PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

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PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » December 31st, 2020, 9:16 pm

It's 2021 in most of the world, and nominations will last for several weeks anyway, so I figure that I'll start this thread now. As always, once voting starts, each voter will rank each pattern on a scale from zero to three, indicated by the number of asterisks. I shall number the list of nominated patterns as a form of identification, not as any indication of their future rankings.
  1. "Bandersnatch" color-changing glider-to-glider conduit (Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant) and Entity Valkyrie 2)
  2. New small Corderships (wwei23 and Ian07)
  3. Cheaper fixed-cost universal construction (chris_c (Chris Cain), calcyman (Adam P. Goucher), and MathAndCode)
  4. New 2c/7 technology (winston (John Winston Garth) and mscibing (Andrew J. Wade))
  5. Smaller 3c/7 spaceships (Dylan Chen (Dylan Chen))
  6. Period-9 heavyweight sparker and associated R shuttle (wwei23, A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce), and hotdogPi)
  7. Width-12 c/6 orthogonal spaceship (mscibing (Andrew J. Wade))
  8. New longest-lasting 16x16 methuselah (rliston (Rob Liston) and Goldtiger997)
  9. Glider syntheses for 56P6H1V0, 58P5H1V1, turtle, 31P8H4V0, 44P5H2V0, 70P2H1V0.1, 55P9H3V0, and 44P5H2V0 (Tanner Jacobi (Kazyan), Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant), Goldtiger997, AforAmpere, Blinkerspawn, calcyman (Adam P. Goucher), and mniemiec (Mark D. Niemiec))
  10. Stable L122 (A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce))
  11. Period-28 glider gun (Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich) and pcallahan (Paul Callahan))
  12. Rob's p16 (rliston (Rob Liston))
  13. Silverfish (chris_c (Chris Cain), dvgrn (Dave Greene), calcyman (Adam P. Goucher), Nathaniel (Nathaniel Johnston))
  14. Speed Demonoid (Pavgran (Pavel Grankovskiy), dvgrn (Dave Greene), Tanner Jacobi (Kazyan), and Goldtiger997)
  15. Record-setting diehards (rliston (Rob Liston), goldenratio, and Moth Wingthane)
  16. Cordercolumn and extruder (wwei23, AbhpzTa (Luka Okanishi), and Ian07)
  17. Glider syntheses from Glider_stdin (testitemqlstudop, Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi), wildmyron (Arie Paap), GUYTU6J, and goldenratio)
  18. New c/10 orthogonal technology (Mr. T (Christoph Reinthaler))
  19. New growing spaceships (Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich) and A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce))
  20. Natural loafers (John Goodman (John Goodman), rliston (Rob Liston), and calcyman (Adam P. Goucher))
  21. Small c/5 diagonal puffer (Naszvadi (Peter Naszvadi))
  22. New c/6 diagonal pushalong (A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce))
  23. New grayship technology (amling (Keith Amling), HartmutHolzwart (Hartmut Holzwart), and Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich))
  24. Beehive push catalyst (Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi))
  25. 34-bit still life enumeration (Nathaniel (Nathaniel Johnston))
  26. 19-bit still life syntheses (Freywa (Jeremy Tan), dvgrn (Dave Greene), Hdjensofjfnen, Ian07, Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi), testitemqlstudop, chris_c (Chris Cain), BlinkerSpawn, Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant), Goldtiger997, wildmyron (Arie Paap), Macbi (Oscar Cunningham), Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich), GUYTU6J, and AGreason (Alex Greason))
  27. c/5 and c/6 guns (Entity Valkyrie, Goldtiger997, Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant), Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi), Freywa (Jeremy Tan), and wwei23)
  28. Extensible LoM hasslers (JP21, wwei23, and Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich))
  29. New c/5 diagonal spaceships (AforAmpere, Sarp, A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce), winston (John Winston Garth), and Dylan Chen (Dylan Chen))
  30. c/61 near-spaceship and slide gun support (Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi) and Goldtiger997)
  31. Stable barge-crosser (Goldtiger997)
  32. New XWSS signal technology (dvgrn (Dave Greene), calcyman (Adam P. Goucher), and Goldtiger997)
  33. Better universal regulator (Jormungant (Louis-François Handfield))
  34. 4×N block agar construction (Goldtiger997)
  35. p5 drifter-like catalyst/lightweight volcano/periodic catalyst (wwei23 and Scorbie (Dongook Lee))
  36. New agar crawler/agar bubble/skimmer/agar clearer technology (wildmyron (Arie Paap), BlinkerSpawn, dani, amling (Keith Amling), Saka, HartmutHolzwart (Hartmut Holzwart), and wwei23)
  37. Loafer bitmap printer (otismo)
  38. New exotic spaceship eaters and spaceship-to-G converters (Freywa (Jeremy Tan), JP21, AbhpzTa (Luka Okanishi), dvgrn (Dave Greene), calcyman (Adam P. Goucher), Goldtiger997, Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi), EvinZL, bubblegum, A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce), Jormungant (Louis-François Handfield), chris_c (Chris Cain), Layz Boi, Blinkerspawn, FWKnightship, Gustone, and gameoflifemaniac)
  39. Period-10 glider shuttle (Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant))
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Re: POTY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by goldenratio » December 31st, 2020, 9:30 pm

I'll nominate the rest of the patterns here:

104P9: p9 heavyweight emulator (wwei23)
Other 2c/7 technology (including 186P7H2V0) which should be combined with the doo-dah (Andrew J. Wade)
409P6H1V0: narrowest known c/6 orthogonal spaceship (Andrew J. Wade)
49768M/49769M: longest known methuselah fitting in a 16x16 box (Rob Liston)
L122 (Aidan F. Pierce)
Period-28 glider gun (Matthias Merzenich)
Rob's p16: smallest known and first strictly volatile p16 (Rob Liston)
Silverfish: smallest known 31c/240 spaceship (?)
Speed Demonoid (?)

