Catalyst Discussion Thread

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by MathAndCode » July 12th, 2021, 11:56 pm

Entity Valkyrie 2 wrote:
July 11th, 2021, 6:32 pm
I didn't expect this conversation to go THIS far.
I think that we should discuss the replacement guides.
I am tentatively considering myself back.

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by wwei47 » July 18th, 2021, 11:00 am

This P7 can catalyze! :o
Sokwe wrote:
July 18th, 2021, 2:29 am
Here's a cute reduction of Raucci's p14 honey farm hassler that eliminates the need for the giant sparkers:

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x = 52, y = 45, rule = B3/S23
12$19bo$19b3o17b2o$22bo13b2o2bo$21b2o12bobobo$34bo2bob2o$23b3o9b3o3bo$
22bo3bo11b3o$21bo5bo7bo5b3o$22bo3bo8bob4o2bo$12bo5b2o3b3o10bobobo$12b
3o3b2o19bo$15bo19b2o3b3o$14bobobo10b3o3b2o5bo$11bo2b4obo8bo3bo$11b3o5b
o7bo5bo$14b3o11bo3bo$13bo3b3o9b3o$14b2obo2bo$15bobobo12b2o$14bo2b2o13b
o$14b2o17b3o$35bo!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by EvinZL » July 21st, 2021, 4:33 pm

Most of the time, the R49 catalyst is equivalent to another small catalyst found by Kazyan while searching for the syringe:

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x = 25, y = 13, rule = LifeHistory
2.A.A10.A.A$2.A.A10.A.A$2.A.A10.A.A$3.A12.A2$A2.A.A11.2A$4A.3A6.A.A2.
A$4.A3.A3.3A.A.2A$2.A.A2.2A2.A4.A$2.2A8.3A.A4.2A$14.2A5.A$22.3A$24.A!

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by MathAndCode » July 21st, 2021, 5:51 pm

EvinZL wrote:
July 21st, 2021, 4:33 pm
Most of the time, the R49 catalyst is equivalent to another small catalyst found by Kazyan while searching for the syringe:
I tried a bunch of ship-type catalyses on it.

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x = 54, y = 613, rule = B3/S23
4bobo17bobo17bobo$4bobo17bobo17bobo$4bobo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b
2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b
2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$2bo19bo19bo$2b4o16b4o16b
4o$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo
2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$
51b3o$53bo7$2bo19bo19bo$bo19bo19bo$b5o15b5o15b5o$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19b
o19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o
$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$3bo19bo19bo$4b
obo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2b
o$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b
3o$53bo10$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o
13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b
2o5bo$51b3o$53bo6$3bo19bo19bo$5b2o18b2o18b2o$5b4o16b4o16b4o$2bo4bo14b
o4bo14bo4bo$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4o
b3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$
43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$5bobo17bobo17bobo$2bo4bo14bo4bo14bo4bo$3b3o17b3o
17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo
3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$
3b3o17b3o17b3o$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b
4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o
$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$4b2o18b2o18b2o$3b3o17b3o17b3o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o
14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o
9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$2bo19bo19bo$3b2o18b2o18b
2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo
10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$4bo
19bo19bo$5bo19bo19bo$3bobo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o
$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b
3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo7$3bo19bo19bo$4b2o18b2o18b2o2$4bobo17bobo
17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17b
o3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$
4bo19bo19bo$4bo2bo16bo2bo16bo2bo$4bobo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14b
o2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9b
o4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$6bo19bo19bo$4bobo17bobo17b
obo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3b
o10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo10$4b
obo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2b
o$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b
3o$53bo8$4bo19bo19bo$6b2o18b2o18b2o$3b2o18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14b
o2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9b
o4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$4bo19bo19bo$4bobo17bobo17b
obo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3b
o10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo10$3b
2o18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b
2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$
53bo9$7bo19bo19bo$4bobo17bobo17bobo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6b
obo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3o
bo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo7$5bo19bo19bo$5bo19bo19bo$6bo19bo19bo$5bo19b
o19bo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo
3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$
6bo19bo19bo$6bo19bo19bo$3b2obo16b2obo16b2obo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bo
bo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo
$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo7$4bo19bo19bo$4bo2bo16bo2bo16bo2b
o$3bobo2bo14bobo2bo14bobo2bo$5bo2bo16bo2bo16bo2bo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14b
o2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9b
o4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$5bo19bo19bo$6bo19bo19bo$6b
o19bo19bo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o
17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53b
o8$8bo19bo19bo$o5b2o12bo5b2o12bo5b2o$bob2o16bob2o16bob2o$bo3bo15bo3bo
15bo3bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obo
b2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$3b2o2bo15b
2o2bo15b2o2bo$4bo2bo16bo2bo16bo2bo$5bo2bo16bo2bo16bo2bo$5bo19bo19bo2$
6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bob
o2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo8$bo19bo19bo$2b2o18b2o
18b2o$4b2o18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13b
obo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5b
o$51b3o$53bo9$2bobobo15bobobo15bobobo$b2ob2o15b2ob2o15b2ob2o$bo3bo15b
o3bo15bo3bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b
3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo7$5bo19b
o19bo$6b2o18b2o18b2o$2bo19bo19bo$3b2obo16b2obo16b2obo$5bo19bo19bo2$6b
2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b
2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo9$4bobo17bobo17bobo$4b2o
18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o
17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53b
o9$6bo19bo19bo$4b2o18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o$6bobo13b
4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b3obo4b2o
$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo10$4b2o18b2o18b2o$5bo19bo19bo2$6b2o14bo2bobo18b2o
$6bobo13b4ob3o13bobo2bo$7b2o17bo3bo10b3obob2o$24bobo2b2o9bo4bo$24b2o15b
3obo4b2o$43b2o5bo$51b3o$53bo!
Unfortunately, it looks like situations where it works but the R49 catalyst does not are rare at best.
I am tentatively considering myself back.

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Re: Catalyst discussion thread

Post by MathAndCode » July 22nd, 2021, 8:09 pm

Scorbie wrote:
November 5th, 2015, 11:09 am
Congrats to Kazyan: the catalyst you suggested is really versatile, even considering the overlap of the eater3. 68 unique drifter catalyst reactions in 50 soups. I haven't checked much, but these probably cannot be done with the eater3.
I've been considering trying to learn that catalyst for a while, so I decided to analyze those occurrences. First of all, three of those catalyses consist of the wrong side engaging in a snake-type catalysis, so I removed them. That leaves 65 catalyses.

