ND Challenge 9 - Winner - Ysim!

the Stuff Dreams are made of... Normal Dream Challenge
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Welcome to the Ninth Normal Dream Challenge of LD4all!
A challenge to test and improve dream recall, quality and clarity of recorded dreams, as well as the ability to incubate non-lucid dreams. It also serves as an encouragement to read others’ Dream Journals and vice versa.

Tasks
Task 1 - Holiday
Task 2 - Mythical Races
Task 3 - Transport
Task 4 - Thunderstruck
Task 5 - Pirates vs Ninjas!

Final Scores

Score Sheet (OneDrive)

Previous Challenges

SPOILER - Click to view

ND Challenge 1 - TM and Initiator: Dreamjutsu - Winner: Ysim
ND Challenge 2 - TM: Ysim - Winner: moogle
ND Challenge 3 - TM: moogle and Eilatan - Winner: MagykKatte
ND Challenge 4 - TM: MagykKatte and Ysim - Winner: Eilatan
ND Challenge 5 - TM: Eilatan - Winner: Fate
ND Challenge 6 - TM: Fate - Winner: Yev
ND Challenge 7 - TM: Yev - Winner: HeadInTheClouds
ND Challenge 8 - TM: Letaali - Winner: Bom

Rules
Recall:
5 points per fragment recalled
10 points per normal dream recalled
15 points per lucid dream recalled

Techniques:
5 points per chain
2 points per reality check performed

Tasks:
50 points for completing the current task
25 points for completing a late task
25 points for completing your personal goal
20 points for completing the current task while lucid
10 points for completing a late task while lucid
10 points for completing your personal goal while lucid

Bonus Points: (Awarded at the end of each task)
Up to 30 points for quality of recall

Recall
For every normal dream recalled, you are awarded 10 points. A lucid dream will award you 15 points. You will be given 5 points for each fragment you recall.

Please put a link to your dream journal when you sign up. If you do not have a dream journal on LD4all, start one—it is a great habit. If you wish, you may create a temporary DJ in the Dream Journal forum for this challenge.

Only dreams that you have during the course of the challenge are eligible for points. If you join the challenge after the beginning of the first task, only dreams that you have after the time you join will count. It may be a good idea to make a comment in your DJ of where your first ND Challenge dream begins.

Techniques
If you wake up from a dream, but immediately go back to sleep and see either the same dream or a different one, you will be granted 5 points. Points for chaining are cumulative, meaning you can get several points for chaining if you wake up, go to sleep, see a dream, wake up again and go to sleep, see another dream, and so on and so forth. The additional dreams will be counted separately from the first, and you will be awarded points on recall accordingly.

Every reality check you perform in a dream will net you 2 points, even if it does not get you lucid. Reality checks performed while lucid will not award points.

Tasks
There will be five tasks, which will last seven days each. Completing the current task will get you 50 points. If you complete a previous task, you will get 25 points. You can complete multiple late tasks per dream.

You may also choose a personal goal, which will award 25 points upon completion. Please state your personal goal when you sign up. Once you have completed your goal, you may choose a new one.

Please note: As this challenge focuses on incubation, completing the task after becoming lucid will only award 20 points, your personal task will award 10 points, and a late task will award 10 points. This is not to penalize you for being lucid, but because the ND Challenge is about dream incubation, not lucidity.

If you feel you have completed a task or your personal goal, please state which task you have completed and when you completed it.

Bonus Points
At the end of each task, I may give up to 30 bonus points to each participant, based on how well you recall your dreams, and the level of detail in your dream journal entries. This is meant to reward those who improve the quality of their dream recall, in addition to the number of dreams recalled.

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

To sign up for this challenge please reply with a link to your dream journal (using the Dream Journalsection of the forum) and your current personal goal.

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability

Hi :tongue: I’ll count new and very rarely used abilities as completing my personal goal.

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
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Well I haven’t missed one yet, so…
ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008--------------------DJ------------------ Shapeshift
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My first ND challenge, why not ?

ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008--------------------DJ------------------ Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream -------------------DJ-------------------Just seeing the sky (may seem simple but i never saw it in a dream)
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  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008--------------------DJ------------------ Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream -------------------DJ-------------------Just seeing the sky (may seem simple but i never saw it in a dream)
  6. Bom -------------------- DJ ----------------------------- To have an epic fight with someone in a dream

Need motivation for my DJ again…

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008--------------------DJ------------------ Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream -------------------DJ-------------------Just seeing the sky (may seem simple but i never saw it in a dream)
  6. Bom -------------------- DJ ----------------------------- To have an epic fight with someone in a dream

*Fixed the links.

Great to see some new bloods amongst the veterans and champions. I’m ready to start this challenge, but will wait a little longer in the hopes we can get 10 sign ups. :smile:

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ----------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ----------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle--------------------DJ------------------ To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008--------------------DJ------------------ Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream -------------------DJ-------------------Just seeing the sky (may seem simple but i never saw it in a dream)
  6. Bom -------------------- DJ ----------------------------- To have an epic fight with someone in a dream
  7. Fate -------------------- DJ -------------------- See something wicked/grotesque/disturbing
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ND Challenge 9:
…Name…Dream Journal…Personal Goal

  1. Letaali -------------------- DJ ------------------ To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ------------------- DJ ------------------ To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle---------------------DJ------------------- To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008 -----------DJ------------------- Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream -----DJ-------------------Just seeing the sky
  6. Bom ----------------------- DJ ------------------ To have an epic fight
  7. Fate ----------------------- DJ ------------------ See something wicked/grotesque

Just tried to align things better :tongue:

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Thanks Letaali, very neat :content:

Okay I’m proposing a vote from everyone signed up so far…

Would you prefer to wait for ten participants, or would you like to get started? Majority rules.

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Yeah seems like there won’t be too many new sign ups. Starting with 7 seems fine to me.

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Yeah, I also think we should start.

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ND Challenge 9:
…Name… Dream Journal… Personal Goal

  1. Letaali ------------------ DJ ---------------- To use a new superhuman ability
  2. En’enra ----------------- DJ ---------------- To have the sense of smell in a dream
  3. moogle-------------------DJ----------------- To have a FUN dream
  4. James_UK2008 ---------DJ----------------- Shapeshift
  5. TheUnknownDream —DJ-----------------Just seeing the sky
  6. Bom --------------------- DJ ---------------- To have an epic fight
  7. Fate --------------------- DJ ---------------- See something wicked/grotesque
  8. Ysim --------------------- DJ ---------------- To ride an animal (dragons not included).

I’m feeling motivated :tongue:

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Not sure if I want to join yet, so much IRL that happens, but if I get some time then maybe.

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Good news everyone!

We’ll get this challenge started on Friday 4th July. The first task will be posted at ~13:00 GMT (whenever I get my lunch-break)

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[center]Task 1 - Holiday!

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It’s July and that means it’s vacation time! This week your task is to go on a dream holiday: Relax on a beach, enjoy the sun, sea and sand. Will you build a sand castle or just lounge in the shade of a palm tree? Beach vacations not your thing? Fine, maybe you’ll enjoy a city break in another country and visit a famous tourist attraction or one of the many wonders of the world. Dream vacations need no money, no reservations, no plane tickets… so where do you want to go? What do you want to see?

This is an intentionally broad theme to get started, so you can incubate something personal to you. Chill out, enjoy yourselves, let’s get some points on the score board. The important thing here is being a tourist. As long as you’re feeling that vacation vibe or doing tourist type things like photographing everything, trying to read foreign maps, stopping for ice cream every five minutes, etc, it will count.

Don’t forget to send me a postcard!

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Should be tricky, I don’t tend to relax in my dreams at all, they are always action-packed (for better or worse) :tongue:

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Skydive over the nazca lines? Base jump off the Eiffel tower? Adventure holidays are fine too, you don’t have to sit around on a beach! :smile:

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Oh that’s a relief! :happy: Rarely dream about relaxing on a beach. I’ll try to incubate sky diving :content: