LC# 28: Winner, Siiw! Congratulations!

Lucid Adventures Lucid Challenge
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LC I - TM and initiator: Ian1 - winner: -=JaSoN=-
LC II - TM: Magnus - winner: Q
LC III - TM: Q - winner: Bravsein
LC IV - TM: Bravsein - winner: WritersCube
LC V - TM: WritersCube - winner: dimsya
LC VI - TM: dimsya - winner: Queen SD
LC VII - TM: Ysim - winner: Mugiwara
LC VIII - TM Mugiwara - winner: Ysim
LC IX - TM Ysim - winner: Tundra
LC X -TM Tundra - winner: ebil shrimp
LC 11 -TM Ebil shrimp - winner: Tundra
LC 12 - TM HebrewB - winner: mattiasdavis
LC 13 - TM Blue&White - winner: relV
LC 14 - TM relV - winner: GHOSTIE11
LC 15 - TM GHOSTIE11 - winner: unknownuser33
LC 16 - TM Danielns13 - winner: rkr7
LC 17 - TM Angelmouse - winner: pasQuale
LC 18 - TM Magnus - winner: Amaryllis
LC 19 - TM Amaryllis - winner: Dryalantha
LC 20 - TM Dryalantha - winner: Shadow Dreamer and Amaryllis
LC 21 - TM Dryalantha - winner: Undecided (but probaly Wyvern)
LC 22 - TM Danilens 13 - winner: tosxyChor
LC 23 - TM tosxyChor - winner: Wyvern
LC 24 - TM Wyvern - winner: tosxyChor
LC 25 - TM Rhewin - winner: Solaris
LC 26 - TM Solaris - winner: Rhewin
LC 27- TM tosxyChor- winner: Rhewin

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to [b]Lucid Challenge # 28![/b]

I, Rhewin shall be your benevolent taskmaster (well, benevolent enough).

The LC began as a way to encourage lucidity, and to provide motivation and goals for one’s dreams. Over the last few years it has changed and adapted, but the core value still remains. Whether you are a new dreamer, and experienced LD’er, or you just want to have some fun, the LC is sure to give you something to think about!

In this LC, I plan to use some of the very best challenges we’ve seen over the years, as well as some new and interesting quests! How far do you think you can go in the Challenge? Well, sign up and see! The LC offers a little something for everyone

Compete with the other contestants for the chance to host an LC of your own, or just challenge yourself to become a better dreamer. My goal as TM is to help you become the LD’er you want to be, and I sincerely hope you all come away having learned something new about yourself!

Over the course of the last 5 LCs, the rules have been adapted to better provide an interesting and rewarding experience. [b]I have made one or two minor changes, and they are marked in red.[/b] Here they are in their latest tweaked version:

LD points: you get these just for having an LD! You do not have to complete a task to get these, so post any and every lucid experience!

Points awarded for each dream:

  • You wonder if you’re dreaming. + 5pts
  • You become lucid but wake up shortly after or lose lucidity very quickly (generally 30 seconds or less for most dreamers). + 10pts
  • Short LD: You have whatever you would consider to be short according to typical LD’s you’ve had in the past. + 20pts
  • Medium/Average LD: You have what you would consider a medium size LD. This should be the average length of most of your dreams up to this point. + 30pts
  • Long LD: You have what you would consider a long LD. + 40pts

A dream is considered a single one until you get out of bed and/or write down your dreams.

Additionally, if you beat your own personal record for longest LD, I will award +20pts. This can potentially happen more than once in the Challenge if you try hard enough to beat your own records. :happy:

As you can see, this scoring system is very subjective. This is because different people have different average lengths for lucid dreams. What one person may consider short (5 minutes) may be someone else’s medium and so on. This is so people can work on improving their own personal bests. It encourages the more advanced LD’ers to work hard too. To help you get a definite idea of what your usual duration is, you must post your average (or medium) LD time when you sign up.

Chaining and regaining lucidity: Every time you chain or get back your lucidity from having lost it, you are awarded 5 points. However, the new LD is counted as a continuation of the previous one; so, for example, you can have a medium LD, then chain and raise the LD score to that of a long one.

