Thread: Spectacular September Competition

Sep. 8th

non-lucid fragment: .5
fifth night in a row: 5

Running total: 27.5

I'm really sorry about my availability. University courses started again, so I spent a few late nights with old and new students and now I'm fairly sick so it's unsure if my sleep will get better anytime soon. I did get lucid just now, during the 4h of sleep I managed to get. I'll try to get some dreams written down in my DV DJ and link here later.

Edit: Here's the dreams.

Two fragments and one lucid dream. So 11 points? Total 13 points.

Sep. 9th

Full non-lucid: 1

Running total: 28.5

sixth night in a row

DJ Entry for Morning of September 8

Got lucid again yesterday morning! Finally broke my personal goal of a 2 minutes+ dream.
Also got lucid this morning but it'll take a while to write that one up lol (a good problem to have! ). Will hopefully post it tomorrow!

September 8 Score:

10 (lucid) + 5 (DILD) + 2 (WBTB) + X (personal goal) [17 + X]
+ 3 * 1 (dreams) [3]
+ 3 * 0.5 (fragments) [1.5]
= 21.5 + X

Running total: 68.5 + X

Not sure how to score these:
Personal goal achieved -- 2+ minute lucid dream (how many points is X?)
Shot ice from fingers -- does this count as "breah an element" or is that strictly like "fire breathing" from your mouth or just "fire bending"?
Just generally -- am I scoring all this right? For example should I be stacking Lucid (10), WBTB (2), and DILD (5)?

Nice job ZAD! Awesome to hear that you got one of your personal goals knocked off the list. In terms of scoring, I think you've done a great job so far. It's basically the same as I've been scoring myself. With the lucid induction points (WILD, DILD, etc..) I think that the intention was to have only one apply to each lucid dream. However, I can see how you combined WBTB with a DILD so I believe that the scoring should be kept the same on that. Your variable X that represents scoring for completing your personal goal should be worth 10 points. This comes from the basic dream tasks list on the first page, and since you were lucid for it, it counts as such. For the breathe an element challenge, I'm not exactly sure what that entails. The first thought that comes to my mind is actually breathing something in (eg. breathing in fire or water, or potentially an actual element, say helium) and noting its effects or how it feels. However, it can be open to interpretation. I would bring it up with KarlaB18 and see what she has to say about it.

Once again, amazing job so far! Keep up with the dreams.

Hey ZAD,

As the task specifies "breathing an element", I am going to say that shooting ice from the fingers does not score. If the task was "Utilise an element", then it would score. In regards to that X on your scoring system; if it's a personal goal you set this month, then that's 15 points. If it's an ongoing personal goal from previous months, then that's 10 points. By the way, congratulations on that BIG lucid, I look forward to reading it.

EDIT: Oh hang on, the ice came out as a stream... Give yourself the points. I would classify that as your fingers breathing ice.

I managed to get lucid on Saturday Monring and then had a rare First awakening Lucid Dream (that I almost didn't remember) just after Midinite this morning

in the first Lucid I managed to punch 7 elves (ugly ones) in the face (they coun't as DC, I would coun't any living thing even animals as DC, tho many goals would only apply to humanish ones)
in todays Lucid I was barely aware of the contest and mostly just hunting DC in general (but I did actually attempt some things that could have counted if they hadn't failed, as well as happen to do a partial goal +ZERO for that)

Here is a Running Total of my points

Day Four: Tue 9/4 - Wed 9/5
+2 2 Non-Lucid Dreams
1:10a, 4:30a

Day 4 Total: 2 points
Contest Total: 58 points


Day Five: Wed 9/5 - Thur 9/6
+2 2 Non-Lucid Dreams
1:50a, 4:35a

Day 5 Total: 2 points
Contest Total: 60 points


Day Six: Thur 9/6 - Fri 9/7
+4 4 Non-Lucid Dreams
12:25a, 3:20a, 4:25a, 4:55a (Bathroom / Cheerleaders)

