Task of the year for 2010

[ninja9578]

The Challenge It's jumping through time challenge. Visit all of the times and perform the associated task. The death of the dinosaurs: watch the asteroid hit The dawn of man: show them how to make fire Ancient Egypt: see how they build the pyramids Exodus: Watch Moses part the Reed Sea Height of Rome: Watch (or participate) in a gladiator fight One of the Crusades: Drink from the Holy Grail July 20th 1969: Beat Neil Armstrong down the ladder Future: Witness how the world ends The Rules You must visit each time period and do the assigned task associated with it You must do each one in its own dream, you can't do more than one in the same dream. Additional Information Death of the Dinosaurs Happened 65 millions years ago when an asteroid the size of Mount Everest impacted the earth in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Dawn of Man No one knows when man first controlled fire. It is well established that Neanderthals had the ability to start and control fire as far back as 600,000 years. The Pyramids at Giza These were built about 5000 years ago. The early scientific consensus was that they had been built by slaves, but current knowledge that the Egyptians never had slaves gives the current idea that they were build by Jewish and Egyptian workers. There are a number of scientific theories as to how there were built (the egyptians didn't have the wheel,) involving ramps and pulleys, as well as weirder ones involving aliens and antigravity machines. Exodus The mass exodus of the jews out of Egypt. Christian myth says that they were slaves who Moses lead peacefully out of Egypt and he parted the Red Sea, modern Jewish texts concur that they were slaves, but that moses parted the Reed Sea. Ancient Jewish texts say that the jews were a security army who were paid by the Egyptians and they chose to leave for other reasons, and concurs that Moses parted the Reed Sea. Science says that the jews were paid workers (the egyptians never had slaves,) and that a Moses used his knowledge of the desert to cross the Reed Sea during a tidal low. Height of Rome The Colosseum was completed in 80AD and continued to host gladiatorial fights until the fall of Rome in 476AD, often one on one fights, but occasionally more elaborate battles took place within it's walls. Crusades The Crusades were a Christian sack of the Holy Land in order to restore Christian rule to the land. It was said that the Knights Templar found the Holy Grail during the first crusades and held it safe. The Holy Grail itself was the cup that jesus drank from at the last supper and collected his blood at his crucifixion. This is widely believed by christians today, however no such cup ever actually existed. The first reference to it appeared during the middle ages a thousand years after the crucifixion, and although Jesus obviously would have drank from a cup, it would have been clay and long since destroyed. July 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Probably one of the most iconic scenes in the world's history. This famous quote when he first stepped foot on the surface is actually misquoted, and was misheard due to the primitive radios: "That's one small step for [a] man; one giant leap for man-kind." The "a" was not heard on earth and is thus, not part of the famous quote. Future Any time after the current date. There are lots of end of the world nuts out there who could give you plenty of dates ranging from May 21, 2011, Dec 21st, 2012, 2016, 2034, 2047... Most of them dreamt up by christian evangelists, so far they've been wrong every single time, dream yourself to one of them and make it happen, or go way into the future and watch the Sun die or a comet strike the earth, or a robotic genocide, the possibilities are endless.

[Exdream]

Great task of the year, I was going to suggest that you have to go to the 5 most well-known locations in the most popular fantasy worlds (Ex - Hogwarts, Minas Tirith, Neverwinter, the White Tower, City of Aydindril) But this is good too

[Kraftwerk]

This is really cool! I can't wait to watch the end of the dinasaurs... Also: Can you cause the end of the world?

[SweetMelancholy]

Interesting tasks and a tad harder than the tasks of 2009.

[innerspacecadet]

Since it doesn't involve shape-shifting, it might prove doable. Although, my troubles with shape-shifting in dreams are obviously a matter of psychological blockage, and I should be able to overcome them. Hopefully before this month ends so I can get my damn gold wings already!

[cygnus]

oh wow this sounds fun. i think i'll actually attempt the task this year . i already witnessed an asteroid impact last month and it was awesome, so i'm looking forward to the dinosaur extinction

[ninja9578]

This is really cool! I can't wait to watch the end of the dinasaurs... Also: Can you cause the end of the world? Sure, you can cause the end of the world, it's gotta be in the future though

[Kraftwerk]

Sure, you can cause the end of the world, it's gotta be in the future though Time to set the big crunch into motion B)

[Muggler]

I really need to step up my game if I want to do this. I'll give it a try! Best of luck to everyone!

[INeverWakeUp]

Time to set the big crunch into motion B) Nice, I'm gonna blow the world up with the Death Star from Star Wars.

[KittyKatGirlLOL]

It looks much more simpler than last year, since i actually know what this stuff is LOL wish me luck!!

[redisreddish]

Awesome! I'm definitely going to try.

