Thread: Task of the Month for December 2015

Ha! What a goober I am! Well based on experience now I can tell you asking what a good time of the month or year is... Is not a good task of the month!

Originally Posted by RelaxAndDream

oh my...^^ i agree with you that laughing in someones face is not nice and i actually thought of it afterwards and didnt like it. good thing was it was just a random guy and not my dad... so good for you you checked this already in the dream and not afterwards^^
nice trying the other task but TotM/TotY = Task of the Month/Year (like the name of the thread). sadly it means not Time of the month ^^

As in my last posted lucid, I thought it would be cruel to inform a friend that he had been dead for 20 years even tho it was a dream

Asked a DC what the task of the month should be... got a dumb answer...

Spoiler for Basic Task:

I'm playing MGS V, presumably, trying to line up a shot with a sniper rifle. The two enemies keep moving. A friendly target moves up to them and I get one of the enemies in my cross hairs.... Boom, head shot! I quickly move to the other target and fire off what should be a head shot, but the game goes into slow motion... reflex mode.

The other enemy doesn't die. He turns to look at me and I can see he has a weird helmet with built in infra-red goggles - one single red dot staring at me. Knowing my weapon won't be able to penetrate the helmet, I instead leap forwards and sprint across the gap between us.

The soldier simply watches me charge. Unconcerned. I leap over a small wall and use my CQC to strike him down. It works and the soldier falls down, stunned.

The friendly soldier then leads me to a fighter plane and we climb inside. While flying the plane I become lucid. The scenery blurs and goes dark, but I keep flying. The scene reforms within a city, the plane swooping between skyscrapers. There are tie fighters ahead, too fast to catch.

Frustrated at being left behind I will the plane to go faster. It complies. A sudden boost of speed sends me hurtling into a grey vortex mist after the other ships. The wind rushes around me as if there is no plane, my mind simply using the well known sensation of going fast on my motorbike... which is fine by me and gives me a rush of adrenaline.

I use the 'boost' effect several more times, just for kicks, and do some barrel rolls for good measure. Recalling the tasks I drop down to the ground and start looking around. TR is standing nearby.
"What would be a good task of the month?" I ask him.
He points at part of the wall and says "You have to examine this then move over there."
I laugh at him. "Dude that is the WORST TASK EVER."

After walking through the building I find the entrance to what is apparently a... gentlemen's club. According to the posters, that is. I push open the door to find it is just an ordinary bar. There is a woman sitting on a high stool talking to the barman. Across the room is a group of people playing poker.
"Deal me in." I call out, but wake up before taking a seat.

^^ At least you got a coherent/grammatical answer.

Did a basic last night but it was laaaame..

I'm lucid in my grandma's house and I see PP holding E in the front hallway. I approach and ask what a good totm would be and he just mumbles for a while. I ask him again and he does the same thing, but shorter. I sigh and fly out the door. The rest is just a bunch of mindless debauchery.. lmao

Stress of that between-Thanksgiving-and-Winter-Breaks is throwing my dreaming game way off. I remember maybe one a night and haven't have a lucid in more than a month I think... I like these tasks, though, so I'm really hoping for a good chance to get lucid over the break!

Originally Posted by robertcox88

I became lucid in a very interesting place... it looked like some type of sky world like floating mountains from the movie Avatar (or some RPG games). I saw my Dad and was going to laugh in his face but I was like well I haven't done the first tasks yet and laughing in my dad's face even though it's just a DC representation of him just doesn't seem cool . I asked him what a good time of the month was and he said he liked January and April... to which I thought ok that's a good time of the year so let's see how he responds to that question... to which he responded more appropriately will Fall. Really boring answers I know. I should have laughed in his face after that!

OK so I did the basic right this time

(Info you should know before you read this: I was going to sell Direct TV door to door a few months back. I went out with a friend and watched him get a sale. The people he sold was a very nice older couple. We talked for a while about a lot of different things including our job and selling.)

I became lucid almost immediately and it was very vivid. I was at this park near where I grew up and I looked around the park for somebody couldn't find anyone. I went inside the first house I saw (right across the street from the park) and there were two older folks sitting in the living room, a man and a woman, and it was quite dark. I began speaking with them and they asked how they could help me. I don't remember if I told them that I was there for their TV service or what but that's what we started talking about. I asked them what a good task of the month would be and the man said imaging and bandaging (lolwut), and then I asked the woman what a good task of the year would be and she said to not be so salesy. They kept going on and on giving me information about sales and what I should do... it was hard to retain it all. In fact, I retained none of the other stuff they said! I feel like what the man said when I initially asked him about the task of the month was totally random. When I asked him to repeat it after the wife was finished with her spiel, he said the same thing (imaging and bandaging) but related it to selling/sales. His answer was well formulated too I had no argument... at least for the imaging part (something about showing pictures to the customers and making the experience very interactive). I woke up before he could explain bandaging.