Day 6 Total: 4 points
Contest Total: 64 points


Day Seven: Fri 9/7 - Sat 9/8
+7 7 Non-Lucid Dreams
3:05a, 5:20a, 7:05a, 9:00a, 10:20a, 11:35a, 1:10p
Lucid Dream (7:40a)
+10 FIRST LD
+5 DILD
+2 WBTB
+0 Indirect Summonation (of Cheerleaders) [FAIL]
+10 Old Goal (Punch 7 of 7+ DC)
Lucid Total +27

Spoiler for Elf Punching:

Non-Lucid Lucid
Upon Reflection, My first recollection of the dream I had been in an Asian restaurant and there was somebody with me and I was trying to go off and see if another place was open and I had just walked off to go and talk to a guy in more of a diner about getting some other kind of food for this other person and I'd left some of my stuff, there was a lot of mess and just before I had gone off to see if they had some other things I said "Man, why don't they clear this stuff away?" and for some reason I kept wiping stuff up I had like a towel and I wiped the table but it was so wet, I had like other paper towels and I was wiping with several towels because I didn't want the towels to get too wet to pick up the moisture. So when I had gone off and come back that other guy told me that area was open until 10. When I got back the guy was gone and I had been cleared away from the Asian type restaurant I had been in, and there was an Asian girl roaming around but as soon as I'd left she had just cleared away my stuff so as I was leaving I said "Well, no tip for them", this was just before I got on a bus somehow, I don't know exactly how I got on the bus. The bus was moving along a dirt road and there were a whole bunch of people out on the road we were on. I was in the driver’s seat but the driver was up on the roof driving and so I wasn't really doing anything. There was a girl in the seat next to me, and I was throwing little specks of something out the window. Out on the road there was a girl out there and at first it seemed like she had sort of silver hair, but when we got closer she was like an Asian girl but I was telling the bus driver like “look at that she's got translucent hair” or something but when we got closer her hair wasn't translucent, so anyway then we've gone around a corner and I found myself out of the bus or I'd gotten out of the bus and I'm walking along and I want to see people’s faces and everything’s kind of blurry when I look around but when I get close to people their faces are in focus so I came across a black guy and his face was fine I came across another black person so I realize that the reason I'm looking at their faces is because I want to see if they are changing in the dream so I know I'm in a dream so then I say (intending to cause indirect summonation inside the door I see just ahead) "Oh are the cheer leaders in there?" (Because I wanted to find three cheerleaders like in a previous dream from the day before) So I then go into this store and I'm looking for the cheerleader section, but I'm tall and I can see over a lot of stuff, and it’s like different little boxed off areas but I can't really see anybody, but then when I get around to where I can see them they’re all little elves (at this point I'm thinking I can kiss 7+ of them) but they have strange faces (almost clown-like or alien-like, one looked like his face was merged with a hockey mask) and some of them are small, but so I decide that I'm gonna punch a bunch of them (and just to make sure I plan to punch NINE (there are at least a dozen of them around)) so I walk right up and I punch one of them in the face really hard and there’s little younger sorts of elves and they're sort of scurrying off, but I punch a second one as he's trying to get away but I punched him, and then I go back around the other side (the boxed in counter like areas are keeping most from escaping) and I punch a third, fourth (using both Right and Left punches now), a fifth, a sixth then a seventh elf (which I count as dream characters) so I managed to punch seven elves in the face [+10 Points OLD GOAL Punch 7+ DC] then I woke up

Day 7 Total: 34 points
Contest Total: 98 points


Day Eight: Sat 9/8 - Sun 9/9
+6 6 Non-Lucid Dreams (not seven)
4:00a, 5:00a, 6:25a, 8:05a, 10:00a, 11:10a
Lucid Dream (12:05a)
+10 FIRST LD
+5 DILD
+0 (Not a wake back to bed rare first awkening midnite lucid)
+0 (wasn't very aware of competiton but did grab 2 / 5+ DC topside (.)(.) ) [FAIL]
+0 attempted behind back summonation [FAIL]
+0 attempted stabilization [FAIL] woke up
Lucid Total +15