[EspadaInMyCloset]

Now I actually have time to finish it XD

[Hazel]

I think I'm going to try my hand at this, as one of my New Year's resolutions. The gladiator fight will be my favorite. Oh, and don't you mean Red Sea?

[ninja9578]

Oh, and don't you mean Red Sea? No, the Red Sea is huge and doesn't have tidal lows like the Reed Sea. Scientific evidence (as well as ancient Hebrew translations) say that Moses crossed the Reed Sea

[Mariano]

mmm, it needs some images for inspiration ! =P I'm going to do it !

[Kraftwerk]

Here.. I'll gather some images. Oh HELL yes. This is gonna be fun

[What??Me??]

The Challenge Future Any time after the current date. There are lots of end of the world nuts out there who could give you plenty of dates ranging from May 21, 2011, Dec 21st, 2012, 2016, 2034, 2047... Most of them dreamt up by christian evangelists, so far they've been wrong every single time, dream yourself to one of them and make it happen, or go way into the future and watch the Sun die or a comet strike the earth, or a robotic genocide, the possibilities are endless. *Grins* One sentence. Do you have a zombie plan?

[Supernova]

^I was thinking of causing the end of the world myself, but a zombie apocalypse would be way more fun! This is all the motivation I need to get back into LDing full-time. I've got a pretty cool idea going for the holy grail...think I'll watch Kingdom of Heaven before bed for that one as well

[Huntman800]

Witness the end: CHECK... I may not have done as good as I wanted to, so I might just go back and try again another time. 05.01.2010 TOTY (End of Humanity) (DILD) NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID I'm at some ski mountain, same two trails that are always there (One easy one extremely hard) and a new simple but steep trail when I realize that wierd dream feeling. I RC and sure enough I'm dreaming. Instantly I remember I want to go to Pandora. Knowing I'm not so good at shape shifting I decide to telelport to a futuristic lab. A giant vortex swirls up around me. As it spins I imagine feeling bumping into stuff to add stabalization so that I don't wake up. I also keep saying "This is a dream." I end up in a pub, I see the machines linking to an avatar, but they are out of order. Instead I just decide to go to a mirror and do it the old fashion way. Once I get to fustrated from failure (If I could have just had focus in my dream I wouldn't have gotten mad) I decide to blow myself up. They effect and feeling is amazing. A giant explosion radius and then feeling as if I am nothing an everything. Unfortunately I fail to reconstruct my body, but fortunately I stand in space as a witness to World War III. AKA: A series of nuclear bombs.

[ninja9578]

Nice

[Baron Samedi]