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x = 667, y = 590, rule = B3/S23
2b3o2b2o85b2o73b2o79b2o161b2o65bo6bobo77bo6bobo74bo6bobo$4obob3o80b2o
bobo73bobob2o71b2obobo161bobob2o62bo3b2ob2o78bo3b2ob2o75bo3b2ob2o$bo2b
3o84bobo77bobo73bobo165bobo62b2ob3obo79b2ob3obo76b2ob3obo$2bo3bob2o81b
ob2o75b2obo73bob2o3b2o2b6o150b2obo62bo2bob4o78bo2bob4o75bo2bob4o$b3o5b
o78b2obo81bob2o67b2obo8bobo2bo155bob2o59b3ob2o81b3ob2o78b3ob2o$2o2bob
4o78bo2b4o75b4o2bo67bo2b4o4bob4o153b4o2bo59b2obobo2bo78b2obobo2bo75b2o
bobo2bo$2obo2bob2o75bo4bo3bo75bo3bo4bo61bo4bo3bo3b2o2b2obo152bo3bo4bo
56b2o2b6o77b2o2b6o74b2o2b6o$b2o3b2obo75b5ob3o77b3ob5o61b5ob3o4bobobo2b
3o151b3ob5o56b2obo3bo79b2obo3bo76b2obo3bo$obo3b2o81bobo81bobo69bobo6b
o2bo2bo2bo153bobo61b2o2bo82b2o2bo79b2o2bo$bo2b2o2bo7b2o67b3obobo81bob
ob3o61b3obobo8bo5b2o153bobob3o58b2o2b4o79b2o2b4o76b2o2b4o$11b2obo2bo66b
o2bob2o83b2obo2bo59bo2bob2o7b2ob3obo156b2obo2bo$10bobob3o67b2o93b2o59b
2o17b3o140b2o2b2o15b2o$10bobo242bo4bo2bo136b5o$8b3ob5o383bo2bo2bob2o86b
2o$7bo3bo4bo385b2o3bobo81b2obo2bo$7b4o2bo68b3o2b2o73b3o2b2o231b7o2bo80b
obob3o$10bob2o66b4obob3o70b4obob3o230b3o6bo80bobo$7b2obo70bo2b3o74bo2b
3o233b3ob2ob2o79b3ob5o$8bobo71bo3bob2o72bo3bob2o231b3o2bobo78bo3bo4bo
$6bobob2o69b3o5bo71b3o5bo230b2ob2o2bo79b4o2bo$6b2o72b2o2bob4o70b2o2bo
b4o231b2ob4o82bob2o66b2o78b2o$80b2obo2bob2o70b2obo2bob2o317b2obo69bo2b
ob2o73bo2bob2o$81b2o3b2obo71b2o3b2obo318bobo70b3obobo73b3obobo$80bobo
3b2o72bobo3b2o318bobob2o73bobo77bobo$81bo2b2o2bo72bo2b2o2bo317b2o73b5o
b3o71b5ob3o$561bo4bo3bo70bo4bo3bo$564bo2b4o73bo2b4o$564b2obo76b2obo$567b
ob2o76bob2o$567bobo77bobo$566b2obobo74b2obobo$570b2o78b2o49$10b2o89bo
6bobo49bo2b3o3bo94bo2b3o3bo56b2o79bob3o2b2o60b2o3bo2b2o71b2o3bobo72b2o
3bobo$6b2obobo90bo3b2ob2o51bo2bob2o97bo2bob2o53b2obobo81bob2ob2o61b2o
bobo75b4o2b2o72b4o2b2o$7bobo91b2ob3obo51b2obo2b2obo94b2obo2b2obo53bob
o83b2ob5o60bob2o3b2o70b2ob2obob2o70b2ob2obob2o$7bob2o90bo2bob4o50bobo
4b3o94bobo4b3o53bob2o80bobob5o61b3o2b4o70b2o2bo4bo70b2o2bo4bo$4b2obo82b
2o9b3ob2o54b2ob2o2b2o95b2ob2o2b2o50b2obo84b2ob2o3bo59b3o4bobo71b4obob
o72b4obobo$4bo2b4o75b2obobo9b2obobo2bo51bobobo99bobobo54bo2b4o15bo2b3o
3bo55b2obo2b4o60b2o2b2o74b3o2b2obo71b3o2b2obo$bo4bo3bo76bobo11b2o2b6o
49bo4bo74b2o22bo4bo51bo4bo3bo17bo2bob2o56bo2bob2o62b5o2bobo73bob4o74b
ob4o$b5ob3o77bob2o10b2obo3bo51b2o3bo74bo2bob2o17b2o3bo51b5ob3o16b2obo
2b2obo55bob2o3b2o61bo3bobobo74bobob2o74bobob2o$5bobo76b2obo14b2o2bo53b
2ob2ob3o72b3obobo16b2ob2ob3o52bobo18bobo4b3o55bob2o3bo61b4obo74bo2b7o
70bo2b7o$b3obobo76bo2b4o12b2o2b4o49b2o2bob3o76bobo16b2o2bob3o48b3obob
o19b2ob2o2b2o55b3o5b2o60bobob2ob2o71bob3obobo71bob3obobo$o2bob2o74bo4b
o3bo150b5ob3o70bo2bob2o20bobobo$2o79b5ob3o90b2o59bo4bo3bo69b2o24bo4bo
151b2o$85bobo87b2obo2bo62bo2b4o95b2o3bo48b2o96b2obo2bo75b2o$10bo6bobo
61b3obobo86bobob3o63b2obo98b2ob2ob3o45bo2bob2o90bobob3o71b2obo2bo$11b
o3b2ob2o60bo2bob2o87bobo70bob2o95b2o2bob3o46b3obobo89bobo74bobob3o59b
2o$10b2ob3obo62b2o90b3ob5o66bobo155bobo87b3ob5o70bobo63bo2bob2o$10bo2b
ob4o152bo3bo4bo65b2obobo149b5ob3o84bo3bo4bo68b3ob5o60b3obobo$10b3ob2o
155b4o2bo72b2o149bo4bo3bo83b4o2bo70bo3bo4bo64bobo$10b2obobo2bo155bob2o
226bo2b4o86bob2o70b4o2bo63b5ob3o$10b2o2b6o151b2obo229b2obo86b2obo76bo
b2o63bo4bo3bo$10b2obo3bo154bobo232bob2o84bobo73b2obo69bo2b4o$11b2o2bo
154bobob2o231bobo83bobob2o73bobo69b2obo$12b2o2b4o150b2o234b2obobo81b2o
75bobob2o71bob2o$410b2o158b2o75bobo$646b2obobo$650b2o55$3obobobo72bob
o2bo2bo77bobo2bo2bo64b2o88b2o68b4ob2obo81b2o74b2o$2o2bo2b2o75b4obo80b
4obo64bo2bob2o79b2obobo72bobo79b2obobo74bobob2o$3obob3o71b4ob4o77b4ob
4o66b3obobo79bobo77bobo77bobo78bobo$b5o75b2o2bo2bo78b2o2bo2bo70bobo79b
ob2o69b3obob4o77bob2o76b2obo$bob5obo70bobobob4o76bobobob4o65b5ob3o74b
2obo72bo4bo3bo74b2obo82bob2o$o5bobo71b2o2bo81b2o2bo70bo4bo3bo73bo2b4o
69b2ob5obo74bo2b4o76b4o2bo$2o3b4o71bo2bob2obo77bo2bob2obo69bo2b4o9bob
o2bo2bo52bo4bo3bo69bo4bobobo71bo4bo3bo76bo3bo4bo$2b3ob2obo71bo2bo4bo77b
o2bo4bo68b2obo15b4obo52b5ob3o70bo4b2o74b5ob3o78b3ob5o$b3o5bo70b4o3bo78b
4o3bo73bob2o8b4ob4o57bobo72bobobob2obo75bobo82bobo$bo6b2o73bo4bo80bo4b
o72bobo10b2o2bo2bo53b3obobo72b2ob2o2bobo71b3obobo82bobob3o$246b2obobo
7bobobob4o51bo2bob2o153bo2bob2o84b2obo2bo$250b2o7b2o2bo56b2o158b2o94b
2o$259bo2bob2obo$90b2o168bo2bo4bo$85b2obo2bo68b2o97b4o3bo$84bobob3o69b
o2bob2o95bo4bo292b4ob2obo$84bobo74b3obobo396bobo$82b3ob5o74bobo399bob
o$81bo3bo4bo70b5ob3o323b4ob2obo58b3obob4o$81b4o2bo73bo4bo3bo326bobo60b
o4bo3bo$84bob2o76bo2b4o329bobo57b2ob5obo$2o79b2obo79b2obo325b3obob4o57b
o4bobobo$o2bob2o75bobo82bob2o241b2o79bo4bo3bo57bo4b2o$b3obobo72bobob2o
81bobo237b2obo2bo79b2ob5obo57bobobob2obo$5bobo72b2o84b2obobo154bobo2b
o2bo71bobob3o80bo4bobobo57b2ob2o2bobo$b5ob3o160b2o157b4obo71bobo84bo4b
2o$bo4bo3bo314b4ob4o70b3ob5o80bobobob2obo$4bo2b4o315b2o2bo2bo69bo3bo4b
o80b2ob2o2bobo$4b2obo317bobobob4o68b4o2bo$7bob2o314b2o2bo76bob2o$7bob
o315bo2bob2obo69b2obo$6b2obobo314bo2bo4bo69bobo$10b2o313b4o3bo69bobob
2o$328bo4bo68b2o47$10b2o68bo3bobob2o84bo3bobob2o70b2o76b2o88b2o2bobo59b
2o77b2o81b2o$6b2obobo71b5obo80b2o5b5obo70bobob2o72bobob2o84bo5bobo57b
obob2o73bobob2o73b2obobo$7bobo77bo78b2obobo9bo74bobo75bobo88bob2o61bo
bo76bobo75bobo$7bob2o69bo2bo83bobo4bo2bo77b2obo74b2obo73b2o10bo2bo2bo
b2o57b2obo75b2obo75bob2o$4b2obo74b3o2bo79bob2o5b3o2bo76bob2o74bob2o66b
2obobo10b5ob2obo60bob2o75bob2o69b2obo$4bo2b4o69bobo2b3o76b2obo6bobo2b
3o58bo3bobob2o5b4o2bo71b4o2bo67bobo16b3ob2o57b4o2bo72b4o2bo69bo2b4o$b
o4bo3bo71bobo3b2o74bo2b4o5bobo3b2o59b5obo5bo3bo4bo68bo3bo4bo64bob2o11b
3o3bo2bo57bo3bo4bo69bo3bo4bo63bo4bo3bo$b5ob3o71bob5o73bo4bo3bo4bob5o65b
o8b3ob5o69b3ob5o61b2obo16b2obob2o59b3ob5o70b3ob5o63b5ob3o$5bobo72b2o3b
2obo72b5ob3o4b2o3b2obo57bo2bo14bobo75bobo65bo2b4o11b4o4b2o60bobo76bob
o71bobo$b3obobo72b2o5b3o75bobo6b2o5b3o58b3o2bo10bobob3o71bobob3o58bo4b
o3bo13bob6o60bobob3o72bobob3o63b3obobo8bo2b3o$o2bob2o154b3obobo72bobo
2b3o11b2obo2bo71b2obo2bo57b5ob3o83b2obo2bo72b2obo2bo61bo2bob2o9bobo2b
o$2o158bo2bob2o75bobo3b2o14b2o76b2o61bobo72b2o2bobo11b2o77b2o61b2o11b
3ob2o2bo$160b2o79bob5o72bo3bobob2o71b3obobo72bo5bobo163bo5b4o$15bo2bo
bo219b2o3b2obo74b5obo70bo2bob2o76bob2o166b2ob4obo$14b6o3bo216b2o5b3o77b
o72b2o78bo2bo2bob2o166b3obo$14b2o2b3obo297bo2bo156b5ob2obo70b2o2bobo85b
2ob2o$15b3ob2ob2o298b3o2bo156b3ob2o70bo5bobo84b2obo3bo$14b2obo5bo296b
obo2b3o152b3o3bo2bo73bob2o85bo2b2o2bo$14bo2b2ob4o298bobo3b2o152b2obob
2o71bo2bo2bob2o83b2o4b2o$15bobo3b2o298bob5o152b4o4b2o70b5ob2obo$15bo3b
3obo76b2o218b2o3b2obo153bob6o74b3ob2o$14bob3ob2obo71b2obo2bo218b2o5b3o
230b3o3bo2bo$14bob2obobobo70bobob3o461b2obob2o$94bobo463b4o4b2o$92b3o
b5o461bob6o$91bo3bo4bo$91b4o2bo$94bob2o$91b2obo$92bobo$90bobob2o$90b2o
49$10b2o81b2o66bo2b5o91bo2b5o74bo2b5o76b2o52bob3obo79bob3obo74b2o$6b2o
bobo81bobob2o67bobo96bobo79bobo71b2obo2bo52b4o82b4o77bobob2o$7bobo85b
obo62b3o2bo2bo90b3o2bo2bo73b3o2bo2bo70bobob3o56bobob3o79bobob3o73bobo
$7bob2o83b2obo63b3o3bo92b3o3bo75b3o3bo71bobo57b2o2b4o78b2o2b4o74b2obo
$4b2obo89bob2o59bo2bo2b2obo89bo2bo2b2obo72bo2bo2b2obo49bo2bobo12b3ob5o
57b2o3bo80b2o3bo75bob2o$4bo2b4o83b4o2bo60bobobo3bo90bobobo3bo73bobobo
3bo49b2ob2o2b2o8bo3bo4bo55bo4b2o79bo4b2o73b4o2bo$bo4bo3bo83bo3bo4bo56b
2obobo2b2o89b2obobo2b2o72b2obobo2b2o50b3o3bobo7b4o2bo58b2ob2o2bo78b2o
b2o2bo72bo3bo4bo$b5ob3o85b3ob5o56bob3o2bobo89bob3o2bobo72bob3o2bobo50b
5o2b2o10bob2o57b5o2b2o77b5o2b2o73b3ob5o$5bobo89bobo60b2ob3obobo89b2ob
3obobo72b2ob3obobo50b3o2b2obo7b2obo59b2o4b4o76b2o4b4o75bobo$b3obobo89b
obob3o58bo2b5o91bo2b5o74bo2b5o50b3o3b3o8bobo59bo5b3o77bo5b3o76bobob3o
$o2bob2o12bo2b3o59bo2b3o8b2obo2bo296b2ob5o7bobob2o83b2o145b2obo2bo$2o
17bobo2bo59bobo2bo13b2o295b6ob3o6b2o82b2obo2bo150b2o$16b3ob2o2bo56b3o
b2o2bo311b3o4bo90bobob3o134b2obobob3o$15bo5b4o55bo5b4o150b2o78b2o78b3o
3b3o90bobo138b2ob2o3b2o$16b2ob4obo56b2ob4obo150bo2bob2o73bo2bob2o170b
3ob5o54b2o78b3o5b2o$19b3obo60b3obo152b3obobo73b3obobo168bo3bo4bo54bo2b
ob2o73b2obobob2o$15b2ob2o60b2ob2o160bobo77bobo168b4o2bo58b3obobo72b3o
bo3b2o$16b2obo3bo57b2obo3bo152b5ob3o71b5ob3o169bob2o62bobo72b4obobobo
$15bo2b2o2bo57bo2b2o2bo153bo4bo3bo70bo4bo3bo165b2obo61b5ob3o72bo2b2ob
o$16b2o4b2o57b2o4b2o155bo2b4o73bo2b4o166bobo61bo4bo3bo69b3o3bobo$244b
2obo76b2obo167bobob2o63bo2b4o69b2obo2bo$247bob2o76bob2o164b2o67b2obo73b
2o2bo$247bobo77bobo237bob2o$246b2obobo74b2obobo235bobo$250b2o78b2o234b
2obobo$570b2o3$170b2o$165b2obo2bo$164bobob3o$164bobo$162b3ob5o$161bo3b
o4bo$161b4o2bo$164bob2o$161b2obo$162bobo$160bobob2o$160b2o41$b2o79b3o
93b3o69b2o78b2o68bob4o3bo89bob4o3bo61b2o78b2o$bobob2o74bo4bo90bo4bo63b
2obobo74b2obobo68b2o2b3obo90b2o2b3obo58b2obobo74b2obobo5bob4o3bo$3bob
o74b5o2bobo86b5o2bobo61bobo12b3o62bobo25b3o43b2o3bo2bo90b2o3bo2bo58bo
bo77bobo7b2o2b3obo$2b2obo76bo3b2o90bo3b2o63bob2o10bo4bo60bob2o23bo4bo
40b2obo95b2obo64bob2o76bob2o7b2o3bo2bo$5bob2o73b2ob3o90b2ob3o60b2obo12b
5o2bobo54b2obo25b5o2bobo40bo2bo95bo2bo58b2obo76b2obo9b2obo$2b4o2bo72b
2obobo2bo87b2obobo2bo58bo2b4o11bo3b2o56bo2b4o24bo3b2o40b3o2b4o90b3o2b
4o55bo2b4o73bo2b4o9bo2bo$2bo3bo4bo69bob3obo89bob3obo57bo4bo3bo11b2ob3o
53bo4bo3bo24b2ob3o39bo2bo2bo73b2o17bo2bo2bo55bo4bo3bo70bo4bo3bo7b3o2b
4o$3b3ob5o68b2ob3o3bo86b2ob3o3bo55b5ob3o11b2obobo2bo51b5ob3o24b2obobo
2bo38b2o4b3o70bo2bob2o13b2o4b3o52b5ob3o71b5ob3o7bo2bo2bo$5bobo72bo2b3o
bobo86bo2b3obobo59bobo13bob3obo57bobo26bob3obo39bo4b5o71b3obobo11bo4b
5o56bobo5bob4o3bo62bobo10b2o4b3o$5bobob3o68b2o2bo4bo86b2o2bo4bo55b3ob
obo12b2ob3o3bo51b3obobo25b2ob3o3bo37b2obobo2bo76bobo11b2obobo2bo53b3o
bobo5b2o2b3obo59b3obobo9bo4b5o$6b2obo2bo227bo2bob2o13bo2b3obobo50bo2b
ob2o26bo2b3obobo118b5ob3o70bo2bob2o7b2o3bo2bo57bo2bob2o10b2obobo2bo$11b
2o227b2o18b2o2bo4bo50b2o31b2o2bo4bo55b2o61bo4bo3bo69b2o11b2obo63b2o$103b
2o308b2obo2bo64bo2b4o85bo2bo$98b2obo2bo307bobob3o65b2obo86b3o2b4o$97b
obob3o308bobo72bob2o82bo2bo2bo$2obobob3o87bobo60b2o248b3ob5o68bobo84b
2o4b3o$2ob2o3b2o85b3ob5o56bo2bob2o242bo3bo4bo67b2obobo81bo4b5o$3o5b2o
84bo3bo4bo57b3obobo241b4o2bo74b2o81b2obobo2bo$2obobob2o85b4o2bo64bobo
244bob2o$3obo3b2o87bob2o60b5ob3o239b2obo$4obobobo84b2obo63bo4bo3bo239b
obo$2bo2b2obo86bobo66bo2b4o237bobob2o$3o3bobo84bobob2o65b2obo240b2o$2o
bo2bo86b2o72bob2o$b2o2bo161bobo$166b2obobo$170b2o54$10b2o69b5obobo70b
3ob2obo76b2o75b5obobo84b5obobo67b2o91b2o56bo2b2ob3o$6b2obobo69bo3b2ob
o71b2o3b2obo75bobob2o70b2o2bo2b2o84b2o2bo2b2o68bobob2o82b2obo2bo57b4o
b3o$7bobo71bob2o2bobo70b3o2bo3bo76bobo71bobob2o87bobob2o73bobo82bobob
3o57bo2bob4o$7bob2o69b3o5bo73b2obob2o76b2obo72b3o2bo87b3o2bo71b2obo82b
obo64b2obo$4b2obo72b2o2b5o74b2obo81bob2o71bo2b4o86bo2b4o71bob2o62bob3o
2bobo5b3ob5o60b2o$4bo2b4o69b6obobo72bobobo14b2o62b4o2bo68bob2o5bo83bo
b2o5bo68b4o2bo69bo6bo3bo4bo56bobo2b2o2bo$bo4bo3bo7bobo3bo59b3ob2o71b2o
5bo12bobob2o58bo3bo4bo65b5obobo84b5obobo69bo3bo4bo60b3obo2bo5b4o2bo59b
ob2o2bo2bo$b5ob3o9bo3bob2o55bob3obo72bobobob3o13bobo60b3ob5o66b3ob2o2b
o84b3ob2o2bo69b3ob5o61b5obo8bob2o63bo3bo$5bobo11b4o3bo54b2obob2obo73b
obobobo12b2obo62bobo70b2o2b2obo11b2o58b2o12b2o2b2obo72bobo63bo4b2obo5b
2obo63bo6b2o$b3obobo10b2ob2ob2obo53bobobob3o71b3ob2o18bob2o59bobob3o66b
o3b4o6b2obo2bo58bo2bob2o7bo3b4o72bobob3o59bo6bobo5bobo62bob3ob4o$o2bo
b2o12b2o5bo155b4o2bo60b2obo2bo78bobob3o60b3obobo87b2obo2bo58bobo2bo2b
o4bobob2o$2o17bobo2b4o154bo3bo4bo62b2o78bobo68bobo92b2o58bobob2ob3o3b
2o$18bobo4bobo155b3ob5o140b3ob5o60b5ob3o150bo2bo3bobo$18bob5ob2o157bo
bo143bo3bo4bo60bo4bo3bo70b5obobo71b3o94b2o$18bo4bobobo157bobob3o139b4o
2bo66bo2b4o69b2o2bo2b2o164b2obo2bo$19b5obobo158b2obo2bo141bob2o66b2ob
o72bobob2o166bobob3o$191b2o138b2obo72bob2o70b3o2bo165bobo$100b2o138b3o
b2obo84bobo72bobo73bo2b4o160b3ob5o$95b2obo2bo138b2o3b2obo81bobob2o70b
2obobo68bob2o5bo159bo3bo4bo$94bobob3o139b3o2bo3bo80b2o78b2o68b5obobo160b
4o2bo$94bobo145b2obob2o232b3ob2o2bo162bob2o$92b3ob5o142b2obo234b2o2b2o
bo160b2obo$91bo3bo4bo141bobobo234bo3b4o161bobo$91b4o2bo143b2o5bo399bo
bob2o$94bob2o143bobobob3o398b2o$91b2obo148bobobobo$92bobo146b3ob2o$90b
obob2o$90b2o52$bo2b2ob3o71bo2b2ob3o166b2o62b2o$2b4ob3o72b4ob3o166bobo
b2o58bobob2o$bo2bob4o71bo2bob4o151b2ob2o2bo9bobo61bobo$4b2obo76b2obo152b
2o3b2o10b2obo60b2obo$4b2o78b2o155b2ob2o14bob2o60bob2o$obo2b2o2bo70bob
o2b2o2bo150b2obob3obo7b4o2bo57b4o2bo$ob2o2bo2bo70bob2o2bo2bo150bo2bob
obo9bo3bo4bo54bo3bo4bo$4bo3bo75bo3bo152b5ob3o8b3ob5o55b3ob5o$bo6b2o71b
o6b2o152bo3bo13bobo61bobo$ob3ob4o70bob3ob4o150b6obo12bobob3o57bobob3o
$240b4o2bob2o11b2obo2bo57b2obo2bo$21b2o217b2ob4obo17b2o62b2o$16b2obo2b
o80b2o$15bobob3o76b2obo2bo$15bobo79bobob3o$13b3ob5o75bobo$12bo3bo4bo73b
3ob5o$12b4o2bo75bo3bo4bo$15bob2o75b4o2bo$12b2obo81bob2o$13bobo78b2obo
224b2ob2o2bo$11bobob2o78bobo223b2o3b2o$11b2o80bobob2o223b2ob2o$93b2o226b
2obob3obo$321bo2bobobo$322b5ob3o$323bo3bo$321b6obo$321b4o2bob2o$321b2o
b4obo!
Of those, 36 have a setup that is fishhook-style (in the loosest sense).

