Pattern Of The Year 2023 Nominations

[dexter1]

... Is there anyone who thinks the entries should not be separated?

I think they should not be separated and that they belong together, because wickstretchers and greystretchers share the same principals. I don't think you need to differentiate/separate if a wick consists of one tub or a collection of tubs or lines, or if it requires edge- or base-stabilisation.

My opinion: Think of tubstretcher, or linestretchers as being the lowest order/tier of the family...

[HartmutHolzwart]

The difference between ordinary stretchers and greystretchers is that the latter are always infinite families of stretchers of growing widths.

As much as greyships are not single spaceships but families of them.

They go one step farther so to speak.

The particular twist in the new greystretchers is that they use higher period stabilization mechanism. This is a real novelty as compared to previous efforts.

[Sokwe]

I want to get back to this soon. I've just been busy. This post is an attempt to make a commitment to finalizing the list. I'll delete this post later when I actually get something done.

[Haycat2009]

Yeah, speaking of which when can we vote?

[Sokwe]

We also need some summary posts for some of the other group entries, such as engineered diehards and synthesis reductions.

Can someone write these? I don't have enough knowledge of those discoveries to do it myself.

[Goldtiger997]

Still life synthesis reductions
(by Alex Greason, Carson Cheng, Goldtiger997, May13, GUYTU6J, et al.)
In 2023, the most expensive 11-bit, 15-bit, and 17-bit still-lifes has their glider syntheses reduced. In particular, the milestones of reducing all 11-bitters to 5 gliders or less, all 15-bitters to 10 gliders or less, and all 17-bitters to 15 gliders or less, were achieved. Below is a pattern displaying the final syntheses discovered leading to the achievement of each of those milestones:

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#C From top to bottom, the syntheses are:
#C  - Amphisbaena in 5 gliders by Alex Greason (https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=172853#p172853)
#C  - xs15_31248a51246 in 9 gliders by Carson Cheng (https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=173961#p173961)
#C  - xs17_jhke0mqz1 in 15 gliders by Goldtiger997 (https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=174201#p174201)
x = 108, y = 179, rule = B3/S23
56bo$56bobo$56b2o$62bo$46bobo4b2o7bobo$47b2o3bobo7b2o$47bo6bo4$57b3o$
57bo$58bo32$72bo$73bo$71b3o9$27bo$25bobo$26b2o7bo41bo$33b2o43bo$34b2o
40b3o9bo4b2o$87bobo2bobo$39bo48bo2bo$38bo40bo9b2o$38b3o38b2o$34b2o42bo
bo$26bo6bobo$26b2o7bo$25bobo2$74bo$74b2o$73bobo37$53bobo$53b2o$54bo7$o
bo$b2o$bo103bo$105bobo$105b2o3$89bo$90b2o$89b2o9bobo$96bo3b2o$36bo57bo
bo4bo$35bo59b2o$35b3o5$29bobo$29b2o$30bo66b2o$33b2o52b2o8bo3b2o$33bobo
50bobo10bo2bo$33bo54bo9b2obo$96bo2bob2o$96b2o4$36bo$35b2o$35bobo14$43b
3o$43bo$19b2o23bo$20b2o$19bo2$48bo$47b2o$47bobo6$4b3o$6bo$5bo!