As well as:
New record-setting diehards (see Die hard) (Rob Liston and Moth Wingthane)
New spaceship syntheses: 56P6H1V0*, 58P5H1V1*, turtle, 31P8H4V0*, 44P5H2V0, 70P2H1V0.1*, 55P9H3V0* (see Glider synthesis#Spaceship_syntheses) (Tanner Jacobi, Martin Grant and Goldtiger997)
*first spaceship of its unsimplified speed to be synthesized
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Re: POTY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by bubblegum » December 31st, 2020, 9:34 pm

(note: these threads are typically variations on "Pattern of the Year $(year): " followed by either "Nominations" or "Voting" so it'd be nice if you could edit the thread title to follow the tradition)
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Re: Nominations for the pattern of 2020

Post by praosylen » December 31st, 2020, 9:56 pm

bubblegum wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:34 pm
(note: these threads are typically variations on "Pattern of the Year $(year): " followed by either "Nominations" or "Voting" so it'd be nice if you could edit the thread title to follow the tradition)
Seconded.

I'd like to nominate MathAndCode's 17-glider universal constructor (colloquially "17G RCT") and the switch engine extruder (by wwei23, AbhpzTa, and Ian07). (Should the latter be officially referred to as wiggler? I'm hesitant to do that because I was thinking that was mostly just a nickname for it... Also that pattern needs a wiki page in my opinion, but that's not immediately relevant to this.) I may think of other things later, these are just the ones that were immediately apparent to me as missing.

Also, in my opinion the credits for the p28 glider gun should probably mention Paul Callahan (discoverer of the previously-unutilized catalyst involved), since precedent from David Hilbert seems to be that if a partial result discovered in a prior year is involved in a POTY entry that person should still be credited — does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
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Re: Nominations for the pattern of 2020

Post by Sokwe » December 31st, 2020, 10:44 pm

When nominating a pattern, please provide a link. If there isn't a satisfactory link, you can make a short post that describes and includes the pattern(s) which we can link to from the master list.
A for awesome wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:56 pm
Also, in my opinion the credits for the p28 glider gun should probably mention Paul Callahan (discoverer of the previously-unutilized catalyst involved), since precedent from David Hilbert seems to be that if a partial result discovered in a prior year is involved in a POTY entry that person should still be credited — does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
I agree with this. Credits for the POTY should work just like any other credits. We are acknowledging who contributed to the discovery or construction of the pattern.
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Re: POTY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » December 31st, 2020, 11:26 pm

goldenratio wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:30 pm
I'll nominate the rest of the patterns here:
A for awesome wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:56 pm
I'd like to nominate MathAndCode's 17-glider universal constructor (colloquially "17G RCT") and the switch engine extruder (by wwei23, AbhpzTa, and Ian07).
I have added all of those suggestions (calling the line of switch engines a Cordercolumn) except for the 17G RCT, as I believe that it is already covered under #3 (cheaper universal construction).
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Scorbie » January 1st, 2021, 12:11 am

MathAndCode wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 11:26 pm
except for the 17G RCT, as I believe that it is already covered under #3 (cheaper universal construction).
Cheaper universal construction looks more coherent and comprehensive, seconded :+1:

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Ian07 » January 1st, 2021, 12:39 am

Four(!) natural loafer soups by John Goodman, Rob Liston, and Adam Goucher: viewtopic.php?t=&p=93011#p93011 viewtopic.php?t=&p=98270#p98270 viewtopic.php?t=&p=102387#p102387 (fourth one by apg doesn't seem to have been mentioned on the forums)

Various Glider_stdin results by testitemqlstudop, Tanner Jacobi, Arie Paap, GUYTU6J, and goldenratio; compiled by yours truly: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4257 (including some new 4Gs located at viewtopic.php?p=87709#p87709 viewtopic.php?p=88647#p88647 viewtopic.php?p=100655#p100655)

And not to be boastful, but I think I deserve some credit for the "small Corderships" entry, as I found this one with minpop 108 which is the second-smallest known Cordership (and smallest 4-engine) by population.

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Sokwe » January 1st, 2021, 1:06 am

Another reminder: do not start a voting thread until we reach a consensus on the rules and presentation of the nominee list.

Here are two nominations:
Ian07 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 12:39 am
I think I deserve some credit for the "small Corderships" entry
Yes, you absolutely should be credited. This link should probably be added to the list of links for that entry as well.

Edit:
MathAndCode wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:16 pm
409P6H1V0 (mscibing (Andrew J. Wade))
I think this entry should be labeled as "Width-12 c/6 orthogonal spaceship".
MathAndCode wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:16 pm
New 2c/7 technology (winstax (John Winston Garth) and mscibing (Andrew J. Wade))
This entry should probably the technology that was a result of Doo-dah.
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » January 1st, 2021, 1:30 am

Ian07 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 12:39 am
Four(!) natural loafer soups by John Goodman, Rob Liston, and Adam Goucher: viewtopic.php?t=&p=93011#p93011 viewtopic.php?t=&p=98270#p98270 viewtopic.php?t=&p=102387#p102387 (fourth one by apg doesn't seem to have been mentioned on the forums)

Various Glider_stdin results by testitemqlstudop, Tanner Jacobi, Arie Paap, GUYTU6J, and goldenratio; compiled by yours truly: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4257 (including some new 4Gs located at viewtopic.php?p=87709#p87709 viewtopic.php?p=88647#p88647 viewtopic.php?p=100655#p100655)

And not to be boastful, but I think I deserve some credit for the "small Corderships" entry, as I found this one with minpop 108 which is the second-smallest known Cordership (and smallest 4-engine) by population.
Sokwe wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 1:06 am
Another reminder: do not start a voting thread until we reach a consensus on the rules and presentation of the nominee list.

Here are two nominations:
Ian07 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 12:39 am
I think I deserve some credit for the "small Corderships" entry
Yes, you absolutely should be credited. This link should probably be added to the list of links for that entry as well.
I've added most of these to the post, including adding Ian07 to the new small Corderships section. The only exception is the loafer soups, as I don't see how they classify as discoveries. The loafer has been known since 2013, it has certainly been known that a loafer could appear from a 16×16 soup because a loafer fits inside that bounding box (and because of one of Dave Greene's 2018 April Fools' Day pranks), and it has certainly been known that spaceships can appear from soups. Is there something that I'm missing?
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Sokwe » January 1st, 2021, 1:45 am

MathAndCode wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 1:30 am
The loafer has been known since 2013, it has certainly been known that a loafer could appear from a 16×16 soup because a loafer fits inside that bounding box (and because of one of Dave Greene's 2018 April Fools' Day pranks), and it has certainly been known that spaceships can appear from soups. Is there something that I'm missing?
These Loafer-producing soups are the first instances of the Loafer occurring naturally. They were not found by backwards construction (such as the April Fools post). I second the nomination for the Loafer-producing soups.

