Thread: Winter Competition 2022

Night 5
2 NLDs, 1 fragment - 2.5
WBTB - 2
Night total - 4.5

Night 6
1 NLD - 1
WBTB - 2
LD - 10
RC - 1
Interact with DC - 2
Night total - 16

Spoiler for LD:

Fake WILD (of the "I am not really awake" type, after a WILD attempt, or maybe even FA)
Doing SSILD, losing it and remembering again, possibly doing it while already asleep. "Transitioning" through sitting up.

I feel like risking sitting up, I do a nose plug RC and sure, I am dreaming. I walk away from the house, stabilizing (touching the wall) because I start to lose vision and the dream goes mostly tactile.
Outside of the house, my vision is back. The street isn't really out street. I say hi to a woman who is supposed to be my neighbor but not really. She looks surprised. I say "how are you" (in Czech). She implies that I shouldn't talk to her like that. I say "just trying to be neighborly" (in English this time) and sigh.
I continue walking, I am on a small town square, not familiar. There is a flower shop but I have no idea what to do with it. I pick one of the side streets and there is a vegetable shop, the shopkeeper is putting out a huge (60cm long, 30cm thick) piece of vegetable that looks like a cross of tomato and sweet pepper. I give him a compliment on that.
I expect this to be a long dream, so I want to move on the 3-step tasks. But after making this decision, I wake up.

Afterwards, I recalled a short fragment that happened before this dream. I am not sure if I actually woke up between them (making the LD a DEILD) or if I just got conscious in my sleep (making it a FA/DILD). But it doesn't matter, the points are the same either way.

Competition total - 70.5

Night 6
3 Dreams - 3p
2 Fragments - 1p
WBTB - 2p

Night Total - 6p
Comp Total - 46,5p

Originally Posted by AtomicChocolate

I would sometimes lay for 2 hours after WBTB to set in the intention. Worked miracles

Really? And here I was thinking it was a bad thing. Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to focus on intention a lot more in this time

Though, I was thinking about how I've been going 6 days doing WBTB without any lucids. I suppose doing this to break a months-long dry streak it makes sense, but I wonder if anyone has any knowledge on, basically, how long can I keep doing WBTB for? The rest of the competition? It might just be me not using the technique to it's fullest (or even just a good amount).

Though the 2 hours were because of waiting to fall asleep, not for the sake of it. But repeating "I am in a dream soon and I will realize it" like 500 times sure did help lol.

You can do it indefinitely, every night. It will work eventually, maybe tonight!

Originally Posted by LeaoLouro

We're creeping up on the halfway mark and still no lucids, let's hope for success tonight!

Ayo almost same here and with many other intermediates, we gotta shake things up! Tonight is the night!

Originally Posted by Tiktaalik

Spoiler for :

It’s a false awakening but I don’t realise I wake up later and realise my silly error.

Crap so close!

Originally Posted by solus1

Probably my most insane dream yet it felt like it lasted a day at least.

A day feeling lucid next night

Originally Posted by dolphin

night total-52 points

ALARM! ALARM! ENEMY HAS ACTIVATED DOLPHIN! MAN THE LUCID STATIONS!

Congratz on first good night!

Originally Posted by IndigoRose

Spoiler for LD:

Fake WILD (of the "I am not really awake" type, after a WILD attempt, or maybe even FA)
Doing SSILD, losing it and remembering again, possibly doing it while already asleep. "Transitioning" through sitting up.

I feel like risking sitting up, I do a nose plug RC and sure, I am dreaming. I walk away from the house, stabilizing (touching the wall) because I start to lose vision and the dream goes mostly tactile.
Outside of the house, my vision is back. The street isn't really out street. I say hi to a woman who is supposed to be my neighbor but not really. She looks surprised. I say "how are you" (in Czech). She implies that I shouldn't talk to her like that. I say "just trying to be neighborly" (in English this time) and sigh.
I continue walking, I am on a small town square, not familiar. There is a flower shop but I have no idea what to do with it. I pick one of the side streets and there is a vegetable shop, the shopkeeper is putting out a huge (60cm long, 30cm thick) piece of vegetable that looks like a cross of tomato and sweet pepper. I give him a compliment on that.
I expect this to be a long dream, so I want to move on the 3-step tasks. But after making this decision, I wake up.