Great job, Huntman, and mrdeano!!!! Drinking from The Grail Tuesday, January 5, 2010 There are a bunch of monks walking away from Christ on the cross. The first monk is holding the Holy Grail. I fly down, as a lion-man. "Give me that shit!" I say, grabbing the Holy Grail. There is nothing in it. I turn it upside down. "Hey what gives?" I look at the Christ. It's a wax figure. The monks are animatronic robots. The Grail is a plastic cup. Then, I see a bunch of tourists looking at me, and taking pictures. We are in a wax museum. "What the hell are you looking at?" I summon champagne, and take a sip. It's way too sweet. "I hope this counts!" I change it into red wine, and drink deep. "Ah, this is good. Want some?" The tourists look at me suspiciously. I multiply the grails, then make them turn into gold, and pass them out to the tourists. They take pictures, and sip the wine. I sing, "Drinking the blood of Jesus, Drinking it straight from his veins!" They cough and spit out the wine. "Drink up, it's just wine. It's just a song. Drink everyone." "No, you freaked us out, weirdo." "You're all a bunch of DC's aren't you?" "Yes!" I sigh, and make them disappear. I teleport to Golgotha. People are mouring Christ, but he is not dead. A Roman soldier stabs him in the side with a spear. Mary Magdelene runs over with a cup, and catches the blood in it. I am terrified. "Fuck this!" I say to myself, and teleport away to a Mount Sinai. I am sitting on the Mountain, looking down at the horrorific scene. It disappears and fades away. Christ appears next to me. He is glowing. "Hello Nathan. Would you like to drink my blood?" "Hell no, Jesus! No offense, but you are freaking me out, man!" "Well, why don't we just smoke a doob then?" "Uh... really?" "I never lie," Christ laughs. He pulls out a smal burlap bag. He takes out some cannabis buds, and rolls them into a fat joint. He blows fire out of his mouth, and lights it. He takes a puff. "Ah, that's the shit. Good stuff I made here," he laughs and hands it to me. I take a puff, and hold it in. "So, you really are a hippie?" "The first one! Peace and love, man, and I am serious about it." "I know. But, why did you have to die, and be a human sacrifice." "Oh it was an experiment." "Uh... what?" We pass the joint back and forth. "Well, I wanted to see if I could become corporeal after dying, and it worked!" "Cool, Jesus!" "I know, right, it is pretty cool. It's going to be even cooler when I ascend." "Didn't you do that already?" "Yes, but you traveled back in time, Gift." "Why did you just call me that?" "We are speaking Hebrew!" "Oh, really? Wow." "So, Jesus..." "Yes?" "I want to know, are you really the Son of God?" "Yes, we all are. That's what I have been trying to tell everyone!" "Well, okay, but, I mean, what is special about you." "Oh, nothing and everything. I just found my inner Buddha." "Uh... okay?" "You'll learn in time, Mr. Gift. Anyway, here's the real Holy Grail, if you want to take a sip." He summons the Holy Grail, and scoops some water from a nearby stream. He changes it into wine. "Take a drink!" He hands it to me. It's the most delicious wine I have ever tasted in my life. "Thanks Christ!" He disappears. "Hmm..." I say. I bite my arm, and bleed into the Grail. I drink my own blood from it. Raven appears. "Nomad? What the hell are you doing?" MoSh appears. "Dude, that is fucked up!" "What, I wanted to see what would happen!" Demons come, and grab me by the arms, and carry me away to a high place. "I can't bear to look!" Raven says, and turns away. I am with Satan on a Mountain. "Why don't you turn loaves into bread?" "Don't you mean stones?" "Yeah. That." "Okay!" I say, and turn stones into bread. I eat them. There's gravel inside. It tastes like sawdust. I spit it out. "Aha!" Satan says. "You have eaten the unholy bread." "Whatever, dude, I spit it out. It sucked." "Hmm, come with me." He teleports us to the temple. "If you really are the Son of God, why don't you throw yourself down." "Okay!" I jump off the temple. People run and scream. I hit the ground, and stand up, dusting myself off. "It's cool, it's cool. It's just a dream!" I laugh. The people put their hands on their chests and breathe a sigh of relief. "Hey... are you DC's?" I ask suspiciously. "Yes." "I'm not!" one guy says, raising his hand. "Whoah! Who are you?" "Elijah." "Oh, the fiery chariot guy. You didn't die! Was that a spacecraft?" "Yes, exactly." "C'mere, you!" Satan says. He takes me back to the Mountain, and shows me a bunch of kingdoms in images. "All these I will give to you, if you just bow down to me." "Dude, lame! I already have my own kingdom and shit I made up... a bunch of DC's are my only worshippers of course. Anyway, what would I do with a bunch of kingdoms? Boring." "Don't you speak to me so dismissively? Do you know who I am? I am Satan, bitch!" I grab Satan's head, and knee him in the forehead, then I smack the back of his head to the ground. He coughs up blood. "Who's bowing to the false god, now, bitch? Not only that, you are bowing to nothing, idiot!" "Hey screw you, man!" "You're just another dreamer, aren't you?" I pull back his hood. It's Sarnox. He stands up. The blood disappears. "Gotcha!" he says. "Oh, you goofball!" I say. "Did you really think Satan talks like that? C'mon!" We both start lauging our asses off. "Wait? What about the demons?" "Oh, one was Koomo, and the other was Jo. This whole dream is a big joke." Jo runs up, a lizard creature, and licks me. Koomo alight down and laughs at me. I blush. "Damn, I guess I have a lot to learn." "We even put a blood packet on you, because we knew you wanted to drink your own blood, you weirdo." "So what did I drink?" "Watered down ketchup." "Wait, what about Christ? Who was he?" "Your inner Buddha, your Cosmic Christ, and an aspect of Jesus himself." "Cool!" I laugh at myself. I am still laughing when I wake up.

[Hukif]

That one was cheap, I wanted to end it again ;.; Back to sleep. FA, or so I thought, there was huge HH, visual, audio, everything, did a RC just in case, but couldn’t tell apart if it was the HH or me, anyway got to some random forest, that meant it was me, and that it was a dream, what should I do now? To be trapped in a spell, how pathetic, went to look for people, but there was nobody to be found, used scan on the whole planet, and found no human life, there was, however, an immortal, a vestige of humanoid who could use magic and a race that looked similar, I could recognize this scenario, that movie, I didn’t like it that much, really, but one way or the other, it was time to go and kill the immortal, he was in direct fault of this, and the end of humanity, now that I was in the future, should as well watch it, right? So cheap, there was a huge earthquake and some volcanoes going around and people were stupid enough to just do nothing, pathetic! I was so disappointed, at least made the task though, that’s better than nothing.

[KingYoshi]

Damn Nomad! Nice job! Time for me to get off my ass and start the task of the year! Btw, excellent choices Ninja. I look forward to them. Oh, and What??Me??, mad props for the Belldandy sig. Nice!

[I_C_U]

Didn't pay any attention that there was a ToTY . Gotta make up the lost time. I bet that I can complete it by the end of this month, starting tonight.