Two more nominations:
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » January 1st, 2021, 1:54 am

Sokwe wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 1:45 am
These Loafer-producing soups are the first instances of the Loafer occurring naturally. They were not found by backwards construction (such as the April Fools post). I second the nomination for the Loafer-producing soups.

Two more nominations:
Okay; I have added those three.
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Sokwe » January 1st, 2021, 2:59 am

Here's another nomination. In this case there will be quite a few links, so the main nominee list should probably just link to this post.

New greyship technology (HartmutHolzwart (Hartmut Holzwart), amling (Keith Amling), Sokwe (Matthias Merzenich)): A large collection of new greyship components of varying speeds. Especially notable are these three patterns:

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#C c/5 orthogonal greystretcher
#C Repeatable line stretcher by Keith Amling, 1 Jun 2020
#C Antstretcher by Hartmut Holzwart, 13 Mar 2013
#C Connecting component by Matthias Merzenich, 7 Jun 2020
#C Stationary fencepost by Matthias Merzenich, Feb 2013
x = 107, y = 311, rule = B3/S23
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3b2o38b2o5b4o3b24o$6bo2bobo79bo$7b3obo2b3o36b2o5b4o3b24o$10b3ob2o37b3o
4bo4b2o$14b5o32bobob2o2bobo5b24o$16b2o18b4o9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo$2o14b2o16b
o4b2o5b2ob3o2b3o2bobo5b24o$o33bo6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$o2bo14b2ob2o9bo
5b4o2bo3bo11b4o3b24o$18b2ob3ob2obo3bo3bo7b2o45bo$b3o17bob3o2b3obo5b4o
2bo3bo11b4o3b24o$11bo6b3o2b2o3b3o3bo6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$3b2ob2o3b2o
12bobob2o3bo4b2o5b2ob3o2b3o2bobo5b24o$3b3o4bo16b3o6b4o9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo
$11bobo13b2o22bobob2o2bobo5b24o$8bo4b2o38b3o4bo4b2o$7b3o3b2o38b2o5b4o
3b24o$6bo2bobo79bo$7b3obo2b3o36b2o5b4o3b24o$10b3ob2o37b3o4bo4b2o$14b5o
32bobob2o2bobo5b24o$16b2o18b4o9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo$2o14b2o16bo4b2o5b2ob3o
2b3o2bobo5b24o$o33bo6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$o2bo14b2ob2o9bo5b4o2bo3bo
11b4o3b24o$18b2ob3ob2obo3bo3bo7b2o45bo$b3o17bob3o2b3obo5b4o2bo3bo11b4o
3b24o$11bo6b3o2b2o3b3o3bo6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$3b2ob2o3b2o12bobob2o3b
o4b2o5b2ob3o2b3o2bobo5b24o$3b3o4bo16b3o6b4o9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo$11bobo13b
2o22bobob2o2bobo5b24o$8bo4b2o38b3o4bo4b2o$7b3o3b2o38b2o5b4o3b24o$6bo2b
obo79bo$7b3obo2b3o36b2o5b4o3b24o$10b3ob2o37b3o4bo4b2o$14b5o32bobob2o2b
obo5b24o$16b2o18b4o9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo$16b2o16bo4b2o5b2ob3o2b3o2bobo5b24o
$34bo6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$18b2ob2o9bo5b4o2bo3bo11b4o3b24o$18b2ob3ob
2obo3bo3bo7b2o45bo$21bob3o2b3obo5b4o2bo3bo11b4o3b24o$18b3o2b2o3b3o3bo
6bo3bo2b2ob2obo5bo4b2o$25bobob2o3bo4b2o5b2ob3o2b3o2bobo5b24o$27b3o6b4o
9b2o3b3o3b2o29bo$27b2o22bobob2o2bobo5b24o$53b3o4bo4b2o$53b2o5b4o3b24o$
91bo$58b4o7bob4o2b4ob2ob2ob3obo$51bo5bo4b2o4b3o3bobo2b2o4b2o3bo2bo$27b
o4b2o16b2o4bo6bo7b3o4bo5bo3bo3b2o$26bo2bo2bo3b2o7b2o5bo9bo5bob3o15bo$
25bo8b2obo3bo3bo5b7obo10b3o19b2o$26bo2bo3b2o3b3o2b2o6b4o3b2o5b2obo19bo
bo2bo$26b4ob2obo2b3o4b2o3bo8bob3o2b3o2bo16bobob2o$21b3o2bo31bobobo7b2o
14bo4bo$16bobo2b2o2bob2o17b2o10bo7b2o2b2o15bo2bo2bo$19bo4b2o32bob2o3bo
bo2b2o18bob2o$8bo4bob2o6bo35b2o5bo2b3o13bo3b2obo$8b2ob2o2b2o3bo37bo6bo
5bo12bobobo3bobob2o$10bo4bo3bo38bo7b3o2bobo9bo2bo2bo2bob2obo$7b2o5b4o
38b2o8bobo2bobo9bobobo3bo$7b2obobo54b2o3bo9b2obo$6b2o50bo7bobo14bobo2b
o$5b2o51bo7bobo4bo9bo2b2o$3bo52bo2bo6b2o5b2obobo3b2o5bo2b2o$2bo4bo48b
2obo7bo5bo2b5o8b2o2bo$57bobo16b2o7b2o3b3o$b2o3bo50bo9b2o16bo$b5o51bo
11bo7b3o2b2obobo2b2obo$4bo10b2o39b3o17bobo3b2obo4bob2o$6o8b2o39bo4b2o
17bo5bob2o$bo3bo49b3o8b2o7bo9bobo$bo3bo10bobo36bo2bo6b2ob3o3b2ob2o3b2o
bob4ob2o$bo15bo36b2ob2obo4b2o2b2o4bo6b2obo2bob2obo$2obo15bo6b2o26bo4bo
5bo2bobo3b3o8bo2bo$o2bo14bo2bo3b3o27bobobo5b4ob2o13b2o2b4o$5o13bob2o3b
o33bo8bob2o17bo3bo$bob2o14bo7b3o25b3ob2o4b3o8b3o13b2o$2b2o18b3o34b2o
13bo11b2o$22bob2ob3o23b2o3bo6b2o6bobob2o6bo2bo$2b2o17bo5b2o23b2o10bobo
5b2obo9bo3bo$bob2o17b3o3b2obo25bo6b2o18b2ob3o$5o18b5o24b2obo10bobo3b2o
4bo6bobob2o2b2o$o2bo22bob2o3bo18b3o13bo3b2o3bo7bo2bo2bo2bo$2obo51b3o
16b2obo6b2obobob2o$bo29b2o23b2o10bo8bo8bob2o$bo3bo26b2o21bo10bobo8b2o
7bo3b3o$bo3bo27b2obobo9b3obo3b4o4b2o11bo9b3o2bo$6o27b2o5b4o4bob2obo3bo
6bobo10b2o10bo$4bo31bo4bo3bobobobo2bo3b3o4b2o10b2o$b5o28b2ob2o2b2o4b2o
4bo6b3o15bo$b2o3bo27bo4bob2o6bo7b2o6b3o$46bobo7bo11bob2o6b3o$2bo2bo36b
obo3bo7b2o7b4ob2o6bobo$3bo61bo2bobo6bo2b2o12b2o$57b2o6b2o2b2o5b3ob2o
10bo$57b2o6b2ob3o9bo2bo11bo$58b2o6b2o8b2o3b2o3bob5obo$59bo16bo2bo3bo2b
obo2b5o$58bobo16bobo3bo3bobo2bo3bo2b2o$58bob3o14bobo5bo4bo5bobo$59b4o
24b4o3bo3bo$58bo3bo25b2ob2o5b2o$58bo29bo10bobo$57bo4bo37b2o$57b4o40b2o
$61bo40b2o$103b2o$60b2o$104bo$56bobo2bo42b2o$55b2ob3o43b2o$56bo3bo$57b
2obo$58b2o42b3o$59bo42b4o$54b2o45b2obobo$55b2o48bo$53b2obo43bo2bo$56b
2o43bo2bo$53b2ob2o43bo2b2o$54bobo45b3o$55bo2bo42bobo$55bo45b3o$56bo2bo
40bo$58b2o40bo2bo$101bob2o$54b2o46bo$54bo2b2o$54bo2b2o43bo$53bo47bob2o
$53b4obo41bo2bo$56bob2o40bo$53b3o45b3o$54bo46bobo$53b2o47b3o$52bo48bo
2b2o$53bo47bo2bo$53bo46bo2bo$55b3o47bo$101b2obobo$55b3o44b4o$53bo48b3o
$53bo$52bo$53b2o$54bo$53b3o$56bob2o$53b4obo$53bo$54bo2b2o$54bo2b2o$54b
2o!

