Winter Competition 2022

[Saizaphod]

If you like what you're seeing here and wish to participate in the future, signups for Autumn Competition 2023 will open 22nd-31st August! Missed the signups but still want to join? Post in the sign up thread here to join for the second week. The competition begins on Thursday, December 1st, at 8 PM YOUR time (wherever you are.) The competition will end on Thursday, December 15th, at 8 PM. Track the competition score LIVE, and see your personal stats here: Live Scoresheet 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. --------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT!! --------------------------------- I will surround all important competition announcements in a big, bold announcement block like this one. Even if you don't read the rest of the posts in the thread, please at least skim the thread for these blocks - they contain important information regarding the competition. They're huge and should stick out pretty easily. Some new things. Points from Induction and Recall are now only available for Beginner and Intermediate tiers. --------------------------------- Teams Howls and Hoofs Wolf Expert Hukif Intermediate JadeGreen RelicWraith LeaoLouro IndigoRose JustPhillip Beginner cedwards105 mellia Rodulf FryingMan solus1 PremiumOtter Deer Expert Sensei revver Intermediate Saizaphod dolphin Tiktaalik Occipitalred DoctorFoxy seno Beginner MadMonkey NyxCC Nfri AtomicChocolate epicsunshine 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. Also, if you know you will be unavailable for a period of time, please post something to let us know, or PM me (Saizaphod) so you aren’t dropped. 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. POINTS Induction and Recall (Beginner and Intermediate only!) 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. A DEILD chain is over once you are awake long enough to write down the dream. • WBTB (success or failure) - 2 points (Only counts once per night) Dream Control Tasks IMPORTANT! - Points don't 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. Task of the Season You can complete more than one Task of the Season per Dream. Beginner Tasks of the Season are only available for the Beginner tier. • Task of the Season (Autumn 2022)- 15 points/task Task of the Year You must complete each task in a separate lucid dream; you can't do more than one in the same dream or DILD/DEILD- chain. (Or as instructed in the ToTY rules; write your completed task down into your dreamjournal before you can start working on the next one.) • Task of the Year 2022 (Build Our Dream Base!) - 20 points/task Dream Theme If your dream (lucid or non-lucid) matches the theme, you earn an additional 5 points. Points for theme can only be claimed once per night. The theme might be open to slight interpretation (just keep in mind the Honor System). Theme - 5 points: Winter (Who would have guessed?) NEW! Persistent Lucid Dream Theme If your (lucid!) dream matches the persistent theme, you earn an additional 15 points. Points for persistent lucid theme can only be claimed once per night. The points only start counting after your second visit to the persistent theme. Persistent lucid theme scores instead of Dream theme, not in addition. The place must be somewhere you have not yet visited before. Persistent Lucid Theme - 15 points: Winter world/realm/planet (Some place that does not exist in waking reality) Challenge Tasks Points for each challenge can only be claimed once. • Challenge - 20 points Beginner: Recover a lost memory from your life Walk on a wall (success if you manage to keep both of your feet attached to the wall simultaneously) Change the air temperature colder +5 points Intermediate: Succesfully communicate with an animal (have the animal talk with you) Succesfully dismember all of your limbs (including your head) and have them re-attach themselves into your body Create a blizzard +5 points Expert: Have your body consist of atleast five aspects of different species (exmpl; mantis' head, fin of a dolphin, leg of an elephant etc) Align all the planets of our solar system(7 excluding Earth) and jump through each one (must visit the surface or atmosphere) Time travel to the Ice Age (have proof; ice reefs/mammoths/cavemen or similar) and report what you experience +5 Points 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. 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 • Have your teamfriend complete a lucid task excluding RC/Stabilization(in-dream)* - 10 points • Have a teammate teach you something* - 10 points • Have a teammate take you into their dream(figuratively) - 15 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) Stack bonus Beginner and intermediate only: • Fight an expert enemy* - 30 points Expert only: • Fight the whole enemy team simultaneously* - 30 points 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 Beginner and Intermediate league earns a bonus for their team based on their position. • 1st - 100 points • 2nd - 60 points • 3rd - 30 points 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! Oh, and check out our sick new team swag, custom-made by yours truly: Team Wolf [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/LxukUtD.png[/IMG] Team Deer [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/WFplDl0.png[/IMG] How to use: Copy your team's HTML link -> Control Panel -> Edit Signature and copy there

[Hukif]

For the three step task will do Advanced unsummoning, advanced phasing and advanced object changing. For my personal task the one I failed for november task - fight the strongest type of creature in my dream world.

