I see a corner/woods, and know a killer clown is on the way, he arrives (beginning second new task above) I then decide as he approaches to draw a light saber and take him down.
I think I would get + 5 for summon object (not explicitly part of the face down killer clown goal) and 15 for the new goal itself (but the catch would be that I would then have to demote my Light Saber goal for future dreams to an old task since I would then have done it already)

Suppose instead I was in a town and became lucid, and decided to make myself into a giant and then stomp/smash stuff. I would not get +5 for minor transformation since its part of my task, but would get +10 for old goal. However with repetition allowed after I smashed some stuff what if I then transformed back to normal size, I think then I could get the +5 for the second minor transformation.
(but shrinking myself back down might seem so lame I might not claim it)

But some things seem tricky, suppose I become lucid and then rapidly destabilize and enter the void, but think to stabilize and survive and emerge a Dragon'back Pern-Style. I then see a handy village and merge myself into the dragon becoming him, and roast and toast the town. Do I get to claim my Personal Goal and the Dragon task of the year. I think I should becuase I did the new personal task then the task of the year. And so Should get +15 & then +20, however I couldn't also claim that I used (unspecified)Posession or transformation to become the dragon becuase it is an explicit part of the Dragon Task.

3 Step Task: Exactly the same as the last comp, cause I never did it.

1.Practice Waking Life Hobby. Specifically I'm looking at doing Taekwondo in a dream. I've done it before, but never just for practice. It's always because theres some prick DC who wants to fight and I have to. But any other hobby. (Video Games, Running, Art will qualify, so long as I'm lucid.)
2.Object/DC Changing (Basic)
3.Time Control. (Advanced) I think I did this once, a really long time ago. I want a challenge.

Personal Goals (Some leftovers incomplete from old comps. I really need to start working on these on my own time.)

NEW:
-Teach DG how to fight/defend herself. I will count teaching a single move or just a few seconds of instruction a success.
-Earthbend. (Reasonable scale, a boulder that couldn't be lifted in waking life. I still have not done this.)
-Watch Dream TV. Gotta be lucid when I do it. Gotta remember what I saw. Just a few seconds will do.
-Alternatively, Play a Dream Video Game while lucid. Mega self-bonus points (not comp bonus points) for playing with another dream character.
-Build a sand castle, while lucid.
-Use a healing ability on myself or another dream character.
-A new planet was discovered around Proxima Centarui, the nearest star other than our own. I should try and fly to proxima B and see what is there.
OLD:
-Waterbend.
-Dream Music. Gotta be lucid when I do it. Gotta remember what I heard.
-Rotate the sky like a planetarium to change the time to day or the positions of celestial bodies. So fun. So cool.
-Have a 3 lucid dream chain. (Can I do these kind of goals?) I used to be really good at doing 3-dream chains.
-Meditate in a lucid dream. I've done this a couple times since the last comp.

Three step tasks:
-Fly
-Interact with a dream character
-Push hand through solid object

New Personal Goals
-Juggle
-Drive a car
-See a cobra snake
-Be a clown

Hey everyone, sorry for not being able to get around to this today, it's been one heck of a day. If I haven't replied to your PMs, I'll get to those right after this.

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Originally Posted by RelaxAndDream

i understand why this new rule got introduced but i find it a little sad. i had tons of fun thinking and incubating some dreamgoals that stacked a lot of points. now this is over :/
but when i get it right i can do one dreamcontrol now several times in one dream?
personal goal: change one balls color to purple and let it levitate
three step task telekinesis
--> now when i do my personal goal i only get this one counted because its 15 points but later in a dream when i make a coke can fly around i would get another 5 + 5 points for telekinesis (5 tele and 5 personal task)?? or would three step task alrdy count first time?
or something similar with flying: fly to moon. so when i fly around land : 5 points for flying and then same dream start flying again and get to the moon another 15/10 for personal?


so you would get personal + one/several three step tasks done when you do a three step right?

There's a lot of questions there, you kinda lost me. It's probably just best to explain with an example. Say one of my personal tasks was to fly to the top of a building. If I managed to do that in a dream, instead of getting 20 points (15 personal + 5 basic control) immediately like in the old method, I would get just the 15 for the personal. However, once I landed on the top of the building, I could easily fly away to somewhere else, and get those other 5 points for that flight, though flying a third time in the same dream wouldn't be worth any more points. So in most cases, you'll still easily be able to make up the points you would've gotten from stacking just by repeating your actions. So in essence, you're just working a little harder to actually earn those couple extra points, instead of instantly raking in 40 or 50 points from doing something fairly simple once. And beside, if you can do something once in a dream, you can do it again, right? Right, subconscious? Please say yes.