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#C 2c/5 greyship with central wick and flat front end
#C Hartmut Holzwart, Matthias Merzenich, and Keith Amling, Jul 2020
x = 152, y = 129, rule = B3/S23
7b2obo$7b5o$6bo3b2o$7b2o$7b2o12b2o$2b4o$2bo3bo4b2ob2o4b2o2bo$2b2o2b2o
3b2ob3ob2o2bobo$4bo3bo9b2o5bo$5b12obo6b2o$16b2o6bo4bo$3b12ob2o5b2o4bo$
2bo11bob2o6b5o$2ob10o12bo$o2bo$6o3bobo$4b2obo2bo$8b3o2$8b3o$4b2obo2bo
33b2o$6o3bobo30bobo3bo$o2bo37bo2bob2o$2ob10o15b2o2b2o6bo3b3o$2bo12bo
11b2o11bo7bo2bo$3b13o12bob2o3b3ob10o2bo$31bo3bo2bo14bob2o$3b13o19b2ob
19o$2bo12bo9b2o3bo29bo$2ob10o7b2o2bo12b25o$o2bo15bob4obobo3bo3bo25bo2b
o$6o3bobo6b2o2bobo7b2o3b29o$4b2obo2bo8bobo6bo6bo31bo2bo$8b3o9bob4o2b
43o3bo$75bo2bo$8b3o7b58o2bo$4b2obo2bo6bo62bob2o$6o3bobo4bo3b5ob2o3b2ob
ob48o$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo49bo$2ob10o3bo4b2o4b5o2b2o3b50o$2bo11bob
obo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo47bo2bo$3b12ob2o3b4o2bo3b2ob2obobob52o$20bo7bobo4b
2ob2obobo2bo47bo2bo$5b15o6bo14bo6b50o3bo$5bo20bo5bo7b3o4bo54bo2bo$5b
15o6bo14bo6b55o2bo$20bo7bobo4b2ob2obobo2bo60bob2o$3b12ob2o3b4o2bo3b2ob
2obobob70o$2bo11bobobo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo72bo$2ob10o3bo4b2o4b5o2b2o3b77o
$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo78bo2bo$6o3bobo4bo3b5ob2o3b2obob84o$4b2obo2bo
6bo103bo2bo$8b3o7b107o3bo$129bo2bo$8b3o7b112o2bo$4b2obo2bo6bo116bob2o$
6o3bobo4bo3b5ob2o3b2obob102o$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo103bo$2ob10o3bo4b
2o4b5o2b2o3b104o$2bo11bobobo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo101bo2bo$3b12ob2o3b4o2bo
3b2ob2obobob8o3bob6o3bob6o3bob6o3bob6o3bob49o$20bo7bobo4b2ob2obobo2bob
obob3o2bobobob3o2bobobob3o2bobobob3o2bobobob3o2bo46bo2bo$5b15o6bo14bo
9bo10bo10bo10bo10bo7b49o$5bo20bo5bo7b3o59bo$5b15o6bo14bo9bo10bo10bo10b
o10bo7b49o$20bo7bobo4b2ob2obobo2bobobob3o2bobobob3o2bobobob3o2bobobob
3o2bobobob3o2bo46bo2bo$3b12ob2o3b4o2bo3b2ob2obobob8o3bob6o3bob6o3bob6o
3bob6o3bob49o$2bo11bobobo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo101bo2bo$2ob10o3bo4b2o4b5o2b
2o3b104o$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo103bo$6o3bobo4bo3b5ob2o3b2obob102o$4b
2obo2bo6bo116bob2o$8b3o7b112o2bo$129bo2bo$8b3o7b107o3bo$4b2obo2bo6bo
103bo2bo$6o3bobo4bo3b5ob2o3b2obob84o$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo78bo2bo$
2ob10o3bo4b2o4b5o2b2o3b77o$2bo11bobobo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo72bo$3b12ob2o3b
4o2bo3b2ob2obobob70o$20bo7bobo4b2ob2obobo2bo60bob2o$5b15o6bo14bo6b55o
2bo$5bo20bo5bo7b3o4bo54bo2bo$5b15o6bo14bo6b50o3bo$20bo7bobo4b2ob2obobo
2bo47bo2bo$3b12ob2o3b4o2bo3b2ob2obobob52o$2bo11bobobo2bo7bo2bo3bo2bobo
47bo2bo$2ob10o3bo4b2o4b5o2b2o3b50o$o2bo12bo3bo3bobo5bob2obo49bo$6o3bob
o4bo3b5ob2o3b2obob48o$4b2obo2bo6bo62bob2o$8b3o7b58o2bo$75bo2bo$8b3o9bo
b4o2b43o3bo$4b2obo2bo8bobo6bo6bo31bo2bo$6o3bobo6b2o2bobo7b2o3b29o$o2bo
15bob4obobo3bo3bo25bo2bo$2ob10o7b2o2bo12b25o$2bo12bo9b2o3bo29bo$3b13o
19b2ob19o$31bo3bo2bo14bob2o$3b13o12bob2o3b3ob10o2bo$2bo12bo11b2o11bo7b
o2bo$2ob10o15b2o2b2o6bo3b3o$o2bo37bo2bob2o$6o3bobo30bobo3bo$4b2obo2bo
33b2o$8b3o2$8b3o$4b2obo2bo$6o3bobo$o2bo$2ob10o12bo$2bo11bob2o6b5o$3b
12ob2o5b2o4bo$16b2o6bo4bo$5b12obo6b2o$4bo3bo9b2o5bo$2b2o2b2o3b2ob3ob2o
2bobo$2bo3bo4b2ob2o4b2o2bo$2b4o$7b2o12b2o$7b2o$6bo3b2o$7b5o$7b2obo!

