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by hotcrystal0
Yesterday, 10:50 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4228
Views: 1614955

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Failed p2 spark hassler: x = 11, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 9bo$7b2o$9b2o$4bobobo$5bo$3b2o2$2bo$2o$2b2o$bo! We need p2 dot sparkers for this. You don't need those. Here: x = 18, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 11b2o$12bo$9b2obob2obo$12bobob2o$10bobo$12bo$14bo2$14b2o$3bo$bobo7bob o$o4bo6bo$5o5b2o$5bo$2b2o3bobo$2bo...
by hotcrystal0
November 30th, 2023, 5:50 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: memes
Replies: 48
Views: 8954

Re: memes

Sokwe wrote:
November 30th, 2023, 5:36 pm
New rules:
  1. Only memes about cellular automata are allowed.
  2. No memes about other users.
Thank you.
https://imgflip.com/i/87ti0b
by hotcrystal0
November 29th, 2023, 10:36 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Azula's Rules
Replies: 9
Views: 643

Re: Azula's Rules

confocaloid wrote:
November 29th, 2023, 10:10 pm
hotcrystal0 wrote:
November 2nd, 2023, 7:46 pm
Can this get completed?

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Completed

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#C [[ THEME Fire ]]
That looks cursed, especially the double-use eater.
by hotcrystal0
November 29th, 2023, 4:49 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4228
Views: 1614955

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Period1GliderGun wrote:
November 29th, 2023, 1:01 pm
P30; the mechanism might be useful in the future as a period doubler:

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x = 15, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9b2o2$3b3ob3o2bobo$9bob4o$13b2o3$2b6o$bo6bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2b6o!
That is known, but I do not know where it came from.
by hotcrystal0
November 28th, 2023, 9:18 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: hotcrystal0's random stuff
Replies: 54
Views: 5877

Re: hotcrystal0's random stuff

Is this completable? x = 45, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 32bo3bo3bo3bo$32bo2bobobobo2bo$36b2ob2o2$33bo2b2ob2o2bo$32bobo7bobo$33b 2ob2ob2ob2o$33b2o2bobo2b2o$35bobobobo$36bo3bo3$23b3o$23b5o$21bo4b2o$21b 2o2b4o$19b2obo$4bo3bo13bo4bobobo$3bobobobo9bo4bob3o2bo$b2o2bobo2b2o8b 5o$b2ob2ob2ob2o11bo$obo7bobo6bobo$b...
by hotcrystal0
November 28th, 2023, 8:31 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Gun Discussion Thread
Replies: 632
Views: 208613

Re: Gun Discussion Thread

P75 gun, found by P1GG:

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x = 38, y = 40, rule = B3/S23
17b2o$17bobo$18bo4$2o$bo$bobo$2b2o4$19bo15bo$18b3o13bobo$18bobo6b3o3b
o3bo$b2o25bo4bo3bo$2bo25bo4bo3bo$2bobo23bo4bo3bo$3b2o23bo4bo3bo$7b3o17b
3o3bo3bo$34bobo$5bo5bo23bo$5bo5bo$5bo5bo4$3bo6b2o$2b3o5bo$b5o5b3o$13b
o6$b5o$2b3o$3bo!
by hotcrystal0
November 27th, 2023, 10:27 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: c/10 constructions
Replies: 510
Views: 124515

Re: c/10 constructions

just noticed that hotcrystal's signature spaceship is a P20 and leaves a nice BanannaSpark which may come in handy in C10 : x = 18, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 6b2o$4bo4bo$3bo$3bo5bo$3b6o3$15bo$16b2o$b2o$2ob7o$b9o$2b8o$6b2o$4bo4bo $3bo$3bo5bo$3b6o! It’s not c/10, it’s 10c/20. Edit: unrelatedly, something...
by hotcrystal0
November 27th, 2023, 5:59 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Rules 1 MAP transition away from Life
Replies: 19
Views: 1499

Re: Rules 1 MAP transition away from Life

azulavoir wrote:
November 9th, 2023, 6:37 pm
Here's a simple one: Life, but with b6i, but only vertically.