Spoiler for A bit of DC Hunting on the camping trial:

Non-Lucid Lucid
I recall that there were a few scenes before I was on the trail but I can’t remember what they were. So I was on some kind of a trail and I knew that I needed to get to another location (the dream’s goal) like a camp or something and so on the way there I was going to do some various things but I began to realize the people on the trail weren’t very real (thus I became Lucid) so I started grabbing and messing with several different females I had noticed a few good looking girls nearby and I did grab two of them topside (.)(.) But again this wasn’t exactly a contest goal and I also kissed the same couple of girl's (.)(.) but that wasn’t exactly in line with the kiss DC goals either but I wasn't really trying to do any of the specific goals on my list so after I had interacted with those DCs I got distracted somehow by some kind of a film but I was thinking this is a dream and I need to get back to where I'm trying to go (the Dream’s goal not mine so a bit pseudo-lucid at this point) so I also wanted to punch a few people who were getting in my way because I knew it was a dream but I didn't have to because they got out of my way. So basically I was just doing a normal amount of DC hunting inside the dream (not really aware of the contest much at all), and then when I was waylaid by watching the TV (Film) I was thinking I could do things and I did try to do a hand summonation, I wanted to summon a DC to be with me while I was wasting time (fairly Lucid but a bit confused at this point), because I realized if I'm wasting my time I might as well do something else and so began attempting to do the DC summonation I put my hand behind my back in a nook along a wall and reached around for a hand to grab me imagining a girl would take my hand for many seconds but none did. Then I began trying to get on down the trail to whatever the ultimate goal of the dream was (not any goal of mine but again to fulfill the dream’s goal by reaching the camp or whatever so I was only sort of partially lucid at this point. I began to destabilize, I did attempt to stabilize during the dream but it was too late I was already awake and was rubbing my real hand against my fingers.

Day 8 Total: 21 points
Contest Total: 119 points (after correction because one of the non lucid I had counted was actually the lucid and there was no dream at 10:30 at least none recalled)



Ok I have updated LUCIDS with spoilers. I should reallly do a spoiler for the day before the first lucid for the three cheerleaders in the bizzare bathroom I was almost lucid in. But in that one but didn't earn any points, tho I was thiniking of spanking one of the cheer leaders if only it had been a dream, a making a mental note to do so If I was ever in a dream like this especially since there were three of them to cheer smack, and then after exiting the bathroom I went around behind the building to check if there were any more cheerleaders back there. The earlier part of this bizzare bathroom dream (a dream sign) was very disgusting and messed up

Points as of MON 10 SEP - 2018 (Night 9)

SUN 9 SEP
Points For This Entry: 1.0
Calculation Details:
- Full Non-Lucid Dream (1.0)

+ Previous Total: 33.5
Total Accumulated Points: 34.5

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/kar...oo-loud-85404/

MON 10 SEP
Points For This Entry: 7.5
Calculation Details:
- Full Non-Lucid Dream (1.0)
- Full Non-Lucid Dream (1.0)
- Have A Dream Guide Automatically Appear (0.5)
- 5-Day Recall Chain (5.0)

+ Previous Total: 34.5
Total Accumulated Points: 42.0

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/kar...ractice-85405/

Sep. 10th #1 and Sep. 10th #2

2* non-lucid fragments: 1
Seventh night in a row: 7

Running total: 36.5

[UPDATED]
NEW Personal Goals:
[] Visit the zeppelin/floating city/bathhouse (dream world I've been trying to incubate) and meet the dream characters from this world
OLD Personal Goals:
[] Summon my fiancee & dog in a lucid dream and take them on an adventure
[] Summon a chocolate bar to eat as the lucid dream fades (credit to DarkestDarkness for the idea)
[] Ask my subconscious for a profound sensory experience
[X] Stay in a lucid dream for over 2 minutes
[] Enter a tornado

Thanks Bridger and KarlaB18 for the scoring advice!
For the 8th, I'll say the ice doesn't count as breathing the element as it wasn't really intentional but just something cool to do in the moment. Also, I didn't have the competition or that goal in mind at the time of the act. For my personal goal I achieved, it's been something I've been trying to achieve for the last couple of months so I'll give it a 10. Also for the future I think it makes sense to only count my lucids as 10 because the only way I ever get lucid is via WBTB and DILD anyway It's a little confusing as it's my first competition so thanks again for the clarification. And good job everybody on getting lucid and overall great recall. Keep at it!

