Competition Thread #16

[Scionox]

<DJ entry goes here> <DJ entry goes here> <DJ entry goes here> <DJ entry goes here> 4 dreams, 4 fragments, 2 WBTB fails from the start of competition, looks like my rate dropped again from 2LD/day, but i will do better! And 3step is again: Full Transform, Flight, Element Manipulation Note: Not posting DJ entries yet, and there might be large delay on posting them depending on when i'll find time to catch up and type like 34+ entries into DV DJ... Oh! The bonus task has summoning a dragon in it. :3 It's been for a few competitions already, haha, kept it because nobody have successfully done it in competition yet. -super speed ( running, flying, or whatever? ) Running or similar, super quick flying would be advanced flying. ( as a side note, if it´s not lucid, i think it´s very hard to know for sure one remembers the whole dream ) I usually can feel when my recall is full or partial, even if my recall is not as good, there's just that feeling of missing something, though maybe it works like that only for me. Now if the night between Thursday and Friday counts these are my results: DJ Entry -Remember fragment: 0.5 -Become lucid: 5 -WBTB failed: 1 (didn't write this in DJ though) That DJ entry only has 1 non-lucid, can you post lucid please? (though I did advance fly, since I didn't complete my trip I just put regular flying points, so scored correctly?) If you feel like it was incomplete then yeah. does it count if I remember the fragment later on in the day? Ofcourse it counts! My three step tasks are: Successful DEILD Successful WBTB Like Nfri said, those are not dream control tasks, please pick different ones. Are team tasks supposed to be shared dreaming? They really aren't, just doing them with teammate-DC counts, but you can do them as shared dreaming if you and your teammate really want to. How many points for TOTM please? No special points for TOTM this competition, but i might add it as one of bonus tasks again in one of future competitions! Partial Transformation?: 4 Points I completely turned to a person of my choosing, including wings, a tail and horns. Does that still count only as partial or full transformation? I changed pretty much everything about myself except the basic human shape. Unfortunately turning into the dragon doesn't count as bonus task, but I should try it once I get lucid again I'd say counts full transform since you've transformed completely, also congrats on lucidl! Also rawr, i might make that bonus task one of next competitions.

[vasiona]

Only recalled one full dream on the first night, and no lucidity. Last night, WBTB failed, but following it I recalled two whole dreams, and became lucid partway through the second. The circumstances were really strange. I ended up spending the entire lucid dream in one place mostly listening to a dream character talk to me, so didn’t get any other tasks done, but it was interesting in its own way...hopefully LDs in which I can start trying more of the tasks will come soon ^-^ Points: Night#1: Recalled 1 whole dream = 1 point Night#2: Failed WBTB attempt = 1 point Recalled 2 whole dreams = 2 points Became lucid = 5 points Interacted with a dream character = 2 points Total points = 11 Update: here's the DJ entry- http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/vasi...s-lucid-53518/ Oh, and the three step tasks: Telekinesis Element manipulation Full transformation

[Pickman]

These aren't dream control tasks mate Okay, I posted pretty late last night, so maybe I didn't read it properly. Here are my new Three Step Tasks: Interact with DC Flying Partial Transformation Last night I achieved: Dream fragment: 0.5 Dream Fragment: 0.5 Failed WBTB: 1 Whole Dream: 1 Total: 3 points

[MyCooky]

That DJ entry only has 1 non-lucid, can you post lucid please? Sorry, you're right. UPDATED It's not much though because lately I tend to instantly loose my LDs.