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x = 667, y = 509, rule = B3/S23
2b3o2b2o85b2o73b2o242b2o152bo6bobo$4obob3o80b2obobo73bobob2o238bobob2o
149bo3b2ob2o$bo2b3o84bobo77bobo241bobo149b2ob3obo$2bo3bob2o81bob2o75b
2obo240b2obo149bo2bob4o$b3o5bo78b2obo81bob2o240bob2o146b3ob2o$2o2bob4o
78bo2b4o75b4o2bo237b4o2bo146b2obobo2bo$2obo2bob2o75bo4bo3bo75bo3bo4bo
234bo3bo4bo143b2o2b6o$b2o3b2obo75b5ob3o77b3ob5o235b3ob5o143b2obo3bo$o
bo3b2o81bobo81bobo241bobo148b2o2bo$bo2b2o2bo7b2o67b3obobo81bobob3o237b
obob3o145b2o2b4o$11b2obo2bo66bo2bob2o83b2obo2bo237b2obo2bo$10bobob3o67b
2o93b2o221b2o2b2o15b2o$10bobo387b5o$8b3ob5o383bo2bo2bob2o$7bo3bo4bo385b
2o3bobo$7b4o2bo68b3o2b2o73b3o2b2o231b7o2bo$10bob2o66b4obob3o70b4obob3o
230b3o6bo$7b2obo70bo2b3o74bo2b3o233b3ob2ob2o$8bobo71bo3bob2o72bo3bob2o
231b3o2bobo$6bobob2o69b3o5bo71b3o5bo230b2ob2o2bo$6b2o72b2o2bob4o70b2o
2bob4o231b2ob4o152b2o$80b2obo2bob2o70b2obo2bob2o390bo2bob2o$81b2o3b2o
bo71b2o3b2obo391b3obobo$80bobo3b2o72bobo3b2o397bobo$81bo2b2o2bo72bo2b
2o2bo392b5ob3o$561bo4bo3bo$564bo2b4o$564b2obo$567bob2o$567bobo$566b2o
bobo$570b2o49$101bo6bobo153bo2b3o3bo287b2o3bobo$102bo3b2ob2o155bo2bob
2o289b4o2b2o$101b2ob3obo155b2obo2b2obo286b2ob2obob2o$101bo2bob4o154bo
bo4b3o286b2o2bo4bo$90b2o9b3ob2o158b2ob2o2b2o287b4obobo$86b2obobo9b2ob
obo2bo155bobobo291b3o2b2obo$87bobo11b2o2b6o129b2o22bo4bo293bob4o$87bo
b2o10b2obo3bo131bo2bob2o17b2o3bo294bobob2o$84b2obo14b2o2bo134b3obobo16b
2ob2ob3o287bo2b7o$84bo2b4o12b2o2b4o134bobo16b2o2bob3o288bob3obobo$81b
o4bo3bo150b5ob3o$81b5ob3o151bo4bo3bo$85bobo156bo2b4o329b2o$81b3obobo156b
2obo327b2obo2bo$80bo2bob2o160bob2o323bobob3o$80b2o165bobo324bobo$246b
2obobo320b3ob5o$250b2o319bo3bo4bo$571b4o2bo$574bob2o$571b2obo$572bobo
$570bobob2o$570b2o57$81bobo2bo2bo150b2o248b2o$84b4obo150bo2bob2o239b2o
bobo$80b4ob4o152b3obobo239bobo$81b2o2bo2bo156bobo239bob2o$80bobobob4o
151b5ob3o234b2obo$80b2o2bo156bo4bo3bo233bo2b4o$80bo2bob2obo155bo2b4o9b
obo2bo2bo212bo4bo3bo$81bo2bo4bo154b2obo15b4obo212b5ob3o$80b4o3bo159bo
b2o8b4ob4o217bobo$83bo4bo158bobo10b2o2bo2bo213b3obobo$246b2obobo7bobo
bob4o211bo2bob2o$250b2o7b2o2bo216b2o$259bo2bob2obo$90b2o168bo2bo4bo$85b
2obo2bo167b4o3bo$84bobob3o171bo4bo$84bobo$82b3ob5o$81bo3bo4bo402b4ob2o
bo$81b4o2bo409bobo$84bob2o412bobo$81b2obo408b3obob4o$82bobo408bo4bo3b
o$80bobob2o407b2ob5obo$80b2o411bo4bobobo$493bo4b2o$493bobobob2obo$493b
2ob2o2bobo53$10b2o68bo3bobob2o84bo3bobob2o70b2o76b2o316b2o$6b2obobo71b
5obo80b2o5b5obo70bobob2o72bobob2o308b2obobo$7bobo77bo78b2obobo9bo74bo
bo75bobo310bobo$7bob2o69bo2bo83bobo4bo2bo77b2obo74b2obo310bob2o$4b2ob
o74b3o2bo79bob2o5b3o2bo76bob2o74bob2o304b2obo$4bo2b4o69bobo2b3o76b2ob
o6bobo2b3o58bo3bobob2o5b4o2bo71b4o2bo304bo2b4o$bo4bo3bo71bobo3b2o74bo
2b4o5bobo3b2o59b5obo5bo3bo4bo68bo3bo4bo298bo4bo3bo$b5ob3o71bob5o73bo4b
o3bo4bob5o65bo8b3ob5o69b3ob5o298b5ob3o$5bobo72b2o3b2obo72b5ob3o4b2o3b
2obo57bo2bo14bobo75bobo306bobo$b3obobo72b2o5b3o75bobo6b2o5b3o58b3o2bo
10bobob3o71bobob3o298b3obobo8bo2b3o$o2bob2o154b3obobo72bobo2b3o11b2ob
o2bo71b2obo2bo296bo2bob2o9bobo2bo$2o158bo2bob2o75bobo3b2o14b2o76b2o296b
2o11b3ob2o2bo$160b2o79bob5o72bo3bobob2o322bo5b4o$15bo2bobo219b2o3b2ob
o74b5obo323b2ob4obo$14b6o3bo216b2o5b3o77bo328b3obo$14b2o2b3obo297bo2b
o328b2ob2o$15b3ob2ob2o298b3o2bo325b2obo3bo$14b2obo5bo296bobo2b3o324bo
2b2o2bo$14bo2b2ob4o298bobo3b2o323b2o4b2o$15bobo3b2o298bob5o$15bo3b3ob
o76b2o218b2o3b2obo$14bob3ob2obo71b2obo2bo218b2o5b3o$14bob2obobobo70bo
bob3o$94bobo$92b3ob5o$91bo3bo4bo$91b4o2bo$94bob2o$91b2obo$92bobo$90bo
bob2o$90b2o49$10b2o81b2o66bo2b5o397bob3obo74b2o$6b2obobo81bobob2o67bo
bo397b4o77bobob2o$7bobo85bobo62b3o2bo2bo400bobob3o73bobo$7bob2o83b2ob
o63b3o3bo398b2o2b4o74b2obo$4b2obo89bob2o59bo2bo2b2obo400b2o3bo75bob2o
$4bo2b4o83b4o2bo60bobobo3bo398bo4b2o73b4o2bo$bo4bo3bo83bo3bo4bo56b2ob
obo2b2o398b2ob2o2bo72bo3bo4bo$b5ob3o85b3ob5o56bob3o2bobo397b5o2b2o73b
3ob5o$5bobo89bobo60b2ob3obobo396b2o4b4o75bobo$b3obobo89bobob3o58bo2b5o
396bo5b3o76bobob3o$o2bob2o12bo2b3o59bo2b3o8b2obo2bo547b2obo2bo$2o17bo
bo2bo59bobo2bo13b2o552b2o$16b3ob2o2bo56b3ob2o2bo550b2obobob3o$15bo5b4o
55bo5b4o550b2ob2o3b2o$16b2ob4obo56b2ob4obo470b2o78b3o5b2o$19b3obo60b3o
bo471bo2bob2o73b2obobob2o$15b2ob2o60b2ob2o476b3obobo72b3obo3b2o$16b2o
bo3bo57b2obo3bo476bobo72b4obobobo$15bo2b2o2bo57bo2b2o2bo473b5ob3o72bo
2b2obo$16b2o4b2o57b2o4b2o472bo4bo3bo69b3o3bobo$564bo2b4o69b2obo2bo$564b
2obo73b2o2bo$567bob2o$567bobo$566b2obobo$570b2o3$170b2o$165b2obo2bo$164b
obob3o$164bobo$162b3ob5o$161bo3bo4bo$161b4o2bo$164bob2o$161b2obo$162b
obo$160bobob2o$160b2o41$b2o79b3o165b2o78b2o167bob4o3bo61b2o78b2o$bobo
b2o74bo4bo159b2obobo74b2obobo167b2o2b3obo58b2obobo74b2obobo5bob4o3bo$
3bobo74b5o2bobo157bobo12b3o62bobo25b3o142b2o3bo2bo58bobo77bobo7b2o2b3o
bo$2b2obo76bo3b2o159bob2o10bo4bo60bob2o23bo4bo139b2obo64bob2o76bob2o7b
2o3bo2bo$5bob2o73b2ob3o156b2obo12b5o2bobo54b2obo25b5o2bobo139bo2bo58b
2obo76b2obo9b2obo$2b4o2bo72b2obobo2bo154bo2b4o11bo3b2o56bo2b4o24bo3b2o
139b3o2b4o55bo2b4o73bo2b4o9bo2bo$2bo3bo4bo69bob3obo153bo4bo3bo11b2ob3o
53bo4bo3bo24b2ob3o119b2o17bo2bo2bo55bo4bo3bo70bo4bo3bo7b3o2b4o$3b3ob5o
68b2ob3o3bo151b5ob3o11b2obobo2bo51b5ob3o24b2obobo2bo117bo2bob2o13b2o4b
3o52b5ob3o71b5ob3o7bo2bo2bo$5bobo72bo2b3obobo155bobo13bob3obo57bobo26b
ob3obo120b3obobo11bo4b5o56bobo5bob4o3bo62bobo10b2o4b3o$5bobob3o68b2o2b
o4bo151b3obobo12b2ob3o3bo51b3obobo25b2ob3o3bo122bobo11b2obobo2bo53b3o
bobo5b2o2b3obo59b3obobo9bo4b5o$6b2obo2bo227bo2bob2o13bo2b3obobo50bo2b
ob2o26bo2b3obobo118b5ob3o70bo2bob2o7b2o3bo2bo57bo2bob2o10b2obobo2bo$11b
2o227b2o18b2o2bo4bo50b2o31b2o2bo4bo118bo4bo3bo69b2o11b2obo63b2o$103b2o
379bo2b4o85bo2bo$98b2obo2bo379b2obo86b3o2b4o$97bobob3o383bob2o82bo2bo
2bo$2obobob3o87bobo387bobo84b2o4b3o$2ob2o3b2o85b3ob5o382b2obobo81bo4b
5o$3o5b2o84bo3bo4bo386b2o81b2obobo2bo$2obobob2o85b4o2bo$3obo3b2o87bob
2o$4obobobo84b2obo$2bo2b2obo86bobo$3o3bobo84bobob2o$2obo2bo86b2o$b2o2b
o56$10b2o69b5obobo70b3ob2obo76b2o75b5obobo160b2o91b2o$6b2obobo69bo3b2o
bo71b2o3b2obo75bobob2o70b2o2bo2b2o161bobob2o82b2obo2bo$7bobo71bob2o2b
obo70b3o2bo3bo76bobo71bobob2o166bobo82bobob3o$7bob2o69b3o5bo73b2obob2o
76b2obo72b3o2bo164b2obo82bobo$4b2obo72b2o2b5o74b2obo81bob2o71bo2b4o164b
ob2o62bob3o2bobo5b3ob5o$4bo2b4o69b6obobo72bobobo14b2o62b4o2bo68bob2o5b
o161b4o2bo69bo6bo3bo4bo$bo4bo3bo7bobo3bo59b3ob2o71b2o5bo12bobob2o58bo
3bo4bo65b5obobo162bo3bo4bo60b3obo2bo5b4o2bo$b5ob3o9bo3bob2o55bob3obo72b
obobob3o13bobo60b3ob5o66b3ob2o2bo162b3ob5o61b5obo8bob2o$5bobo11b4o3bo
54b2obob2obo73bobobobo12b2obo62bobo70b2o2b2obo11b2o152bobo63bo4b2obo5b
2obo$b3obobo10b2ob2ob2obo53bobobob3o71b3ob2o18bob2o59bobob3o66bo3b4o6b
2obo2bo152bobob3o59bo6bobo5bobo$o2bob2o12b2o5bo155b4o2bo60b2obo2bo78b
obob3o154b2obo2bo58bobo2bo2bo4bobob2o$2o17bobo2b4o154bo3bo4bo62b2o78b
obo163b2o58bobob2ob3o3b2o$18bobo4bobo155b3ob5o140b3ob5o219bo2bo3bobo$
18bob5ob2o157bobo143bo3bo4bo140b5obobo71b3o$18bo4bobobo157bobob3o139b
4o2bo142b2o2bo2b2o$19b5obobo158b2obo2bo141bob2o142bobob2o$191b2o138b2o
bo146b3o2bo$100b2o138b3ob2obo84bobo148bo2b4o$95b2obo2bo138b2o3b2obo81b
obob2o144bob2o5bo$94bobob3o139b3o2bo3bo80b2o148b5obobo$94bobo145b2obo
b2o232b3ob2o2bo$92b3ob5o142b2obo234b2o2b2obo$91bo3bo4bo141bobobo234bo
3b4o$91b4o2bo143b2o5bo$94bob2o143bobobob3o$91b2obo148bobobobo$92bobo146b
3ob2o$90bobob2o$90b2o!
Of the twenty-nine remaining examples, twenty-three have an eater 3-style setup.

