Hey, when did this start? I didn’t see a date? I can’t remember the contestant limit either, haha.
BrandonBoss (10 minutes)
Desired Action: fight the witch that beat me last time
Desired Setting: the mall with the theater
Desired Form: Wolf
Personal goal: win a fight, not just get in more hits like normal, either KO, death, or give up.
^ I was wondering where you were, heh. The contestant limit is usually 20, but since we reached that limit in record time, I removed the limit altogether to be fair to people like you that haven’t had a chance to even see this topic. Welcome aboard! You still need to give a personal goal, though; it should be something that’s important to you that you think merits points just for getting it done. The other parts of the sign-up will be used next week for Task 2.
Hmm… if he can choose the desired form “a god”. can i choose “mortal” as mine? 
^ If you’re a goddess in dreams normally, then I guess I really should allow it, but I have to say no. His is uplifting; he could actually feel more powerful or even look more impressive if done. Yours is the antithesis of our theme of “dream control”, though… it has a sense that you want to be powerless and at the whims of the dream, which is not what we’re after. 
This is true. But even if you’d let me put that there, it’d permanently deprive me of those possible points. Gaining power is possible. Losing it on purpose… not so much.
And yes, Ambrosia is very delicious. Especially grown in your garden rather than bought. Though we grew way too much this year, and ended up passing them out to our neighbors.
Losing power on purpose is easy. Just put the power in an item and leave the item. 
Fun thing to do: let go of lucidity purposefully.
Probably don’t do it for this competition. 
Much easier said than done. I’m connected too thoroughly to my dreamworld for that to work. It’s not so much a power, as it is an integration. Even suppression, and ND’s do not prevent my dream manipulative ability. It is not much different than telling yourself to stop thinking completely.
I’m mostly participating in the LC for a slightly differently hued goal. Not controlling my dream, but controlling myself. A part of that is that I completely lack discipline to plan and carry out goals and guidelines. I did fairly well in the last LC only because it was not so much regarding actions and goals, but just perceptions.
I am guessing that I will not do so well in this LC, but we will see.
I don’t do good with goals either. I normally accomplish a goal every other LD, but it is normally a goal that I had a month ago or so. 
This is why it is always a goal of mine to explore, this happens automatically without other goals, so this makes it always satisfying.
and for the rest:
“believe you can, or believe you can’t, you are right either way.”
Before any of that though
This has to end…
I had trickles of the dream world last night in which I’ve been inspired, encountered, and even began a very fascinating way to approach this task. It’s going to be a real shame if I can’t finalize it.
Okaaaay… As I say in the DJ entry… I am conflicted… But here’s a completion of Task 1 Parts 3 and 4. (I’m gonna number them to make it easy to convey which I’m talking about. The numbering is sequential from top to bottom… ) Why the confliction? You’ll see.
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Dreams so Far:
[spoiler]NLDs: 1
Task 1: Part 3, Part 4, EARLY
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I think I compiled that correctly, Thorn… I’ll find out after you score the dream.
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Med FLD. Not task related.
@Thorn 
So 1:45pm central time was really too early to count for anything??
And FLD length make a difference like LD length??
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Today’s randomly generated goal:
!ideaLC
LC participants, in your next LD, you should shoot fireworks from your hands while in an ant colony and in the form of Godzilla!
There’s a conflict in sizes here; will you go for giant ants or a small Godzilla? Or will you wait until the script spits out something sensible? Remember, finishing the latest task created by the script awards 30 points, whether it’s logical or not! It also changes approximately every 24 hours, so you only get one shot!
Yev, lucidity begets lucidity, so congrats on your moment of lucidity!
Scipio, that definitely counts. Just remember that for the repeatable “objects on your person” task, you’ll need to use the baton to rewind time again before starting on a new on-person object. We’ll excuse the teleportation aspect as it didn’t work in that dream, and you’re free to try an object that empowers without worrying about the baton since we’re keeping the two ideas separate in the scoring.
