Lucid Task for the Year of 2009

[ninja9578]

The Challenge Visit all the wonders of the ancient world. The Rules You must visit every one of the ancient wonders and report what you find. Descriptions of each wonder is listed below. You must visit one of the wonders in its own dream, you can't do more than one in the same dream. Additional Information Great Pyramid at Giza - A huge stone pyramid in Egypt, which is the tomb of a powerful Pharaoh. There are still unexplored rooms and the Pharaoh has never been found. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - A huge garden complex in the middle of the desert which Nebuchadnezzar had built for his wife. Located in present day Iraq. Statue of Zeus at Olympia - A massive statue of the god Zeus which stood 40 feet tall and was made of ivory, bronze, and gold. Legend says that as christians attempted to remove the statue it laughed and fired a lightning bolt. The Temple of Artemis - A shrine to the goddess Artemis, it was larger than a football field and had over 300 stone columns supporting it's stone roof. It was said to house a sacred rock (most likely a meteorite) that was attributed to the goddess. Mausoleum of Maussollos - A temple built by a wealthy king of the Persian Empire that is said to have been five stories tall and covered in thousands of statues, including a solid gold chariot at the top. Located in present day Turkey. Colossus of Rhodes - It was a stature that stood over 100 feet tall and was made of gold. It was said to straddle the habour, but probably just stood over it. It only stood for 12 years. Lighthouse of Alexandria - This lighthouse was said to be able to light up the sea for 100 miles. It stood over 400 feet tall, making it the tallest structure of the ancient world, behind two of the great pyramids. Completed iadr - Great Pyramid at Giza, Lighthouse at Alexandria, Colossus of Rhodes, Mausoleum of Masussollos, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artimis Walms - Mausoleam of Maussollos, Great Pyramid at Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse at Alexandria, Temple of Artimis, Statue of Zeus Silox - Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artimis, Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleam of Maussollos, Great Pyramid at Giza Progress John11 - Great Pyramid at Giza, Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Great Lighthouse, Temple of Artimis, Statue of Zeus ray - Great Pyramid at Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon guitarboy - Great Pyramid at Giza

[Iamerik]

Sweet. I do think that reducing the number of dreams to 7 was a good move. Good luck everyone! Some images I looked up that could help, where I thought that the wiki might not be enough of a source of inspiration: Hanging Gardens of Babylon Temple of Artemis Mausoleum of Maussollos Lighthouse of Alexandria Of course those are all just interpretations.

[oniman7]

I think I am actually going to do this one. I was hesitant to use a video with even my voice in it, but this one is much more achievable for me.

[Iamerik]

BTW do we have to draw up something again if we succeed?

[bassairmoon]

I'm gonna give this a go. I probably won't manage it but I'm gonna try anyway! I don't know where to start...

[iadr]

Great tasks ninja, and great job of organizing the links to them. I don't know where to start... The best place I've found to start is to get familiar with the different locations, which ninja has done such a great job of providing links to above which contain pictures of the various locations in the links. After you get familiar with the locations, memorize them and go through them once or twice a day in your imagination, picturing yourself being there in your imagination. Then when you get lucid, your subconscious will know exactly where you want to go, since you have been there so many times already in your imagination, and it should take you there without you having to do anything except watch and observe.

[ninja9578]

BTW do we have to draw up something again if we succeed? No not this time, just post the dream

[ray]

yes! i'm so excited my goal is to finish it all this month but i may draw it out.....hmmmm...... going to the great pyramid tonight. ^.^

[12g951ad]

nice

[SleepyCookieDough]

iadr... you're such a professional... almost done! i think I'll try whenever I become good at LDing... The year has just started so I guess that I'll have plenty time... For now I'd rather increase my Dream Recall which is around 3 dreams a night and become better at stabilizing... I'll definitly try this if I become good during this year... Definitly.

[joshiejack]

Oooo this sounds like fun too

[12g951ad]

you have to try it is fun

[eppy]

Oh, I am definately doing this. I like the lighthouse, garden, and pyramid ones

[Adanac]

This is fantastic. So I'm off to the pyramids tonight then. Although I think to make it more interesting I will visit them as they are being built. Maybe give a helping hand...

[Eyeofnight]

I'd love to visit them, The pyramid may be interesting though due to playing the game 'Riddle of the Sphinx'. I'll post up any results.