So there you have it... TOTM - Imagining and bandaging. TOTY - Don't be too salesy. You're welome

Thanks gab! Sorry guys for falling behind.

Several of you have asked if there was a way for me to grant winging permissions to Percy or someone like that to help speed up the winging process. Unfortunately that perm comes with the admin package only. So best thing I can say is, if I fall behind more than a couple days, please just PM me and CC: gab. Ever since the last forum update (I'm assuming it was that), the TOTM usergroups are really stupid. It's requiring a ton more effort to wing and dewing, and still doesn't always come out right. So the best thing is, if you're waiting to be winged or dewinged and it's been 2 or 3 days, I swear to you I will not be mad if you PM me. Hell, I'll even tell gab to text me on my cell, because I don't want anyone to go more than a day without wings once they've completed a task. Especially if it's completed at the end of the month, because then every wing day is even more precious.

Again, sorry for the tardiness, and thank you to the ones who do PM me when I get behind. If anything, for me a PM is something that gets moved to top priority. PMs are power!

Yay, lucid again! I've really been slacking the past few months. Last night I was able to complete Advanced Task i, although an untimely waking cut the conversation all too short. Full dream here: Too Many Spiders / Phone Call (DILD)

Portion relevant to TOTM:

I begin by imagining that my phone is right in front of me on top of the wall and ringing. It doesn't immediately manifest, so I decide I need to build expectation: the phone must be ringing in the house. I dash back as though I already hear it and don't want to miss the call. Bursting through the kitchen door, sure enough, I see my phone on the counter. Although it is not making an audible sound, the screen is lit up with an incoming call, so I quickly grab it and push the button.

I hear the voice of a polite-sounding young man with a Middle Eastern accent. He is already talking, and sounds like he was in the middle of leaving a message when I took the call.

"Hello?" I interrupt.

The man doesn't seem to hear me at first, and continues with his message. There was more to it, but this is the part I can remember: "—honey and sweetness. Despite Middle Eastern rituals and invocation of Far Eastern gods, we regret to inform you that—"

"I'm here! I'm here!" I insist. Finally I get his attention. He states my name. "Yes?" I ask.

"What is your opinion of our company's business practices?"

The question mystifies me, because I still have no idea who he is or what company he represents, so I inquire, "What is it that you do?"

Instead of answering directly, he asks, "What do you think about your reduced number of intimid—?"

He was interrupted by the sudden dispersal of the dream. My impression was that the last word was going to be "intimidating," but "intimate" is another possibility. Unfortunately, neither one adds much clarity to whatever it was he was about to say!

My very first task! Did it during a "weak" lucid dream.

TASK DONE: Laugh in a DCs face.

Task of the month written in this color

I fell asleep at 7 AM and soon found myself in a dream. At first, I only thought I was waking up after my nap. But after I witnessed time shifting (first I saw the evening star, then it was morning again, then night) in front of my eyes out my window, I did a nose pinch RC and realised I was dreaming. I got out of bed and walked downstairs. I looked into the dining room where I saw my mom. I then had a false awakening. My suspicion caused me to do another RC. I could breathe, so I knew I was still dreaming. I went to the fridge and opened it, and saw it was full of pudding cups. I decided since this was a dream, I could eat as many as I wanted. I ate a burger and it tasted like the real thing but the flavor was a bit weaker. I tried to utilize some dream control by conjuring up a backpack to put the pudding cups in. The backpack didn't appear even after I believed it would (heard you should believe, not try), but I just pretended to unzip the backpack and put the pudding cups in. I then walked out the door, pretending to be carrying a backpack, and decided to take a walk. I then remembered that I wanted to do the task of the month, which was laugh in a DCs face. I walked past a few people, then came across a guy who was fixing his fence. I walked up to him and proceeded to laugh right in his face. It was weak laughter, but that was probably due to it being a dream. I DID try to raise my chin and laugh like a villian in a cartoon, no matter how weak the laughter was. The man didn't give me a response.

Whew! There you have it! Since this was my very first lucid task, I didn't have much dream control (as you can see with the "backpack"). But luckily for me, I actually remembered the task I was trying to do, and I was lucid, so it counts (even if the laughter itself was a bit... weak. But can you blame me? I'm just a beginner!).