Afterwards, I recalled a short fragment that happened before this dream. I am not sure if I actually woke up between them (making the LD a DEILD) or if I just got conscious in my sleep (making it a FA/DILD). But it doesn't matter, the points are the same either way.

Nice! You got another one, gratz.

People are starting to have more lucids approaching the second week!

I'm going to switch my Three-Step-Task order to: Fly->Basic Summon->Teleport

We have three new people joining for the second week! Their comp begins 8th 8PM their time (wherever they are.) I'll place them on teams once Sensei scores his last lucid to see the point balance situation.

I remembered one more fragment, and I think I did my math wrong earlier.

I should have 3 points for last night. 2 NLD's and 2 fragments.

Night 4 - 3 NLDs
Night 5 - 2 NLDs
Night 6 - 1 NLDs
Comp total: 15 pts

Ouch!

Night 7, 08/12
Fragments: 1 points
WBTB: 2 points

Nightly total: 3 points
Competition total: 24 points

Tonight marks the halfway point in the competition and still no lucids

Maybe I lost my touch or the pressure of trying to get a lucid is getting to me, but something is definitely up. Tonight was the closest I've been to a lucid this competition, but I just keep falling asleep way to early after my WBTBs... Let's hope for at least one lucid this comp!

comp night #7 (morning of 2022-12-08)

Man I've hit a recall doldrum. And I even took galantamine and AlphaGPC at 4 hrs this night. Guess I need to give it a break for a couple weeks. At least I got back to sleep easily...guess I may be underslept, I"m definitely going to be later than I want to.

2 fragments: 1

night total: 1
comp total: 37.5 + 1 = 38.5

TEAM DEER!
**12/8/22 NOT LUCID**
I was in a realistic gorilla tag map looking place and there was bridges everywhere but it was like a camp. We were competing with the other team and we had the balloons. They stole then and I went super speed chasing after them and stole them back but was forced to climb up to a bridge after watching the enemy’s YouTube videos. Once I got up there I woke up and my alarm went off right after.

Night 7
1 dream - 1pt
1 DILD - 10p
1 WBTB - 2

Finally got another lucid and after a quick nap in the afternoon too! I was quite tired still and needed to catch up on some sleep so I decided to set an alarm for an hour ahead and take a nap and I got lucid from it

Spoiler for Dream 1(Not Lucid):

I was in my grandparents house and then went on a bus to a place called "Mcdonalds wifi which is a different place than the original mcdonalds and on the way a russian guy threatened to kill me but he said something that made a bunch of people clap but he thought the clapping was war bombs because he was veteran I guess and he ducked down and He got left behind. Then the police were chasing me and I used my teleportation powers to get away.

Spoiler for Dream 2 after nap (Lucid):

I was chilling in my Little brothers room and there was a guy next to me and he looked like my little brother a little bit but he wasn't we were talking and It was kinda similar to a visual novel since I've been playing those recently. We teleported to a ferris wheel and he said "I remember you! we use to be childhood friends" Which is funny because the vn I'm playing right now has a line exactly like that. I teleported back to brothers room and we watching a movie. While watching the movie for some reason I decided to piss myself and hope the other guy doesn't notice. But he definitely does and he goes silent and stares at me. I try to speak to explain myself but I can't speak for some reason after some time passes I realize I must be dreaming and his face goes all blurry and the room slightly blurry I try to get up and move but I can't so I try imagining getting up and moving but that doesn't work either and I wake up. It was short as usual but it's good progress I was able to think quite clearly aswell. Hopefully in future dreams I can have longer more controllable dreams!

Night total -13
Comp total - 40.5

night 7
4 dreams-4 points

night total-4 points
comp total-93 points

Another rough night. Decent dream recall though.