Koharo, I can’t accept dreams from before the LC started, sorry. Also, FLDs are a flat 5 points no matter the length. We’re training LDs, and FLDs are a nice “almost there” concept but not what we ultimately want.
BrandonBoss, I see you were lucid last night, got chain points, and even took a stab at your personal goal, although you haven’t posted any info here yet. Don’t forget to post and give me an idea of the dream’s length!
The scores are updated! Note that the scoreboard is now here; I updated the link in the Task 1 post accordingly. I had a syncing issue that led to the scoreboard being outright deleted (yay for The Cloud!), so I uploaded my backup copy to a new address.
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Okay I had to ask again because I didn’t consider the time zones the first time around.
Alright then reload it and hit harder next time 'round.
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^ It comes down to the LC judging based on “the last task active when you go to sleep”. When you went to sleep, there was no task, so the LC did not start for you. This ensures that everybody gets an equal amount of sleeps for each task. Going to sleep and luckily dreaming in line with a task that is posted while you are asleep is not our aim; incubation and lucidity is our aim.
Ah, Thorn, that is a dream from like 6-7th night, it would have counted for last competition had I posted it then. I posted that because I was talking about fighting with some people. It is what gave me the idea for the goal, not an attempt at it. All my fights don’t end till I wake up or just leave. That is why I didn’t post it here.
Last night I had nothing to do with goals. Boring NDs. Planning on doing some fighting tonight.
^ Ah, okay. Sorry for the assumption; it’s the very beginning of the LC, so I’m playing nanny a bit until I know everybody’s got the routine down. In the future, I’ll only score dreams linked or paraphrased in this topic.
Had a very short lucid dream last night, without the completion of any task:
[url]https://community.ld4all.com/t/ians-dreamworld-journeys-starting-anew/39235/3]
False Lucid and two LDs (one average, one short), completed personal task. Gonna go for that one again against a real opponent.
[spoiler]FLD
I am in a courtyard with my wife and some random kids from “school”. A witch starts attacking and I start throwing fireballs and punches at her. She stay up in a tree and I start climbing the tree when I remember wood and fire don’t mix. I set it on fire and tear off a piece of wood and throw it at her as she flies away.
LD #1 (10 min chain)
I am in a car with my pastor. I look at my hands and notice that one has a double tip (think pitchfork) I think about jumping out, but it seems too real. RC again. Jump out of car, stabilize. Seems to be the same place I fought the with, except it is light out now. Can’t remember any tasks. Fight something. I don’t see a DC anywhere. Houses nearby though. I wake up.
Chain.
Still looking at a back yard. I cut the fence in half by putting my hands in between the wood. I see a windmill, after going through 5 backyards. I could totally fins someone to fight in there. My eyes open.
Wake up. Write down notes.
LD#2 (7 minutes chain)
I am almost ready for work. As I am getting in the car I think that none of this makes sense. Look at my hands and I had a wandering finger. My wife attacks me (sexually )I try to get away and I wake up.
Lay still. I keep feeling late to work. Want to check, but I also want to LD, gotta trust my alarm.
Backyards again, can’t see the windmill. I’ll head into a house and fight someone there. That fence truck is amazing. I go through a fence and see another fence. I do this for like 2 minutes till I realize that I need to change expectation. Think of a house past fence. Finally a house. Make my way through the backyard and I see a screen and glass door. I try the fence trick on it (going tonne called “seaming” now) on the screen and then the glass. Inside there are two people having sex. I can fight them! I throw the guy across the room with telekinesis. The girl runs to me and starts making moves at me (don’t need to elaborate). I put my handnon her head and decide what to do. I was planning on aging, but that wouldn’t be actually winning like I had predetermined. I decided! She started groping and her arms and legs get shorter, her skin gets shinier. Her joints started having that line and then she suddenly had the full transformation. She was a doll. I then woke up. [/spoiler]
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