Contest of the Month for September 2015

Hello!

Sen's sex competition is over and there is no time for laziness. Let's continue through course of Semptember with another Contest. Unlike classic competition, it's not focused about dream control and lucid activities. It's less time consuming and more casual, because posting your Dream Journal entries on Dreamviews is optional and scoring is simplified.

This contest mainly focused on your overall time spended lucid dreaming so please keep track of your lucid dream time total in your scoring template!


Rules


- There is no need for registration, just write your first post not later than 15th of September and you are in!
- Continuously post your results at least once every 4 days in the contest's thread which starts on friday evening 11. September at 20:00 of your local time
- Contest ends 1. October at 11:00 a.m. your local time
- No cheating!
- Use healthy self-criticism
- Posting your dreams on Dreamviews DJ is optional
- Recording your dreams in your own dream journal is necessary for valid points (paper/electronic/audio)


Points categories



Wbtbs (Wake back to bed)

- You must wake up and do some activity that makes you more awake and aware from the usual groggy state in the bed (walking, sitting and reading, eating, stretching, singing...)
- 1 wbtb = 1 point
- limit of wbtbs is 2 per night (max 2 points a night)
- for valid points, you don't need to become lucid after wbtb


Dream recall

- for valid points, dreams must be taped (written by hand, pc, audio record...)
- 1 recalled dream fragment = 0,5 point (fragments from the same dream are limited by total 1 point, so it can't exceed 1 point for the full dream)
- 1 non lucid dream = 1 point ( memory of action or series actions in one dream)


Lucid dreams

- 1 lucid dream = 5 points ( If it's series of DEILDs, it's 5 points for all DEILDs in total. Advantage for Deilders is in lucid dream time category)
- semi-lucid dream is not counting as a lucid dream, but as non lucid dream


Lucid dream time

- one of the main pillar in this contest is to focus on the ongoing time in lucid state and knowing the precise lucidity duration, always keep this on mind
- longer lucidity = more points
- be sober in estimating the time spended in lucid dream
- 5 minutes being lucid in a dream = 2 points

01-05 minutes = 2 points
06-10 minutes = 4 points
11-15 minutes = 6 points
16-20 minutes = 8 points
21-25 minutes = 10 points
26-30 minutes = 12 points
31-35 minutes = 14 points
36-40 minutes = 16 points
41-45 minutes = 18 points
46-50 minutes = 20 points
51-55 minutes = 22 points
56-60 minutes = 24 points
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Scoring template

- please try to post your points clearly and simple.
- include total lucid time

For example:

1 wbtb = 1 point
3 fragments = 1,5 points
2 non lucid dreams = 2 points
1 lucid dream = 5 points
10 minutes = 4 points
night total = 12,5 points

total lucid time = 14 minutes
contest total = 24,5 points




CONTEST STARTS FRIDAY 11. SEPTEMBER AT 20:00 P.M. OF YOUR LOCAL TIME, GOOD LUCK!

Thanks Nfri, I will most probably participate!

p.s. welcome back!

I'm in! I love that time is an important factor here, because I think the time spent in it is one of the greatest signs of skill. 1 Question: Is it subjective time or real world clock time? I'd think subjective time... But does that mean that if you spend like half a day in a lucid dream, you will get a ton of points? And how about time skipping?

I'm in !
I think a more relaxed comp like this one is just what we need between Sensei's :)
Thanks for hosting it :)

Edit: Lol Ginsan.. if someone here spends halves of days in their lucid dreams, I'd like to know how :P

Count me in.

I'd like to participate. Though I have no idea whether I could have a proper sense of time passed in a lucid, have not thought about it before.

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Originally Posted by JoannaB

I'd like to participate. Though I have no idea whether I could have a proper sense of time passed in a lucid, have not thought about it before.

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Replay the dream in all the detail and dream footage you remember and watch a clock while pacing it at the dreams tempo, if it takes you 4 minutes to relive the whole lucid dream, it probably lasted about 4 minutes etc.

I'm trying to climb out of a bit of a dry spell. Hopefully this will help!

Quick questions, say I have 5 lucid dreams of one minute each. Would that count as (5X5)+2 points or (5X5)+(2X5) points? Also, does being lucid less than one minute in a dream count as points?

I'm looking forward to the competition! Thanks for hosting.

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Originally Posted by dolphin

I'm trying to climb out of a bit of a dry spell. Hopefully this will help!

Quick questions, say I have 5 lucid dreams of one minute each. Would that count as (5X5)+2 points or (5X5)+(2X5) points? Also, does being lucid less than one minute in a dream count as points?

I'm looking forward to the competition! Thanks for hosting.

