Based on a rule by -4 Heavpoot and DigitalCross, known as Ocean, B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an has potentially unlimited potential.
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danny wrote:As of now I'm putting you and majestas on my ignore list since you both contribute nothing.
I have therefore decided to name the rule Nothing, since that's what I contribute.
Let us now talk replicators.
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x = 4, y = 3, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
b2o$o2bo$b2o!
Like almost all replicators and self-stretching wicks, it first splits into 2 copies of itself.
Each copy then starts the reaction again.
Here, the paths diverge.
A normal replicator:
As the replicating replicator splits again, they collide in the middle. There is a replicator on each end, but nothing is left in the middle.
A logarithmic replicator:
I don't know how this works. Sorry!
A self stretching wick:
As the replicating replicator splits again, they collide in the middle. This time, a replicator is left in the middle. It is in sync with the copies at the end.
This replicator:
As the replicating replicator splits again, they collide in the middle. This time, a replicator is created in the middle, but unlike the previous case, it is ONE ENTIRE STEP OUT OF SYNC WITH THE REPLICATORS AT THE END!!! One step behind, to be specific. So, what happens when a replicating replicator collides with its 1-step-out-of-sync neighbor? Nothing is left behind. Like before, there are replicators left at the end. I know of only two other replicator mechanisms that replicate this way. One is almost identical to this one. The other is fundamentally different, but I haven't been able to conjure up anything like I have been able to in this rule. So, because this replicator doesn't follow Rule 90, and instead follows a rule that produces a Pascal triangle modulo 3 instead of a Pascal triangle modulo 2, what can we do with this replicator in the rule of Nothing?
Putting 2 of them 1 cell away yields a quadruple-barreled gun.
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x = 8, y = 7, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
2o4b2o$2bo2bo$2o4b2o2$2o4b2o$2bo2bo$2o4b2o!
Putting 2 of them 2 cells away yields a puffer.
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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
2o4b2o$2bo2bo$2o4b2o3$2o4b2o$2bo2bo$2o4b2o!
Skewing then can yield exciting patterns. This one yields a Cantor set.
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x = 7, y = 9, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
b2o$o2bo$b2o4$4b2o$3bo2bo$4b2o!
Putting 2 of them 4 cells away yields a repship.
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x = 19, y = 10, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
obo13b2o$2bo12bo2bo$16b2o2$8b2o$8b2o2$16b2o$2bo12bo2bo$obo13b2o!
This then randomly appeared.
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x = 96, y = 41, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
4b2o5bo$11bo$2b2o3b4o$obo11bo$2bobo6b2o$o3b2o4bo$10bo2bo$10b2o$10b2o$
27bob2o$17bo9bo3bo$9bo6bob2o8bo4bo$7bo5bo3bo16bo$5bo11bo10bob4o$5b2o5b
o2b2o6b2o$5bo6bo2bo7b2o21bo4b3o$48bobobobo$42b2o5b5obo$43bo3bob2obobob
o$41bo2bo6bobo2bo31bo2b2o2bo$41b2o9bo4bo30b3o2b3o$41bo2bo6bobo2bo31bo
2b2o2bo$43bo3bob2obobobo$42b2o5b5obo$48bobobobo$5bo6bo2bo7b2o21bo4b3o$
5b2o5bo2b2o6b2o$5bo11bo10bob4o$7bo5bo3bo16bo$9bo6bob2o8bo4bo$17bo9bo3b
o$27bob2o$10b2o$10b2o$10bo2bo$o3b2o4bo$2bobo6b2o$obo11bo$2b2o3b4o$11bo
$4b2o5bo!
Then I decided to look at how repships could interact to form puffers. I then found a puffer tagalong for the repship.
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x = 17, y = 20, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
7bo2bo$3bo3b4o3bo$3b2o2bo2bo2b2o$3bo3b4o3bo$7bo2bo$2o$2o$7bo2bo$3bo3b
4o3bo$3b2o2bo2bo2b2o$3bo3b4o3bo$7bo2bo2$7b2o2$15b2o$15b2o$15b2o2$7b2o!
Destroying the block in the ship can duplicate it:
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x = 20, y = 28, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
17bobo$17bobo$18bo12$9b2o2$b2o14b2o$2b2o13b2o$o16b2o$5bo$9b2o$9b2o$5bo
$o16b2o$2b2o13b2o$b2o14b2o2$9b2o!
One result was this clean rake:
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x = 40, y = 32, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
31b2o2b2o$30bo2b2o2bo$31b2o2b2o2$25b2o$25b2o2$31b2o2b2o$18b2o10bo2b2o
2bo$18b2o11b2o2b2o2$21bo2bo$20bo3bo$4b2o6b2o6bo3bo6bo2bo$4b2o6b2o7b3o
3b2obo4bob2o$8b2o6b2o8bo3bob2obo3bo$8b2o6b2o9b2obo4bob2o$31bo2bo$9b2o
13b2o$24b2o$b2o14b2o12bo2bo$2b2o13b2o8b2obo4bob2o$o16b2o7bo3bob2obo3bo
$5bo21b2obo4bob2o$9b2o20bo2bo$9b2o$5bo$o16b2o$2b2o13b2o$b2o14b2o2$9b2o
!
