Lucidity Challenge 48 - Task 3 - VampireVolfGame

^ So it’s ADA… got it… now to beat you at your own game! :sly: I was actually getting back into ADA a bit last night since I had four hours of near silence while proctoring a standardized test, but the most dream-like thing that happened this morning actually turned out to be real. :razz: I can relate to games seeping into dreams, too, as I’ve had more magic in my dreams than ever since getting back into Pathfinder (or D&D 3.75, if we really have to call it that).

That said, I’m not dejected or anything. It’s more that I really want to focus on the cyborg stuff even though my personal goal of hulking out (but hopefully not getting attacked by your old personal goal self) or doing the Monthly Quest would be worth more. Speaking of that, I’ll totally act against my own best interests and make a suggestion for you that’ll get you more points! Instead of making shrinking a 25-point secondary personal goal, why not set a different goal but get 75 points for appropriate shrinking in the Quest? I highly approve of any TF, even just changing size, so I felt the need to assist a fellow shapeshifter. :tongue: I don’t know of any April Quest designs, either, so it seems like the current Quest will stick around for a bit and give you the time to do it. EDIT: Figures that somebody had a Quest idea and it became a published Quest in record time. Yay for foot-in-mouth syndrome! Ignore me; I’m unlucky. :smile:

Oh, right, I need to post about possible points and not just use this topic for conversation. I see that “hack other technology” does not allow simply driving a car or using a computer and needs to be done with my mind or cyber technology. If my dream self was making adjustments to my Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ROM hack without being at a computer (e.g., it was mental power alone), does that count, or does the hacking need to be more malicious? The relevant dream is posted here.

:razz: glad it helped you, wish it would help me right now.

This morning I made 3 attempts at WILD, I managed to get into the right state each time and got into a dream immediately on going to sleep, issue was the moment I did EVERY TIME, I completely lost my consciousness. (there isn’t a emoticon to express the degree of frustration I’m feeling over this right now).

sighs I don’t know how to fix this issue, its one I’ve never had, in the past as long as I can get into the right state and go to sleep while holding awareness, I’ve found myself straight a LD.

I’m wondering too right now how a shift in my thoughts is affecting my awareness. I used strongly think of life being a dream itself, cause of all the life crap and a back off of many of my spiritual beliefs, I cant currently feel like everything in life is. I’m wondering this big life perceptional shift is shifting my ability to become aware in my dreams (in past I could also have LDs other then by WILD).

I was considering the other day if I should take up playing alien games to help trigger off an alien dream even if non lucid, thing is I rarely dream about games I’ve played in the past.

I’m having more non lucid dreams but nothing at all to do with the challenges.

(Working desperately on my tulpa putting a lot of energy into him, hoping he’ll start screaming at me to “wake up” when I’m dreaming).

Is there an extra bonus for the person trying to hardest :happy:

I just did WILD attempt 6 for today and plan to give it one or two more goes later today.

My attempt 6 more score me some points may get me some (OMG that sentence, Im still partly asleep starts slapping herself in the face trying to wake up a bit more)… I went into lucid dream state 3 times, crappy extremely short lucids but lucids all the same even if I did keep dropping out as I was in them not at all deeply (though I was loosing some awareness so low lucidity ones too)

[community.ld4all.com/t/sea-doves-lucid-dream-journal/40036/1) (is that also chaining when one drops out but then sends one back into another dream of choice? I’m still trying to get used to some of the terminologies here)

Finally are getting somewhere again if this wasn’t just luck today (the fact I managed to keep repeating this today, hopefully means I broken my WILD bad run and hopefully will be getting some stable WILDs soon).

I briefly became my cyborg avatar at the end of this ND. I’m almost disappointed, as I really, really wanted to do this task while lucid. :smile:

[community.ld4all.com/t/olegs-dream-journal-part-17/39488/64)

I visited a spaceship and became lucid for a moment. It was mostly all by accident, too.

…oh, and I dont know how I skipped this out, but apparently, the entire dream I was walking around in some sort of frilly princess costume, so… that.

I had a long length LD a few days ago.

Had an LD here this morning which at around 3-5 minutes long makes this a medium one for me. As per Task 2, I summoned Plo Koon and attempted to talk to him as per the speak to an alien task but didn’t get much in ways of a response.

Well cheers for the idea anyway. I always forget the monthly quest! :content:

From last night gonna claim my longest LD ever due to managing time dilation. I lost lucidity and regained it. During the lucid I moved the clock hands with my mind, and also sneaked into a building.

In an earlier dream I had multiple reality checks fail, if that’s still worth points?