Update: I guess due to a glitch in the forum software, the wings and orange name still don't work for some members. Gab and I are currently looking for a workaround, since I can't figure out what the problem is or how to fix it.

One idea would be to have a banner to post in your sigs. Thoughts?

Congrats, TheSheepCounter!!

I went underwater to attempt the cave exploring task but ended up in more of a building instead. There were these neat futuristic laser guns that kids were playing with. Star wars inspired, maybe?

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Update: I guess due to a glitch in the forum software, the wings and orange name still don't work for some members. Gab and I are currently looking for a workaround, since I can't figure out what the problem is or how to fix it.

One idea would be to have a banner to post in your sigs. Thoughts?

It's OK. I have the wings and orange name now. Thanks!

Oh I'm sure... they've advertised that so much even if you aren't into it you will be dreaming about lasers and light sabers. I'd rather have that programed though than Donald Trump's ugly mug which I know will show up in a dream eventually.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

One idea would be to have a banner to post in your sigs. Thoughts?

As long as said banner has wings

Originally Posted by woblybil

As long as said banner has wings

Would the standard signature height limit still apply?

Completed Lucid Task II

Hooee, It should have been Halloween..

12/21 Ghost-Busters
4:30am At first I wasn't too sure I was dreaming when I found myself flying around my old home in the night, The houses were gone leaving only empty yards, Then I noticed shadowy, maybe spiritual flames wafting up from the ground in bare spots (Like wherever something had died or was buried) and remembered some tasks and that this was an Indian Reservation (A very spiritual place). I soon forgot the tasks and lucidity as this was really cool.
I flew all over looking for more of the flames, Most were pale blue but a couple were red flames too for whatever good that did.
I soon ran out of new ones and went exploring, I found an old neighbor girl for a DC companion and we flew around looking for more and then I remembered "exploring an old mine"
Something told me there was old mine between here and home and I saw a steep,slippery'rock incline
and started up it but the girl got scared out and stayed behind..About a half mile up the mountain I ran into a large man in a police uniform, He didn't notice me so I went on past him for several yards and looked back as he slipped over the side of the slope into the brush below and I decided to follow him wherever it took me. I followed him thru the brush to two houses on a hill with a pool and a small boy laying strips of wood around the pool and he ran out of wood so I got more for him..(The cop was gone) I asked the boy which way to the old mine and he pointed farther up the mountain so I flew off that way up over the forest to a very old, haunted looking mansion with turrets and spires and very run down looking but before I got to it I saw a gray, Ghostly creature almost humanoid coming up toward me and I asked it to show me the way to the abandoned mine, Without an answer he took off thru the brush with me following above because he was so fast. As we started up yet another brushy slope I could see the yellowish out-buildings of what looked like a slave or prison labor coal mine thru a notch in the trees, The ghost thing asked telepathically "Are you afraid" And I replied "No, this is just what I was looking for" He replied "You should be scared, I am This is a very dangerous place even for spirits and travelers" Then he showed me the entrance to the mine (He would not go near it himself) I flew fearlessly inside but only for a short distance and I could see why he was scared. It was nearly full of the spirit flames and wails of people that had been murdered or died in there and I backed out of there swiftly. Then it pointed even farther up the hill to a pass that he said would lead me to home and as he dissappeared I heard a squeaking door and sat upright in bed knowing I was awake but we don't have a squeaking door and thinking of an intruder I fumbled for the gun in the night stand then heard the outside building door shut and got up to go to the bathroom, It was awhile before I went back to sleep..
I wonder why

So I asked a couple DCs about ToMs...

Dream:

*I had 2 LDs last night, the 1st one ended in a kind of market place with a glass ceiling, the 2nd lucid was about an hour lately and took place in the same setting... I actually became lucid because I recognized the place from the previous dream (never happened before)* So I am in this market place and remember the task of the month... I am going down a set of stairs and spot a table with 2 women and 1 child, I approach one woman and say 'What would be a good task of the month?' she just nagged, I then asked the child who wouldn't reply either. Finally I asked the other woman and she said "To sit stacked up". *The funny thing here is that since Im Mexican I asked in Spanish and the reply was in Spanish as well, she said "sentarse hacinado"... I had to look up the meaning of "hacinado" since I had no idea of its meaning. I then had a false awakening but managed to spot it and so I was lucid again* My cousing was around so I decided to ask her as well... I said "hey dany, what you think a good ToM would be?", she said "to go around with a camera".