3 NLDs - 3 pts
8 fragments - 4 pnts
WBTB - 2 pts*

Night Total: 9 points

*The WBTB might be questionable. I woke up around 5:50am, and intended to do a wake back to bed. But I didn't get back to sleep until around 8:00 if not later. At that point, I don't know if that counts as a WBTB or just waking up and taking a nap in the morning. I'll leave it up to Saizaphod.

I feel like I've been kind of lame since I've been sick and straight up missed days of the comp with no recall whatsoever. But I'm feeling better now. Hopefully this is the start of a comeback.

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/jad...sphoria-95094/

Nonlucid dream x2: (2pts)
WBTB: (Success 2pts)
Winter theme (5pts)
DILD: (10pts)
DC Interact (2pts)
Full Transformation: (10pts)

Night 7 Starting to get hungry for a lucid over here...
2 Dreams - 2p
1 Fragment - 0,5p
WBTB - 2p

Night Total - 4,5p
Comp Total - 51p

Originally Posted by Sensei

So IMO I'd get a point for a card changing into item as well as points for the cards being banished into my inventory as well as cards being summoned from my inventory.

Seems right to me

Originally Posted by Sensei

tho I guess maybe since I did it multiple times in each dream once would count as summoning and another would count as using an ordinary object?

Seems right as well. Let me know if that changes the score somehow ( kind of complicated point scoring to calculate at 1am in the morning after heavy work )

Originally Posted by LeaoLouro

Tonight marks the halfway point in the competition and still no lucids

Maybe I lost my touch or the pressure of trying to get a lucid is getting to me, but something is definitely up. Tonight was the closest I've been to a lucid this competition, but I just keep falling asleep way to early after my WBTBs... Let's hope for at least one lucid this comp!

You'll get there keep believing!

I'v felt it too, something mysterious going on...! Maybe we're charging for a super lucid! Lets do iiiiit!

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Man I've hit a recall doldrum. And I even took galantamine and AlphaGPC

Damn galantamine not working? First time hearing that lol

Originally Posted by cedwards105

*The WBTB might be questionable. I woke up around 5:50am, and intended to do a wake back to bed. But I didn't get back to sleep until around 8:00 if not later. At that point, I don't know if that counts as a WBTB or just waking up and taking a nap in the morning.

If you had the intention of lucid dreaming when returning to bed sure, thats a WBTB in my book atleast, albeit a very long one lol! I can imagine myself doing the same since my schedule has been 02.00->6.30WBTB->9.00-12.00 wake up somewhere between this interval.

Originally Posted by JadeGreen

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/jad...sphoria-95094/

Congratz on your first comp lucid and beating the illness! A very nice one as well.

Starting to get jealous over people lucid dreaming and not getting any here, maybe tonight.

For the first time during the comp (if Sensei's score doesn't change, damn experts and their mega-lucid scores... ), Team Deer has surprassed Team Wolf!

Three new people have joined the competition! ;
PremiumOtter (Beginner) - Team Wolf
JustPhillip (Intermediate) - Team Wolf
revver (Expert) - Team Deer

I have had a really bad dry spell where I can hardly make sense of my dreams when I wake up so I haven't been able to journal anything! I got some galantamine and alpha gpc because it has worked well in the past. We will see if that helps with my wbtbs!

Night 7 - not really pushing it last night

1 fragment + 3 NLDs - 3.5
WBTB - 2

Night total - 5.5
Comp total - 76

Night 8, 09/12
Fragments: 1 points
Full NLD: 3 points
WBTB: 2 points

Nightly total: 6 points
Competition total: 30 points

Tried WILD today but once again, no luck. Got pretty close to success but not close enough. But the recall today... Man, at least something is improving.

Still think at least one lucid this competition is possible, it's so close!