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#C c/4 orthogonal greyship with side and central wicks
# Hartmut Holzwart and Matthias Merzenich, Dec 2020
x = 196, y = 217, rule = B3/S23
95bobo$94bo2bo$93bo3bo$92b2o$89bobob2o$88bo$88bo2b2obo$85bobobo4b2obo$
80bo2b2ob3o8bo$78b2o7bo$80bo3b2o$82b2o2$84b3o$83bob2o$79bobobo$79bo3bo
$79bobob3o$83b2o2$85bo$38b2o45bobo$15b2o21b2o45bobo$13bo2bo21b2o2b2o$
16b2o17b3o3b2ob2obo37b3o$7bo2b2ob2ob3o14bo4bo2b5o39b2o$6bo2bo3bo3b2o5b
2o6bo3b3o2bo2b6o29bo3b2obo$7bo8bo6bo2bo3b2o4bobo2b2o4bobo2b2o24b6o$8b
2o2bo3bobo3b3o5b2o19bo$8bo2bo4bo5b2o3b2obobo45b2obo3b2o$7b2o13bo54bo3b
o2b3o$7bo10b3o4b4o47bo3bo2b4o$8bobo14bo51bo3b4o$25bo56bo$9bo68b2o$8b3o
66bo$76bo3bo$8b2o65bo3bo$8bob2o62b2o$7bo4bo61b2obo$7bo66b2obo2bo$8bo2b
2o62bob2obo$10b3o64bo$7b2o2bo63b2o$2bob2o4bo64bo$2bo3bo70b3o$2bo3bobo
68b3o$4bo3bo$2o4bobobo$2o4b2ob2o63b4o$2o7b2o62bo18b2obo$bo6b3o63b3obo
12bo3bo$2b2o4b2o65b2obob2o8b2o3bo$4b3o72bo2bo7bobo$3b4o2bo68bo10b2obo
12b2obo$2o4bo71b2obo8b5o9bo3bo$bob2o2b2obo66b4o11b2obo7b2o3bo$2bo3b4o
66b3o14bo2bo6bobo$4b3o2bo19b3o63bo6b2obo12b2obo$7bo3bo17b3o44bob3o12b
3o7b5o9bo3bo$4bo20b2o5b2o2bo8bo3bo26b2o14b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$5b4o10bo5b
2ob2ob4obo7bobobobo8bo2b3o14bo12b3o11bo2bo6bobo$5b4o2bo6b2o3bo2b2o3b3o
9bo2bobob3obo2bo3bob5o7bobo14b2o2bo11bo6b2obo12b2obo$5bo3bo5bo4bo5bo7b
5o5b3ob3obo2bo3b3o2bo10bo16bo3bo9b3o7b5o9bo3bo$3b3o3bobo3bo2bo2b2obobo
13b2o4b2o5b3o3bo2bo3b2o7b2o28b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$2bo7b2o3bobo3b2o3bobo5b
2o6b2o5bo5bo2bobo3bo11b2o13bo13b3o11bo2bo6bobo$7b2ob4ob2o4b2o3bo8bo3bo
3b2o3bo7b2o2bo3b2o11b2o12bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo6b2obo12b2obo$3b2o2bob5obo7b
obo10b4o4bo19b2o12b4o9bo2bo10bo3bo9b3o7b5o9bo3bo$5bobob3o5b2o5bo17bo3b
o17bob3o13bo10bo24b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$13bobob2o21b3o22b2obo9bo12b2o11bo
13b3o11bo2bo6bobo$12bo2bo61b2o3bo8b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo6b2obo$7b2o2bo
b3o60bob2o24bo2bo10bo3bo9b3o7b5o$6b3obo2bo61bo7bo6bobo13bo24b2o11b2obo
$7b2o6b2o57bobo2bo2b2o6bobo11b2o11bo13b3o11bo2bo$11b3o6b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o
3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2ob2obo2bo2bo7bobo11b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo$
15bob2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3bo4bo3b2obo5bo26bo2bo
10bo3bo9b3o11b2o$15bob2ob3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o4bo
2b2ob2o5bo12bobo13bo24b2o12b2o$16bo56bo4bo8bo3bo11bobo11b2o11bo13b3o
10bo$17b73obobo9bobo11b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo7bo$91bobo2b2o5bo26bo2bo10bo3b
o7b2o$17b76o3b2o5bo12bobo13bo23b5obo$10bo2bo2bo75bo7bo3bo11bobo11b2o
11bo14bo3bo$10bo2bobob86obobo9bobo11b2o11bo2bo11bo2bo$9b2o93bobo2b2o5b
o26bo2bo11bo$10bob2ob91o3b2o5bo12bobo13bo$10bo94bo7bo3bo11bobo11b2o14b
o3bo$10bob2ob101obobo9bobo11b2o14b2o2bo$9b2o106bobo2b2o5bo21bo7b3o$10b
o2bobob102o3b2o5bo12bobo6b2o2b2o2b2o$10bo2bo2bo101bo7bo3bo11bobo6bo2bo
5b3o17bo$17b112obobo9bobo9bo7bo18bo4b2o$130bobo2b2o5bo17bo2bo14b2ob2o
6bo$17b115o3b2o5bo11b3o2b2obo15bo2b2o2bo4bo$10bo2bo2bo114bo7bo3bo9bo2b
4obo9b2o3b2o2bob2ob4obo$10bo2bobob125obobo7b2o3bo11b4obob3ob3o5b3obobo
$9b2o132bobo2b2o3bo4bo11bo2bobo7bo9bobo$10bob2ob130o3b2o4b4o12bob11o
12bo$10bo133bo7bo18bo$10bob2ob145o10bob13obo$9b2o23bo18bo18bo18bo18bo
18bo18bo11bo2b3o4bo2bobo4bo4b2o$10bo2bobo2b4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b
2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob
4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2bo2bo3b2o2b4obob2o3bo$10bo2bo2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob
2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b
2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2obo2bobo3b2o3b3o3b2o$17bobo4bo5bo3b2o
2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4b
o5bo3b2o2bo4bo2bo2bobo2bo$17bobo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2b
o4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo2bo2bobo2bo$
10bo2bo2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b
3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2obo2bobo
3b2o3b3o3b2o$10bo2bobo2b4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2b
ob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo
2bo2bo3b2o2b4obob2o3bo$9b2o23bo18bo18bo18bo18bo18bo18bo11bo2b3o4bo2bob
o4bo4b2o$10bob2ob145o10bob13obo$10bo160bo$10bob2ob145o10bob13obo$9b2o
23bo18bo18bo18bo18bo18bo18bo11bo2b3o4bo2bobo4bo4b2o$10bo2bobo2b4obo2b
2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o
2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2bo2bo3b2o2b4obob2o3bo$10bo2bo
2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2o
bo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2obo2bobo3b2o3b3o
3b2o$17bobo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo
3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo2bo2bobo2bo$17bobo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo
5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b2o2bo4bo5bo3b
2o2bo4bo2bo2bobo2bo$10bo2bo2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b
2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o2bob2obo4b2o2b3o
2bob2obo4b2obo2bobo3b2o3b3o3b2o$10bo2bobo2b4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b
2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2b2o3b2o2bob
4obo2b2o3b2o2bob4obo2bo2bo3b2o2b4obob2o3bo$9b2o23bo18bo18bo18bo18bo18b
o18bo11bo2b3o4bo2bobo4bo4b2o$10bob2ob145o10bob13obo$10bo133bo7bo18bo$
10bob2ob130o3b2o4b4o12bob11o12bo$9b2o132bobo2b2o3bo4bo11bo2bobo7bo9bob
o$10bo2bobob125obobo7b2o3bo11b4obob3ob3o5b3obobo$10bo2bo2bo114bo7bo3bo
9bo2b4obo9b2o3b2o2bob2ob4obo$17b115o3b2o5bo11b3o2b2obo15bo2b2o2bo4bo$
130bobo2b2o5bo17bo2bo14b2ob2o6bo$17b112obobo9bobo9bo7bo18bo4b2o$10bo2b
o2bo101bo7bo3bo11bobo6bo2bo5b3o17bo$10bo2bobob102o3b2o5bo12bobo6b2o2b
2o2b2o$9b2o106bobo2b2o5bo21bo7b3o$10bob2ob101obobo9bobo11b2o14b2o2bo$
10bo94bo7bo3bo11bobo11b2o14bo3bo$10bob2ob91o3b2o5bo12bobo13bo$9b2o93bo
bo2b2o5bo26bo2bo11bo$10bo2bobob86obobo9bobo11b2o11bo2bo11bo2bo$10bo2bo
2bo75bo7bo3bo11bobo11b2o11bo14bo3bo$17b76o3b2o5bo12bobo13bo23b5obo$91b
obo2b2o5bo26bo2bo10bo3bo7b2o$17b73obobo9bobo11b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo7bo$
16bo56bo4bo8bo3bo11bobo11b2o11bo13b3o10bo$15bob2ob3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b
3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o2b3o4bo2b2ob2o5bo12bobo13bo24b2o12b2o$15bob2o3b2o3b
2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3bo4bo3b2obo5bo26bo2bo10bo3bo9b3o11b
2o$11b3o6b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2ob2obo2bo2bo7bobo
11b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo$7b2o6b2o57bobo2bo2b2o6bobo11b2o11bo13b3o11bo
2bo$6b3obo2bo61bo7bo6bobo13bo24b2o11b2obo$7b2o2bob3o60bob2o24bo2bo10bo
3bo9b3o7b5o$12bo2bo61b2o3bo8b2o11bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo6b2obo$13bobob2o21b
3o22b2obo9bo12b2o11bo13b3o11bo2bo6bobo$5bobob3o5b2o5bo17bo3bo17bob3o
13bo10bo24b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$3b2o2bob5obo7bobo10b4o4bo19b2o12b4o9bo2bo
10bo3bo9b3o7b5o9bo3bo$7b2ob4ob2o4b2o3bo8bo3bo3b2o3bo7b2o2bo3b2o11b2o
12bo2bo10b2o2bo11bo6b2obo12b2obo$2bo7b2o3bobo3b2o3bobo5b2o6b2o5bo5bo2b
obo3bo11b2o13bo13b3o11bo2bo6bobo$3b3o3bobo3bo2bo2b2obobo13b2o4b2o5b3o
3bo2bo3b2o7b2o28b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$5bo3bo5bo4bo5bo7b5o5b3ob3obo2bo3b3o
2bo10bo16bo3bo9b3o7b5o9bo3bo$5b4o2bo6b2o3bo2b2o3b3o9bo2bobob3obo2bo3bo
b5o7bobo14b2o2bo11bo6b2obo12b2obo$5b4o10bo5b2ob2ob4obo7bobobobo8bo2b3o
14bo12b3o11bo2bo6bobo$4bo20b2o5b2o2bo8bo3bo26b2o14b2o11b2obo7b2o3bo$7b
o3bo17b3o44bob3o12b3o7b5o9bo3bo$4b3o2bo19b3o63bo6b2obo12b2obo$2bo3b4o
66b3o14bo2bo6bobo$bob2o2b2obo66b4o11b2obo7b2o3bo$2o4bo71b2obo8b5o9bo3b
o$3b4o2bo68bo10b2obo12b2obo$4b3o72bo2bo7bobo$2b2o4b2o65b2obob2o8b2o3bo
$bo6b3o63b3obo12bo3bo$2o7b2o62bo18b2obo$2o4b2ob2o63b4o$2o4bobobo$4bo3b
o$2bo3bobo68b3o$2bo3bo70b3o$2bob2o4bo64bo$7b2o2bo63b2o$10b3o64bo$8bo2b
2o62bob2obo$7bo66b2obo2bo$7bo4bo61b2obo$8bob2o62b2o$8b2o65bo3bo$76bo3b
o$8b3o66bo$9bo68b2o$25bo56bo$8bobo14bo51bo3b4o$7bo10b3o4b4o47bo3bo2b4o
$7b2o13bo54bo3bo2b3o$8bo2bo4bo5b2o3b2obobo45b2obo3b2o$8b2o2bo3bobo3b3o
5b2o19bo$7bo8bo6bo2bo3b2o4bobo2b2o4bobo2b2o24b6o$6bo2bo3bo3b2o5b2o6bo
3b3o2bo2b6o29bo3b2obo$7bo2b2ob2ob3o14bo4bo2b5o39b2o$16b2o17b3o3b2ob2ob
o37b3o$13bo2bo21b2o2b2o$15b2o21b2o45bobo$38b2o45bobo$85bo2$83b2o$79bob
ob3o$79bo3bo$79bobobo$83bob2o$84b3o2$82b2o$80bo3b2o$78b2o7bo$80bo2b2ob
3o8bo$85bobobo4b2obo$88bo2b2obo$88bo$89bobob2o$92b2o$93bo3bo$94bo2bo$
95bobo!
@MathAndCode: is it okay with you if the moderators edit the main nominee list in your original post?
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Sokwe » January 1st, 2021, 5:37 am

