Thread: Spellbee's Spooky Competition 2016

The competition begins on Friday, October 14th, at 8 PM YOUR time (wherever you are.)
The competition will end on Sunday, November 6th, at 8 PM.

Track the competition score LIVE, and see your personal stats here: Live Scoresheet (For some reason doesn't work in Firefox)
Please PM me if you need a scoring correction or notice any bugs.

Rules:
• Honor system: Be honest and trust others to be honest.
• Lucid dreams must be posted in your dream journal on DV with link posted here to count. If it’s short, you can put it in your post in a spoiler. If you don't want to post it because of sensitive matters or anything like that, then you can PM it to me.
• Dreams must be lucid for Tasks and Goals to score points.
• Don't abuse the point system - No spamming. Spamming means intentionally finding loopholes and using sneaky tactics to get ahead of other members, rather than earning points the normal ways. If you have a plan and think it might be spamming, PM me to ask. Any points achieved via spamming will be automatically disqualified. Please play fair and remember that this is a casual competition with friends. Encourage others and celebrate their successes as well as your own!
• If you have any questions or need clarification to any rules, please PM me instead of posting them in this thread. I will update the OP if anything in particular needs extra clarification.

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TEAMS

Vampires Expert dolphin obfusc8 Intermediate Elaineylane Cookino JadeGreen OccipitalRed Saizaphod Beginner StaySharp Snehk Sozu Nazrax Yukita

Skeletons Expert RelaxAndDream ginsan Intermediate Nebulus cooleymd spellbee2 FryingMan Beginner Elaol oneironautics DeDromer KingCobra Gusto louislouis7978

Werewolves Expert Sensei sivason Intermediate DreamSwimmer AndresLD OneUp Raipat Nfri Beginner tblanco AURON Lichi Zoob ExothermReacton

IMPORTANT! If you have not posted in this thread at all after the first 7 nights of the competition, you will be dropped from the competition. Even if you aren’t scoring any points, please post it in the thread so I know you are participating, as failure to do so will result in your ejection from the competition.

In light of this, at the half-way mark of the competition, if the lack of participation of some competitors has significantly thrown off the balance of the competition, I reserve the right to restructure the teams to restore a fair balance. This will only occur if the discrepancy is due to lack of participation, and any changes will be made at random, uninfluenced by individual/team scores at the time, and (as much as possible) performed with permission of the individuals affected.

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POINTS

Induction and Recall
In order for you to get points for an LD, you need to write it in your DJ on DV and post the link here.

• Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - ½ point
If you think more than 2 fragments are from the same dream, count them as 1 Full Dream instead.

• Remember a Full Non-Lucid Dream - 1 point

• First DILD of the Night - 10 points
• Subsequent DILDs - 5 points

• First WILD of the Night - 10 points
• Subsequent WILDs - 5 points
Note: DEILD after a non-lucid dream counts as a WILD

• Chain a Lucid Dream - 2 points (Max. 10 points)
Return to a lucid dream after a brief awakening mid-LD

• WBTB (success or failure) - 2 points (Only counts once per night)


Dream Control Tasks

NEW - IMPORTANT! - As discussed in the signup thread, points no longer stack for completing a single task that falls in multiple categories (i.e. Normal Dream Control, Task of the Month/Year, Personal Goal, etc.). Instead, it counts for the highest-scoring category. If you complete the same task multiple times, then it can count for the additional categories, but each category can only be scored once per task per night. For example, if you complete the weekly challenge of "Transform into your team's creature", it only counts for the 20 points for the Weekly Challenge, and not an additional 10 for the advanced control task of full transformation. However, if you were to complete the transformation a second time in the same dream, you would then score those 10 points. Note that this new rule does not apply to 3-Step Tasks, as those have always been purposely stackable.

Each task can be completed once per dream/chain.
Advanced versions of tasks earn points instead of basic versions, not in addition.