Dream, in which a Buddhist monk tells me that the game I am playing is frivolous. He is possibly referring to the Lucidity Challenge, or maybe more generally to my entire human existence. I’m not counting this dream as a lucid, because although I’m semi-aware that I’m trying to do the challenge, I’m not properly lucid. No points scored, I think.

I also had another dream in which I encounter the smuggler team engaged in a operation that might contravene forum rules to describe. It was a bit like something out of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. No points scored, I think.

In this ND, I enter a building I should not through a locked door, although I’m unsure if it fits the LC’s definition of “sneak into a building” due to how simple it was to do so.

So the Space Knight team and the Cyborg team totally need to tie so that we can again push the positive ideals of both and negatives of neither when they were supposed to be in opposition. Make it happen, people. :tongue:

Guys, you are all doing very well. I know I’ve been quiet but I am keeping up with your posts. Unfortunately school is getting in the way again, so while I do have Task 3, I do not have enough time to write it out.

2 day extension

This really should be the last time I’ll need to extend. I have been working on a major white paper that is due tomorrow. After that I’ll be good.

Had 3 LDs here this morning which at around at least 5 minutes a piece makes them a medium length for me. In #1, I successfully had a two way conversation with an Alien (PloKoon) this time around (assuming the previous one wasn’t eligable for points).

I had a long lucid dream where I did the monthly quest and alchemy task. I manipulated the ground to be softer to dig. It became almost like liquid, really easy to dig. I found an artifact for the monthly quest, although it was nothing fancy. Just a blue, metallic shovel with a brush.

Dream, in which I discover a copy of the Theodor Herzl Colouring Book. (As far as I know, this book doesn’t exist in the real world). This is a near miss on my personal task (draw or paint in colour in a dream and then reproduce on waking). I had colour vision in the dream, and partly coloured in one of the illustrations, but I didn’t quite feel up to reproducing it in waking life. This is also a near miss on the jousting one, as the science fiction alternate history version of the Crusades within one part of the book has at least a horse, and suggests the distinct possibility of jousting.

I had a NLD where I sold something to a DC. Basically I was in some old house with my friend who I was trying to convince to buy “membership” to a company I owned.

The “membership” only costed 2 million dollars a month… I don’t know what kind of perks he would get from being a “member” at my business, but it must be good for 2 million. xD

Anyways, I know I am not part of the Smuggler team, but I wasn’t sure If I got half points or something for completing their tasks.

Here’s a short lucid where I did something from Task 1 followed by an NLD’d portion of Task 2.

A Lucid Moment and Space ~ Short Lucid Dream ~ Alchemy, and Visit a Space

Stats so Far:

[spoiler]NLDs: 3
Short LDs: 3
Medium LDs: 1
Long LDs: 0

Task 1:-E White Magic | Explore a Castle | Exploration | Alchemy
Task 2:-E Sneak into a Building | Visit a Space
[/spoiler]

Dream, in which I fail to get to a Sleater-Kinney concert but do get to drink a beverage that’s pretty much like mulled wine. Probably too close to mulled wine to count for the “food that doesn’t exist on Earth” task, even if it was billed as a traditional recipe from somewhere in the dream. (Eastern Europe I think? Ok, another Transylvanian local speciality appearing in my dreams. And it was red, too).

In the second dream here, I end up working a retail job and thus sell things to DCs. I never get to process a transaction, but from one retail employee to another, I assume we both know that actual selling doesn’t take place at the cash register. :tongue: I do manage to convince some DCs to make a purchase that they may not have made without my assistance. The dream was definitely influenced by other tasks as well, such as a zombie infestation, but I don’t think I actually accomplished any other tasks.

Ok, I can finally start responding normally.

@sea-dove: as long as you knew you were dreaming, it’s a lucid dream. The level of lucidity doesn’t matter for the LC. And that is, indeed, chaining. Also, in your attempt where you kept dropping in and out, did you loose lucidity or actually wake up and go back in to a dream?

@demented: they way I read that was three LDs chained together through DEILD, yes? That would make them one long LD for points purposes.

@obfusc8: congrats on the record! As for the tasks, I’ll count your upgraded eyes as using cyber tech. Also yay personal goal! Also longest LD! You’re having my luck from LC 47 :razz:.

@Susan_Y: while that’ super cool, you’re right, the ship did need to be spacey.

@Jer: I think that is definitely close enough to talking to an alien… you asked something and they responded. Also, that is definitely a smuggler-ish thing to sell for sure. Half points for the cyborg!

@Thorn: that’ll work for hacking.

