Competition Sign Up Thread #16

[Bharmo]

I've prepared a packet of MILD + awareness daily exercises to speed up the lucid dreaming training, hope it works! Wow! Has that something to do with the green post in your signature?

[vasiona]

I'd like to join, please. ^-^ Lower league, I think, though I'm not sure...I lucid dream a few times a week but I'm still fairly new to this and not anywhere near the level of those in the upper league. Is it okay to stick to lower league despite fairly frequent LDs, or should I try the upper (though my scores will very likely be the lowest of the group's? )

[Sensei]

Thank you Bossman! Now that's some encouragement! Everyone needs encouragement. Expectation is 50% of the battle, the other 50% is consistency, and keeping a good attitude effects both. Everyone has lowly beginnings, but the ones that make it are the ones that persevere in spite babies/jobs/insomnia/discouragement/stress.

[Zoth]

I'd like to join, please. ^-^ Lower league, I think, though I'm not sure...I lucid dream a few times a week but I'm still fairly new to this and not anywhere near the level of those in the upper league. Is it okay to stick to lower league despite fairly frequent LDs, or should I try the upper (though my scores will very likely be the lowest of the group's? ) If you have fairly frequent lds, I'd advice the upper league. Even if you're in a dry streak or come from a break (like me), it's by signing for it that you'll send yourself the positive image of someone who has what it takes to tackle the higher version of the challenge Good luck! Wow! Has that something to do with the green post in your signature? It's kinda the next step, basically a combination of this and the memory palace technique this guy uses

[vasiona]

If you have fairly frequent lds, I'd advice the upper league. Even if you're in a dry streak or come from a break (like me), it's by signing for it that you'll send yourself the positive image of someone who has what it takes to tackle the higher version of the challenge Good luck! Alright - I guess I'll try the upper league, then. Thank you for the advice!

[Scionox]

Wow, that's alot more sign ups this time around, yay! Competition will go live Friday 13rd December, ~47-48 hours from this post, thanks for signing up, everyone! Perhaps Scionox can clarify if I am wrong, but my opinion is that the lower league is more for people who would feel fortunate to have one LD in a week and can make up some points with their dream recall whereas the upper league is more intermediate level. Three levels would ideal, but then we would need more Boss', She's and Scionox's to fill up the highest league. Pretty much, and like been said multiple times through the thread, going upper league can increase rate of getting lucids. As for third league, idea been around for a while(Even since Matte's times i think) but was mostly not used because there wouldn't be as many people in highest league then. I might think about it though. PS: imagine how cool it would be having 12 teams and using the horoscope as team names? Thanks for the idea! Though will have to improvise since we already have more possible teams than 12. edit: @Scionox, here's a suggestion, instead of the "summon dragon and befriend it" bonus, for December why not summon Santa, his sleigh, and the reindeer, and go for a ride with them. As a super extra bonus, land on a rooftop, and climb down a chimney to deliver a present to a household under their Christmas tree We are not 'it' Also will think about it.

[StephL]

Oooh - I find dragons better than Santa!! Edit: Please - esp. you upper league-ers - take a look at the link(s!) in my sig - the lower one is a researcher seeking frequent LDers, who have a little LD-time to invest into science. Sorry for thread-hijack - but it is with dragonn!! Hope that makes up for it a bit..

[Zoth]

Thanks for the idea! Though will have to improvise since we already have more possible teams than 12. We're at the exact amount for 13 teams, which is an useful coincidence, because the sun passes through another constellation every year that many astrologers disregard: Ophiuchus And in case a late team joins, we could always use the 14th and last constellation: Cetus PS: never thought I'd find astrology useful for anything besides pseudo-psychology research

[FryingMan]

We are not 'it' Also will think about it. English is a limited language when it comes to pronouns and gender of non-human but living things. We don't address squirrels as "she" for example, like in Russian. I don't like writing "he/she" or "s/he" or whatever so just follow the convention. And keep the dragon, I'm fine with it, I in fact have a plan for "it" I just thought the addition of the santa bonus could be fun.

[StephL]

Yeh - if no dragon-outthrowings result - sure. No power to dragon-botherers!! Edit: I try to resort to she if it is about persons - or children - that is my convention then. So - nobody has to do these awkward she/he things. Just I find it nice, if some people use the she as default - Sageous inspired me there, actually. But animals/entities - either it, or I want them to be female or male on purpose. We have in German often different words/nouns for the male and female versions of animals. Like Katze/Kater for female/male cats - and they are actually used accordingly for real animals - conceptually used - they tend to be female.. Some are also classified as if they always were male of female - but you can then specify with the pro-noun and endings of the nouns. Sorry for the ramblings - but I can´t wait the comp to start - and so I hang out here..

[Zoth]

How about we share some side-goals while we wait ? From my last competition lucid: Then I remember "amg, I can finally use my teleportation device I invented! Besides, it's so small I can easily pull it out of my pocket!" fascinated by the perspective of finally using my recently invented device, I reach the top of the cliff, and prepare to action. Except I feel myself shaking and I wake up in my head, with the heart racing like hell. This time, the goal will be to use it and give it to my partner, it looks a bit like this: You just stick it in any surface (it has some tiny black spikes in the bottom which make it stable), and rotate the proper mechanism (in the top) to dictate time/space specifics. When you're done, you just press it down into the floor and the sand will start flowing and you will get teleported where you want after a few seconds. What are your plans for the competition ?