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x = 121, y = 4, rule = R1,C2,S6-11,13,B9,11,13,18,NW030503030003030503
3o$obo115b3o$obo117bo$118b3o!
What is the equivalent MAP rule?
by hotcrystal0
November 27th, 2023, 5:54 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: hotcrystal0's random stuff
Replies: 54
Views: 5877

Re: hotcrystal0's random stuff

#C [[ VIEWONLY ]] x = 137, y = 80, rule = B3/S23 137o$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o78b o56bo$o78bo56bo$o78bo56bo$o22b3obobo4b3ob3o2bobob3obobo12b3obobo6bo56b o$o22bobobobo4bo3bobo2bobobobobobo12bobobobo6bo7b2o2b3ob3ob3o13b3ob3o b3ob2o7bo$o22bobob2o5b3obobo2b3obobobob...
by hotcrystal0
November 27th, 2023, 4:20 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Mikipedia clutter
Replies: 17
Views: 337

Re: Mikipedia clutter

I understand, but the userpage is one's castle. One can do anything they like as long as it does not spread out to the main page space. I realize that we currently don't have any rules contrary to this, but that's just because we seem to have a habit here of not writing down rules until we need the...
by hotcrystal0
November 26th, 2023, 8:48 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4301
Views: 1720611

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

This weld just feels so… out of place(originally found in michelife9, and I found out that it works in normal Life):

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x = 25, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
18b3o$17bo3bo$16bo5bo$16bo5bo$16bo5bo$4b2o11bo3bo2bo$4bo13b3o$2o3bo$o
2bobo$2b2ob2o$3bobo$bo4b3o$b2o5bo$6b2o$6bo$4bobo$4b2o!
by hotcrystal0
November 26th, 2023, 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WIP: Conway's Story Mode (CSM)
Replies: 21
Views: 4243

Re: WIP: Conway's Story Mode (CSM)

Somewhere along the line, there have to be puzzles that ask you to find glider syntheses. For example, Can you find a way to make a beehive at the marked location using the gliders in the inventory? (there’s three gliders to make it more fair for newcomers , even though beehive has a two-glider synt...
by hotcrystal0
November 26th, 2023, 4:48 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Mikipedia clutter
Replies: 17
Views: 337

Re: Mikipedia clutter

So far, here and on Discord, there haven't been any claims that the Mikipedia pages are relevant to the LifeWiki in any way. The best argument is that " edits are fine if it’s just once in a while". But "once in a while" isn't a good description of the last several days of editing (before today). A...
by hotcrystal0
November 26th, 2023, 1:16 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4228
Views: 1614955

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

I know this is a doublepost, but here are four of HotDogPi’s partials that I decided to crosspost: Edit: the periods are: 142, 44, 38, 78 x = 71, y = 79, rule = LifeHistory 13.A$11.3A$10.A$10.2A5$2A$2A17.3A$14.3A2.A$13.A3.2A3.2A$6.2C2A3.A5.2A 3.A$8.2A4.4A2.A2.A43.2A$8.A.A2.2A4.2A3.A41.3A$9.3A.A5.A.A...
by hotcrystal0
November 26th, 2023, 12:47 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: hotcrystal0's random stuff
Replies: 54
Views: 5877

Re: hotcrystal0's random stuff

So far, here and on Discord, there haven't been any claims that the Mikipedia pages are relevant to the LifeWiki in any way. The best argument is that " edits are fine if it’s just once in a while". But "once in a while" isn't a good description of the last several days of editing (before today). A...
by hotcrystal0
November 25th, 2023, 6:49 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Unicode superscripts in page names?
Replies: 9
Views: 182

Re: Unicode superscripts in page names?