Two more nominations: Edit: Three more nominations:
  • 34-bit still life enumeration (Nathaniel (Nathaniel Johnston)): An enumeration of all 34-bit still lifes and pseudo still lifes.
  • 19-bit still life syntheses (not sure exactly who to credit): Glider syntheses for all 19-bit still lifes.
  • Spider and 58P5H1V1 guns (Entity Valkyrie, Goldtiger997, Extrementhusiast (Martin Grant), et al.): the first known guns for c/5 orthogonal and c/5 diagonal spaceships respectively.
I pulled these last three nominations from the LifeWiki news archive. There are probably other patterns listed in the news archive that deserve a nomination, but I'll leave that to other users.

Edit 2: Another nomination:
-Matthias Merzenich

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by Sokwe » January 1st, 2021, 8:27 am

Here's a nomination that's easier to post as a stamp collection than as a series of links:

New c/5 diagonal spaceships (AforAmpere, Sarp, A for awesome (Aidan F. Pierce), winston (John Winston Garth), Dylan Chen)

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#C 1. By "AforAmpere", 26 Mar 2020
#C 2. By "AforAmpere", 11 Apr 2020
#C 3. By "Sarp", 13 Apr 2020
#C 4. By Aidan F. Pierce, 13 Apr 2020
#C 5. By Aidan F. Pierce, 25 Apr 2020
#C 6. By Aidan F. Pierce,  1 May 2020
#C 7. By Aidan F. Pierce,  6 May 2020
#C 8. By Aidan F. Pierce,  9 May 2020
#C 9. By Aidan F. Pierce,  3 Jun 2020
#C 10. By John Winston Garth, 24 Nov 2020
#C 11. By Dylan Chen, 26 Dec 2020
x = 293, y = 399, rule = B3/S23
56b2o$56b2o$55bo2bo$52b2obo2bo$58bo$50b2o3bo2bo$50b2o5bo$51bob5o$52bo
2$49b2o$49b2o$48bo2bo$49bob2o$48bobobo2bo$48bob2o3bo$47b2ob2obo$48bobo
b2o$6bo43bob2o$50bob2o$6bo44b3o$53bo$6bo$40bo9bobo36bo9bobo16bo$6bo29b
ob4o7b2o2bo31bob4o7b2o17bobo$34b2obo10bobo3b2o27b2obo10bobo2b5o6b3obo$
6bo22b2o3b2o2b6o3b3o28b2o3b2o2b6o3b3o3b2ob3o5b4obo4b2o$29b3o4b2ob2o3bo
33b3o4b2ob2o3bo18bo5bo3b2obo$27bo4bo4b2o2b4o2bo28bo4bo4b2o2b4o2bo5b3o
7bob2obobobo4bo3bo$27bo3bo8b6o2bo27bo3bo8b6o2bo5b2o5bob4o3b5o3bobobo$
31bo17bo30bo17bo4bo2b2ob5o6b4o5bo2bo$26b2obobo6b2o9bo25b2obobo6b2o9bo
3bob4obo4b2o8bo2bobob2o$24b2o5bo41b2o5bo21b2o7bo2bo10b2o3bo3bo$24b2o4b
2o41b2o4b2o22bo2bobo2bo3bo$26b4o45b4o24bo3b2obo20bobo$104bo27bo21$116b
2o97bo$35b3o5bo28b3o4b2ob3o25b3o3b2o23bobo24b2o2b2o4b2o14b3o17bobo3b2o
11bo$4bobobo20b2o4bobo4b2o27b4o4bob3obo22bo4bo4b4o18b2obo3b3o17b2obobo
5bobo4b2o4bob2obo11bo4b2obo2bo2bo6b4obo5bo$29b3o3bo4bo4bo11b3obobo6bo
7bo6bo6bo13b2o3b4o5b3ob3o14bob4obob2o4b2o4bob4ob2o7bo5b2o3bob2obo7b3o
2b2o4b3obob2o8b4o3bo3b2o$8bo18bo4bo4b2o3b2o2bo5b2o2b2ob2obobo4bo2bobo