@james_UK2008: not much of a response still includes talking to an alien. Yay!

scores are updated

Task 3 - VampireVolfGame

[u]The Story[/u]

SPOILER - Click to view

Rhewin lets out a sigh of relief as the TARDIS finally hums back to life. He pats the console and then wipes of a small speck of dust with his handkerchief.

“There, now, good as new,” he says to no one in particular.

A knock on the door grabs his attention. He opens the door to find the entire LC group, all of whom seem to have been turned into cyborgs.

“Ah. No solicitors, please. We’re quite well, thank you.”

Rhewin shuts the door and goes back to cleaning when he finally realizes what he just saw. Scrambling, he turns on the TARDIS’s monitors and reviews the last week and a half. In the monitor he sees the groups going their separate ways and to the three factions.

“Now how on earth did they even find such horrible places?” he yells to no one.

Over the week The Cyborg Armada continued to grow in power, until finally it had basically taken over the world. While the Space Knights fought valiantly, the cyborgs overwhelmed them. The Smugglers thought they might be safe hiding silently, but they were found.

Clearing his throat, Rhewin walks calmly back to the doors and opens them once more.

“Erm… come in, please.”

Thorn, the most transformed and active of the group, steps forward.

“Your… body is imperfect. We will make you perfect,” he drones.

“Yes, alright, I hear you. Just come on in.”

The cyborg LCers follow, droning on about bodies and imperfection. Once they are all aboard, Rhewin presses a button on the console and the doors close.

“You will be perfect now… Rhewin,” one of them says.

“Oh for goodness sake, must I always be cleaning up after you?”

Rhewin hits a button labeled “EMERGENCY BILOGICAL RESET” and the TARDIS jumps into flight.

Everyone is knocked down by the force, but something more is happening. The TARDIS (breaking quite a few Laws of Time), erases the damage done to the LCers bodies in the last few days. When it finally stops, everyone is back to normal.

“Now, we really must talk about the consequences of wandering off on your own. Why-“

The TARDIS lands again with a thump and the lights go dim.

“Oh dear. I was worried about this,”
Rhewin says as he turns on a few emergency lights. “Drained her power. Oh, she’ll be fine, but we’re stuck again.”

A confused person begins to ask a question.

“Um, what just happened? The last thing I remember I was-“

“No, no,”
Rhewin says while bringing a finger up to his lips. “Don’t think about it. We don’t want your minds splitting apart in a temporal anomaly caused by memories from two parallel existences.”

“I-“

“Quiet.” Rhewin sighs again and looks around. “Well, I guess we’ll be continuing the LC wherever we are. But this time I’m coming with you. Obviously you can’t be left alone, given the last two tasks.”

The group walks out into a medieval looking village. There is a town square with a fountain. The buildings are empty and no one is in the street. The town is nestled in the mountains, with large boulders blocking all streets leading to the outside.
Rhewin looks around suspiciously. There is clearly something familiar to him about this place. When someone asks him about it, he just shrugs.

“It just looks like somewhere… or maybe two somewheres. Not sure, it doesn’t quite look like either, but neither is where we should want to be.”

Suddenly the TARDIS’s doors shut behind the group and it teleports away. Rhewin’s eyes widen.

“No! Come back here! Don’t do this now, silly thing!”

“Are we stuck here?”

“No! I mean yes! I mean, for now. The TARDIS has phased out of the time stream. She detected some form of danger that would be terrible than having to temporarily leave us. Unless we can sort it out…”

Laughter sounds from a castle at the far end of the village. The castle is close enough that it is also clearly abandoned. A shadow, thin but ominous, floats down to the group. Rhewin steps in front of the others. Something is familiar to some of the group, but no one can quite make it out.

“Who are you?” The shadow asks. “I didn’t think anyone would make it into this town unless I called for it.”

“I see no reason to an-“

“Rhewin. I have wondered if I would ever see you here. You’ve been to the other two villages, but never here.”

“I say again, I see no reason to an-“

“Let’s play a game.”

The shadow wisps around Rhewin, leaving him holding a book called the “GM Manual.” The shadow then disappears with more laughter. Rhewin swallows and slowly turns.

“I’m sorry,” he says, “very sorry. But things are about to get ugly. And the only way we get to stop it is to play the game.”

Rhewin looks down, ashamed to face the LCers. Behind him a sign hangs slights eschew.

It reads “Welcome to Llaca, the Village of Peace.”

Let’s play a game, shall we?

For this Task, you will be randomly divided into three separate teams: vampires, wolves, and villagers. YOU CANNOT SHOW PROOF OF WHAT TEAM YOU ARE ON FOR THE ENTIRITY OF THIS TASK.