[REVISED] September 8 Score:
10 (first lucid) + 10 (personal goal) [20]
+ 3 * 1 (dreams) [3]
+ 3 * 0.5 (fragments) [1.5]
= 24.5

DJ Entry for Morning of September 9

September 9 Score:
10 (first lucid) + 4 (Fly) [14]
+ 3 * 1 (dreams) [3]
+ 1 * 0.5 (fragments) [0.5]
+ 5 (5 nights in a row) [5]
= 22.5

DJ Entry for Morning of September 10

September 10 Score:
1 * 1 (dreams) [1]
= 1

DJ Entry for Morning of September 11

Unexpected lucid this morning! Wow I might be finally getting the hang of this.

September 11 Score:
10 (first lucid) [10]
+ 1 * 1 (dreams) [1]
= 11

Sep. 11th #1 and Sep. 11th #2

Non-lucid fragment: .5
Full non-lucid: 1
Helping someone in need (Does a dog count?): 1

Running total: 39

Reset to first night in a row

I'm having some pretty vivid parts to all my dreams, and I'm starting to remember more than just one each night, or rather writing them down as separate dreams rather than continuations. I just need to practice more on awareness now so I'm better able to get lucid. Probably thinking more about it during the night will help as well.

Sep. 12th #1 and Sep. 12th #2

Full non-lucid * 2: 2

Running total: 41

second night in a row

DJ Entry for Morning of 12th and 13th

Got lucid again this morning!

September 11 Score: [REVISED]
10 (first lucid) [10]
+ 1 * 1 (dreams) [1]
+ 7 (7 nights in a row) [7]
= 18

September 12 Score:
2 * 1 (dreams) [2]
= 2

September 13 Score:
10 (first lucid) + 5 (perform a reality check) [15]
+ 2 * 1 (dreams) [2]
+ 1 * 0.5 (fragments) [0.5]
= 17.5

Sep. 13th #1 and Sep. 13th #2

Full non-lucid *2: 2
Helping someone in need (holding door open): 1
Third night in a row: 3

Running total: 47

DJ Entry for Morning of September 14

September 14 Score:
4 * 1 (dreams) [4]
+ 1 * 0.5 (fragments) [0.5]
+ 3 (3 in a row) [3]
= 7.5

Sep. 14th

Full non-lucid: 1

Running total: 48

fourth night in a row

DJ Entry for Morning of September 15

First ever WILD! Actually a lot of them (with DEILDs and DILDs included)!

September 15 Score:
10 (first lucid) + 7 (second dream chain induced by WILD) [17]
+ 2 * 1 (dreams) [2]
+ 4 * 0.5 (fragments) [2]
= 21

Sep. 15th

Non-lucid fragment: .5
Fifth night in a row: 5

Running total: 53.5

Two lucid dreams and two fragments

13p + 20(lucid dream x2) + 10(DILD x2) +1(fragment x2) = 44 points?

DJ Entry for Morning of September 16


More lucids And actually some nonlucids that were almost more interesting than the lucids lol. Isn't it strange when that happens?