[StephL]

Wow FryingMan - thank you for describing how you come to such a good recall! I like that you say "I have interesting and meaningful dreams!" Didn´t think of doing something like that - sounds good! Due to heavy partying - I even didn´t expect myself to journal - and didn´t dictate. But I found out, that really concentrating later - even if there seems to be literally nothing - brings up some things! I have 3 Fragments up to now from last night: 1.5 points, please! Fragments-Up-Conjuring By Really Concentrating - Sageous-Inspired Highrise Building - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

[Nfri]

First night and I get lucky. Before sleep I watched two motivational videos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzm6TEManmQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ I've especially remembered this phrase: When you wanna be succesfull as bad as you wanna breath, you'll be succesfull! night one <competition> - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views 2f - 1p 2d - 2p wbtb successful - 3p become lucid - 5p RC - 1p stabilization - 2p interact with a DC - 2p flying - 4p basic summoning - 4p 1. task done - 5p 2. task done - 10p = 39p total = 39p

[Zoth]

It's impressive the amount of people here that does WBTB every night, really motivates a person not to fail a single one

[fogelbise]

I was knocked out last night! Only one awakening and attempted wbtb, but wow did I sleep deep! We all need to show Scionox our thanks! He is going to be super busy this competition with all of the contestants this time out. Try to make your point count as clear as possible so he can just grab the number and plug it in. I saw someone use color for the points...makes easier. Night 2: 2 fragments, attempted wbtb: 2pts total 30.5pts

[AnotherDreamer]

Night #2: 2 Fragments - 1 1 Lucid -5 Super Speed - 4 Mass telekinesis - 10 Successful DEILD -2 Total - 22 Competition total - 38 oh right, the DJ entry: http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/anot...ng-past-53515/

[fogelbise]

Night #2: 2 Fragments - 1 1 Lucid -5 Super Speed - 4 Mass telekinesis - 10 Successful DEILD -2 Total - 22? or is 20 the maximum in this case, I'm not quite sure how this works. Competition total - 38 or 36, one of the two oh right, the DJ entry: Running from the Past - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views @anotherdreamer - I look forward to your entries! If you were lucid in the DEILD, that was separate from your first lucid so it doesn't make you max out for your first lucid. The 20 point maximum is just per lucid, though "(Note: Becoming lucid does not counts when chaining DEILDs, and the point limit is 10 in those DEILDs)" so looks like 22 not just 20 points. Recall doesn't count towards max either...you can tally all points that don't count towards max separately for ease of counting.

[FryingMan]

You're FryingMan!

[AnotherDreamer]

You're FryingMan! Yatta! I love that scene

[DreamingGhost]

Very rough night for me, but my recall is getting better. Before comp I couldn't even remember fragments had 5 fragments, 1 dream, and 1 failed WBTB Nite total = 4.5 On a side note I had one majorly failed dream sign, (I was breathing under and did not think anything of it. Darn dream logic.) Comp Total = 7

[AstralMango]

Didn't remember any dreams, even with a failed WBTB. Wow, what is wrong with my recall as of late? Used to be good... Night 2 total: 1 Competition total: 3.5

[Bharmo]

It's impressive the amount of people here that does WBTB every night, really motivates a person not to fail a single one I used to avoid WBTB like the plague so as to not disturb my light-sleeper bed partner, but CanisLucidus kept insisting on how important it was. After two months of trying, I finally got my second lucid because I had an accidental wake back to bed. That was when I finally admitted to myself that I needed to get serious about WBTB if I was going to maximize my chances of having a lucid. I really, really resisted it, too. I learnt to use just intent/affirmations to wake up after 5-6h of sleep, and my wife got used to it very quickly and does not even notice now I can give credit to how useful it is.

[bemistaken]

12/14/2013 WBTB fail= 1 point Fragment= 0.5 point Dream= 1 point http://www.dreamviews.com/intro-clas...ml#post2066843 Total points= 2.5 Got to do better than this...