[ray]

Great Pyramid: i tried once and woke up.i tried again and got this: non-lucid- i was wandering in a sandstorm somewhere outside an ancient city wall.i figured i was probably going to die if this kept up when i ran into the wall and started to feel my way along it.i came to a corner pointing in and turned out still following the wall with my hand. all of a sudden the wall stopped and i was lost again in the sand.i turned back toward the wall but this time felt wood instead of stone so i pounded on it figuring it was the city gate.instead a man opened a plain single door and pushed me inside and into a small room in the wall.i cleaned the sand out of my eyes and off my face and told the man that i was being chased and that i needed to hide.he joked that i was well hidden in the storm but hid me under a table next to the wall as someone knocked on the door across the room.i was hidden from view as the door opened by a crimson table cloth with gold gilt that brushed the floor.a man in a military uniform stepped into the room and offered the man who hid me some of his own liquor as he sat at a smaller table opposite me.they sat and talked what sounded like politics and by the tone of his voice the man who hid me wanted the military man to leave.the military man took the hint and left. i crawled out from beneathe the table and walked out into the hallway after the military man.i had earlier made plans to meet some of my friends in a different hallway with windows that looked out over the sand.we ran and sneaked through the palace to the hallway.as we entered it on our way to somewhere else i stopped to enjoy the cool moist environment of all the plants growing inside and sat on a cool rock by a stream.i sat looking out the window and gazed across the now calm sunny day to a great pyramid. i became lucid and remembered the task and ditched my friends to climb out the open arched window facing the pyramid.i ran down the beaten sand road towards the pyramid and explored around the base for a while looking at the huge stones once covering it to make a smooth surface.i looked up at the now stepped pyramid and fancied a climb.i climbed up the pyramid and stood on the top blocks looking over the desert and city and other ancient ceremonial buildings.i saw the guards/police i had been running from earlier and flew up towards the brilliant sun.my dream ended then. it was so hot and dusty outside there. i can't wait to go to the hanging gardens

[ninja9578]

Damn you ray you little natural. I don't think that I could make a task that would take you a year

[Hukif]