Task points: These are the points you are awarded for attempting, and completing, the various tasks. You do not have to be lucid to complete a task, but you will earn the most points while lucid. Each task will have different ways of rewarding points, and they will be explained as each task is posted.

Ideas in mind: In this Challenge, I will be focusing on creativity as well as personal growth. You’ll recieve points for completeing any task, but you’ll earn the most with a little ingenuity.

So:
Any task can be attempted any number of times, however the scores are not cumulative among the same task. Only the best score is awarded for each one. (Example: You earn 50 points on first attempt but only 20 on the second. You will only earn points from the first).

For each task, the following bonuses can be awarded:
+30 lucid points (for any task accomplished while lucid; this is seperate from lucid points)
+20 early points (for completing the last task active when you go to sleep)

Combo points! Completing two tasks in a single dream will award you 20 combo points per task. [b]Note: This is a slight change from previous LC’s. Rather than combos marking all dreams as early, they are now completely seperate points. This means you can earn early points for the current task as well as combo points![/b]

Base idea for awarding points in each task:
[color=red][b]In LC 28, every task will have its own points structure. Some will be very basic, while others will be more complex. Some may earn more base points, others might want more than the basics, and others still may want a little variety. There are three basic ways to earn points in every challenge:

  1. Completing the basic task. (30-50 pts)
  2. Completing secondary tasks. (10-50 pts)
  3. Points earned per action or variation. (5-20 pts per tick)

It is my goal to make the LC more task centered rather than points centered, so I will attempt to make the reward structure as easy to understand as possible.[/b][/color]

Extra occasional points awarded for display of creativity and/or prowess (max 30 per task) by the TM. Remember those are for special instances only. They are cumulative, even among different task attempts.

Quest points

The monthly Quest counts as task, and awards 50 points for completion, possibly more at the discretion of the TM. It is not counted as early, but it is feasible for combos.

Personal Goal/Task

When you sign up, also give your personal task. That is, a task that is one of your goals for LD’ing. I will award 30 pts for completing your task.

Like in LC 27, you are not limited to one personal task. You may choose a new one after you complete the first. Since my goal is self improvement, I will award another 10 pts for every extra PT you complete. However, there will be certain requirements for secondary PT’s, such as having to complete the task with your DG or a RL friend

A few last things

I will attempt to have tasks up by 6p.m. GMT. There will be 7 tasks total, and each may be up for different ammounts of time depending on difficulty. I reserve the right to extend time limits for any reason I see fit.

Your dreams will have to be written down to be judged, so either post them here, or post a link to your online DJ entries (preferred).

Don’t worry about the points calculation, it will be me who will calculate all the scores. (It is required, given the possibility of bonus points)
If you feel I made an error in points, please PM me immediately and I will either explain or correct. We are here to have fun, so if you and I disagree on how many points you have earned, please do not make a scene. If you don’t like how I reward points, then win the LC so you can make up your own rules!

As per tradition, the Challenge will be open to up to 20 participants with a minimum of 10. As long as there are spots still open, feel free to join even if we have already started.

To quote LC 27’s TM: The main aim of all this will be letting the dreamers grow in their ability to explore, use and interact with the dreamscape, plus developing confidence in their actions as well as new techniques, skills, and methods. This is more than a challenge - it is a personal adventure, that will guide you through the world of possibilities that is your dreams, growing better at this awesome and useful skill we call Lucid Dreaming, making it grow steadily, day by day, task by task.
I will be assisting all participants, with suggestions, hints and encouragements, so that you will easily reach the desired goals. You can also ask aid from the other competitors, I’m sure they’ll be eager to share their advice ^^ You can PM me as well, at any time, for any kind of question you would want to be answered.

Good luck to all of you! I sincerely hope you walk away from this feeling good about how you performed. All right, let’s get this show on the road!