[MyCooky]

I'm *worried* I'll be too good for lower league if I continue to have daily LDs, well I would be super happy, but you know, would be unfair...

[Sensei]

We're at the exact amount for 13 teams, which is an useful coincidence, because the sun passes through another constellation every year that many astrologers disregard: Ophiuchus And in case a late team joins, we could always use the 14th and last constellation: Cetus PS: never thought I'd find astrology useful for anything besides pseudo-psychology research Is the 13th a cat? I get anime confused with real life, and 10 episodes of fruit basket made me not like the zodiac even more.

[Zoth]

Is the 13th a cat? I get anime confused with real life, and 10 episodes of fruit basket made me not like the zodiac even more. Nope, not a cat It's symbol is that of the Serpentarius, the serpent holder, like you can see here: I'm *worried* I'll be too good for lower league if I continue to have daily LDs, well I would be super happy, but you know, would be unfair... Even with only 3 lucids a week you'd be way ahead of most (if not all) people in the lower league. Why not heat up the challenge for yourself a bit and try upper ?

[VagalTone]

Me too, please? I dont wanna be left alone

[StephL]

I corrected my lower link in my sig - so now it works - sorry for interrupting once more...

[Bharmo]

Sorry if this is silly but, are dreams had the night from Friday to Saturday the first one to count for the competition? Did I get it right?

[Sensei]

Woooo... Glad the competition. Didn't start yesterday or today. I didn't sleep at all yesterday night, and only got 6 hours last night. Should be able to get 8 hours tonight and so on.

[FryingMan]

Wow, that's alot more sign ups this time around, yay! Competition will go live Friday 13rd December, ~47-48 hours from this post, thanks for signing up, everyone! So to confirm, the night between Friday 13th-Saturday 14th that is the first night? (Just giving one date is always ambiguous)

[fogelbise]

Based on the time stamp on Scionox's post saying 47-48hours from the time of his post (post near the top of this page, link to specific post #56 here: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...ml#post2066239 ) and assuming you have your time zone set in DV properly, you then know the start time...For West Coast US that is ~3:30-4:30am, East Coast US ~6:30-7:30am Friday Morning (could be Saturday morning for places just over the dateline like New Zealand). Joanna also clarified this on the last competition, you can count all the dreams that you had just had just before (potentially in the East Coast example) or all the dreams you were having in the one solid block of sleep as the competition started (in the most common West Coast example). It does get a little more confusing to me for time zones on the other side of the world...but essentially we should all get the same number of nights if you follow the start and stop times Scionox posts.

[FryingMan]

It's still confusing, and I'm not sure when the start is. If you just say what night it starts using two days, then everyone does those nights in their own time zone And as I recall Joanna's clarification, going to sleep the night before the start time counts.

[JoannaB]

I believe it is Thursday to Friday night in whichever timezones you have, and everything in that night counts, so if you go to sleep on Thursday at 8pm and wake up at 10pm and write down a dream and go back to sleep, I believe that already counts. However, I hope Scionox will clarify whether this understanding is correct.

[fogelbise]

I believe it is Thursday to Friday night in whichever timezones you have, and everything in that night counts, so if you go to sleep on Thursday at 8pm and wake up at 10pm and write down a dream and go back to sleep, I believe that already counts. However, I hope Scionox will clarify whether this understanding is correct. Well Thursday night to Friday morning in US time zones. In the case of Auckland, New Zealand the competition would be starting Saturday morning ~12:30am-1:30am...thus dreams from Friday night to Saturday morning...but for most people the competition would be starting sometime between Friday morning local time and Friday night local time. Not far from Auckland, New Zealand is Tasmania(Australia) and their start time would be 10:30pm to 11:30pm Friday night and thus they would be just going to bed usually. In Madrid Spain the start time would be ~12:30pm to ~1:30pm Friday so you get the chance to start counting afternoon naps before you go to bed whereas US time zones wouldn't unless you are on a graveyard shift taking a nap at 2am or something. Edit: Joanna, to clarify I think what you said is correct (assuming that is just an awakening at 10pm in your block of sleep for the night and not a late nap after which you get up and continue you day/evening activities), I just wanted to throw in the New Zealand caveat in case anyone is there (DV member location listed is not always accurate, understandably for privacy reasons) and give a few specific examples since this can be confusing depending on where you are in the world.

[JoannaB]

Fogelbise, Congratulations. After reading your post, I am confused now, too. LOL Couldn't we just agree that the competition starts approximately on Friday, and it is up to everyone to figure out what that means, and it will go on for x number of nights, and as long as we all have the same number of nights and same number of nap opportunities and as long as Scionox does not close the competition before the last person has had a chance to get their x number of nights reported, we should be fine. Btw, is x nights 14 nights or different number?

[Zoth]

To simplify: the next time you're going to bed (if you woke up a few hours/minutes ago, yes, the next time) your dreams counts towards the first night of the lucid dream competition. (Think that's about right Scionox xD?)