The point of Vampire Volf Game (Volf, because a vampire can’t say “W,” get it?) is for each team to try to overtake or eliminate the other. If you’ve never visited wolfgame/vampiregame/vampire volfgame on the forum, check it out here. It can give you some insight on how the games work.

Obviously in the LC we’re much more focused on dreaming, but we can still have some fun. The rules are different from the real WG/VG/VVG, but you’ll see some similarities. Every day you will vote for one player. The team of the person voted off will lose one task off of their team advantage score (the individual player will not lose pts for the task completed, however). A person voted off cannot vote, be turned into a vampire, or be hanged again.

I will reveal the team of whoever was voted off and who voted for whom.

Everyone will have access to a villager’s discussion page. Yes, everyone. On that page, you can discuss who you think might be a wolf or a vampire and who you might want to vote next. Keep in mind, the vampires and wolves can pretend to be villagers here and may try to sway the vote, though neither team will know who is on the other.

The vampires and wolves will know who is on their team and have a private discussion. Villagers, however, will not know what team any other player is on until they are voted off. AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT SHOW PROOF, LIKE A SCREEN OF MY PM, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT TEAM YOU ARE ON.

Each team will also have a second vote. The second votes go as follows:

The Villagers
Once a night, the villagers also get to pick one player to protect. This will keep the vampires from turning them or the wolves from killing them. The outcome of this vote will not be revealed unless the vampires or wolves make an attempt on that player. If no one wins a majority, I will randomly select someone.

The Wolves
The wolves can choose one player to kill every night. Once that player has been chosen, they cannot vote again for the remainder of the task. The wolves could try to kill off a few players and then power vote to knock down a competing team. The wolves will vote with each other and one person will PM me. If no one PMs me or if I get more than one PM, I will check the wolf discussion page. If there’s no clear choice, I will choose. You can bet if I have do that, it’s gonna be a wolf.

The Vampires

Initially, only two players will be vampires. Every night they can choose one other person to join the vampire team. Any contributions that player makes after turning will go to the vampires. If that player has already contributed more than 3 advantage pts, the vampires get ONE (1) bonus advantage pt. If a wolf is turned, they can reveal their fellow wolves to the vampires, but cannot tell the wolves they have been turned. Like the wolves, one person PMs me. If no PM, I’ll pick for you. You don’t want that.

If you really don’t want to participate, that’s ok. Any missed votes will count as “random.” You won’t hurt your team, but you might not be helping.

Q&A

SPOILER - Click to view

What if an entire team is voted off?
That’s ok, they are not out of the game. They can still win advantage by completing tasks. After all, there’s only going to be a total of 6 votes, so only a loss of 6 tasks counted to advantage at the very worst.

Why can the vampires and wolves be in the villager discussion?
That’s the nature of the game: you don’t know who you can trust. Yes, that means the wolves and vampires and coordinate better, but the game wouldn’t go anywhere if they couldn’t.

How can the villagers coordinate if they don’t know each other?
That’s where things get trickier. Talk to people. Try to find voting patterns. If you notice 5 people all vote for one person and there are 4 wolves, there’s a good bet there’s a wolf in their midst.

Isn’t this the LC and not WG?
Yes, which is why the game is secondary. It scores you no extra points and can only help you get team advantage. This is just for fun.

What if I don’t vote?
Don’t worry, I will pick randomly for you. Unlike WG, there is no penalty to you. Just understand, you may not like the outcome if you leave everything up to chance.

How to the wolf kills/vampire turns work?
The teams decide who to pick and then PM me. If I get no PM, I’ll check the discussion and go with majority. If there’s no majority, then I decide. You don’t want that.

This task requires daily participation, from me as well (I hope you can see why I waited until I was free now). Please check in once every 24 hours for your vote.
Due to the nature of this task, there is no team task requiring the use of another team member.

I WILL PM YOU YOUR TEAM IN 24 HOURS. DON’T WAIT 48 HOURS TO CHECK BACK OR YOU’LL MISS OUT!!!

The Tasks (finally)
Role play: Pretend to be someone else in your dreams! I don’t require much, just role play like someone else. Of course, DCs should acknowledge you as your RP, not as you. +10pts

Make a wish in a well and see what happens: Yeah… do I have to explain? Make a wish, toss something in the well, and see what happens. +20pts

Fly over mountains: Llaca is in the beautiful mountains. Why not enjoy the scenery while you’re here? +20pts

Cyborg Team Advantage
Pick and upgrade and give it to yourself and a teammate (cannot be combined with the other upgrade task). Your team needs to be specific. Give me a specific place that you will perform the upgrade and what it will do. Again, this cannot be claimed for both the advantage and original team task at the same time.