[DoctorFoxy]

Three step task: Advanced time control -> Advanced full transformation -> Advanced summoning Personal tasks: + Have a cup of tea with uncle Iroh + Set up my Persistent Realm Hub + Swim on the event horizon of a black hole + Summon a wide array of exotic alien weapons to try out

[FryingMan]

3-step: 1) interact with a DC 2) push hand through solid object 3) fully phase through big, solid object Personal goals (all new): + use a realistic lightsaber that actually cuts (limbs, objects) + fly around the Golden Gate bridge + eat: a taqueria style soft taco + eat some pad thai + eat a piece of Round Table King Arthur Supreme pizza + visit my Lucid Lab + stable "frisky time" with a DC + meet Heruka Chakrasamvara + meet my dream guide

[FryingMan]

Saizaphod, awesome video . Can't wait to read all the Hukif vs. Sensei fights

[NyxCC]

Love the signatures! 3 step task (basic TK, interact with DC, basic summon). Still thinking about adding a personal goal - don’t want to clutter my mind with a ton of tasks at this moment. Good luck everyone!

[solus1]

3 step: 1.) Interact with a DC 2.) Eat/Drink something 3.)Fly Personal Goals: > Kamehameha a large structure. > Throw a DC as far as I can > Summon someone I know > Try and leave the universe

[Saizaphod]

Three Step Task Fly Teleport Basic summoning Old Goals Visit another planet Visit a jungle New Goals Visit a magical forest Summon a spacecraft and succesfully fly it

[cedwards105]

Three step task: Push hand through solid object Ask for advice Advanced flying New personal goals: 1. Dance with a DC 2. Visit Jasmine Hall or the Dreamstone Realm (worlds I have been building) 3. Construct/visit a dream exploration vessel Old personal goals: 1. Have an interesting conversation with a DC (something memorable) 2. Visit Synthos (another world I have built, and have visited in a dream) Go Team Wolf!!

[Tiktaalik]

Thanks Saizaphod for setting all this up. The graphics are cool and a nice touch. Should be good fun. 3 step task: -Ask for advice -Time control -Teleport Personal goals: -Find original artwork -Have a remote island to myself -Go through a mirror portal DEER POWER!

[dolphin]

three step task -fully phase through big solid object -advanced summoning -teleport old personal goal -visit a store

[IndigoRose]

Three step task: 1) Basic summoning 2) Ask for advice 3) Element manipulation New personal goals - Surgebinding (based on Stormlight Archive): - Adhesion - Gravitation (gravity control) - Abrasion (friction control) - Progression (growth, healing, regrowth) - Illumination (illusions) - Transformation (soulcasting) Old personal goal: - Summon/meet Damien and talk with him about the Dark Lord

[AtomicChocolate]

Three step task: 1. Reality check 2. Eat/drink something 3. Full transformation Personal goals: - Eat a delicious, gooey chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven, made by a top chef. - Find my dream guide. I haven't done that yet, surprisingly! - Meditate. I haven't had lucid dreams in months because of my lack of sleep, so I'm aiming to simply *have* lucid dreams again this competition. But I hope I can complete my three-step task and goals, you never know

[MadMonkey]

Accidentally deleted my post! Go team deer! Three step task: -fly -basic summon -talk to a DC Personal goals -fight a dream witch -hug my dream guide -compete in roller ball from Alita Battle Angel

[Sensei]

My three step task will be Teleporting Mass TK Time control Personal Goals. Better put some that I won’t just naturally do… New goal Fight a witch of higher level than I’ve met before Discover the purpose of the witches Meet eiji Miyake (protagonist of number9dream) Old goal Get more witches on my side Meet Lucifer again (name of a witch I really need to banish and the main thing keeping me going) I’m at the very very end of a 2 year arc or maybe a 31 year arc, to deal with these witches. I really want to finish the plot fully in the next two weeks. Very excited! Good luck all. I shall sleep soon.

