Thread: Autumn Competition 2023

(leftout; cedwards105 and Bridger due to early video edit)

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 Friday, September 1st, at 8 PM YOUR time (wherever you are.)
The competition will end on Friday, September 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 ask away. I will update the OP if anything in particular needs extra clarification.
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ANNOUNCEMENT!!
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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.

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Teams

Cunning and Wisdom

Fox Intermediate Saizaphod IndigoRose BrickSnake theshirecat w2: Harlequin Beginner JadeGreen Iluzjusz Ajanime22 Box77 anti_nation cedwards105	Owl Expert Oneirin Intermediate dolphin MadMonkey JustPhillip w2: Bridger Beginner Tbox Meiseki PremiumOtter DorianMask WanderingGhost FryingMan reality check

Even if you aren’t scoring any points, please post it in the thread so we know you are participating. If you know you will be unavailable for a period of time, please post something to let us know, or PM me (Saizaphod).

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. Any changes will be 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. 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 (Summer 2023)- 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 2023 (Roguelike Dungeon) - 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: Libraries (You know, owls, wisdom, something, sorry foxes)

Persistent Lucid Dream Theme
Revisit a Persistent Dream Realm. Points only start counting after your second visit (visits before the competition also count). Points for persistent lucid theme can only be claimed once per night.
Experts: The place must be somewhere you have not yet visited before.

Persistent Lucid Theme - 15 points

Challenge Task
Points for the challenge can only be claimed once.

Challenge - Enter a cave (You know, foxes live in caves and uh- yeah.. *cough*)

Beginner: 40 Points

Intermediate: 30 Points

Expert: 10 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:

HTML Code:

Team Fox
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Kf7hrv8.png[/IMG]

Team Owl
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/LAPFWJe.png[/IMG]

How to use:
Copy your team's HTML link with the IMGs -> Control Panel -> Edit Signature and copy there