[AnotherDreamer]

Day #2 Nap: I'm not quite sure what the rules are on naps, if they can count towards the points or not. But I didn't sleep very well last night, so I decided I would get up a little earlier and move that part of my REM sleep to an afternoon nap. 2 fragments - 1 1 lucid - 5 interact with DC - 2 eat something - 4 DEILD - 2 Total - 14 Competition Total - 52, if naps count towards this http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/anot...oon-nap-53524/

[Shalink]

Okay so I finally have a chance to leave a post after my busy day. So last night I remember 1 dream,(http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/shal...ination-53526/) and what could of been a fragment or a hallucination (also in the link), I'm not too sure which it was but I remember it vividly. I also did what I'm pretty sure is a WBTB attempt which I am also not too sure about because I've never done one before but I did stay up for about 30-45 minutes before going to sleep and didn't do any morning activities. I'm absolutely certain that I got 1 point last night from the dream though so my total is at least 1.5 now

[JoannaB]

@anotherdreamer: Of course naps count! I tried to get more points today by napping but did not succeed. Naps rock. @zoth I seem to naturally wake up around 4am most nights, so the first part of WBTB comes natural to me, it's the falling back to sleep part and the getting lucid part that I still need to improve. Although tonight I did succeed to fall back to sleep, and from the fragment I remember, I must have had a great dream - wish I could remember it all - it had shamans, flying, magic, transformation and lots more (all non-lucid).

[Bharmo]

Okay so I finally have a chance to leave a post after my busy day. So last night I remember 1 dream,(Rafting down a river and fragment or halucination - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views) and what could of been a fragment or a hallucination (also in the link), I'm not too sure which it was but I remember it vividly. I also did what I'm pretty sure is a WBTB attempt which I am also not too sure about because I've never done one before but I did stay up for about 30-45 minutes before going to sleep and didn't do any morning activities. I'm absolutely certain that I got 1 point last night from the dream though so my total is at least 1.5 now WBTB just means you wake up in the middle of the night, get out of bed, and after a while you go back to sleep. If you did that you can count +1 point, and it increases your possibilities of lucid dreaming. But if you really want to get much more possibilities you can also do one or more of these things: - Stay up for at least 30 minutes - While you are awake you do reality checks and/or read about lucid dreaming - When you go back to sleep you use an induction technique (I recommend MILD) Good luck!

[Shalink]

WBTB just means you wake up in the middle of the night, get out of bed, and after a while you go back to sleep. If you did that you can count +1 point, and it increases your possibilities of lucid dreaming. But if you really want to get much more possibilities you can also do one or more of these things: - Stay up for at least 30 minutes - While you are awake you do reality checks and/or read about lucid dreaming - When you go back to sleep you use an induction technique (I recommend MILD) Good luck! I did all of that stuff even the MILD (which is my main induction technique) so i guess that adds a point for attempted WBTB so now my total is 2.5 I'm still unsure of whether or not to consider the fragment/hallucination as a actual fragment or to not?

[Miau]

2 Lucid Dreams - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views Had 2 lucids, which is really really good. Points : Interact with DCs: 2 points Do a successful RC: 1 point Successfully stabilize the dream: 2 points Remember the whole dream : 2 points ( 2 dreams ) Basic Summoning : 4 points So that would be, 11 points

[MyCooky]

DJ Entry -WBTB failed: 1 -dream fragment: 0.5 -whole dream: 1 -became lucid: 5 (I seriously still don't think this should be 5 points, this is getting ridiculous) -total score today: 7.5 -total score: 20.5 Also I did DEILD during a FA. But I'm pretty sure that doesn't count. EDIT: If Zoth says it!

[Zoth]

As short as they might be, they are still lucids, so they totally count congrats 1 dream + 1 fragment + 1 failed WBTB= 2.5 points total= 7 points. Cmoon where's my lucid

[imJB]

Hi StephL! You've been lumped with a novice! I will do what I can. Had the most productive week of dreaming ever last week...maybe 20-30 dreams (inc 1st LD) followed by 5 dry days. Time to turn it around! starting tonight But first - first night of the comp ~~3 dream fragments. Sorry for the silly question but do I just come back here each day and write my evening's doings? simply as that? My three tasks -flying -interact with DC -object change Cheers for running this! John.