But it was period 32, and the replicator had a period of 16. So I tried and tried, and here is the result. It showcases several mechanisms:
1. A jellyfish can push a block back 4 cells.
2. A jellyfish can mutually annihilate a block.
3. A jellyfish can collide with two blocks to form a whirlpool.
4. A whirlpool can serve as a one-time 180 degree reflector.
5. The repship can be infinitely extended in width.
6. Two jellyfish can make a replicator.
I call it the nothing in the nothing.
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x = 180, y = 162, rule = B2e35y7e/S1c2ace3an
130bo2b2o2bo$95bo2bo28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$94bo4bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$47bo2bo44bo2b
o28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$46bo4bo74bo3bo2b2o2bo$47bo2bo37b2o35b2o$88b2o35b2o$
40b2o84bo3bo2b2o2bo$40b2o53bo2bo28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$82b2o10bo4bo26bo2bo8bo
2bo$47bo2bo30bo13bo2bo28b2ob8ob2o$34b2o10bo4bo78bo6bo$33bo13bo2bo31bo
3bo44b4o$82bo2b2o$34bo3bo28b2o6b2o7b3o8b2o15b2o6b2o$34bo2b2o28b2o6b2o
14b2obo2bob2o11b2o6b2o17bo2bo$19b2o6b2o7b3o8b2o22b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo14b
2o6b2o12bo4bo$19b2o6b2o14b2obo2bob2o18b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o15b2o6b2o13b
o2bo$23b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo41b2o$23b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o34b2o43b2o$47b2o
19b2obo2bob2o9b2o43b2o$39b2o24bo6b2o6bo14b2o16b2ob4ob2o$20b2obo2bob2o
9b2o24b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o12b2obo2bob2o16bo2bo$17bo6b2o6bo14b2o16b
o6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo11b2ob4ob2o15bo4bo$17b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o11bo3b
2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o38bo2bo$17bo6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo12bo28b2o12b2o$16b
o3b2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o13bo37bobo2b2o$18bo28b2o15bo3b2obo2bob2o26bo
bo$18bo46bo6b2o6bo24bo7b2ob4ob2o$16bo3b2obo2bob2o29bobo3b3obo6bob3o32b
2obo2bob2o$17bo6b2o6bo26bobo3bo6b2o6bo32b2ob4ob2o$11bobo3b3obo6bob3o
27bo7b2obo2bob2o$11bobo3bo6b2o6bo$12bo7b2obo2bob2o142bo2b2o2bo$172b3o
2b3o$34b2o15b2o14b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o15bo2b2o2bo$
33bo17b2o14b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$35bo129bo$32bo
131bobo$b3o13b3o12bo16b2o14b2o14b2o80bo$4bo15bo11bo2bo13b2o14b2o14b2o
77b2obobo10b2o$o2b2o11bo2b2o12b2o110b2ob4ob2o6b2o2bo6bo3b2o$2bo15bo
126b2obo2bob2o4bo16b2o$57b2o14b2o9bo4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o14b2ob4ob
2o9bo$57b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o8bo28b2o$83bobo51b2obo27b2o$
136bo27bo$5bo7b2obo2bob2o113b5o18bo16b2o$4bobo3bo6b2o6bo109b2obo10bo2b
o8b2o13b2o$4bobo3b3obo6bob3o36bo2b2o2bo32b2ob4ob2o37b4o7b2o14b2o$10bo
6b2o6bo36b3o2b3o32b2obo2bob2o25bo11bo2bo$9bo3b2obo2bob2o39bo2b2o2bo24b
o7b2ob4ob2o56b2o$11bo41bo39bobo46b2o$11bo28b2o10bobo2b2o34bobo2b2o42b
2o$9bo3b2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o6bobo2b2o39b2o$10bo6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo25b
obo13b2o38bo2bo17bo2bo$10b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o16bo2b2o2bo4bo12bo2bo
11b2ob4ob2o15bo4bo2bo13b4o$10bo6b2o6bo14b2o20b3o2b3o18b2o12b2obo2bob2o
16bo2bo3bo13bo2bo$13b2obo2bob2o9b2o28bo2b2o2bo32b2ob4ob2o$32b2o46b2o
39b2o$40b2o38b2o39b2o$16b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o$16b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo17b2o
6b2o14b2o15b2o6b2o13bo2bo$12b2o6b2o14b2obo2bob2o18b2o6b2o13bo2bo14b2o
6b2o12bo4bo$12b2o6b2o7b3o8b2o18b2o6b2o18b2o11b2o6b2o17bo2bo$27bo2b2o
28b2o6b2o31b2o6b2o$27bo3bo$80b2o38b4o$26bo13bo2bo36bo2bo35bo6bo$27b2o
10bo4bo31b2obo4bob2o28b2ob8ob2o$40bo2bo31bo3bob2obo3bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$