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x = 661, y = 590, rule = B3/S23
250b2o228bo6bobo161bo6bobo$246b2obobo229bo3b2ob2o162bo3b2ob2o$247bobo
230b2ob3obo163b2ob3obo$247bob2o3b2o2b6o216bo2bob4o162bo2bob4o$244b2ob
o8bobo2bo218b3ob2o165b3ob2o$244bo2b4o4bob4o219b2obobo2bo162b2obobo2bo
$241bo4bo3bo3b2o2b2obo218b2o2b6o161b2o2b6o$241b5ob3o4bobobo2b3o216b2o
bo3bo163b2obo3bo$245bobo6bo2bo2bo2bo217b2o2bo166b2o2bo$241b3obobo8bo5b
2o218b2o2b4o163b2o2b4o$240bo2bob2o7b2ob3obo$240b2o17b3o$255bo4bo2bo$496b
2o$491b2obo2bo$490bobob3o$490bobo$488b3ob5o$487bo3bo4bo$487b4o2bo$490b
ob2o146b2o$487b2obo149bo2bob2o$488bobo150b3obobo$486bobob2o153bobo$486b
2o153b5ob3o$641bo4bo3bo$644bo2b4o$644b2obo$647bob2o$647bobo$646b2obob
o$650b2o49$10b2o148bo2b3o3bo160b2o79bob3o2b2o221b2o3bobo$6b2obobo150b
o2bob2o157b2obobo81bob2ob2o222b4o2b2o$7bobo150b2obo2b2obo157bobo83b2o
b5o219b2ob2obob2o$7bob2o149bobo4b3o157bob2o80bobob5o220b2o2bo4bo$4b2o
bo153b2ob2o2b2o154b2obo84b2ob2o3bo220b4obobo$4bo2b4o150bobobo158bo2b4o
15bo2b3o3bo55b2obo2b4o220b3o2b2obo$bo4bo3bo149bo4bo155bo4bo3bo17bo2bo
b2o56bo2bob2o225bob4o$b5ob3o150b2o3bo155b5ob3o16b2obo2b2obo55bob2o3b2o
224bobob2o$5bobo152b2ob2ob3o156bobo18bobo4b3o55bob2o3bo221bo2b7o$b3ob
obo152b2o2bob3o152b3obobo19b2ob2o2b2o55b3o5b2o220bob3obobo$o2bob2o313b
o2bob2o20bobobo$2o178b2o138b2o24bo4bo$175b2obo2bo164b2o3bo48b2o$10bo6b
obo154bobob3o165b2ob2ob3o45bo2bob2o$11bo3b2ob2o154bobo169b2o2bob3o46b
3obobo232b2o$10b2ob3obo154b3ob5o224bobo232bo2bob2o$10bo2bob4o152bo3bo
4bo220b5ob3o231b3obobo$10b3ob2o155b4o2bo223bo4bo3bo234bobo$10b2obobo2b
o155bob2o226bo2b4o230b5ob3o$10b2o2b6o151b2obo229b2obo233bo4bo3bo$10b2o
bo3bo154bobo232bob2o233bo2b4o$11b2o2bo154bobob2o231bobo234b2obo$12b2o
2b4o150b2o234b2obobo235bob2o$410b2o235bobo$646b2obobo$650b2o55$167bob
o2bo2bo154b2o234b2o$170b4obo150b2obobo234bobob2o$166b4ob4o152bobo238b
obo$167b2o2bo2bo152bob2o236b2obo$166bobobob4o148b2obo242bob2o$166b2o2b
o153bo2b4o236b4o2bo$166bo2bob2obo146bo4bo3bo236bo3bo4bo$167bo2bo4bo145b
5ob3o238b3ob5o$166b4o3bo151bobo242bobo$169bo4bo146b3obobo242bobob3o$320b
o2bob2o244b2obo2bo$320b2o254b2o3$160b2o$160bo2bob2o393b4ob2obo$161b3o
bobo396bobo$165bobo399bobo$161b5ob3o390b3obob4o$161bo4bo3bo389bo4bo3b
o$164bo2b4o389b2ob5obo$164b2obo392bo4bobobo$167bob2o389bo4b2o$167bobo
390bobobob2obo$166b2obobo154bobo2bo2bo225b2ob2o2bobo$170b2o157b4obo$325b
4ob4o$326b2o2bo2bo$325bobobob4o$325b2o2bo$325bo2bob2obo$326bo2bo4bo$325b
4o3bo$328bo4bo47$422b2o2bobo59b2o$422bo5bobo57bobob2o$425bob2o61bobo$
410b2o10bo2bo2bob2o57b2obo$406b2obobo10b5ob2obo60bob2o$407bobo16b3ob2o
57b4o2bo$407bob2o11b3o3bo2bo57bo3bo4bo$404b2obo16b2obob2o59b3ob5o$404b
o2b4o11b4o4b2o60bobo$401bo4bo3bo13bob6o60bobob3o$401b5ob3o83b2obo2bo$
405bobo72b2o2bobo11b2o$401b3obobo72bo5bobo$400bo2bob2o76bob2o$400b2o78b
o2bo2bob2o$480b5ob2obo$484b3ob2o$480b3o3bo2bo$482b2obob2o$480b4o4b2o$
482bob6o60$260bo2b5o74bo2b5o130bob3obo$265bobo79bobo130b4o$259b3o2bo2b
o73b3o2bo2bo133bobob3o$260b3o3bo75b3o3bo131b2o2b4o$259bo2bo2b2obo72bo
2bo2b2obo133b2o3bo$260bobobo3bo73bobobo3bo131bo4b2o$259b2obobo2b2o72b
2obobo2b2o131b2ob2o2bo$259bob3o2bobo72bob3o2bobo130b5o2b2o$259b2ob3ob
obo72b2ob3obobo129b2o4b4o$261bo2b5o74bo2b5o129bo5b3o$505b2o$500b2obo2b
o$499bobob3o$240b2o78b2o177bobo$240bo2bob2o73bo2bob2o170b3ob5o$241b3o
bobo73b3obobo168bo3bo4bo$245bobo77bobo168b4o2bo$241b5ob3o71b5ob3o169b
ob2o$241bo4bo3bo70bo4bo3bo165b2obo$244bo2b4o73bo2b4o166bobo$244b2obo76b
2obo167bobob2o$247bob2o76bob2o164b2o$247bobo77bobo$246b2obobo74b2obob
o$250b2o78b2o56$400bob4o3bo$400b2o2b3obo$401b2o3bo2bo$400b2obo$403bo2b
o$401b3o2b4o$400bo2bo2bo$401b2o4b3o$400bo4b5o$400b2obobo2bo2$418b2o$413b
2obo2bo$412bobob3o$412bobo$410b3ob5o$409bo3bo4bo$409b4o2bo$412bob2o$409b
2obo$410bobo$408bobob2o$408b2o58$641bo2b2ob3o$642b4ob3o$641bo2bob4o$644b
2obo$644b2o$640bobo2b2o2bo$640bob2o2bo2bo$644bo3bo$641bo6b2o$640bob3o
b4o4$658b2o$653b2obo2bo$652bobob3o$652bobo$650b3ob5o$649bo3bo4bo$649b
4o2bo$652bob2o$649b2obo$650bobo$648bobob2o$648b2o56$bo2b2ob3o71bo2b2o
b3o166b2o62b2o$2b4ob3o72b4ob3o166bobob2o58bobob2o$bo2bob4o71bo2bob4o151b
2ob2o2bo9bobo61bobo$4b2obo76b2obo152b2o3b2o10b2obo60b2obo$4b2o78b2o155b
2ob2o14bob2o60bob2o$obo2b2o2bo70bobo2b2o2bo150b2obob3obo7b4o2bo57b4o2b
o$ob2o2bo2bo70bob2o2bo2bo150bo2bobobo9bo3bo4bo54bo3bo4bo$4bo3bo75bo3b
o152b5ob3o8b3ob5o55b3ob5o$bo6b2o71bo6b2o152bo3bo13bobo61bobo$ob3ob4o70b
ob3ob4o150b6obo12bobob3o57bobob3o$240b4o2bob2o11b2obo2bo57b2obo2bo$21b
2o217b2ob4obo17b2o62b2o$16b2obo2bo80b2o$15bobob3o76b2obo2bo$15bobo79b
obob3o$13b3ob5o75bobo$12bo3bo4bo73b3ob5o$12b4o2bo75bo3bo4bo$15bob2o75b
4o2bo$12b2obo81bob2o$13bobo78b2obo224b2ob2o2bo$11bobob2o78bobo223b2o3b
2o$11b2o80bobob2o223b2ob2o$93b2o226b2obob3obo$321bo2bobobo$322b5ob3o$
323bo3bo$321b6obo$321b4o2bob2o$321b2ob4obo!
That leaves seven whose setup fits in neither category.

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x = 579, y = 420, rule = B3/S23
480b2o3bo2b2o$481b2obobo$481bob2o3b2o$481b3o2b4o$480b3o4bobo$481b2o2b
2o$480b5o2bobo$481bo3bobobo$480b4obo$481bobob2ob2o2$503b2o$498b2obo2b
o$497bobob3o$497bobo$495b3ob5o$494bo3bo4bo$494b4o2bo$497bob2o$494b2ob
o$495bobo$493bobob2o$493b2o58$3obobobo391b4ob2obo$2o2bo2b2o395bobo$3o
bob3o398bobo$b5o394b3obob4o$bob5obo390bo4bo3bo$o5bobo391b2ob5obo$2o3b
4o391bo4bobobo$2b3ob2obo390bo4b2o$b3o5bo390bobobob2obo$bo6b2o390b2ob2o
2bobo12$2o$o2bob2o405b2o$b3obobo399b2obo2bo$5bobo398bobob3o$b5ob3o396b
obo$bo4bo3bo393b3ob5o$4bo2b4o392bo3bo4bo$4b2obo395b4o2bo$7bob2o395bob
2o$7bobo393b2obo$6b2obobo392bobo$10b2o390bobob2o$402b2o47$567b2o$567b
obob2o$569bobo$568b2obo$571bob2o$568b4o2bo$568bo3bo4bo$569b3ob5o$571b
obo$571bobob3o$572b2obo2bo$577b2o4$560b2o2bobo$560bo5bobo$563bob2o$560b
o2bo2bob2o$560b5ob2obo$564b3ob2o$560b3o3bo2bo$562b2obob2o$560b4o4b2o$
562bob6o56$426b2o$421b2obo2bo$420bobob3o$420bobo$400bo2bobo12b3ob5o$400b
2ob2o2b2o8bo3bo4bo$401b3o3bobo7b4o2bo$401b5o2b2o10bob2o$401b3o2b2obo7b
2obo$401b3o3b3o8bobo$401b2ob5o7bobob2o$400b6ob3o6b2o$401b3o4bo$400b3o
3b3o67$178b3o$177bo4bo$176b5o2bobo$178bo3b2o$178b2ob3o$177b2obobo2bo$
177bob3obo$176b2ob3o3bo$176bo2b3obobo$176b2o2bo4bo6$160b2o$160bo2bob2o
$161b3obobo$165bobo$161b5ob3o$161bo4bo3bo$164bo2b4o$164b2obo$167bob2o
$167bobo$166b2obobo$170b2o54$414b5obobo$413b2o2bo2b2o$413bobob2o$414b
3o2bo$416bo2b4o$413bob2o5bo$413b5obobo$414b3ob2o2bo$400b2o12b2o2b2obo
$400bo2bob2o7bo3b4o$401b3obobo$405bobo$401b5ob3o$401bo4bo3bo$404bo2b4o
$404b2obo$407bob2o$407bobo$406b2obobo$410b2o!
Three of those oddballs can form their own setup category.

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x = 179, y = 420, rule = B3/S23
80b2o3bo2b2o$81b2obobo$81bob2o3b2o$81b3o2b4o$80b3o4bobo$81b2o2b2o$80b
5o2bobo$81bo3bobobo$80b4obo$81bobob2ob2o2$103b2o$98b2obo2bo$97bobob3o
$97bobo$95b3ob5o$94bo3bo4bo$94b4o2bo$97bob2o$94b2obo$95bobo$93bobob2o
$93b2o138$167b2o$167bobob2o$169bobo$168b2obo$171bob2o$168b4o2bo$168bo
3bo4bo$169b3ob5o$171bobo$171bobob3o$172b2obo2bo$177b2o4$160b2o2bobo$160b
o5bobo$163bob2o$160bo2bo2bob2o$160b5ob2obo$164b3ob2o$160b3o3bo2bo$162b
2obob2o$160b4o4b2o$162bob6o216$14b5obobo$13b2o2bo2b2o$13bobob2o$14b3o
2bo$16bo2b4o$13bob2o5bo$13b5obobo$14b3ob2o2bo$2o12b2o2b2obo$o2bob2o7b
o3b4o$b3obobo$5bobo$b5ob3o$bo4bo3bo$4bo2b4o$4b2obo$7bob2o$7bobo$6b2ob
obo$10b2o!
The setup seems like a hybrid between the fishhook-style setup and the eater 3-style setup. The top two examples have pretty much the same recovery, where a domino spark is just close enough to cause a cell to be born on the next generation that shifts a cell born on the next generation by one cell orthogonally, like in one of the recovery mechanisms of the BTS.

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3b2o4bo$3bo5bo$4b4o2$2obob2o$ob2obo$5bo$5b2o!
However, were that just a simple domino spark, it would "recover" like a BTS, i.e. not actually recover (because that catalyst does not present the same face as a BTS). This means that it wouldn't actually be catalyzing. Of course, it could catalyze like a BTS, but that wouldn't return it to its original form (and there would be no reason to use an unnecessarily large BTS variant if one actually wanted a BTS variant).

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x = 15, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
13b2o$bo6b2obo2bo$2bo4bobob3o$2bo4bobo$3o3b2ob5o$4bo3bo4bo$4b4o2bo$7b
ob2o$4b2obo$5bobo$3bobob2o$3b2o!
Instead, how those top two catalyses work is that the domino brings in a region with a two-cell leading edge that engages in critical (releasing from the chaos) overpopulation with a obo edge in the the recovering catalyst.

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x = 18, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
4bo11b2o$4bo6b2obo2bo$5bo4bobob3o$o4bo4bobo$2ob3o3b2ob5o$o6bo3bo4bo$7b
4o2bo$10bob2o$7b2obo$8bobo$6bobob2o$6b2o!
(I'm pretty sure that I've seen a (normal) BTS fail in the analogous way at least twice while searching for conduits, but I couldn't find a less contrived way just now.) Of course, this means that it's possible for that catalyst to be turned into the BTS variant and then back (or for the BTS variant to be turned into the drifter catalyst and then back). In fact, another one of the oddball catalyses does this, which yields a different mechanism for each conversion.

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x = 12, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
3obobobo$2o2bo2b2o$3obob3o$b5o$bob5obo$o5bobo$2o3b4o$2b3ob2obo$b3o5bo
$bo6b2o12$2o$o2bob2o$b3obobo$5bobo$b5ob3o$bo4bo3bo$4bo2b4o$4b2obo$7bo
b2o$7bobo$6b2obobo$10b2o!
There's another oddball catalysis that has the same setup right next to the catalyst but recovers in a completely different manner.

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x = 26, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
18b3o$17bo4bo$16b5o2bobo$18bo3b2o$18b2ob3o$17b2obobo2bo$17bob3obo$16b
2ob3o3bo$16bo2b3obobo$16b2o2bo4bo6$2o$o2bob2o$b3obobo$5bobo$b5ob3o$bo
4bo3bo$4bo2b4o$4b2obo$7bob2o$7bobo$6b2obobo$10b2o!
As for the bottom catalysis in the aforementioned group of three oddball catalyses, the first part of its recovery also reminds me of some (albeit different) BTS catalyses, such as this one and this one—but as with the other two catalyses in that group, the overpopulation has to be more powerful so that it would turn a BTS into 4b2o$4bo$5bo$2o2b2o$obo$2bob4o$4bo2bo. (The fact that this catalyst also has catalyses where it enters an "active" state then needs to hit the chaos again in a somewhat general manner (general enough that it's tempting to look for them manually) in order to recover is a bad sign, but it appears that I won't miss most catalyses even if I don't look for it.)
It order to evaluate when the drifter catalyst can serve as a fishhook replacement, I replaced each drifter catalyst in each catalysis with a fishhook-style setup with a fishhook (pair for convenience).