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Glad to see you here!

so if it's not DEILD, but regular DILDs or WILDs you have (5X5) + (2X5).

And about lucid less than 1 minute: I think 1 minute is the minimum starting point, so it should motivate you try to keep lucidity at least 1 minute or more :)

starting tonight!

Good Luck everyone :D

Game starts tonight?
I am excited. I am probably not going to go all out like the other competitions. I am just going to use this as a fun way to track my LD time, dreams, and lucid dreams.

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Originally Posted by Nfri

starting tonight!

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I don't know If I'll participate or not, but If I have lucid of at least 1 min I'll post at least that here :)

I should expect 2-3 lucid of unknown duration between now and end of month

Rule for Nfri tho: post your polysomnograms :)

want to see what a plot of DEILD looks like on one (I assume your using the Basis from past images)

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Originally Posted by cooleymd

I don't know If I'll participate or not, but If I have lucid of at least 1 min I'll post at least that here :)

I should expect 2-3 lucid of unknown duration between now and end of month

Rule for Nfri tho: post your polysomnograms :)

want to see what a plot of DEILD looks like on one (I assume your using the Basis from past images)

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Cooley, you should post your non lucids. I feel like you need some work on your recall! It is good for you. :)

Well I had a great night again at long last. 2 lucids (one DILD, one DEILD) of a minute or longer, and gobs and gobs and gobs of non-lucids. Will post the details later, super busy with guests for the next several days.

Was it the backing off on day work yesterday? Was it the skipping of the daily (intense, tiring) exercise? Was it my new, better sleep schedule kicking in? Was it the *real* WBTB I did (sat in kitchen with cat)? Was it the Opti-Men multivitmanin I took right before bed?

A perfect storm, for sure.

total lucid time = 0 points
contest total = 0 points

very slow start! :D

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Fm and all of you please keep posting your points :)

Quit work - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

1 dream: 1 point
Contest total: 1 point

Arg no LD. Would like to blame it on something but honestly I just got lazy :P
3 NLDs and a fragment though.
Total: 3.5 points
Will try harder tonight ;)

3 NLDs=3 points
2 LDs=10 points
1 min LD time=0 points (both LDs just under 1 min)
night total=13 points

LD time total=1 minute
competition total=13 points

6 non-lucids: 6
2 fragments: 1
2 LDs (one DILD, one DEILD coming out of a non-lucid): 10
each LD just over a minute long

I'm confused about lucid dream time scoring. Is each LD scored by time independently of other dreams? Or are all LDs accumulated over the contest and the running time total receives a single score?

In other words, are two one-minute LDs scored as
i) 1 minute, 1 minute = 2 points, 2 points = 4 points, or are they scored as
ii) (1 minute + 1 minute = 2 minutes) = 2 points
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If the former, then my night #1 total is 21
If the latter, then my night #1 total is 19

DJ Entry

Each LD is scored by time independently of other dreams. I was confused about this too until Nfri cleared it up.

It seems like you're getting better in terms of lucidity, FryingMan. Keep it up!

11th 20:00 to 12th 20:00

2+ wbtb = 2 point
1 fragment = .5 points
4 non lucid dreams = 4 points
1 lucid dream = 5 points
1.5 minutes = 2 points
night total = 14.5 points

total lucid time = 1.5 minutes
contest total = 14.5 points

Spoiler for DILD:

very lame lucid #50 was on a bus with friend telling them about the weird neighborhood we were riding thru, then suddenly we were at the depot waiting for bus, I said hey how can we be waiting for the bus we were just on, he said we are dreaming out of order, I said to him you think we are having a shared dream but I am the dreamer, he got up and left saying don't follow him but then as he crossed in front of me became invisible and I quickly entered the first faux awakening void, in which I was listening to bad Spanish accent radio supposedly laying wake in bed, this went on for some 20 seconds or so, then I thought vision isn't returning I better begin to rub my hands as I did so for about 45 seconds the radio faded out and the sound of the fan appeared, so then I decided I should try to open my eyes in this new supposedly lying awake second version of audio only void, I opened my eyes and the room was bright but out of focus, then my real eyes opened like 2 seconds latter and the room was dark. total lucid time about 1.5min time with vision about 15 seconds mighty lame

Baby demons raised in heaven - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

1 fragment (1/2 point)

Competition total: 1.5 points

Ok did a bit better last night :)

1NLD: 1
1 frag: .5
1 LD: 5
Approx 4 mins: 2

Total: 12

3 NLDs=3 points
1 LD=5 points
3 min LD time=2 points
night total=10 points

LD time total=4 minutes
competition total=23 points