As for the 3-steps, those apply as bonuses when you complete any task in that specific category. So in the previous scenario, say my 1st step was flight. I would then earn 20 points (15 personal + 5 1st step) for getting to the top of the building, regardless of whether or not I ever did the second flight. Of course, I would still get 5 for the second flight as before.

I do understand the criticism, however. This was kind of sprung on suddenly, and I have a couple concerns that might just have to be handled on a case-by-case basis (for example, what happens if you have a personal task that covers more than one control category). But I think it'll help out with some of the balance issues, and hopefully make points rely more on control skill as opposed to who can make the system work to their advantage the most. And if it turns out it's more trouble than it's worth, we can always switch back next comp.

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Originally Posted by Yukita

I like to join too!! And I changed the 3 step tasksxD
3 step tasks:
Interact with a dream character
Fly
Element Manipulation

Personal tasks:
Summon my favorite anime characters
Turn into my original character
Talk to animals
Visit the anime world

Hey Yukita, it's totally fine for you to join, but I need to know what league you want to be in so I can add you a team.

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Originally Posted by tblanco

3 step task

RC
Fly
Teleport

Originally Posted by Nazrax

Three step tasks:
* RC
* Use an electronic device
* Fly

Hey guys, like Saizaphod mentioned, you'll have to pick something else instead of RC/Stabilization.

Originally Posted by Rules

Three-Step Tasks

Choose 3 different Dream Control Tasks from the Basic and Advanced Dream Control tasks above, excluding RC/Stabilization. DV Extra Tasks, Challenge Tasks, and Team/Enemy tasks can not be declared for the Three-Step tasks.

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About to head to bed, so I should probably put my stuff up here too.

3-step:
1. Flight
2. Basic Summoning
3. Element Manipulation

Personal Tasks:

*NEW* Do anything to get struck by lightning and describe the sensation
*NEW* Pilot a spaceship through space
*NEW* Transform into a bee
*NEW* Become a ghost and possess a DC's body
*NEW* Create a sword made of fire
*NEW* Summon a giant robot to fight for me
Breathe underwater

I'll actually get that first post cleaned up tomorrow, as well as start working on fixing up the scoresheet for your viewing pleasure.

3 Step Goal:
Super Speed
Advanced Unsummoning/Banishing
Time Control

Personal New Goals:
Voyage through a crack I make in the earth
Find my dream house
Take a magical train to another country

Originally Posted by RelaxAndDream

i can do one dreamcontrol now several times in one dream?
personal goal: change one balls color to purple and let it levitate
three step task telekinesis
--> now when i do my personal goal i only get this one counted because its 15 points but later in a dream when i make a coke can fly around i would get another 5 + 5 points for telekinesis (5 tele and 5 personal task)?? or would three step task alrdy count first time?
or something similar with flying: fly to moon. so when i fly around land : 5 points for flying and then same dream start flying again and get to the moon another 15/10 for personal?


so you would get personal + one/several three step tasks done when you do a three step right?

One category per action (with the exception of 3-step tasks to preserve the fun of stacking planning without having it go crazy, so 3-step tasks still stack)
And no, one action still per dream, and one personal goal scored per night, and each individual goal scored only once per competition.

So in your example: new/old personal goal=15/10, 3-step TK counts (since 3-steps stack) from the one action, then a separate action of TK later earns 5 for TK since TK has not yet been scored. No extra +5 for personal since personal is scored once per night. No more TK can be scored in that dream/chain, but more TK in different dream/chains will count 5 again.

Originally Posted by spellbee2

I do understand the criticism, however. This was kind of sprung on suddenly, and I have a couple concerns that might just have to be handled on a case-by-case basis (for example, what happens if you have a personal task that covers more than one control category). But I think it'll help out with some of the balance issues, and hopefully make points rely more on control skill as opposed to who can make the system work to their advantage the most. And if it turns out it's more trouble than it's worth, we can always switch back next comp.

This is precisely the point. It's about dreaming, not about spamming. The 3-tasks are still there for the stack lovers, up to 6 instances per competition (first week 3-step, second week 3-step)

For a personal task with multiple categories, you either score the goal, or you score the categories. It's not advantageous to make goals contain too many separate, specific categories, or you can't score it as a goal unless you do them all.

I think it makes scoring more straightforward and keeps the emphasis on the control, not the scoring.