Bah, apparently DCs suck at suggesting ToMs haha

JP

I attempted Basics I and II and Advanced I full DJ.

Spoiler for Task details:

The closest person to me is a really cute, impeccably dressed (sweater vest, long sleeved shirt, slacks) little black kid. I ask him what a good task of the month would be. He very clearly enunciates something, but it's not a task. I go to a nearby woman and ask her, and she also says something that's not a task. I round one of the pillars and talk to an older man, and he says something that, again, is not a task. Oh well.

I move onto the second basic task: I throw back my head and do my best mad scientist laugh (Mwa ha ha ha ha ha). The guy looks at me like, did I really just do that? But off in another part of the cafeteria I hear an answering high pitched cackle (Eeeee hee hee hee hee hee). Score!

Onto intermediate one. I pull out my phone and will that Frank will call. Nothing happens. I decide that I'm going to count down from five and that it'll ring when I reach zero. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Zero. The moment I count "zero," the phone starts buzzing (it's quite a strong sensation in my hand) and the notification light starts blinking white, but the screen doesn't come on. I press the power button and it turns on to reveal an RPG. In the dream, I recognize that it's a smashed-up mess of at least two different games, and the city names shown on the map clue me in on what they are though I can't remember them now. Flush with excitement over successfully completing both a basic and an intermediate task in one dream, I wake up.

Now that I reread the tasks, it looks like I didn't manage to complete Advanced I, but at least I completed Basic II.

Originally Posted by robertcox88

I'd rather have that programed though than Donald Trump's ugly mug which I know will show up in a dream eventually.

Possible future TOTM? Make Donald's hair fly away during a speech?

*Leaves Dreamviews on a temoporary hiatus* *Comes Back* *Sees new task of the month*

Thank you very much for posting the suggestions without dashes, difficulty tier, etc. Makes my work much easier!!! I skipped some suggestions because they were already suggested or very similar to other suggestions.

This month the voting booth comes with candy cane and lots of presents, but only to those who are naughty, kids who were got get a promotion on their jobs. What? Did you do a reality check?



Those who have wings, please go and vote for January´s ToTM!!!

Since we have a lot of suggestions and maybe you have already an idea what to vote, I am adding to the following spoiler the NEW ideas suggested this month, in case you change your opinion:

Spoiler for December 2015 Suggestions:

Basic
Look up at the night time sky and explain what you see. (Patience108)
Visit a temple or church or religiouse/spiritual place ... sit down there and meditate or ask for guidance from the DC native in that place - how did it go? (Patience108)
Dive/fall into any body of water and let yourself be carried away by the strong current - explain the experience. (Patience108)
Cry in a lucid dream. (Spaceline)
Get drunk or high. (Intet)

Advanced
Summon Olaf and give him a warm hug. (Sparkles85)
Bring someone from at least 200 years ago to the present. Describe how they react to the present day world. (Spaceline)
Look up at the stars at night, then pick one out of the sky and put it into your hand and describe what it feels/looks like. (imazu)
Find a person you don't like, summon cows and start booooooing the person along with your cows. (Ginsan)
Go to the moon, find the American flag and sign your name on it. (Rockefeller)

Bonus
If you always dream in color, turn the dream black & white. If you dream in black & white, make the dream in colors.(PercyLucid)
Freeze the sun. (Spaceline)
Reverse time. (Intet)

However, you are welcome to read the entire suggestions pool if you desire, and as always, you can add new suggestions

Alright I think/guess/suppose/hope that I got y'all's name color, wings, and user title situation resolved(ish). I was hoping to make it easy and automated for me, but it just won't work. So to keep it consistent, I opted for what's more of a pain-in-the-ass for me to do, but looks best for you guys. /martyr

But seriously, it makes more sense for me to just do it the right way even if it takes more time. Or else why am I an admin. Like I always say, please PM me if one of y'all gets overlooked, especially if you forget (ahem) to request permission for the usergroup. In the case of some of you, like Fryingman, because he's on DVA Staff, his name has to stay teal even if he's winged. And I stay red, and Mismagius stays blue etc. There's some issues with the user titles but I think I have found a workaround for that also (I just now PMed you about that FryingMan).

So let me know if all is working right in those areas, but also if somehow access to other parts of the forums go out the window when your winged or dewinged. I didn't make any of these usergroups, past admins and owners did. Some of them are crazy, and the rest are crazier. Gab and I continue to try to feel our way around the dark Labyrinth that is the VB Admin Control Panel. But if there is a solution, we always find it.

Thanks for your patience, and as always, PM me or gab for anything at anytime. We'll get to you eventually