From my DJ, one down (tough it may not count), fought humans on this one, next goal is to fight Athena! Err, I mean... the temple <.< Oh right, my Mausoleum looked like this from the front: http://garbledzombie.files.wordpress.../mausoleum.jpg Just with different colors. Saturday January 10th Mausoleum of Maussollos FA, I think I was about to RC when the rooster sang <.< Back to sleep Now, I’m sure I RCed and became lucid, and then my memory goes down… I know there was some kind of teleportation, but lets moved to when I woke up again because of the rooster and baby. DEILD Back to the dream, now I was inside a Mausoleum, there was a party in there, it was extremely big and had a big coffin of rock at the north part, dunno if there was something inside, but I was sitting on it, got the idea it was wrong and went down, then found some demons and people playing with swords, there were 2 demons, 1 purple “woman” and 1 guy with 4 arms, with some weird weapons with them, the first thing that got to my head after seeing them was that Indian god with many hands, anyway, after that checked if I had my 3 weapons with me, there were them, sitting on my back and waiting to be used, I was about to use them to fight the demons, but they were being worshipped by kids, they all wanted to be like that when adult, weird kids, weird party, then there was someone who said we were under attack, police got already there, still I had no clue what was happening since forgot last dream, my guess was that made the place, summoned the demons and people and then set a trap to get some fun, anyway now everyone was trying to run to the outside of the Mausoleum, 2 ways to get out, one was the back part with some mountains at the side and caves, but there was police people in the caves and shotting, the other was even worse, the front whit 3 big cars and tons of guys with guns, most went there tough, they would never shot the cars because that would damage the building unlike the back part, only 3 people went there and the 3 were shot, so went there and jumped in the middle of the mountains and waited for the shots while taking Symphony out, once they shot, used Symphony to kill them all, then revived the ones who were killed before, between them 1 girl with a leg not working that good, took them back to the Mausoleum and went to the other side, it was really big of a place, pale grey and with humidity everywhere was the inside, while outside, the top of the building was white and the rest (along with the pillars) were the color of a pearl, went got to the front part, noticed it was far bigger than I noticed before… Mostly only saw the last floor with the pillars from the back while on the mountains, on the front it was 3 other floors with some statues, jumped to the cars (which obiously were at the 1st floor) and accidentally made one of the statues fall, got to the top of one of the cars and quickly entered before anyone were to shot at me, then woke up. Tried to DEILD, but rooster and baby are so noisy… then tried to WILD, but just fell asleep. Was on the bus, my head hurted and it was really bright, then turned and saw the mausoleum again, which made me lucid, now I had to do something to help the demons, though nobody was in the car with me, oh right, did I say anything about the car being a bus? If not, it was, the car was connected to 2 other rooms, one from behind and another on the front, tried to go to these sides but then the purple woman went out and stopped me, she said there were humans at the other sides trying to enter, some lifes were already lost, only weapon we had was a pencil, since my weapons are invisible unless I call them, forgot I had them and tried to use the pencil to attack the people, someone was on the front window trying to break it, weird enough, the glass had a window in it, and a door, which made me question which kind of Bus it was, anyway opened the window and was about to kill the guy at the other side, it was a kid so stopped, then a police woman went with a knife and tried to cut my hand, got to evade but lost the pencil, it was ok tough, no guns because of the Mausoleum so I could easily win, the woman got quickly inside the bus from the front and attacked me with the knife, stopped her and then took the knife, threw it away and tried to cut her ears with my hands, which lead to she doing the same, it hurted so much, had to kill at that moment, then a police men entered from behind with a gun, then is when I recalled my weapons, so took War out and killed the guy before he could shot, then a girl entered, they wanted to take her out of the fight, we all agreed and used the police people as hostages, nobody knew they were dead after all, opened the door and let the girl out, then I noticed it was the same I revived before with the illness on the leg, opened the door in the glass and let her out, some guys went to grab her and tried to shot, but stopped when saw the hostages, then I was planning on using Hate to annihilate everyone once the door were to close, but the woman interrupted me saying “you won’t leave this place until its done” which made me happy, a dream that would not end until it was solved! Then I must wait some days for it to end, right? Was a good plan… excepting, of course, because I woke up withouth doing anything. Should have used Hate to finish that when I could <.<

[Zeno]

This challenge sounds cool, but first i need to learn how to have lucids more frequently any suggestions?

[magical mike]

NOOO SO CLOSE! For the egypt one!! http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...65&postcount=2

[iadr]

Mausoleum Of Maussollos - Going In A Painting And Visiting I am someplace like an art gallery where I am taking down this large painting of an ancient building off of this easel. After taking the painting down I hang it from the ceiling. After looking at it, I realize that it is a painting of the Mausoleum Of Maussollos. I enter the picture and am now inside the building. On the first floor, there are all of these larger statues about 5 to 6 feet tall. As I float up to the next floor, the statues here are smaller, except for a couple of statues right inside the door, as most of these statues are about 2 to 3 feet tall. There are shelves along the walls which are sort of like trophy cases with even smaller statues on them. There are also small statues on the third and fourth floors, in addition to several paintings on the wall. In addition to the statues, there are these miniature models of carriages on the shelves of this floor. When I get up to the fifth floor, the statues on this floor are larger like they were on the first floor, and in the middle of this floor there is a gold chariot. When I float outside to explore, this place seems to be in a desert, as it is all sandy.

[ninja9578]

Wow, that sounds awesome man.

[bassairmoon]

I’m dreaming and I know it. I can’t remember why I know it, though. I’m stood in the dining room talking to mom. I tell her I’m dreaming. She agrees. I ask why she didn’t argue with me. She shrugs. I try to fly randomly (I can’t remember exactly when) and then I remember the Dreamviews Task of the Year. So I decide to go to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. I can see it in my head, so I think I have a chance. I try everything. I try writing it on a piece of paper and clicking the link. I try opening a door and expecting to be there (and actually ending up in my garden instead). I try flying there by launching myself off a plank. Nothing works. I even try going to the development behind my house to find something to jump off. I fail. But I try. Meh, well ... I tried. And WILL TRY AGAIN! lol

[ninja9578]

You'll get there soon, you got plenty of time. I gotta start too

[allensig3654]

I want to try this one as well. The last task I tried( visit the planets) failed so bad. I have a REALLY hard time flying