September 16 Score:
10 (first lucid) + 5 (second lucid dream chain induced by DILD) [15]
+ 2 * 1 (dreams) [2]
+ 1 * 0.5 (fragments) [.5]
+ 5 (5 in a row)
= 17.5

I managed to get lucid earlier today but just barely, I was aware of the contest but I tried it finish up what I was doing, and then destabilized and woke

Here is the running total of my points

Day Nine: 9/9 Sun - 9/10 Mon
+2 2 Non-Lucid Dreams
1:05a, 3:50a

Day 9 Total: 2 points
Contest Total: 121 points (woops + 7 from first week)


Day Ten: 9/10 Mon - 9/11 Tue
+2 2 Non-Lucid Dreams
1:25a, 4:10a

Day 10 Total: 2 points
Contest Total: 123 points (woops + 7 from first week)


Day Eleven: 9/11 Tue - 9/12 Wed
+6 6 Non-Lucid Dreams
10:05p, 11:20p, 12:40a, 2:00a, 3:00a, 3:30a

Day 11 Total: 6 points
Contest Total: 129 points (woops + 7 from first week)


Day Tweleve: 9/12 Wed - 9/13 Thur
+3 3 Non-Lucid Dreams
1:55a, 3:30a, 4:55a

Day 12 Total: 3 points
Contest Total: 132 points (woops + 7 from first week)


Day Thirteen: 9/13 Thur - 9/14 Fri
+4 4 Non-Lucid Dreams
11:30p, 12:55a, 3:20a, 4:45a

Day 13 Total: 4 points
Contest Total: 136 points (woops + 7 from first week)


Day Fourteen: 9/14 Fri - 9/15 Sat
+6 6 Non-Lucid Dreams
12:15a, 4:40a, 6:00a, 6:35a, 7:50a, 9:20a

Day 14 Total: 6 points
Contest Total: 142 points (woops + 14 from both weeks)


Day Fifteen: 9/15 Sat - 9/16 Sun
+5 5 Non-Lucid Dreams
2:45a, 5:25a, 6:45a, 7:50a, 8:30a
Lucid Dream (9:40a)
+10 FIRST LD
+5 DILD
+2 WBTB
Lucid Total +17

Spoiler for Calf a kiss:

Non-Lucid Lucid
In the first part of the dream I was in my house and I was looking out a window and then out the open front door, I could see a bus stop in the yard with several people standing at it. I decided that mabye I had some time before I had to catch the bus and I could do some stuff and then go somewhere, but then it turned out I didn't have time and the bus showed up and left. I went outside anyway and suddendly I was driving a car across the lawn and parking it in the driveway, I had to drive past my actual car that was already parked there and turn towards the house on the far side of it. I somehow crashed into the house, as I looked to see how it happened I saw that a pipe was sticking out of the car on the driver side, but when I looked at the house there seemed to be pipes sticking out of the house as well that had deflected the pipe sticking out from the car. But when I looked out the front window again I could now see that an entire hood of a car was sitcking out of the house so that the top of the hood of my car was hitting the hood that was sticking out of the house. (somehow all of this did not seem unusal enough to question the dream) Then I decided I should have gone somewhere and so suddenly I was somewhere, I remembered that my friend's friend was having a wedding and I ran into someone who was from the wedding, and then I went on to another area, while I was in that area I ran into my friend and so then I was eating with her. I began explaining how the bus went past my house and seeing her friend, and I began to draw an explanitory map on the window making streaks with my finger to indicate lines. But then my freind began to draw a picture of Iran on the window with her finger but it looked like an actual map of Iran in color, this dots and lables for cities and blue for water ways and dark lines for divisions. I realized that I was dreaming, but I wanted to finish my explanation before moving on to any goals, but then suddenly I realized I was holding my friends leg in my hands so I lifted her leg to my mouth and kissed her on the calf, then I began to destabalize, I thought to try to stabalize but it was too late and I was awake

Day 15 Total: 22 points
Contest Total: 164 points (woops + 14)

woops looks like I didn't add +14 points
+7 on the end of day 7 (guess I was too busy punching elfs to notice these points)
and +7 more at end of day 14 for consecutive points so
Actual Contest Total = 178 points

DJ Entry for Morning of September 16

Congrats on the lucid cooley!

September 17 Score:
2 * 1 (dreams) [2]
+ 2 * 0.5 (fragments) [1]
= 3

Sep. 17th

Full non-lucid: 1

Running total: 54.5

Back to first night in a row. I've been sick the past few days which has affected my sleep. I hope to be back to normal soon (and get out of my lucid dry spell!!).