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x = 667, y = 507, rule = B3/S23
2b3o2b2o558bo6bobo$4obob3o558bo3b2ob2o$bo2b3o560b2ob3obo$2bo3bob2o81b
2o79b2o242b2o149bo2bob4o$b3o5bo82bo79bo243bo150b3ob2o$2o2bob4o82bobo75b
obo241bobo150b2obobo2bo$2obo2bob2o83b2o75b2o242b2o151b2o2b6o$b2o3b2ob
o77bo89bo243bo145b2obo3bo$obo3b2o79b3o85b3o241b3o146b2o2bo$bo2b2o2bo81b
o83bo243bo150b2o2b4o$11b2o76b2o83b2o242b2o$11bo390b2o2b2o$12b3o385b5o
$14bo385bo2bo2bob2o$7b2o393b2o3bobo$7bobo72b3o2b2o73b3o2b2o231b7o2bo$
9bo70b4obob3o70b4obob3o230b3o6bo$9b2o70bo2b3o74bo2b3o233b3ob2ob2o$82b
o3bob2o72bo3bob2o231b3o2bobo$81b3o5bo71b3o5bo230b2ob2o2bo$80b2o2bob4o
70b2o2bob4o231b2ob4o$80b2obo2bob2o70b2obo2bob2o395b2o$81b2o3b2obo71b2o
3b2obo396bo$80bobo3b2o72bobo3b2o395b3o$81bo2b2o2bo72bo2b2o2bo394bo$569b
2o$568bobo$568bo$567b2o52$101bo6bobo153bo2b3o3bo287b2o3bobo$102bo3b2o
b2o155bo2bob2o289b4o2b2o$101b2ob3obo155b2obo2b2obo286b2ob2obob2o$101b
o2bob4o154bobo4b3o286b2o2bo4bo$101b3ob2o158b2ob2o2b2o287b4obobo$101b2o
bobo2bo155bobobo291b3o2b2obo$101b2o2b6o153bo4bo293bob4o$87b2o12b2obo3b
o136b2o17b2o3bo294bobob2o$88bo13b2o2bo139bo17b2ob2ob3o287bo2b7o$88bob
o12b2o2b4o132b3o18b2o2bob3o288bob3obobo$89b2o152bo$83bo165b2o$83b3o162b
obo$86bo161bo326b2o$85b2o160b2o326bo$576b3o$578bo$571b2o$571bobo$573b
o$573b2o60$81bobo2bo2bo$84b4obo155b2o$80b4ob4o157bo$81b2o2bo2bo154b3o
241b2o$80bobobob4o153bo244bo$80b2o2bo164b2o237bobo$80bo2bob2obo159bob
o9bobo2bo2bo220b2o$81bo2bo4bo158bo14b4obo214bo$80b4o3bo159b2o10b4ob4o
215b3o$83bo4bo171b2o2bo2bo218bo$259bobobob4o216b2o$259b2o2bo$259bo2bo
b2obo$260bo2bo4bo$85b2o172b4o3bo$85bo176bo4bo$86b3o$88bo$81b2o410b4ob
2obo$81bobo413bobo$83bo416bobo$83b2o408b3obob4o$493bo4bo3bo$493b2ob5o
bo$493bo4bobobo$493bo4b2o$493bobobob2obo$493b2ob2o2bobo53$80bo3bobob2o
84bo3bobob2o$83b5obo87b5obo$87bo93bo$7b2o71bo2bo90bo2bo79b2o76b2o310b
2o$8bo73b3o2bo79b2o7b3o2bo75bo77bo312bo$8bobo69bobo2b3o80bo5bobo2b3o58b
o3bobob2o5bobo75bobo312bobo$9b2o71bobo3b2o78bobo5bobo3b2o59b5obo5b2o76b
2o314b2o$3bo77bob5o81b2o4bob5o65bo14bo77bo302bo$3b3o74b2o3b2obo74bo10b
2o3b2obo57bo2bo16b3o75b3o302b3o$6bo73b2o5b3o73b3o8b2o5b3o58b3o2bo11bo
77bo308bo9bo2b3o$5b2o159bo73bobo2b3o11b2o76b2o306b2o9bobo2bo$165b2o75b
obo3b2o403b3ob2o2bo$241bob5o72bo3bobob2o322bo5b4o$15bo2bobo219b2o3b2o
bo74b5obo323b2ob4obo$14b6o3bo216b2o5b3o77bo328b3obo$14b2o2b3obo297bo2b
o328b2ob2o$15b3ob2ob2o298b3o2bo325b2obo3bo$14b2obo5bo296bobo2b3o324bo
2b2o2bo$14bo2b2ob4o298bobo3b2o323b2o4b2o$15bobo3b2o298bob5o$15bo3b3ob
o296b2o3b2obo$14bob3ob2obo71b2o223b2o5b3o$14bob2obobobo71bo$96b3o$98b
o$91b2o$91bobo$93bo$93b2o52$161bo2b5o397bob3obo$166bobo397b4o$160b3o2b
o2bo400bobob3o$7b2o87b2o63b3o3bo398b2o2b4o76b2o$8bo87bo63bo2bo2b2obo400b
2o3bo74bo$8bobo83bobo64bobobo3bo398bo4b2o73bobo$9b2o83b2o64b2obobo2b2o
398b2ob2o2bo72b2o$3bo97bo58bob3o2bobo397b5o2b2o79bo$3b3o93b3o58b2ob3o
bobo396b2o4b4o77b3o$6bo91bo63bo2b5o396bo5b3o77bo$5b2o12bo2b3o59bo2b3o
8b2o552b2o$19bobo2bo59bobo2bo$16b3ob2o2bo56b3ob2o2bo550b2obobob3o$15b
o5b4o55bo5b4o550b2ob2o3b2o$16b2ob4obo56b2ob4obo550b3o5b2o$19b3obo60b3o
bo476b2o73b2obobob2o$15b2ob2o60b2ob2o481bo73b3obo3b2o$16b2obo3bo57b2o
bo3bo474b3o74b4obobobo$15bo2b2o2bo57bo2b2o2bo475bo78bo2b2obo$16b2o4b2o
57b2o4b2o480b2o69b3o3bobo$568bobo69b2obo2bo$568bo72b2o2bo$567b2o7$165b
2o$165bo$166b3o$168bo$161b2o$161bobo$163bo$163b2o44$82b3o414bob4o3bo$
81bo4bo412b2o2b3obo149bob4o3bo$80b5o2bobo172b3o90b3o142b2o3bo2bo148b2o
2b3obo$4b2o76bo3b2o159b2o12bo4bo60b2o25bo4bo139b2obo64b2o78b2o9b2o3bo
2bo$4bo77b2ob3o160bo11b5o2bobo58bo24b5o2bobo139bo2bo62bo79bo8b2obo$2b
obo76b2obobo2bo158bobo11bo3b2o60bobo24bo3b2o139b3o2b4o59bobo77bobo9bo
2bo$2b2o77bob3obo161b2o11b2ob3o61b2o24b2ob3o138bo2bo2bo63b2o78b2o7b3o
2b4o$9bo70b2ob3o3bo153bo17b2obobo2bo53bo30b2obobo2bo122b2o13b2o4b3o54b
o79bo13bo2bo2bo$7b3o70bo2b3obobo153b3o15bob3obo55b3o28bob3obo125bo12b
o4b5o54b3o7bob4o3bo60b3o12b2o4b3o$6bo73b2o2bo4bo156bo13b2ob3o3bo56bo26b
2ob3o3bo120b3o13b2obobo2bo58bo6b2o2b3obo64bo10bo4b5o$6b2o237b2o13bo2b
3obobo55b2o26bo2b3obobo120bo81b2o7b2o3bo2bo62b2o10b2obobo2bo$260b2o2b
o4bo83b2o2bo4bo126b2o82b2obo$488bobo85bo2bo$98b2o388bo85b3o2b4o$98bo388b
2o84bo2bo2bo$2obobob3o89b3o472b2o4b3o$2ob2o3b2o91bo471bo4b5o$3o5b2o84b
2o477b2obobo2bo$2obobob2o85bobo$3obo3b2o86bo$4obobobo86b2o$2bo2b2obo$
3o3bobo$2obo2bo$b2o2bo56$81b5obobo70b3ob2obo153b5obobo$81bo3b2obo71b2o
3b2obo151b2o2bo2b2o249b2o$81bob2o2bobo70b3o2bo3bo150bobob2o252bo$7b2o
71b3o5bo73b2obob2o78b2o72b3o2bo166b2o84b3o$8bo71b2o2b5o74b2obo80bo75b
o2b4o163bo66bob3o2bobo11bo$8bobo69b6obobo72bobobo78bobo72bob2o5bo161b
obo73bo6b2o$9b2o7bobo3bo59b3ob2o71b2o5bo76b2o73b5obobo162b2o68b3obo2b
o5bobo$3bo15bo3bob2o55bob3obo72bobobob3o82bo68b3ob2o2bo168bo63b5obo7b
o$3b3o13b4o3bo54b2obob2obo73bobobobo14b2o64b3o68b2o2b2obo167b3o61bo4b
2obo7b2o$6bo11b2ob2ob2obo53bobobob3o71b3ob2o17bo64bo71bo3b4o6b2o158bo
64bo6bobo$5b2o12b2o5bo155bobo64b2o84bo159b2o63bobo2bo2bo$19bobo2b4o154b
2o152b3o221bobob2ob3o$18bobo4bobo161bo148bo221bo2bo3bobo$18bob5ob2o159b
3o141b2o148b5obobo71b3o$18bo4bobobo158bo144bobo146b2o2bo2b2o$19b5obob
o158b2o145bo146bobob2o$333b2o146b3o2bo$240b3ob2obo235bo2b4o$95b2o143b
2o3b2obo231bob2o5bo$95bo144b3o2bo3bo230b5obobo$96b3o143b2obob2o232b3o
b2o2bo$98bo144b2obo234b2o2b2obo$91b2o149bobobo234bo3b4o$91bobo147b2o5b
o$93bo147bobobob3o$93b2o148bobobobo$241b3ob2o!
I then organized them by (more specific) setup (using the horizontal dimension) and how the fishhook fails (using the vertical dimension).

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x = 3045, y = 3511, rule = B3/S23
195b5obobo$194b2o2bo2b2o$194bobob2o$195b3o2bo$197bo2b4o$194bob2o5bo$2b
ob3o2bobo182b5obobo$9bo6b2o177b3ob2o2bo$3b3obo2bo5bobo176b2o2b2obo$4b
5obo7bo176bo3b4o$2bo4b2obo7b2o$2bo6bobo$2bobo2bo2bo$2bobob2ob3o193b2o
$2bo2bo3bobo126b3o64bobo$3b3o104b2o25bo4bo64bo$111bo24b5o2bobo61b2o$111b
obo24bo3b2o$112b2o24b2ob3o$137b2obobo2bo$137bob3obo$136b2ob3o3bo$136b
o2b3obobo$136b2o2bo4bo2$182b2o$182bo$180bobo$180b2o6$225bo$170b5obobo
46b3o$169b2o2bo2b2o50bo$169bobob2o52b2o$170b3o2bo$172bo2b4o$169bob2o5b
o58bo2bobo$169b5obobo58b6o3bo$170b3ob2o2bo57b2o2b3obo$170b2o2b2obo59b
3ob2ob2o$133b2o35bo3b4o58b2obo5bo$133bo102bo2b2ob4o$131bobo103bobo3b2o
$131b2o104bo3b3obo$236bob3ob2obo$236bob2obobobo2$121bo2b3o$74bo2b3o3b
o37bobo2bo$76bo2bob2o35b3ob2o2bo$74b2obo2b2obo33bo5b4o$74bobo4b3o34b2o
b4obo$75b2ob2o2b2o37b3obo$75bobobo37b2ob2o$74bo4bo38b2obo3bo$74b2o3bo
37bo2b2o2bo$74b2ob2ob3o35b2o4b2o$74b2o2bob3o2$17bo41b2o$15b3o40bobo$14b
o43bo$14b2o41b2o5$2b3o2b2o$4obob3o$bo2b3o$2bo3bob2o$b3o5bo$2o2bob4o123b
o$2obo2bob2o121b3o29bo3bobob2o$b2o3b2obo120bo35b5obo$obo3b2o122b2o38b
o$bo2b2o2bo63bo6bobo81bo2bo$73bo3b2ob2o36b2obobob3o37b3o2bo$72b2ob3ob
o38b2ob2o3b2o35bobo2b3o$72bo2bob4o37b3o5b2o37bobo3b2o$72b3ob2o40b2obo
bob2o37bob5o$72b2obobo2bo37b3obo3b2o35b2o3b2obo$72b2o2b6o36b4obobobo35b
2o5b3o$58b2o12b2obo3bo40bo2b2obo$59bo13b2o2bo40b3o3bobo$59bobo12b2o2b
4o36b2obo2bo$60b2o57b2o2bo12$174b2o$174bobo$176bo74b3ob2obo$176b2o73b
2o3b2obo$251b3o2bo3bo$253b2obob2o$254b2obo$114b2o137bobobo$113bobo9bo
bo2bo2bo118b2o5bo$113bo14b4obo118bobobob3o$112b2o10b4ob4o121bobobobo14b
2o$125b2o2bo2bo119b3ob2o17bo$124bobobob4o139bobo$124b2o2bo144b2o$124b
o2bob2obo$125bo2bo4bo$124b4o3bo$127bo4bo31$35b2o$36bo$36bobo$37b2o7bo
bo3bo$47bo3bob2o$47b4o3bo$46b2ob2ob2obo$47b2o5bo$47bobo2b4o$46bobo4bo
bo$46bob5ob2o$46bo4bobobo$47b5obobo20$34bob4o3bo$34b2o2b3obo$35b2o3bo
2bo$34b2obo$37bo2bo$35b3o2b4o$34bo2bo2bo$35b2o4b3o$34bo4b5o$34b2obobo
2bo2$24b2o$23bobo$23bo$22b2o32$87bob4o3bo$87b2o2b3obo$77b2o9b2o3bo2bo
$78bo8b2obo$78bobo9bo2bo$79b2o7b3o2b4o$87bo2bo2bo$88b2o4b3o$87bo4b5o$
87b2obobo2bo418$2361b5obobo$2361bo3b2obo$2361bob2o2bobo$2360b3o5bo$2360b
2o2b5o$2360b6obobo$2364b3ob2o$2362bob3obo$2361b2obob2obo$2361bobobob3o
9$2375b2o$2375bo$2376b3o$2378bo178$2367bo6bobo$2368bo3b2ob2o$2367b2ob
3obo$2367bo2bob4o$2150b2o215b3ob2o$2150bo216b2obobo2bo$2133bo3bobob2o
5bobo216b2o2b6o$2136b5obo5b2o217b2obo3bo$2140bo227b2o2bo$2133bo2bo232b
2o2b4o$2135b3o2bo$2133bobo2b3o$2135bobo3b2o$2134bob5o$2133b2o3b2obo$2133b
2o5b3o6$2365b2o$2366bo$2363b3o$2363bo185$2168bob3obo$2168b4o$2171bobo
b3o$2168b2o2b4o$2172b2o3bo$2170bo4b2o$2170b2ob2o2bo$2169b5o2b2o$2168b
2o4b4o$2168bo5b3o6$2167b2o$2168bo$2165b3o$2165bo214$1492b2o$1492bo$1490b
obo$1490b2o5$1478b2o2b2o$1476b5o$1476bo2bo2bob2o$1478b2o3bobo$1476b7o
2bo$1476b3o6bo$1476b3ob2ob2o$1477b3o2bobo$1476b2ob2o2bo$1477b2ob4o210$
2559b2o$2560bo$2560bobo$2561b2o4$2571bo2b3o$2571bobo2bo$2568b3ob2o2bo
$2567bo5b4o$2568b2ob4obo$2571b3obo$2567b2ob2o$2568b2obo3bo$2567bo2b2o
2bo$2568b2o4b2o220$1478b2o$1478bo$1476bobo$1476b2o11$1471b3ob2obo$1471b
2o3b2obo$1471b3o2bo3bo$1473b2obob2o$1474b2obo$1473bobobo$1472b2o5bo$1472b
obobob3o$1474bobobobo$1472b3ob2o232$1126b3o$1125bo4bo$1124b5o2bobo$1126b
o3b2o$1126b2ob3o$1125b2obobo2bo$1125bob3obo$1124b2ob3o3bo$1124bo2b3ob
obo$1124b2o2bo4bo4$1142b2o$1142bo$1143b3o$1145bo79$1147bo$1147b3o$1150b
o9bo2b3o$1149b2o9bobo2bo$1157b3ob2o2bo$1156bo5b4o$1157b2ob4obo$1160b3o
bo$1156b2ob2o$1157b2obo3bo$1156bo2b2o2bo$1157b2o4b2o122$1095b2o$1095b
o$1093bobo$1093b2o6$1080bo3bobob2o$1083b5obo$1087bo$1080bo2bo$1082b3o
2bo$1080bobo2b3o$1082bobo3b2o$1081bob5o$1080b2o3b2obo$1080b2o5b3o226$
1084b3o2b2o$1082b4obob3o$1083bo2b3o$1084bo3bob2o$1083b3o5bo$1082b2o2b
ob4o$1082b2obo2bob2o$1083b2o3b2obo$1082bobo3b2o$1083bo2b2o2bo$1093b2o
$1093bo$1094b3o$1096bo91$1607b2o$1608bo$1608bobo$1609b2o12$1613b4ob2o
bo$1617bobo$1620bobo$1613b3obob4o$1613bo4bo3bo$1613b2ob5obo$1613bo4bo
bobo$1613bo4b2o$1613bobobob2obo$1613b2ob2o2bobo167$1223bobo2bo2bo$1226b
4obo$1222b4ob4o$1223b2o2bo2bo$1222bobobob4o$1222b2o2bo$1222bo2bob2obo
$1223bo2bo4bo$1222b4o3bo$1225bo4bo5$1227b2o$1227bo$1228b3o$1230bo58$1575b
o$1575b3o$1578bo$1577b2o$1606b3o$1591b2o12bo4bo$1592bo11b5o2bobo$1592b
obo11bo3b2o$1570b3o2b2o16b2o11b2ob3o$1568b4obob3o27b2obobo2bo$1569bo2b
3o30bob3obo$1570bo3bob2o26b2ob3o3bo$1569b3o5bo26bo2b3obobo$1568b2o2bo
b4o26b2o2bo4bo$1568b2obo2bob2o$1569b2o3b2obo$1568bobo3b2o$1569bo2b2o2b
o19$2071b2o$2072bo$2072bobo$1624bo3bobob2o439b2o$1627b5obo$1631bo445b
ob4o3bo$1624bo2bo449b2o2b3obo$1617b2o7b3o2bo446b2o3bo2bo$1618bo5bobo2b
3o445b2obo$1618bobo5bobo3b2o446bo2bo$1619b2o4bob5o446b3o2b4o$1624b2o3b
2obo444bo2bo2bo$1624b2o5b3o444b2o4b3o$2077bo4b5o$2077b2obobo2bo331$3027b
2o3bobo$3028b4o2b2o$3026b2ob2obob2o$3026b2o2bo4bo$3027b4obobo$3027b3o
2b2obo$3029bob4o$3030bobob2o$3026bo2b7o$3027bob3obobo4$3041b2o$3041bo
$3042b3o$3044bo142$2966bo$2964b3o$2963bo$2963b2o5$2957b2obobob3o$2957b
2ob2o3b2o$2957b3o5b2o$2957b2obobob2o$2957b3obo3b2o$2957b4obobobo$2959b
o2b2obo$2957b3o3bobo$2957b2obo2bo$2958b2o2bo63$2956bo2b5o$2961bobo$2955b
3o2bo2bo$2956b3o3bo$2955bo2bo2b2obo$2956bobobo3bo$2955b2obobo2b2o$2955b
ob3o2bobo$2955b2ob3obobo$2957bo2b5o24$2956b2o$2956bobo$2958bo$2958b2o!
For the clusters in the top-left and bottom-right, it is already known that the drifter catalyst can serve as a replacement catalyst for the fishhook, but I didn't know that the drifter catalyst could replace the fishhook for any of the other examples, so I'll probably add at least some of them to the fishhook replacement guide in Tutorials/Catalyses#Fishhook_replacements soon. Also, I verified that for situations where the fishhook fails similarly, the drifter catalyst does indeed tend to recover in the same or at least in a similar manner—although some cases require a higher-clearance version than the first version that I tried.