(yes, double post, but I want to keep the discussion post separate from the scoring post)

Very excited about the first night, sure I was going to get lucid. Hard getting to sleep from excitement and waking life thoughts, plans for points. took 1mg melatonin and worked on full body relaxation scan.
Long dreaming night with some really excellent dreams and with some decent girly action . Woke up a bunch.

8 non-lucids: 8
2 fragments: 1
night total: 9

new competition total: 9

DJ entry

Woohoo, first scoring post, barely, Snehk almost snuck in there before final edit!

Starting low, but things may change later.

First night

Recalled three non lucid dreams: 3 points



[15-10-2016] #1st competition entry - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Starting the competition with a brief lucid!

Night 1:tropicalboxer:
3 Dreams: 3 Points
2 Fragments: 1.5 Points
WBTB (success): 2 Points
DILD: 10 Points
Interact with a DC: 2 Points
Partial transformation: 5 Points

Competition Total: 23.5 Points

Spoiler for Lucid Dream:

Non-Lucid Lucid

~ I become lucid in a some sort of a locker room area and I'm with two or three other guys. We talk briefly. I forget to perform Cookino's finger technique of Stop-Remember-Dream goal, so I end up doing something that I did not intend to do. I want a battle suit. I spread my arms and legs like I always do when trying to transform, and right after I can begin to feel metallic substance wrapping around my whole body. The suit fits perfectly at my hands and legs and it feels comfortable and really secure. I open and close my fists taking the texture and weight of the armor in. It feels like I'm wearing metallic runner's shoes when I move my focus on my legs. I look down and and only my legs and arms up to my shoulders and knees have transformed, and I can't quite get a hold of what I'm watching. The dream has bad quality to it now as I forget to stabilize and everything. The other guys have semi-armor now as well and we go outside to fight one or two big creatures.

Night 1:
1 full non-lucid
1 fragment

Total points: 1.5

night 1
remember full non lucid 1 point
dild 10 point
stabilizatition 1 point

total 12 points

0,5p
Had Fragment dream last night (15th Oct maybe 4am) (reminder to myself, freeloader request on couchsurfing Fragment).
((I'm back home in ~33 hours from now and will then write down my personal goals etc.))

Updated Personal Goals:
- Meet the Z fighters (new)
- Train with Goku (new)
- Transform into Fierce Deity (old)
- Pull out my double helix sword (old)
- Explore Kokiri Forest (new)
- Talk to the Kokiri (new)
- Go inside the Deku Tree (new)
- Beat Gohma (new)
- Visit an old nightmare of mine (new)
- Change the outcome of the nightmare (new)
- Go flying with either of my dogs (new)
- Witness the birth of the Universe (new)

Dreams = 5 points
First WILD = 10 points
WBTB = 2 points
TOTM = 15 points

Basic summoning = 5 points
basic changing = 5 points

1st Night Total = 42 points

Spoiler for Dream:

I am trying to sleep during a nap. Some girl starts talking to me, I start getting close to thinking that it is a dream, but then I wake because of my wife next to me. I don't know if that was a real dream or not, I then WILD into my living room. I put my hands into my pocket and get a pen out. SMH. No expectations left me with nothing fun in my pocket. Try again. Nothing. Decide to use some expectation and get my egg out. Time to hatch this baby. I put some energy in and it starts to crack, there is a flash of light, and then I wake up. :/ Egg is almost hatched. Will get it next time.

Nice job Sensei and Saizaphod! I'm on my WBTB right now, trying to incubate my dream

Night 1

Remember a Full Non-Lucid Dream - 1 point
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - ½ point
WBTB - 2 points


First DILD of the Night - 10 points
Interact with a Dream Character - 2 points


Night Total - 15,5 points
Competition Total - 15,5 points

Spoiler for short lucid:

i find myself at an apartment. i feel the need to visit a toilet and so i start searching one. i feel like beeing at the apartment of a friend of mine and i "remember" where to find the toilet. i am on my way and pass several beds and thinking to myself "ah a lot of people could sleep here" i enter the bath and pee. [jump in recall] i am outside by a car with someone [my brother?] i say "hey i need to piss again. but i was on the toilet just some moments before. ah this is a dream and my waking life body probably needs to pee... [i somehow feel that i already had the thought of beeing in a dream shortly before and now "remebering" again that this is STILL a dream]. with this fact and now lucid [very low awareness] i approach a girl standing there and without asking start kissing her. [no further recall... wakup? FA? --> remember a FA where i stand up and go naked to the toilet. my roommate and his gf seem to want to go to the toilet too and are also naked because they just peak with their heads if the toilet is free]

after wbtb had a FA where i tried to fall asleep to lucid dream but suddenly had the thought "yesterday my mum died and i forgot to tell my dad/brother. a lot of feelings/whining followed... interesting dream but no lucid trigger...

