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The Life Universe

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » January 8th, 2017, 11:30 pm

Here is a small minigame.

On each post, we can place a cell anywhere we want.
You cannot post twice in a row.
Between posts we will advance 1 generation.
The goal? Get as high of a population as possible. If a pattern dies we will restart with the starter.

The starter:

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x = 2, y = 2, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o!

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by praosylen » January 8th, 2017, 11:43 pm

Gen 1:

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x = 4, y = 2, rule = B3/S23
2obo$2o!
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Re: The Life Universe

Post by toroidalet » January 8th, 2017, 11:44 pm

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x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o$3bo!
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Re: The Life Universe

Post by dvgrn » January 9th, 2017, 1:30 am

A for awesome wrote:Gen 1:

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x = 4, y = 2, rule = B3/S23
2obo$2o!
Taking A for awesome's entry since it got in first by one minute --

Seems like it would be nice to see the before and after stages of the pattern. Here are generations 0 and 1, and a candidate Gen 2:

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x = 37, y = 7, rule = LifeHistory
9.D16.D$10.D16.D6.A$2A.C7.D4.3A.E7.D4.A.2A$2A5.6D3.3A5.6D3.A.2A$11.D
16.D5.A$10.D16.D$9.D16.D!

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by drc » January 9th, 2017, 1:42 am

A rule should be added where dots have to directly affect the pattern. No adding dots fricking 1000 cells away from the pattern.

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by fluffykitty » January 10th, 2017, 4:55 pm

Why? Also, Gen 3:

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x = 22, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
$3bo10b2o$2bob2obo5bo2b2o$2bob2o7bo2b2o$3bo10b2o!

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by wildmyron » January 24th, 2017, 3:57 am

Gen 3 -> Gen 4

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x = 25, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b2o18b3o$o2b2o15bo3bo$o2b2o14b2o3bo$3o17b4o$21bo!
As it stands, this evolves into a B heptomino
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Re: The Life Universe

Post by drc » January 24th, 2017, 5:05 pm

Gen5:

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x = 6, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
5bo2$2b3o$bo3bo$2o3bo$b4o$2bo!
This pattern makes an interesting 3-block constellation

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by muzik » June 17th, 2017, 9:11 am

6

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4bo2$3b2o$2b3o$2obobo$o2bobo$o2b2o$b2o!

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by toroidalet » July 29th, 2017, 1:41 pm

7

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4b2o$3bobo$2bo3bo$b2o3bo$2o2bobo$bo2b2o$2b3o!
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Re: The Life Universe

Post by drc » July 29th, 2017, 2:19 pm

8

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x = 8, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$5b2o$3bob2o$b6o$ob2o2b2o$o2b2obo$2o$2b4o$3bo!

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by wwei23 » July 30th, 2017, 6:13 pm

9(I methodrcally searched the cell space, and then the final population, and got this:):

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
6bo$6bo$4b4o$3bo$2b2o$3o2b2obo$o4b4o$o6bo$bo3bo$2bo2bo!
Last edited by wwei23 on July 30th, 2017, 6:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by drc » July 30th, 2017, 6:18 pm

wwei23 wrote:9(I methodrcally searched the cell space, and then the final population, and got this:):

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x = 8, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$5b2o$3bob2o$b6o$ob2o2b2o$o2b2obo$2o$2b4o$3bo!
You literally just posted my pattern. Did you even read the initial post?

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Re: The Life Universe

Post by wwei23 » July 30th, 2017, 6:32 pm

drc wrote:
wwei23 wrote:9(I methodrcally searched the cell space, and then the final population, and got this:):

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x = 8, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$5b2o$3bob2o$b6o$ob2o2b2o$o2b2obo$2o$2b4o$3bo!
You literally just posted my pattern. Did you even read the initial post?
My bad, I'll fix it. 9:

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
5b3o2$3b2o3bo$2bo$bo6bo$2o2b5o$b2o$2b4o$3b2o!
Also, did you notice that I said methoDRCally searched the cell space?

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