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x = 3048, y = 3514, rule = B3/S23
195b5obobo$194b2o2bo2b2o$194bobob2o$18b2o175b3o2bo$19bo177bo2b4o$19bo
b2o171bob2o5bo$2bob3o2bobo5b3o2bo171b5obobo$9bo6bo3b2o173b3ob2o2bo$3b
3obo2bo5b4o175b2o2b2obo$4b5obo8bo175bo3b4o4b2o$2bo4b2obo5b2obobo186bo
$2bo6bobo5bo2b2o186bob2o$2bobo2bo2bo4bobo95b2o91b3o2bo$2bobob2ob3o3b2o
95bobo90bo3b2o$2bo2bo3bobo96b2o2bo25b3o64b4o$3b3o102bobob2o23bo4bo65b
o$110bo25b5o2bobo59b2obobo$110b4o24bo3b2o62bo2b2o$108b2o3bo24b2ob3o60b
obo$107bo2b3o24b2obobo2bo58b2o$107b2obo26bob3obo$110bo25b2ob3o3bo$110b
2o24bo2b3obobo33b2o$136b2o2bo4bo33bobo$181bo2b2o$180b2obobo$183bo$180b
4o$180bo3b2o$181b3o2bo$183bob2o$183bo45b2o$182b2o40b2o2bobo$224bo3bo$
225b3ob4o$170b5obobo48bobo2bo$169b2o2bo2b2o45b3obobo$169bobob2o47bo2b
ob2o$170b3o2bo46b2o$172bo2b4o$169bob2o5bo58bo2bobo$130b2o37b5obobo58b
6o3bo$130bobo37b3ob2o2bo57b2o2b3obo$132bo2b2o33b2o2b2obo59b3ob2ob2o$131b
2obobo33bo3b4o58b2obo5bo$134bo101bo2b2ob4o$131b4o102bobo3b2o$131bo3b2o
100bo3b3obo$132b3o2bo98bob3ob2obo$134bob2o98bob2obobobo$134bo$121bo2b
3o6b2o$74bo2b3o3bo37bobo2bo$76bo2bob2o35b3ob2o2bo$74b2obo2b2obo33bo5b
4o$74bobo4b3o34b2ob4obo$75b2ob2o2b2o37b3obo$75bobobo37b2ob2o$74bo4bo38b
2obo3bo$57b2o15b2o3bo37bo2b2o2bo$12b2o43bo16b2ob2ob3o35b2o4b2o$12bobo
2b2o35b2obo16b2o2bob3o$14bo3bo35bo2b3o$10b4ob3o37b2o3bo$10bo2bobo41b4o
$13bobob3o37bo$14b2obo2bo34bobob2o$19b2o34b2o2bo$59bobo$60b2o2$2b3o2b
2o$4obob3o$bo2b3o121b2o$2bo3bob2o118bobo2b2o$b3o5bo120bo3bo$2o2bob4o116b
4ob3o$2obo2bob2o116bo2bobo31bo3bobob2o$b2o3b2obo119bobob3o30b5obo$obo
3b2o122b2obo2bo33bo$bo2b2o2bo63bo6bobo53b2o26bo2bo$73bo3b2ob2o36b2obo
bob3o37b3o2bo$72b2ob3obo38b2ob2o3b2o35bobo2b3o$72bo2bob4o37b3o5b2o37b
obo3b2o$61b2o9b3ob2o40b2obobob2o37bob5o$60bobo9b2obobo2bo37b3obo3b2o35b
2o3b2obo$56b2o2bo11b2o2b6o36b4obobobo35b2o5b3o$56bobob2o10b2obo3bo40b
o2b2obo$58bo14b2o2bo40b3o3bobo$58b4o12b2o2b4o36b2obo2bo$56b2o3bo57b2o
2bo$55bo2b3o$55b2obo$58bo$58b2o4$176b2o$177bo$177bob2o$175b3o2bo$174b
o3b2o$174b4o$177bo73b3ob2obo$112b2o60b2obobo71b2o3b2obo$112bo62bo2b2o
71b3o2bo3bo$109b2obo60bobo77b2obob2o$109bo2b3o58b2o79b2obo$110b2o3bo137b
obobo14b2o$112b4o9bobo2bo2bo118b2o5bo12bobo$112bo15b4obo118bobobob3o13b
o2b2o$110bobob2o8b4ob4o121bobobobo12b2obobo$110b2o2bo10b2o2bo2bo119b3o
b2o18bo$114bobo7bobobob4o139b4o$115b2o7b2o2bo144bo3b2o$124bo2bob2obo141b
3o2bo$125bo2bo4bo142bob2o$124b4o3bo144bo$127bo4bo142b2o28$38b2o$37bob
o$33b2o2bo$33bobob2o$35bo$35b4o$33b2o3bo7bobo3bo$32bo2b3o9bo3bob2o$32b
2obo11b4o3bo$35bo10b2ob2ob2obo$35b2o10b2o5bo$47bobo2b4o$46bobo4bobo$46b
ob5ob2o$46bo4bobobo$47b5obobo20$34bob4o3bo$34b2o2b3obo$35b2o3bo2bo$34b
2obo$37bo2bo$35b3o2b4o$34bo2bo2bo$22b2o11b2o4b3o$22bo11bo4b5o$19b2obo
11b2obobo2bo$19bo2b3o$20b2o3bo$22b4o$22bo$20bobob2o$20b2o2bo$24bobo$25b
2o28$80b2o$79bobo5bob4o3bo$75b2o2bo7b2o2b3obo$75bobob2o7b2o3bo2bo$77b
o9b2obo$77b4o9bo2bo$75b2o3bo7b3o2b4o$74bo2b3o7bo2bo2bo$74b2obo10b2o4b
3o$77bo9bo4b5o$77b2o8b2obobo2bo418$2361b5obobo$2361bo3b2obo$2361bob2o
2bobo$2360b3o5bo$2360b2o2b5o$2360b6obobo$2364b3ob2o$2362bob3obo$2361b
2obob2obo$2361bobobob3o8$2380b2o$2375b2obo2bo$2374bobob3o$2371bo2bobo
$2371b4ob3o$2375bo3bo$2373bobo2b2o$2373b2o175$2367bo6bobo$2147b2o219b
o3b2ob2o$2147bobo217b2ob3obo$2149bo2b2o213bo2bob4o$2148b2obobo213b3ob
2o$2151bo215b2obobo2bo$2133bo3bobob2o5b4o215b2o2b6o$2136b5obo5bo3b2o213b
2obo3bo$2140bo8b3o2bo213b2o2bo$2133bo2bo14bob2o214b2o2b4o$2135b3o2bo10b
o$2133bobo2b3o9b2o$2135bobo3b2o$2134bob5o$2133b2o3b2obo$2133b2o5b3o5$
2360b2o$2360bo2bob2o$2361b3obobo$2365bobo2bo$2363b3ob4o$2362bo3bo$2362b
2o2bobo$2367b2o182$2168bob3obo$2168b4o$2171bobob3o$2168b2o2b4o$2172b2o
3bo$2170bo4b2o$2170b2ob2o2bo$2169b5o2b2o$2168b2o4b4o$2168bo5b3o5$2162b
2o$2162bo2bob2o$2163b3obobo$2167bobo$2165b3ob3o$2164bo3bo3bo$2164b2o2b
ob2o$2169bo$2167bobo$2167b2o206$1489b2o$1489bobo$1491bo2b2o$1490b2obo
bo$1493bo$1490b4o$1490bo3b2o$1491b3o2bo$1493bob2o$1493bo$1492b2o$1478b
2o2b2o$1476b5o$1476bo2bo2bob2o$1478b2o3bobo$1476b7o2bo$1476b3o6bo$1476b
3ob2ob2o$1477b3o2bobo$1476b2ob2o2bo$1477b2ob4o207$2562b2o$2561bobo$2557b
2o2bo$2557bobob2o$2559bo$2554b2o3b4o$2554bo2b2o3bo$2555b2o2b3o$2557bo
bo$2557bobo$2558bo12bo2b3o$2571bobo2bo$2568b3ob2o2bo$2567bo5b4o$2568b
2ob4obo$2571b3obo$2567b2ob2o$2568b2obo3bo$2567bo2b2o2bo$2568b2o4b2o217$
1475b2o$1475bobo$1477bo2b2o$1476b2obobo$1479bo$1476b4o$1476bo3b2o$1477b
3o2bo$1479bob2o$1479bo$1478b2o7$1471b3ob2obo$1471b2o3b2obo$1471b3o2bo
3bo$1473b2obob2o$1474b2obo$1473bobobo$1472b2o5bo$1472bobobob3o$1474bo
bobobo$1472b3ob2o232$1126b3o$1125bo4bo$1124b5o2bobo$1126bo3b2o$1126b2o
b3o$1125b2obobo2bo$1125bob3obo$1124b2ob3o3bo$1124bo2b3obobo$1124b2o2b
o4bo3$1147b2o$1142b2obo2bo$1141bobob3o$1138bo2bobo$1138b4ob3o$1142bo3b
o$1140bobo2b2o$1140b2o73$1151b2o$1146b2o2bobo$1146bo3bo$1147b3ob4o$1149b
obo2bo$1145b3obobo8bo2b3o$1144bo2bob2o9bobo2bo$1144b2o11b3ob2o2bo$1156b
o5b4o$1157b2ob4obo$1160b3obo$1156b2ob2o$1157b2obo3bo$1156bo2b2o2bo$1157b
2o4b2o119$1092b2o$1092bobo$1094bo2b2o$1093b2obobo$1096bo$1093b4o$1093b
o3b2o$1094b3o2bo$1096bob2o$1096bo$1095b2o2$1080bo3bobob2o$1083b5obo$1087b
o$1080bo2bo$1082b3o2bo$1080bobo2b3o$1082bobo3b2o$1081bob5o$1080b2o3b2o
bo$1080b2o5b3o226$1084b3o2b2o$1082b4obob3o$1083bo2b3o$1084bo3bob2o$1083b
3o5bo$1082b2o2bob4o$1082b2obo2bob2o$1083b2o3b2obo$1082bobo3b2o$1083bo
2b2o2bo7b2o$1093b2obo2bo$1092bobob3o$1092bobo$1090b3ob3o$1089bo3bo3bo
$1090b2obo2b2o$1092bo$1092bobo$1093b2o83$1610b2o$1609bobo$1605b2o2bo$
1605bobob2o$1607bo$1607b4o$1605b2o3bo$1604bo2b3o$1604b2obo$1607bo$1607b
2o8$1613b4ob2obo$1617bobo$1620bobo$1613b3obob4o$1613bo4bo3bo$1613b2ob
5obo$1613bo4bobobo$1613bo4b2o$1613bobobob2obo$1613b2ob2o2bobo167$1223b
obo2bo2bo$1226b4obo$1222b4ob4o$1223b2o2bo2bo$1222bobobob4o$1222b2o2bo
$1222bo2bob2obo$1223bo2bo4bo$1222b4o3bo$1225bo4bo4$1232b2o$1227b2obo2b
o$1226bobob3o$1223bo2bobo$1223b4ob3o$1227bo3bo$1225bobo2b2o$1225b2o52$
1579b2o$1574b2o2bobo$1574bo3bo$1575b3ob4o$1577bobo2bo$1573b3obobo14b2o
$1572bo2bob2o14bobo$1572b2o15b2o2bo12b3o$1589bobob2o10bo4bo$1591bo12b
5o2bobo$1591b4o11bo3b2o$1570b3o2b2o12b2o3bo11b2ob3o$1568b4obob3o10bo2b
3o11b2obobo2bo$1569bo2b3o13b2obo13bob3obo$1570bo3bob2o13bo12b2ob3o3bo
$1569b3o5bo13b2o11bo2b3obobo$1568b2o2bob4o26b2o2bo4bo$1568b2obo2bob2o
$1569b2o3b2obo$1568bobo3b2o$1569bo2b2o2bo16$2074b2o$2073bobo$2069b2o2b
o$2069bobob2o$2071bo$2066b2o3b4o$1624bo3bobob2o432bo2b2o3bo$1620b2o5b
5obo433b2o2b3o$1619bobo9bo437bobo5bob4o3bo$1615b2o2bo4bo2bo441bobo5b2o
2b3obo$1615bobob2o5b3o2bo438bo7b2o3bo2bo$1617bo6bobo2b3o445b2obo$1617b
4o5bobo3b2o446bo2bo$1615b2o3bo4bob5o446b3o2b4o$1614bo2b3o4b2o3b2obo444b
o2bo2bo$1614b2obo6b2o5b3o444b2o4b3o$1617bo459bo4b5o$1617b2o458b2obobo
2bo331$3027b2o3bobo$3028b4o2b2o$3026b2ob2obob2o$3026b2o2bo4bo$3027b4o
bobo$3027b3o2b2obo$3029bob4o$3030bobob2o$3026bo2b7o$3027bob3obobo3$3046b
2o$3041b2obo2bo$3040bobob3o$3040bobo$3038b3ob3o$3037bo3bo3bo$3038b2ob
o2b2o$3040bo$3040bobo$3041b2o134$2961b2o$2961bobo2b2o$2963bo3bo$2959b
4ob3o$2959bo2bobo$2962bobob3o$2963b2obo2bo$2968b2o4$2957b2obobob3o$2957b
2ob2o3b2o$2957b3o5b2o$2957b2obobob2o$2957b3obo3b2o$2957b4obobobo$2959b
o2b2obo$2957b3o3bobo$2957b2obo2bo$2958b2o2bo63$2956bo2b5o$2961bobo$2955b
3o2bo2bo$2956b3o3bo$2955bo2bo2b2obo$2956bobobo3bo$2955b2obobo2b2o$2955b
ob3o2bobo$2955b2ob3obobo$2957bo2b5o20$2958b2o$2959bo$2959bob2o$2957b3o
2bo$2956bo3b2o$2956b4o$2959bo$2956b2obobo$2957bo2b2o$2955bobo$2955b2o!
This gives me hope that this won't turn out to be a frustrating time-waster like the BTS—but only a little.
I am tentatively considering myself back.