I instinctively prefer titles that can be typed easily on a regular keyboard without having to know any weird &HB3 Unicode tricks. This is probably due to decades of bad experiences with annoying Unicode problems with things like automatically substituted Microsoft StupidQuotes(TM). That said, URL ...
by hotcrystal0
November 25th, 2023, 2:40 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Alt Universe
Replies: 42
Views: 12202

Important message for everyone participating

This whole "Alternate Universe" thing is now mostly just spam. As Confocaloid stated, before a certain point, this whole thing was kind of fun, but somewhere along the line, the Mikipedia part kind of just became spam useless to everyone but the participators. This thread is not the issue, so in my ...
by hotcrystal0
November 25th, 2023, 12:59 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Mikipedia clutter
Replies: 17
Views: 337

Re: Mikipedia clutter

It's looking like the newer younger forum dwellers might be going a bit overboard on this new irrelevant " Mikipedia " fad. It's just basically the generation of mildly entertaining nonsense. Confocaloid asked a question about it a few days ago; I was still in the "try ignoring it and hope everyone...
by hotcrystal0
November 25th, 2023, 12:43 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Lifespan
Replies: 89
Views: 40593

Re: Lifespan

85:

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x = 15, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
14o$b2o2b2o2b2o3$3b3ob3o$3bobobo$3b3ob3o$3bobo3bo4bo$3b3ob3o3b2o$13b2o
$14bo!
by hotcrystal0
November 25th, 2023, 12:28 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: OTTs (One Time Turners)
Replies: 5
Views: 223

Re: OTTs (One Time Turners)

OTTs are too numerous to post individually. See here for an enourmous collection of OTTs. With that many useful OTTs, posting one at a time would crash the forums. This particular example seems like something that shouldn't be posted at all, except possibly in useless/accidental discoveries... Yeah...
by hotcrystal0
November 24th, 2023, 6:01 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Alt Universe
Replies: 42
Views: 12202

Re: Alt Universe

Is this period-12 c/2 spaceship known? x = 15, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 11b4o$10bo3bo$6bo7bo$b7o2bo2bo$o2b3ob2o$b7o2bo2bo$6bo7bo$10bo3bo$11b4o ! Is this period-12 c/2 spaceship known? x = 15, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 11b4o$10bo3bo$6bo7bo$b7o2bo2bo$o2b3ob2o$b7o2bo2bo$6bo7bo$10bo3bo$11b4o ! It was the first ...
by hotcrystal0
November 24th, 2023, 3:20 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Symbiosis
Replies: 1473
Views: 192098

Re: Symbiosis

Eater 3 variant that produces a signal:

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x = 21, y = 30, rule = Symbiosis
18.A.A$18.2A$19.A3$12.2A$11.A2.A$12.A.A$13.A$8.B2A$9.A.A.BA$8.BA.A$12.
B2$6.BA.2A$7.A.A.B2$10.BA$4.BA.2A$5.A.A.B2$8.BA$2.BA.2A$3.A.A.B2$6.BA
$BA.2A$.A.A.B2$4.BA!
by hotcrystal0
November 24th, 2023, 11:52 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Extend the Pattern 3(The whole message is important so please read through it and make sure you understand it)
Replies: 237
Views: 16408

Re: Extend the Pattern 3(The whole message is important so please read through it and make sure you understand it)

88 x = 4599, y = 1223, rule = B3/S23Super 1251.pA96$812.pA$810.3pA$809.pA$809.2pA16$798.D$798.D$797.D$797.D$796. D$796.D$795.D$795.D$795.D$51.2D742.D$15.3D17.3D12.3D742.D$16.D3.2D2.D .D.D2.2D3.D3.2D2.D.D.D.D.D742.D$16.D2.D2.D.D.D.D.D2.D2.D2.D2.D.D.D.D. D2.D741.D$16.D2.D2.D.D.D.D.D2.D2.D2.D2.D2.D.D2....
by hotcrystal0
November 24th, 2023, 11:32 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Extended Life Extensions
Replies: 749
Views: 116130

Re: Extended Life Extensions

Is this P336 quadruple-barreled gun known? x = 11, y = 11, rule = StateInvestigator 5.A$4.A.A$5.A.A$5.4A$.A2.Q3A.A$A.3AI3A.A$.A.3AQ2.A$2.4A$3.A.A$4.A.A$5. A! Edit: P54 gun: x = 17, y = 17, rule = StateInvestigator 6.C3$8.A$5.E.A.A$4.E3.A.A$C7.4A$4.A2.Q3A.A$3.A.3AI3A.A$4.A.3AQ2.A$5.4A 7.C$6.A.A3.E$7....