Basic Tasks

• Reality Check / Stabilization - 1 point

• Interact with a Dream Character - 2 points

• Practice a Waking Life Hobby (Beginner and Intermediate Only) - 5 points

• Ask for Advice (Beginner and Intermediate Only) - 5 points (eg. ask a DC or electronic device)

• Eat/Drink Something - 5 points

• Use an Electronic Device - 5 points (doesn't have to work, just try)

• Use an Ordinary Object to Perform Dream Control - 5 points (eg. car, phone, watch, glasses, pen)

• Fly - 5 points

• Telekinesis - 5 points

• Super Strength - 5 points

• Super Speed - 5 points

• Gain Invulnerability - 5 points (must test to prove, eg. jump off a cliff)

• Basic Summoning - 5 points (eg. summoning from pocket / making someone appear from behind you / around the corner.)
+5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or Dream Guide

• Basic Unsummoning/Banishing - 5 points (eg. look away and back to make something/someone disappear)

• Object/DC Changing - 5 points (change object/DC into something different, or change its size/shape.)
+5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or Dream Guide

• Push your hand through a solid object - 5 points (note: 'pushing finger through hand' RC does not count)

• Partial Transformation - 5 points

• Invisibility - 5 points (must test to prove, eg. look at your body or sneak past someone undetected)

• Change Gravity - 5 points (doesn't have to be for everything, at least one object)

• DC Manipulation / Mind Control - 5 points

• Unspecified Dream Control (any powers not listed here) - 5 points


Advanced Tasks

• Teleport - 10 points

• Element Manipulation - 10 points

• Fully Phase through Big Solid Object - 10 points (eg. the wall, keep your eyes open)

• Advanced Flying - 10 points (flying at high speed / into space)

• Advanced Summoning - 10 points (make something/someone appear right in your direct view / summon something larger than human-size)
+5 points if it is a fictional character from a book/movie/TV show/anime or a Dream Guide

• Advanced Unsummoning/Banishing - 10 points (make something/someone disappear right in your direct view / unsummon something larger than human-size)

• Mass Telekinesis - 10 points (use telekinesis on 5+ objects at the same time, or one enormous object - something that can't be lifted in waking life)

• Advanced Object/DC Changing - 10 points (change enormous object/DC into different object/DC, or many objects/DCs at the same time)

• Time Control - 10 points (speeding up/slowing down/stopping time intentionally)

• Full Transformation - 10 points


DreamViews Extra Tasks

Each unique task can only be completed once during the competition. Since this competition extends across two months, you can complete a max of 10 TOTMs and 7 TOTYs. Keep in mind, however, that each month's tasks must be completed in their particular month (you can't score October's Tasks in November or vice versa).
You can complete more than one Task of the Month per dream. As per official Task of the Year rules, those tasks must be completed in separate dreams to count.
Tasks include:

• Task of the Month - 15 points/task
October 2016
November 2016 - Coming Soon

• Task of the Year (2016) - 20 points/task


Challenge Tasks

There will be one Challenge Task each week. Each task must be completed during the assigned week.
The second task will be announced at the end of Week 1.
Points for each challenge can only be claimed once.

• Week 1 Challenge - 20 points - Expires October 22nd 8PM

Beginner: Go trick-or-treating, and eat the first piece of candy you're given.

Intermediate: Fully transform into your team's creature (Vampires - Just fangs would be too easy, so you'll also need something else with it to sell the part - pale skin, a dark cloak, bat wings, etc.).

Expert: Become the ghost of a haunted house and scare at least one person inside.

• Week 2/3 Challenge - 20 points

Beginner:Visit a graveyard and read one of the tombstones.

Intermediate:Put on a halloween costume and gain the powers/abilities of the costume.

Expert:Resurrect a horde of zombies and reenact Michael Jackson's Thriller.


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.