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by Kazyan » July 25th, 2021, 1:14 pm

Here's an interesting catalyst (left) that Bellman found--it acts as an eater, and then reaches out to delete a block.

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x = 16, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
b2o12bo$bobo9b3o$3bo8bo$3b3o6b2o$b2o3bo$o2b4o3bo$b2o6bobo$3b2o4bobo$3b
o6bo$bobo$b2o8b2o$10bobo$12bo!
A quick 2-catalyst search on a Herschel doesn't find that it does anything conduit-related, but it's still neat.
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by MathAndCode » July 25th, 2021, 8:42 pm

Kazyan wrote:
July 25th, 2021, 1:14 pm
Here's an interesting catalyst (left) that Bellman found--it acts as an eater, and then reaches out to delete a block.
It reminds me of Rx22B.

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x = 35, y = 33, rule = LifeHistory
4D2.4D9.3D3.3D2.4D$D3.D.D3.D7.D3.D.D3.D.D3.D$D3.D.D3.D.D3.D5.D5.D.D3.
D$4D2.4D3.D.D5.D5.D2.4D$D2.D2.D3.D3.D5.D5.D3.D3.D$D3.D.D3.D2.D.D3.D5.
D4.D3.D$D3.D.4D2.D3.D.5D.5D.4D10$18.2A$18.A.A.2A$20.A.A$19.2A.A$17.4B
.A.2A$14.2B.2B4A2.A$11.D6B.AB2.2A$10.D9B3A$9.2D2BC6B2.A$10.2DB2C5B2.A
.A$11.D2C5B4.2A$11.7B$12.8B$13.B4.2A$18.A$19.3A$21.A!
It also has a smaller higher-clearance form of the drifter catalyst than I was previously aware of, which reminds me that I haven't analyzed the cases where that drifter catalyst performs an eater 3-type catalysis, so I shall do that now. Here are the catalyses with the drifter catalysts replaced with single loaves:

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x = 658, y = 588, rule = B3/S23
245bo2b3o3bo$248bobo3bo$246b2o2b2ob2o$245b2o2bo2bobo$246b2o3b2obo$247b
o2b5o225bo6bobo150bobo6bo$247bobo2bo228bo3b2ob2o150b2ob2o3bo$248bobo2b
o226b2ob3obo154bob3ob2o$245bobo3b2obo225bo2bob4o152b4obo2bo$247bob3o2b
o225b3ob2o158b2ob3o$480b2obobo2bo152bo2bobob2o$480b2o2b6o150b6o2b2o$480b
2obo3bo154bo3bob2o$251b2o228b2o2bo158bo2b2o$250bo2bo228b2o2b4o150b4o2b
2o$250bobo$251bo3$491b2o$490bo2bo$490bobo$491bo4$654b2o$653bo2bo$653b
obo$654bo56$4o2b2o313b3obo2b2o71b2o2b3obo233bobo3b2o$4bo2b2o150bob2o2b
4o152b3ob2ob2o71b2ob2obo234b2o2b4o$2bo3bob2o151bob2ob3o155bo3b2o70b5o
b2o234b2obob2ob2o$6o2b2o150bob2o160bo4bo71b5obobo232bo4bo2b2o$bo2bobo
b2o149bobo2bo2bo156bobobo20b2o49bo3b2ob2o234bobob4o$4b2ob3o149bo3bo3b
2o151b2o2b2ob2o19bo2bo48b4o2bob2o232bob2o2b3o$b4obo2bo149b2o2b4o153b3o
4bobo18bobo52b2obo2bo233b4obo$2bob3ob2o151bo5b2o151bob2o2bob2o19bo51b
2o3b2obo232b2obobo$2ob2o3bo151b3o4b2o152b2obo2bo74bo3b2obo232b7o2bo$o
bo6bo150bob2o3b2o151bo3b3o2bo70b2o5b3o232bobob3obo$159bob3o2$13b2o160b
2o$12bo2bo158bo2bo236b2o$12bobo159bobo236bo2bo$13bo161bo237bobo229b2o
$178b2o234bo229bo2bo$178b2o237b2o225bobo$417b2o226bo62$160bo2bo2bobo152b
o4bo233b2ob2o2bobo$160bob4o156bo3b4o230bobobob2obo$161b4ob4o150bo4bo2b
o231bo4b2o$161bo2bo2b2o152bob2obo2bo230bo4bobobo$160b4obobobo155bo2b2o
230b2ob5obo$165bo2b2o150b4obobobo230bo4bo3bo$161bob2obo2bo151bo2bo2b2o
231b3obob4o$160bo4bo2bo152b4ob4o237bobo$162bo3b4o150bob4o238bobo$161b
o4bo153bo2bo2bobo231b4ob2obo5$571b2o$169b2o399bo2bo$168bo2bo398bobo$168b
obo400bo$169bo5$328b2o$327bo2bo$327bobo$328bo46$413b2ob4o$413b3obobob
o$413bobo2bo$413bo2b7o$413bobobo2bo$413bo3b2o3bo$414b2o2b3o$413b4obo$
414bobobo3bo59bob6o$414bobob2ob2o57b4o4b2o$482b2obob2o$480b3o3bo2bo$484b
3ob2o$480b5ob2obo$480bo2bo2bob2o$483bob2o$480bo5bobo$480b2o2bobo$493b
2o$492bo2bo$492bobo$413b2o78bo$412bo2bo$412bobo$413bo61$327b6o150b2ob
o4b2o$246b6o71b3o3bo2bo151bobo3b2o$242b3o3bo2bo71bo2b2o2b3o150b2o3b3o
$242bo2b2o2b3o71b2o2bo4bo150b3o3b2o$242b2o2bo4bo71bobo2b2ob2o150bo2b2o
2bo$242bobo2b2ob2o71bo6b2o153b3ob2o$242bo6b2o75b6o151bo2bo2bob2o$245b
6o74b2o3bobo152b2obo2b2o$244b2o3bobo71bob2ob2obo153bo2bob3o$242bob2ob
2obo74bobob3o153bobob3o$244bobob3o6$498b2o$497bo2bo$497bobo$260b2o236b
o$259bo2bo78b2o$259bobo78bo2bo$260bo79bobo$341bo60$400bob4o3bo$400b2o
2b3obo$401b2o3bo2bo$400b2obo$403bo2bo$401b3o2b4o$400bo2bo2bo$401b2o4b
3o$400bo4b5o$400b2obobo2bo3$413b2o$412bo2bo$412bobo$413bo65$641bo2b2o
b3o$642b4ob3o$641bo2bob4o$644b2obo$644b2o$640bobo2b2o2bo$640bob2o2bo2b
o$644bo3bo$641bo6b2o$640bob3ob4o5$653b2o$652bo2bo$652bobo$653bo$656b2o
$656b2o53$248b3o2b2obo$248b3obob4o$249b4o2bobo$248b3ob3o$248bobobo2bo
bo$248bobob6o$248b2obo2bobo$86b2o2bo159bob3o$5b2o2bo71bobo5bo158b2o2b
o4bo63b2ob4obo$obo5bo73bo3b2o2bo158bo2bobo66b4o2bob2o$bo3b2o2bo72bo4b
o2bo230b6obo$bo4bo2bo71b5o2bobo232bo3bo$5o2bobo71b2ob3o235b5ob3o$2ob3o
77bo2b2o2bo230bo2bobobo$2bo2b2o2bo71b4o5bo230b2obob3obo$4o5bo71b3o4b3o
231b2ob2o$3o4b3o71b3o2b2ob2o230b2o3b2o$3o2b2ob2o243b2o67b2ob2o2bo$252b
o2bo$252bobo$16b2o235bo$15bo2bo79b2o$15bobo79bo2bo$16bo80bobo$98bo$101b
2o$101b2o$325b2o$324bo2bo$324bobo$325bo!
Some of them work with eater 3s.

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x = 657, y = 579, rule = B3/S23
480bo6bobo150bobo6bo$481bo3b2ob2o150b2ob2o3bo$480b2ob3obo154bob3ob2o$
480bo2bob4o152b4obo2bo$480b3ob2o158b2ob3o$480b2obobo2bo152bo2bobob2o$
480b2o2b6o150b6o2b2o$480b2obo3bo154bo3bob2o$481b2o2bo158bo2b2o$482b2o
2b4o150b4o2b2o5$491b2o$490bo2bo$490bobo$491bo4$654b2o$653bo2bo$653bob
o$654bo56$401b2o2b3obo$159bob2o2b4o232b2ob2obo$161bob2ob3o231b5ob2o$160b
ob2o237b5obobo$159bobo2bo2bo232bo3b2ob2o$159bo3bo3b2o231b4o2bob2o$159b
2o2b4o236b2obo2bo$161bo5b2o232b2o3b2obo$160b3o4b2o233bo3b2obo$160bob2o
3b2o231b2o5b3o$159bob3o2$175b2o$174bo2bo236b2o$174bobo236bo2bo$175bo237b
obo$178b2o234bo$178b2o237b2o$417b2o62$560b2ob2o2bobo$560bobobob2obo$560b
o4b2o$560bo4bobobo$560b2ob5obo$560bo4bo3bo$560b3obob4o$567bobo$564bob
o$560b4ob2obo5$571b2o$570bo2bo$570bobo$571bo140$327b6o$246b6o71b3o3bo
2bo$242b3o3bo2bo71bo2b2o2b3o$242bo2b2o2b3o71b2o2bo4bo$242b2o2bo4bo71b
obo2b2ob2o$242bobo2b2ob2o71bo6b2o$242bo6b2o75b6o$245b6o74b2o3bobo$244b
2o3bobo71bob2ob2obo$242bob2ob2obo74bobob3o$244bobob3o9$260b2o$259bo2b
o78b2o$259bobo78bo2bo$260bo79bobo$341bo140$641bo2b2ob3o$642b4ob3o$641b
o2bob4o$644b2obo$644b2o$640bobo2b2o2bo$640bob2o2bo2bo$644bo3bo$641bo6b
2o$640bob3ob4o5$653b2o$652bo2bo$652bobo$653bo62$86b2o2bo$5b2o2bo71bob
o5bo$obo5bo73bo3b2o2bo$bo3b2o2bo72bo4bo2bo$bo4bo2bo71b5o2bobo$5o2bobo
71b2ob3o$2ob3o77bo2b2o2bo$2bo2b2o2bo71b4o5bo$4o5bo71b3o4b3o$3o4b3o71b
3o2b2ob2o$3o2b2ob2o3$16b2o$15bo2bo79b2o$15bobo79bo2bo$16bo80bobo$98bo
$101b2o$101b2o!
The most common way for the eater 3 to fail where the drifter works is that a dot spark is born next to the loaf parent that turns it into a phi spark predecessor.

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x = 498, y = 505, rule = B3/S23
85bo2b3o3bo$88bobo3bo$86b2o2b2ob2o$85b2o2bo2bobo$86b2o3b2obo$87bo2b5o
$87bobo2bo$88bobo2bo$85bobo3b2obo$87bob3o2bo4$91b2o$90bo2bo$90bobo$91b
o69$483bobo3b2o$482b2o2b4o$482b2obob2ob2o$482bo4bo2b2o$483bobob4o$482b
ob2o2b3o$483b4obo$482b2obobo$482b7o2bo$482bobob3obo6$485b2o$484bo2bo$
484bobo$485bo62$o2bo2bobo$ob4o$b4ob4o$bo2bo2b2o$4obobobo$5bo2b2o$bob2o
bo2bo$o4bo2bo$2bo3b4o$bo4bo6$9b2o$8bo2bo$8bobo$9bo62$322bob6o$320b4o4b
2o$322b2obob2o$320b3o3bo2bo$324b3ob2o$320b5ob2obo$320bo2bo2bob2o$323b
ob2o$320bo5bobo$320b2o2bobo$333b2o$332bo2bo$332bobo$333bo147$240bob4o
3bo$240b2o2b3obo$241b2o3bo2bo$240b2obo$243bo2bo$241b3o2b4o$240bo2bo2b
o$241b2o4b3o$240bo4b5o$240b2obobo2bo3$253b2o$252bo2bo$252bobo$253bo65$
481bo2b2ob3o$482b4ob3o$481bo2bob4o$484b2obo$484b2o$480bobo2b2o2bo$480b
ob2o2bo2bo$484bo3bo$481bo6b2o$480bob3ob4o5$493b2o$492bo2bo$492bobo$493b
o$496b2o$496b2o!
This sometimes happens with additional cells.

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x = 423, y = 503, rule = B3/S23
4o2b2o313b3obo2b2o$4bo2b2o312b3ob2ob2o$2bo3bob2o314bo3b2o$6o2b2o314bo
4bo$bo2bobob2o314bobobo20b2o$4b2ob3o310b2o2b2ob2o19bo2bo$b4obo2bo310b
3o4bobo18bobo$2bob3ob2o310bob2o2bob2o19bo$2ob2o3bo312b2obo2bo$obo6bo310b
o3b3o2bo3$13b2o$12bo2bo$12bobo$13bo137$413b2ob4o$413b3obobobo$413bobo
2bo$413bo2b7o$413bobobo2bo$413bo3b2o3bo$414b2o2b3o$413b4obo$414bobobo
3bo$414bobob2ob2o12$413b2o$412bo2bo$412bobo$413bo304$321b2ob4obo$321b
4o2bob2o$321b6obo$323bo3bo$322b5ob3o$321bo2bobobo$321b2obob3obo$322b2o
b2o$321b2o3b2o$322b2ob2o2bo10$325b2o$324bo2bo$324bobo$325bo!
Also, in three cases, the loaf flips successfully but then is sparked into a teardrop from above.