@cooleymd

But some things seem tricky, suppose I become lucid and then rapidly destabilize and enter the void, but think to stabilize and survive and emerge a Dragon'back Pern-Style.

googled "Dragon'back Pern" and ordered "Dragonsong"

and hopefully make points rely more on control skill as opposed to who can make the system work to their advantage the most.

This is precisely the point. It's about dreaming, not about spamming.

*g* i love to make some nice points/using the system for me but no problem, just a little shift in focus. i will incubate me a nice scenario

First day, non-lucid dream:
Me, a boy and the goldfish - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
It is a dream I fully can remember I became the opposite genderxD
anyways, is it ok if I join the vampire team? And I want to be a beginner!
I look forward to it! Enjoy everyone who is joining!

A really great start to the competition! A short lucid dream the first night! Even though the only thing I was able to do was RC/stabilization, it is still an awesome start for me.

Competition Night 1
2 non-lucid Fragments - 1 point
1 non-lucid - 1 point
DILD - 10 points
Reality Check/Stabilization - 1 point
WBTB - 2 points

Night Total: 15 points
Competition Total: 15 points

I haven't recalled a non-lucid dream for the past few days. I'm lucky was able to get lucid due to some random in-dream RCs.

Spellbees Comp Night 1 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

DILD-10 points
RC-1 point
Phase through bit solid object-10 points
1st of 3 step-5 points
flying-5 points

DILD-5 points
RC-1 point

competition total-37 points

Well, this was an amazing start for me. Hands down one of the longest lucid dreams I've had. It all started with a WBTB that went... a bit longer than expected haha. Judging from the last time I checked the time, and the time I woke up at, this dream was about 40 minutes long (one MILD, then chained to a DEILD, which was then followed by many DEILDs and/or FAs). For simplicity, I have included all the chains/FAs in one dream, but I assume I do get points for each chain (feel free to weigh in on this). If it seems like I have counted incorrectly, or accidentally stacked points, please do let me know.

- Remembered 3 Fragments (on WBTB): 1.5 points
-WBTB (Successful): 2 points

Dream 1: What do these clouds mean?
- First DILD of the night: 10 points
- Fly: 5 points

Dream 2: Festival at Kokiri Forest
- Chain a lucid dream x 4: 8 points
- Reality Check/Stabilization: 1 point
- Interact with a DC: 2 points
- Ask for advice: 5 points
- Basic Summoning (Short blade): 5 points
- Change gravity (running up the wall): 5 points
- Unspecified Dream Control (created a portal/expanding orb of light with my hands): 5 points
- Teleport: 10 points
- Fully phase through big solid object (my room's door, eyes open): 10 points
- Advanced flying: 10 points
- Advanced summoning (ocarina): 10 points
- Time control: 10 points
Three Step goals
- Step 1 - Teleport: 5 points
- Step 2 - Advanced Summoning: 10 points
- Step 3 - Time Control: 15 points
Personal Goals
- Explore Kokiri Forest (new): 15 points
Total points of the night/competition: 144.5 points

Super excited with the start of the competition. I hope to keep good LDs like these coming!!

1st night (14->15.10.): 2 pre-lucid dreams: 2pts

Three-Step:
1. DC interaction
2. Teleport
3. Time control

New personal goals:
- have Manowar play a private concert for me debuting a new never-heard album
- make pumpkin soup and taste it
- send a letter to another dreamer
- receive a letter from another dreamer

Old personal goals:
- take dancing lessons

Disclosure: today I finally received the Lucid Catcher (luciding tACS thing)
I will try that thing out. So I will be "cheating" bei EILD usage. Hope this is ok (supplements and tech were OK for last competition), otherwise feel free to disqualify me

Night #1

Remember 2 non lucid dreams: 2 points.
Remember dream fragment: 1/2 point.

Night total: 2 1/2 points.

DJ Entry

1 non lucid dream recalled. 1 point

Sorry guys. This time slot is the worst for me. I am going on my 10th anniversary vacation. I have trouble picturing how well I will do, but I will report what lucids come naturally.

Three step 1) teleport 2) adv summon 3) advanced banish

Personal goals: Transform into ferret: summon giant ferret (at least large cat size): scuba dive: change sky to unnatural (say bright red, purple etc.. or something scifi)

Past personal: Grow vegetable from seed or nothing: grow crystals: transform into sea turtle: stand on top of pyramid

Night 1: 2 non lucid dreams= 2 points