Beginner: Pick any of the Basic or Advanced Dream Control Tasks

Intermediate: At least 1 of the 3 must be Advanced Dream Control Tasks

Expert: All 3 must be Advanced Dream Control Tasks

Tasks must be completed in order.
Multiple tasks can be completed in one dream, but they can also be completed in separate dreams.
You may change tasks at any time, even if you are on task 2 or 3, as long as your updated task choices are posted before the night you complete them.
If you choose to include an Unspecified Dream Control task, describe your task here in advance.
In addition to receiving points for the Dream Control task, you will also receive bonus points:

• Complete first chosen task - 5 points

• Complete second chosen task - 10 points

• Complete third chosen task - 15 points

If you complete all 3 tasks during the first week, you may pick 3 more tasks to complete in Week 2. The same difficulty requirements from above apply. In addition, if you complete all 3 tasks during Week 2, you may pick 3 more tasks for Week 3.


Team Tasks
Asterisks* indicate that points can only be claimed for these tasks once during the competition.

• Meet a teammate - 7 points (once per dream/chain)
Each additional teammate in the same dream/chain - 3 points

• Show your teammate a previous dream (in-dream)* - 10 points

• Have a teammate take you somewhere from a previous dream of theirs* - 10 points

• Have a teammate teach you something* - 10 points


Enemy Tasks
Note: "Enemy" refers to a member of the competition on a different team than you.
Asterisks* indicate that points can only be claimed for these tasks once during the competition.

• Meet an enemy - 5 points (once per dream/chain)
Each additional enemy in the same dream/chain - 3 points

• Fight an enemy* - 10 points

• Fight one or more enemies with your teammate(s)* - 20 points

• Convert your enemy to an ally* - 10 points (enemy must start out hostile)

• Convert multiple enemies to allies in the same dream/chain* 20 points (enemies must start out hostile)


Personal Goals

Choose your own goals to complete in a lucid dream.
Unlimited additional goals can be selected, but only ONE per night can be claimed for points.
Each goal can only be scored once per competition.
Goals must be different from other tasks in the competition, eg. "telekinesis" is not acceptable. More specific/unique versions may be okay, eg. "use telekinesis on a DC" - ask if you're not sure whether it's too similar to another task.
Goals must require some degree of thought, not just things you might accidentally do in a dream anyway.
You can find some ideas in the Lucid Dares thread under "Anyone Dares".
Post your intended goals in this thread (wrap in spoilers if the list is long). Goals will only be awarded points if they are posted in advance.

• Complete a NEW Personal Goal - 15 points (something that you have never done before in a lucid dream.)

• Complete an OLD Personal Goal - 10 points (something that you have already done in any previous lucid dream, including outside of the competition.)


Dream Journal Points

Points will be awarded at the end of the competition for posting comments in other contestants' Dream Journals. Only DJ entries containing dreams from the competition are included.
Only one comment per DJ entry will earn points (a conversation on the same entry will still count as one.)
Add these to your posts as you go. Include how many DJ comments you made each day in your scoring posts, and I will add them to the scoresheet.

• 1 point will be awarded for every 3 DJ comments.

This is just a little kick to get people posting in Dream Journals. I feel a lot better about writing in a DJ knowing that people are going to read and comment on it; I am sure others feel like I do. It isn't worth many points because this is a dreaming competition, but it could add a few bonus points to your final score.
When posting comments in a DJ, it is helpful to "like" the entry so that the member will get a notification on DV. You should also "like" any comments on your DJ when you read/respond to them, so that people know you have seen it.
Make sure you read the dreams so you can make a comment with some substance (more than a quick one-word comment.)

Tier Bonus
The top scorers in the Intermediate and Beginner leagues earn a bonus for their team based on their position.

• 1st - 50 points
• 2nd - 30 points
• 3rd - 15 points

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Now what?

Post your task choices for the following:
- Three-Step Tasks
- Personal Goals

Keep track of your nightly scores and post your updates/subtotals here when you can.

Have fun everyone, and good luck!

Edits (all times Eastern):
10/14 11:01p - Added obfusc8 to the comp, and fixed some small errors.
10/15 3:22p/4:37p - Added a couple more latecomers.
10/15 9:57p - Added the scoresheet link. Also added pretty pictures. Everybody say "ooh, ahh."
10/22 2:35a - Updated week 2 tasks and competitors.
10/29 9:34p - Added details for Week 3 of the competition.