76b2obo4bob2o28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$33b2o45bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2bo$33b2o38b2o39b
2o$73b2o39b2o$40bo2bo36bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2bo$39bo4bo31b2obo4bob2o28b2ob
3o2b3ob2o$40bo2bo31bo3bob2obo3bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$76b2obo4bob2o28b2ob3o2b
3ob2o$80bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2bo$73b2o39b2o$73b2o39b2o$80bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2b
o$76b2obo4bob2o28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$40bo2bo31bo3bob2obo3bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$39b
o4bo31b2obo4bob2o28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$40bo2bo36bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2bo$73b2o39b
2o$33b2o38b2o39b2o$33b2o45bo2bo31bo3bo2b2o2bo$76b2obo4bob2o28b2ob3o2b
3ob2o$40bo2bo31bo3bob2obo3bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$27b2o10bo4bo31b2obo4bob2o28b
2ob8ob2o$26bo13bo2bo36bo2bo35bo6bo$80b2o38b4o$27bo3bo$27bo2b2o28b2o6b
2o31b2o6b2o$12b2o6b2o7b3o8b2o18b2o6b2o18b2o11b2o6b2o17bo2bo$12b2o6b2o
14b2obo2bob2o18b2o6b2o13bo2bo14b2o6b2o12bo4bo$16b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo17b2o
6b2o14b2o15b2o6b2o13bo2bo$16b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o$40b2o38b2o39b2o$32b2o
46b2o39b2o$13b2obo2bob2o9b2o28bo2b2o2bo32b2ob4ob2o$10bo6b2o6bo14b2o20b
3o2b3o18b2o12b2obo2bob2o16bo2bo3bo13bo2bo$10b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o
16bo2b2o2bo4bo12bo2bo11b2ob4ob2o15bo4bo2bo13b4o$10bo6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo
25bobo13b2o38bo2bo17bo2bo$9bo3b2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o6bobo2b2o39b2o$
11bo28b2o10bobo2b2o34bobo2b2o42b2o$11bo41bo39bobo46b2o$9bo3b2obo2bob2o
39bo2b2o2bo24bo7b2ob4ob2o56b2o$10bo6b2o6bo36b3o2b3o32b2obo2bob2o25bo
11bo2bo$4bobo3b3obo6bob3o36bo2b2o2bo32b2ob4ob2o37b4o7b2o14b2o$4bobo3bo
6b2o6bo109b2obo10bo2bo8b2o13b2o$5bo7b2obo2bob2o113b5o18bo16b2o$136bo
27bo$83bobo51b2obo27b2o$57b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o8bo28b2o$
57b2o14b2o9bo4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o14b2ob4ob2o9bo$2bo15bo126b2obo2bo
b2o4bo16b2o$o2b2o11bo2b2o12b2o110b2ob4ob2o6b2o2bo6bo3b2o$4bo15bo11bo2b
o13b2o14b2o14b2o77b2obobo10b2o$b3o13b3o12bo16b2o14b2o14b2o80bo$32bo
131bobo$35bo129bo$33bo17b2o14b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o
$34b2o15b2o14b2o14b2o14b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o15bo2b2o2bo$172b
3o2b3o$12bo7b2obo2bob2o142bo2b2o2bo$11bobo3bo6b2o6bo$11bobo3b3obo6bob
3o27bo7b2obo2bob2o$17bo6b2o6bo26bobo3bo6b2o6bo32b2ob4ob2o$16bo3b2obo2b
ob2o29bobo3b3obo6bob3o32b2obo2bob2o$18bo46bo6b2o6bo24bo7b2ob4ob2o$18bo
28b2o15bo3b2obo2bob2o26bobo$16bo3b2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o13bo37bobo2b
2o$17bo6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo12bo28b2o12b2o$17b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o11bo
3b2obo2bob2o13b2obo2bob2o38bo2bo$17bo6b2o6bo14b2o16bo6b2o6bo9bo4b2o4bo
11b2ob4ob2o15bo4bo$20b2obo2bob2o9b2o24b3obo6bob3o10b2obo2bob2o12b2obo
2bob2o16bo2bo$39b2o24bo6b2o6bo14b2o16b2ob4ob2o$47b2o19b2obo2bob2o9b2o
43b2o$23b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o34b2o43b2o$23b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo41b2o$19b2o
6b2o14b2obo2bob2o18b2o6b2o10b2obo2bob2o15b2o6b2o13bo2bo$19b2o6b2o7b3o
8b2o22b2o6b2o9bo4b2o4bo14b2o6b2o12bo4bo$34bo2b2o28b2o6b2o14b2obo2bob2o
11b2o6b2o17bo2bo$34bo3bo28b2o6b2o7b3o8b2o15b2o6b2o$82bo2b2o$33bo13bo2b
o31bo3bo44b4o$34b2o10bo4bo78bo6bo$47bo2bo30bo13bo2bo28b2ob8ob2o$82b2o
10bo4bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$40b2o53bo2bo28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$40b2o84bo3bo2b2o2bo$
88b2o35b2o$47bo2bo37b2o35b2o$46bo4bo74bo3bo2b2o2bo$47bo2bo44bo2bo28b2o
b3o2b3ob2o$94bo4bo26bo2bo8bo2bo$95bo2bo28b2ob3o2b3ob2o$130bo2b2o2bo!