Sign-ups

  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
  8. EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
  9. Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
  10. Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
  11. Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself ]
  12. cookymonster [5-15][create a whole new universe]
  13. Thorn, [5-7], [finish DreamViews’ Tasks of the Month for the first time]
  14. Ronny [2-3], [Interview a DC]
  15. Lucid_Sockhat [5-15], [See a live Scragg, as seen in QUAKE 1]
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Sign-ups
I need all the motivation I can get, I’m in a bit of a slump :bored:
1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
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1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2.Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
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I haven’t been doing this for a while. Plus I need some motivation and ideas as well. :content:

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1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2.Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3. Starrygwee, [10-15], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
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11-20.

Wow, I’m surprised, I thought I’d see tons of people signing up :bored: . Well heres a little kick. Same as the others I need some motivation! This is going to be exciting :content: .

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Don’t worry, they’ll come. Just give 'em time, it is still technically the holidays :content:

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1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2.Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
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11-20.

I need something to focus on, and this sounds like that’s what it’s about. Since I’ve started having more LD, I may as well make them purposeful.

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What the heck, why not. :grin: I want to start giving myself little tasks to do in my LD’s, so why not join the LC?

1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2.Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
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11-20.

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Not so sure about the medium/average LD time…

1.KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2.Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
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11-20.

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Both Rhewin and ZRVera pushed me to this thread, so here I am :tongue:

  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
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  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
  8. EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
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1 KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2 Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3 Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4 Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5 mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
6 ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
7 GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
8 EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
9 Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]

LD time is it in dream-minutes or real time minutes?

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1 KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2 Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3 Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4 Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5 mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
6 ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
7 GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
8 EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
9 Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
10 Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]

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I decided to do this, to keep on the lucidity track!
it always helps me.

1 KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2 Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3 Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4 Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5 mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
6 ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
7 GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
8 EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
9 Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
10 Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
11.Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself :happy:]

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Real minutes… sort of. Pretty much it’s however long the dream felt to you when you woke up. If you felt like you were in the dream for 10 minutes, go with 10 minutes.

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1 KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
2 Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
3 Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
4 Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
5 mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
6 ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
7 GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
8 EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
9 Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
10 Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
11.Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself ]
12.cookymonster [5-15][create a whole new universe]

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We have a enough members, so the first task will be posted on Monday. There is still time to sign up, and as long as there is still room you can still sign up even after we start!

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  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
  8. EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
  9. Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
  10. Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
  11. Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself ]
  12. cookymonster [5-15][create a whole new universe]
  13. Thorn, [5-7], [finish DreamViews’ Tasks of the Month for the first time]
    14-20.

I figure a challenge like this might push my motivation to get back into LDing past being a forgettable New Year’s resolution. Also, first post.~

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  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
  8. EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
  9. Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
  10. Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
  11. Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself ]
  12. cookymonster [5-15][create a whole new universe]
  13. Thorn, [5-7], [finish DreamViews’ Tasks of the Month for the first time]
  14. Ronny [2-3], [Interview a DC]
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Welcome, Thorn. Be sure to read through the FAQ’s an Tutorials section to help get some of the basics down :content:

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  1. KauaiDreamer, [5-10], [Fly to the Himalayas and meditate on mountain top]
  2. Puce, [4-8], [Eat stuff]
  3. Starrygwee, [10-20], [Visit WriterCube’s Monolith Garden]
  4. Unseen_Eye [3-5], [Play any instrument]
  5. mattias [5-7], [use my sense of smell]
  6. ZRVera, [2-5], [visit two of the major themes of my childhood nightmares]
  7. GHOSTIE11, [1-5], [regain flight motivation]
  8. EllyEve, [5-10], [Create a dreamworld!]
  9. Dryalantha [10-20], [plant new suggestions in my subconscious]
  10. Siiw [3-5] [bring back a song]
  11. Idanl09 [3-4][converse with myself ]
  12. cookymonster [5-15][create a whole new universe]
  13. Thorn, [5-7], [finish DreamViews’ Tasks of the Month for the first time]
  14. Ronny [2-3], [Interview a DC]
  15. Lucid_Sockhat [5-15], [See a live Scragg, as seen in QUAKE 1]