Thread: Winter Competition 2022

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

"Heeere we go...!"

Night 5:

Fragments (4): 2 points
WBTB: 2 points

Night 6:

Fragments (1): 0.5 point
WBTB: 2 points

LD1
First DILD: 10 points
Reality Check (Breathing): 1 Point
Advanced Phasing (Phase Through Glass Wall): 10 points
Super Strength (Toss): 5 points
Advanced Flight (Fast Flight): 10 points
Element Manipulation (Water Ki Orb): 10 points
Advanced Conjuration (Dream Guide Construct D): 10 points + 5 points
Interact With DC: 2 points

Three-Step Task 1 (Advanced Phasing): 5 points
Three-Step Task 2 (Advanced Flight): 10 points
Three-Step Task 3 (Element Manipulation): 15 points

Night 7:

Fragments (3): 1.5 points
WBTB: 2 points

Sub-Total: 103 points
Competition Total: 116 points

Link to DJ Entry

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Seems I just barely made the cut-off for the next set of 3-step tasks:

Task 1: Teleport
Task 2: Advanced Summoning
Task 3: Time Control

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BTW Saizaphod, when it comes to the Element Manipulation taks, what's your stance on non-classical forms of energy (eg. shock waves, ki blasts, shadow manipulation, force blasts)? Would these fall under the umbrella of Element Manipulation, or some other category? Just wanna clarify, as I recall other hosts had different takes each time I asked. Also, I was very cautious in the dream above for the sake of scoring points on this basis.

EDIT: Whoops! Score's not at all right.

EDIT 2: Forgot to add DC interaction.

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.

Revver, Do you want me to fix your link for you?

comp 12/9
Took 8mg of galantamine and 600mg of alpha gpc and it gave me vivid non lucid sex dreams...

WBTB: 2
2 NLDS: 2

Night total: 4
Comp total: 4