[LeaoLouro]

Didn't find time to post yesterday so I'll write my task selection as well as tonight's point tally 3-Step Task: - Use an electronic device - Practice a real-life hobby - Ask a DC for advice My idea with this one is to play the piano and ask a DC for some good tips. The electronic device is there as iwl I use an iPad for my scores. It'll be interesting to see what the dream will throw my way! New Personal Goals: - Fly using telekenisis - Visit the Unigine Valley Been trying my hand at the second one for a while now, with little success. Regarding the flying, I heard someone here say that using telekenisis for flying was a game-changer and since I'm a very janky flyer I thought I would give it a try. Points from tonight, 1/12 - 2 non-lucid fragments - 1 point Total points: 1 point As a quick question, should we post non-lucids in our DJs here too? I would have to translate them

[RelicWraith]

Guess we're doing this. 3-Step Task: -Advanced Phasing -Advanced Flight -Energy Manipulation New Personal Goals: -Visit a forgotten dream from the past/visit a dream from the future -Pull off a corporate Shadowrun infiltration -Conjure the Gauntlet of Chaos Eye -Upgrade FireFlyMan armor

[DoctorFoxy]

Dream Journal: https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/doc...night-1-95055/ First night of the comp o: No LDs though 1) Woke up at 12am due to a ton of noise outside, keeping me awake for the next 40-ish minutes = 1x dream, wbtb -> +3 2) Wbtb at 3 am or 4 am = 1x dream, 3x fragment -> +2.5 3) Wbtb at 5 am = 2x fragment -> +1 Night Total: +6.5 points Comp Total: 6.5 points

[FryingMan]

comp night #1 (morning of 2022-12-02) 4 non-lucids: 4 2 fragments: 1 WBTB: 2 night total: 7 comp total: 7 DJ: https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/fry...night-1-95056/

[Saizaphod]

Night 1 1 Fragment - 0,5p 4 Dreams - 4p WBTB (success) - 2p DILD - 10p Rc - 1p Comp total: 17,5p Spoiler for Extremely short lucid dream: I'm at the Pickup-section of my workplace when I realize what's happening and plug my nose; I can still breath, I'm dreaming! I forget to stabilize while instantly trying to take off to the sky from the exit-gates and lose the lucidity as soon as I gained it. Edit: This is where I got lucid Three step task: 1. Reality check Three-Step Tasks. Choose 3 different Dream Control Tasks from the Basic and Advanced Dream Control tasks above, excluding RC/Stabilization. If you really want to have RC as a goal then be it more specific eg. idk, "RC by seeing if I can strect my finger into a 30centimeter finger-sausage Has to work too though. You can edit the post from the bottom right corner I think. Personal goal: - Have 4 lucid dreams in the competition. Goals must be different from other tasks in the competition, eg. "telekinesis" is not acceptable. Same applies to lucids themselves. 3-Step Task: - Use an electronic device - Practice a real-life hobby - Ask a DC for advice My idea with this one is to play the piano and ask a DC for some good tips. The electronic device is there as iwl I use an iPad for my scores. It'll be interesting to see what the dream will throw my way! Intermediate: At least 1 of the 3 must be Advanced Dream Control Tasks. Edit it a bit or maybe switch it to a personal goal? Good goal btw should we post non-lucids in our DJs here too? I would have to translate them No need, only lucids have to be posted

[Tiktaalik]

Winter competition points: 01/12/22 Summary: Set a good intention last night and woke from a lucid after 2 hours! I woke to recall it but devastatingly fell back asleep instantly! I Didn’t recall it again until later and have barely any memory of it now! That rarely happens to me so I’m a bit disappointed. If the lucid is too vague to qualify then please feel free to remove the points. Spoiler for Lucid: I’m on my childhood street. I can’t remember how I became lucid but I think I noticed the strangeness of my situation. I don’t remember my goal so I simply jump up and fly into the sky. My flight is successful but I feel heavy, like my dangling legs are dragging me down and I fly into the bare branches of a large tree and cling on. I look around and then have some fun swinging from the branches like a monkey until eventually I wake up. https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/tik...1-12-22-95057/ Recalled: 2 Fragments (1 point) 1 Dream (1 point) Lucid Dreams: 1 DILD (10 points) Dream control: Flying (5 points) Total 17

[JadeGreen]

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/jad...night-1-95058/ 2 dreams (2pt) 1 WBTB (2pt) Ill be back with personal goals later today.

[IndigoRose]

Night 1 - not the best start. I was focusing too much on the first half of the night but recall was muddy and in the second half, I was too tired. A bunch of fragments over several wakings, that together add to 2pt WBTB 2pt 4pt total

[RelicWraith]

Got kinda careless this night. I better get back in gear! Fragments (2): 1 point Sub-Total: 1 point Competition Total: 1 point

[dolphin]

night 1 5 dreams-5 points night total-5 points comp total-5 points