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x = 253, y = 413, rule = B3/S23
73bo4bo$74bo3b4o$72bo4bo2bo$73bob2obo2bo$77bo2b2o$72b4obobobo$73bo2bo
2b2o$73b4ob4o$72bob4o$72bo2bo2bobo14$80b2o$79bo2bo$79bobo$80bo131$235b
2obo4b2o$236bobo3b2o$235b2o3b3o$235b3o3b2o$235bo2b2o2bo$237b3ob2o$235b
o2bo2bob2o$237b2obo2b2o$237bo2bob3o$237bobob3o7$250b2o$249bo2bo$249bo
bo$250bo216$3o2b2obo$3obob4o$b4o2bobo$3ob3o$obobo2bobo$obob6o$2obo2bo
bo$2bob3o$2o2bo4bo$bo2bobo8$5b2o$4bo2bo$4bobo$5bo!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by praosylen » August 7th, 2021, 11:26 am

C28, in a different thread, wrote:
August 7th, 2021, 9:28 am
U-turner eater with odd tub+block eater

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x = 16, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
2bo6b3o$bobo5b3o$2bo5bobo$8b2o4$12b2o$12bobo$14bo$14b2o$2o$2o3bo$4bob
o$5bo!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by MathAndCode » August 7th, 2021, 2:47 pm

I have found two drifter catalyses where the drifter catalyst loses a cell that viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1878&p=24440#p24440 does not acknowledge can be lost if the catalyst is to recover.
MathAndCode wrote:
July 30th, 2021, 4:28 pm

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x = 11, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b2o$2bo6b2o$4b2obo2bo$3bobob3o$o2bobo$4ob3o$4bo3bo$2bobo2b2o$2b2o!
MathAndCode wrote:
August 7th, 2021, 12:10 pm

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x = 21, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
8bo$7bobo$8bo2$6b5o$5bo4bo$4bo2bo$bo2bob2o$obobo5bo$bo2bo4bobo$4b2o2b
o2bo$9b2o$13b2o$12bo2bo$12bo2bo$8b2o3b2o$9bo7b2o$17bobo$9b2o8bo$4b2o13b
2o$4bo2bob2o$5b3obobo$9bobo$5b5ob3o$5bo4bo3bo$8bobo2b2o$8b2o!
To be fair, each is picky about the stator. The second example would work with the version that Scorbie used, but the first example wouldn't. However, there may catalyses that work with that stator variant where the relevant cell is lost.
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by hotdogPi » August 27th, 2021, 10:47 am

Does anyone have a collection of traffic light catalysts that release a medium to long-lived active region? Both known regions (such as R and pi) and miscellaneous junk work for what I'm doing.
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by Kazyan » September 4th, 2021, 11:37 pm

I've recently had two-and-a-half successes with designing compound catalysts:

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x = 118, y = 19, rule = LifeHistory
61.A32.3A$61.A33.A13.2A$28.C31.A.A46.A.A$26.3C32.A50.A$25.C35.A44.A3B
2A.A.2A$25.2C69.2C8.A3B.A.2A.A$21.C74.2C6.2ABA.2ABA$20.C.C37.3A40.BA
2B2.BAB.B2A$20.C.C33.C9.2C33.B2AB4.3BA2.A$21.C3.2C28.C.C7.C.C29.C3.3A
2B5.2B2A$25.2C28.2C3.2C4.C27.C.C.C.B3A3B3.A.A2.3A$A59.2C30.3C.C.C.B3A
3B3.2A2.A2.A$A.A88.C5.C3.3A2B9.2A$3A88.2C8.B2A2B$2.A19.2C34.2C2.2C39.
A$22.2C35.C2.C38.A.A.A$56.3C4.3C35.2A.A.A$56.C8.C38.A.A$104.2A!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by Kazyan » September 5th, 2021, 4:28 pm

Here's an odd interaction. These two catalysts are usually identical, but one of them is a bit more theatrical about how it recovers, which allows it to modify this particular input with a thumb-like protrusion on the right tick:

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x = 45, y = 20, rule = LifeBellman
6.5A25.5A$7.3A27.3A$8.A29.A2$8.2A28.2A$8.2A28.2A2$2C28.2C$C2.C.2C23.C
2.C.2C6.2C$.3C.C.C23.3C.C.C5.C$5.C.C3.2C22.C.C3.C.C$.5C.C.C2.C18.2C.
2C.2C2.2C$.C4.C.4C19.C3.C.C$2.3C.C25.C.C2.C.C$4.C.C.2C19.3C3.2C.2C$7.
C.C19.C6.C5.C$36.C.5C$34.C.C.C$34.2C4.C$39.2C!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by praosylen » September 5th, 2021, 9:24 pm

Kazyan wrote:
September 5th, 2021, 4:28 pm
Here's an odd interaction. These two catalysts are usually identical, but one of them is a bit more theatrical about how it recovers, which allows it to modify this particular input with a thumb-like protrusion on the right tick:

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x = 45, y = 20, rule = LifeBellman
6.5A25.5A$7.3A27.3A$8.A29.A2$8.2A28.2A$8.2A28.2A2$2C28.2C$C2.C.2C23.C
2.C.2C6.2C$.3C.C.C23.3C.C.C5.C$5.C.C3.2C22.C.C3.C.C$.5C.C.C2.C18.2C.
2C.2C2.2C$.C4.C.4C19.C3.C.C$2.3C.C25.C.C2.C.C$4.C.C.2C19.3C3.2C.2C$7.
C.C19.C6.C5.C$36.C.5C$34.C.C.C$34.2C4.C$39.2C!
I never knew about that variant catalyst before! One important difference is that it recovers two ticks slower than the smaller version, with the delay coming before it rebuilds and produces the two-bit eater-ish "spark" — so the known p14 using two copies of the catalyst can be extended (with one copy) to a p16 and (with two copies) to a p18! (Alas, no p17s or p19s to be had yet, which a 3- or 5-tick delay would have provided — which I would suggest as a promising idea for a dr search for anyone with the computational resources to try, as with this variant a 1-tick delay could also make a p17 and a 3-tick delay would make both a p17 and a p19 :shock:)

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x = 41, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
26b2o$26bo4b2o$28bobobo$24b5obo$4bo19bo5bo6bo$4b3o20b2ob2o3b3o$7bo2b2o
15bobo2bobo$2b4obo3bo17bobo3bo$bo2bobob3o13b2o2b2ob2ob2o$b2o3bo16bobo
3bo$6bobob3o10bo5bobob3o$7b2obo2bo6b2obo6b2obo2bo$12bo2b2o3bo2b2o10bo
2b2o$b2o2bo7b2o2bo3b2o2bo2bo7b2o2bo$bo2bobo7bob2o6bo2bobo7bob2o$2b3ob
o7bo10b3obo7bo$6bo5bobo14bo5bobo$2b2ob2ob2o2b2o11b2ob2ob2o2b2o$2bo3bo
2bo15bo3bo2bo$3bobo2bobo15bobo2bobo$3o3b2ob2o12b3o3b2ob2o$o6bo5bo9bo6b
o5bo$7bob5o16bob5o$5bobobo18bobobo$5b2o4bo16b2o4bo$10b2o21b2o!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by dvgrn » September 6th, 2021, 8:36 am

Here's something probably already known that I just stumbled over: I always thought of ponds as very unlikely to recover from a collision, but this recovery just turned up in a Seeds of Destruction search -- works in two adjacent positions due to symmetry of the colliding T-nose shape:

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x = 25, y = 42, rule = LifeHistory
19.2A$19.2A2$17.4A$16.A4.A$16.3A2.A$13.A5.A.2A$13.7A.A$17.A.
A.A$11.7A.A.A.2A$10.A4.A.A.A.2A.A$10.3A2.A.A.A$7.A5.A.A.A.A$
7.4A2.A.A.2A$11.A.A.A$5.4A2.A.A.A$4.A4.A.A.A.2A$4.A.A2.A.A.A
$5.A.A.A.A.A$7.A.A.2A$7.A.A$8.2A$2A$A2.A.2A6.2A$2.2A.A8.A$3.
A.A5.3A$2.A2.3A3.A$3.2A3.A$5.4A$5.A$2.2A.A.2A$2.A2.A.A6.2A$
3.2A4.A3.A2.A$5.5A3.A2.A$5.A8.2A$7.A$6.2A2$13.2A$12.A2.A$12.
A2.A$13.2A!
EDIT: Here's a pond acting as an eater for a messy eater+glider collision, from the octohash database:

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x = 11, y = 9, rule = LifeHistory
8.2C$2C5.C2.C$.C5.C2.C$.C.C4.2C$2.2C2$4.C$3.2C$3.C.C!

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by hotdogPi » September 6th, 2021, 8:42 am

dvgrn wrote:
September 6th, 2021, 8:36 am
Here's something probably already known that I just stumbled over: I always thought of ponds as very unlikely to recover from a collision, but this recovery just turned up in a Seeds of Destruction search -- works in two adjacent positions due to symmetry of the colliding T-nose shape:

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x = 25, y = 42, rule = LifeHistory
19.2A$19.2A2$17.4A$16.A4.A$16.3A2.A$13.A5.A.2A$13.7A.A$17.A.
A.A$11.7A.A.A.2A$10.A4.A.A.A.2A.A$10.3A2.A.A.A$7.A5.A.A.A.A$
7.4A2.A.A.2A$11.A.A.A$5.4A2.A.A.A$4.A4.A.A.A.2A$4.A.A2.A.A.A
$5.A.A.A.A.A$7.A.A.2A$7.A.A$8.2A$2A$A2.A.2A6.2A$2.2A.A8.A$3.
A.A5.3A$2.A2.3A3.A$3.2A3.A$5.4A$5.A$2.2A.A.2A$2.A2.A.A6.2A$
3.2A4.A3.A2.A$5.5A3.A2.A$5.A8.2A$7.A$6.2A2$13.2A$12.A2.A$12.
A2.A$13.2A!
When asymmetric, ponds, tubs, loaves, and boats are all approximately equally likely to be transparent (the first two are four times rarer but also four times as symmetric). However, the symmetry helps even more here.
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Re: Catalyst discussion thread

Post by Kazyan » September 7th, 2021, 10:51 am

A catalyst with an isolated Z-tetromino:

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x = 15, y = 11, rule = LifeBellman
6.2A$4.A2.A$4.2A$2.2A2.4A$3.A.A3.A$.A.A.A.C$A.A2.A.2C$A.A.A3.C2.2A$.A
.A.2A5.A.A$3.A2.2A4.3A$3.2A8.A!
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Re: Catalyst discussion thread

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » September 8th, 2021, 6:32 pm

Kazyan wrote:
September 7th, 2021, 10:51 am
A catalyst with an isolated Z-tetromino:

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x = 15, y = 11, rule = LifeBellman
6.2A$4.A2.A$4.2A$2.2A2.4A$3.A.A3.A$.A.A.A.C$A.A2.A.2C$A.A.A3.C2.2A$.A
.A.2A5.A.A$3.A2.2A4.3A$3.2A8.A!
That fast repeat time is nothing to scoff at, especially compared to the floating preblock catalyst. Here's a 31-cell variant:

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = LifeHistory
5.2A$5.2A2$5.4A$.2A.A3.A$2.A.A.A$A3.A.2A2.C.C$4A3.A2.C$4.2A3.C$2.A2.
2A3.2C$2.2A6.2C!

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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: Catalyst discussion thread

Post by EvinZL » September 8th, 2021, 8:21 pm

Hdjensofjfnen wrote:
September 8th, 2021, 6:32 pm
Kazyan wrote:
September 7th, 2021, 10:51 am
A catalyst with an isolated Z-tetromino:

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x = 15, y = 11, rule = LifeBellman
6.2A$4.A2.A$4.2A$2.2A2.4A$3.A.A3.A$.A.A.A.C$A.A2.A.2C$A.A.A3.C2.2A$.A
.A.2A5.A.A$3.A2.2A4.3A$3.2A8.A!
That fast repeat time is nothing to scoff at, especially compared to the floating preblock catalyst. Here's a 31-cell variant:

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = LifeHistory
5.2A$5.2A2$5.4A$.2A.A3.A$2.A.A.A$A3.A.2A2.C.C$4A3.A2.C$4.2A3.C$2.A2.
2A3.2C$2.2A6.2C!
And here's a completely different catalyst which happens to do the same thing:

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x = 17, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
5.2A$5.A$6.3A$2A6.A$.A6.A.A$.A.A5.2A2.2A$2.2A10.A.A$6.2A6.3A$5.A.A7.A
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by praosylen » October 5th, 2021, 9:54 pm

This old catalyst by (probably) gmc_nxtman seems worth mentioning:

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x = 10, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
3bo2bo$3b4o$b2o4b2o$o3b2o2bo$b3ob3o2$3b2ob4o$3b2obo2bo2$4bo$4b2o$4b3o
$6b2o$6bo$5b2o!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by hotdogPi » October 5th, 2021, 10:02 pm

A for awesome wrote:
October 5th, 2021, 9:54 pm
This old catalyst by (probably) gmc_nxtman seems worth mentioning:

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x = 10, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
3bo2bo$3b4o$b2o4b2o$o3b2o2bo$b3ob3o2$3b2ob4o$3b2obo2bo2$4bo$4b2o$4b3o
$6b2o$6bo$5b2o!
I don't recognize the input. (It appears to be an R-turner predecessor, but there are many of those.) Does it work on anything more common?
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by praosylen » October 5th, 2021, 11:05 pm

hotdogPi wrote:
October 5th, 2021, 10:02 pm
A for awesome wrote:
October 5th, 2021, 9:54 pm
This old catalyst by (probably) gmc_nxtman seems worth mentioning:

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rle
I don't recognize the input. (It appears to be an R-turner predecessor, but there are many of those.) Does it work on anything more common?
This is something people seem to nearly invariably miss when I post unfamiliar catalysts without huge disclaimers in my posts: if I'm showing the generation before it interacts, the specific example pattern used is almost never anywhere close to being the only thing that interacts with it successfully — it was what gmc_nxtman posted it using, but for me I thought it worked as a good example of the types of junk motifs that would be likely to interact and survive. So I don't recognize the input either, but that doesn't matter because the evolution of that hyper-specific input just isn't the point.

That said... I overlooked some much more general-purpose uses for it earlier — like interacting with some 1-bit pre-beehive or pre-loaf-type leading edges:

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x = 21, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3bo2bo7bo2bo$3b4o7b4o$b2o4b2o3b2o4b2o$o3b2o2bo2bo3b2o2bo$b3ob3o4b3ob3o
2$3b2ob4o4b2ob4o$3b2obo2bo4b2obo2bo2$4bo10bo$4b2o9b2o$5bo10b2o$3b2o13b
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by GUYTU6J » October 10th, 2021, 5:41 am

Is there a stable completion of this hypothetic long boat spin catalyst, akin to the loaf spin? Or is there already an equivalent catalyst?
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Gustone wrote:
December 2nd, 2019, 3:15 am

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x = 16, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2b2o8b2o$2bobo7bobo$o2bobo4bo2bobo$bo2bo6bo2bo$bo9bo$2bo8bo$bo10bo!
Don't forget these:

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x = 32, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
4b2o10b2o10b2o$4bobo9bobo9bobo$b2o2bobo5b2o2bobo6bo2bobo$o2bo2bo5bo2bo
2bo8bo2bo$2b2o11bo11bo$bo$2o!
If not stable, how about periodic ones?
EDIT: I just saw its potential. When finished with good clearance, it should be a replacement catalyst for an eater 3 in cases where the loaf hits an asymmetric pattern and becomes a 2bo$2obo$4bo$3bo! spark, or that for a ship when it becomes a 3o$3bo$3bo! R-pentomino grandfather.
EDIT2: em, there is a problem with the design: a still life base will interact with the intermediate (in the same way as previous impact) one tick earler than allowed, and thus the long boat will not recover properly.

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x = 17, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5bo9bo$b2o2bo5b2o2bo$o2bo2bo3bo2bo2bo$bo2bo7bobo$3b2o8b2o!
Maybe a p3 like what is used in the p87 glider gun have to be used. Then this catalysis does not quite fit in this thread.

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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by Kazyan » October 10th, 2021, 1:14 pm

GUYTU6J wrote:
October 10th, 2021, 5:41 am
If not stable, how about periodic ones?
EDIT: I just saw its potential. When finished with good clearance, it should be a replacement catalyst for an eater 3 in cases where the loaf hits an asymmetric pattern and becomes a 2bo$2obo$4bo$3bo! spark, or that for a ship when it becomes a 3o$3bo$3bo! R-pentomino grandfather.
EDIT2: em, there is a problem with the design: a still life base will interact with the intermediate (in the same way as previous impact) one tick earler than allowed, and thus the long boat will not recover properly.

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x = 17, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5bo9bo$b2o2bo5b2o2bo$o2bo2bo3bo2bo2bo$bo2bo7bobo$3b2o8b2o!
Maybe a p3 like what is used in the p87 glider gun have to be used. Then this catalysis does not quite fit in this thread.
According to LLS, a p2 or p3 solution is not viable., though I encourage others to check my work. The SAT solver is currently grinding away to find a p4 solution, and if that works, it'll go in the Bespoke Oscillators thread.
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by MathAndCode » November 20th, 2021, 2:54 am

Sokwe wrote:
November 18th, 2021, 5:43 am
(I manually replaced eater 3s with smaller Hickerson eaters)
Is that what this is called?

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2bob2o$b3obobo$5bobo$b5ob3o$bo4bo3bo$4bobo2b2o$4b2o!
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Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Post by Scorbie » November 20th, 2021, 4:19 am

MathAndCode wrote:
November 20th, 2021, 2:54 am
Sokwe wrote:
November 18th, 2021, 5:43 am
(I manually replaced eater 3s with smaller Hickerson eaters)
Is that what this is called?

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2bob2o$b3obobo$5bobo$b5ob3o$bo4bo3bo$4bobo2b2o$4b2o!
This is the first time I've seen that name used, but I really like it.
Most uses of that catalyst in the forums should be able to be searched with keywords like "drifter" or "drifty eater".

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