NIGHT: 07/12

4 Fragments (2point)
WBTB (2 points)

Night Total: 4 points
Comp total: 41

NIGHT: 08/12

1 Dream (1 point)
1 DILD (10 points)
Reality check (1 point)
Interact with a DC (2 points)

Spoiler for Lucid:

Talking with Tipharot:
Lucid - DILD

I’m in a laundromat’s when suddenly Matt from the lucid dream YouTube channel “Tipharot” walks in and casually starts doing his laundry next to me. It’s a bizarre coincidence and I wonder if I should say hello. “So I’ve heard you’ve started lucid dreaming?” he says first, initiating a conversation as if he knows of me. “Yeah, who told you that?” I ask, wondering who are mutual friend is but he doesn’t tell me. “I’ve actually been doing this for over 2 years now” I say, explaining I’m not a beginner. Matt laughs as if that’s nothing in comparison to him and I can tell he still sees me as a beginner. Suddenly I realise I’m talking about lucid dreaming, one of my major dream signs! I start doing a finger palm reality check and Matt begins to do the same. The finger palm isn’t working and I know it doesn’t always so I get out my phone instead and look at the time. I look away and back and see the time has changed! I do the check again and once more it changes. “Surely not” I think, finding it hard to believe this is all a dream. I do the check a 3rd time and once more the time changes. Matt has finished his check and starts talking to me again but I ignore him and step away. “My results aren’t adding up” I tell him sternly, now believing I may actually be dreaming and he is trying to distract me. I do the check one last time and confirm. I look back at Matt with pity, now seeing the truth and that he is as an unaware dream character. “This is a dream” I tell him bluntly. His expression turns to one of confusion, then fear, as he realises the devastating truth that he’s just a figment of my imagination. Sadly the dream ends quickly here.

https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/tiktaalik/winter-competition-entries-2022-95057/

Summary:
Finally a lucid! It was disappointingly short and low level but it’s a start.

Total: 14
Comp total: 55

Originally Posted by Saizaphod

[B]
1 Fragment (about Tiktaalik having had a lucid and having gained 14 Points, a sign maybe?

Look Saizaphod! 14 points! Just as you foresaw! Ha-ha

comp night #8 (morning of 2022-12-09)

Super late to bed. I had a whole dream upon waking but it vanished when I moved except for the final couple of second and a bit of another scene. It's tough to remain still and focus on recall when you really have to pee!

2 fragments: 1

night total: 1
comp total: 38.5 + 1 = 39.5

Last night- 1 semi-lucid dream.
Dream tasks - Moving freely - I'll give myself a 2.

Comp 12/9

- 3 non lucids
- 3 fragments
- WBTB

Night/comp total: 6.5

Night 8
3 Dreams - 3p
WBTB - 2p

I either recall one really long dream or a bunch of medium sized dreams for some reason.
However, I can tell my recall has definitely improved.

Night total: 5p
Compt total: 45,5

Last night and the night before I had some lucids but just a bit of control. Hard for me to type up a whole night just for a few points, mainly just interacting with DCs. I need to have a new goal I think.

Old goal
Meet old man again

New goal
Meet someone from gravity falls

Three step tasks for week 2
Teleport
Elemental
Time control

Night 8
3 NLDs - 3
WBTB - 2

Night total - 5
Comp total - 81

Looking forward to the weekend!

Night 1, For me at least.
Things got unlucky with some personal stuff for me and I wasn't able to practice a technique or set a WBTB. So this night is just my recall for the day.
Total: 1 Point

1st Night of the second week of the Winter Competition.
Flight - 5 points
Fully phase through big solid object - 10 points
Total:
15 points

I was pretty disappointed. My recall has gotten a bit worse, nothing that isn't fixable though ;P

DJ: https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/rev...t-night-95103/

Edit: I had to remove some parts of the DJ link because it's not letting me post any because I haven't been registered for longer than 7 days.

Okay, my turn. Thanks for the clarification, Saizaphod:

Night 8:

Fragments (3): 1.5 point
WBTB: 2 points

LD1
First DILD: 10 points
Advanced Object/DC Changing (Shadow Glob to Eddie): 10 points + 5 points
Interact With DC: 2 points
Teleport: 10 points
Unspecified Dream Control (Shadow Manipulation): 5 points
Super Strength (Palm Launch/Face Slam Combo): 5 points

Three-Step Task 1
(Teleport): 5 points

Night 9:

Fragments (1): 1 points
WBTB: 2 points

Sub-Total: 58.5 points
Competition Total: 174.5 points

Link to DJ Entry

EDIT: Whoops! Ignore the quoted response, revver!