3bo2bobo4b2o2b2o13bob2o2bo3b2ob3o5bo8b2o6bo2bo4bob2o4b2o4bo5b3o3b3o3b
4o5b2o2b2o2bobo2bobo22bo3b2o3bob2o$27bo3bo8bo2b2ob2o3bo2bob2obob2obo3b
o3b4o9bo2bobo3bo11bo4b3o7bo6bo6b3o8bobo3b3o9b3o2bo4b2o2bo3bo4bo6bo2b4o
3bo2b3o4b2o10bob4o2bobo$4bobobo22bo5b2o5b5ob2obo5b2o6b3obob2obo10bo5bo
3b2o3b3o3bo4b2o19bo3bo6b2o5b3o4bo2bo6bo8b5o4bobobo8bobobo4bo4bo9b6o2bo
bo8b3o$26b2obobo5bo3bo11bo4b3o2b2o5b2obo2bo2b5o2bo9b3o2bo2bo3bo3bo6bob
obo3b2o5bob2o6bobo12b4o7b2obo3bo4bo4bo4bobo3bobo3bo2b3o3bo10bo3bobo7bo
6bo$4bo19b2o5bo6bo2bo11bo8bo5bobo2bob2o3b2o3bo4bo4b2o3b2obo3b3o15bo3bo
b3ob3o6bo3bo8bo3bo12bo12b2o9bo2bo2bo3b2obob2o5b3o8b2ob2obo7b3o$24b2o4b
2o6bo5bo6bobo14b4o5bo16bobo4b2o23bobobo2bob2o6bobo3bo6bo17bob2o10b2o
13bo6bo3bo4bobo8bo5bo10bo$4bobobo17b4o9bo3bob3obo2b2o9bob2o2b2obo4bo8b
4ob2ob2o14bobo13bob2ob4o13bo8b2o21bo25bo2bo2b2o3b3o27b3o$38bo4bob2ob3o
bobo9bo22bo2b2o4bobo4bo7bo21bo41bob2o27bo4b2o4b2o28b2o$39bo4bo3bo23b2o
bo11bo10bo4bo33bo37bo41b2o29bobo$74bo23bo36b2o112b5o$251b2obo$252bobo
25$116b2o97bo$35b3o5bo28b3o4b2ob3o25b3o3b2o23bobo24b2o2b2o4b2o14b3o17b
obo3b2o11bo18bo$4bobobo20b2o4bobo4b2o27b4o4bob3obo22bo4bo4b4o18b2obo3b
3o17b2obobo5bobo4b2o4bob2obo11bo4b2obo2bo2bo6b4obo5bo9bob3o$29b3o3bo4b
o4bo11b3obobo6bo7bo6bo6bo13b2o3b4o5b3ob3o14bob4obob2o4b2o4bob4ob2o7bo
5b2o3bob2obo7b3o2b2o4b3obob2o8b4o3bo3b2o7b2o2b2o$8bo18bo4bo4b2o3b2o2bo
5b2o2b2ob2obobo4bo2bobo3bo2bobo4b2o2b2o13bob2o2bo3b2ob3o5bo8b2o6bo2bo
4bob2o4b2o4bo5b3o3b3o3b4o5b2o2b2o2bobo2bobo22bo3b2o3bob2o3bo5b2o$27bo
3bo8bo2b2ob2o3bo2bob2obob2obo3bo3b4o9bo2bobo3bo11bo4b3o7bo6bo6b3o8bobo
3b3o9b3o2bo4b2o2bo3bo4bo6bo2b4o3bo2b3o4b2o10bob4o2bobo10bobo3bobo$4bob
obo22bo5b2o5b5ob2obo5b2o6b3obob2obo10bo5bo3b2o3b3o3bo4b2o19bo3bo6b2o5b
3o4bo2bo6bo8b5o4bobobo8bobobo4bo4bo9b6o2bobo8b3o3bo4b2obo$26b2obobo5bo
3bo11bo4b3o2b2o5b2obo2bo2b5o2bo9b3o2bo2bo3bo3bo6bobobo3b2o5bob2o6bobo
12b4o7b2obo3bo4bo4bo4bobo3bobo3bo2b3o3bo10bo3bobo7bo7b2o3bo5bo$8bo15b
2o5bo6bo2bo11bo8bo5bobo2bob2o3b2o3bo4bo4b2o3b2obo3b3o15bo3bob3ob3o6bo
3bo8bo3bo12bo12b2o9bo2bo2bo3b2obob2o5b3o8b2ob2obo7bobob3ob3obo$24b2o4b
2o6bo5bo6bobo14b4o5bo16bobo4b2o23bobobo2bob2o6bobo3bo6bo17bob2o10b2o
13bo6bo3bo4bobo8bo5bo8b3obob2ob3o$4bobobo17b4o9bo3bob3obo2b2o9bob2o2b
2obo4bo8b4ob2ob2o14bobo13bob2ob4o13bo8b2o21bo25bo2bo2b2o3b3o30b3ob3o$
38bo4bob2ob3obobo9bo22bo2b2o4bobo4bo7bo21bo41bob2o27bo4b2o4b2o26bo3b4o
$39bo4bo3bo23b2obo11bo10bo4bo33bo37bo41b2o26bo2bo$74bo23bo36b2o109bobo
27$116b2o97bo$79b2ob3o25b3o3b2o23bobo24b2o2b2o4b2o14b3o17bobo3b2o11bo
18bo$4bo3bo70bob3obo22bo4bo4b4o18b2obo3b3o17b2obobo5bobo4b2o4bob2obo
11bo4b2obo2bo2bo6b4obo5bo9bob3o$78bo6bo6bo13b2o3b4o5b3ob3o14bob4obob2o
4b2o4bob4ob2o7bo5b2o3bob2obo7b3o2b2o4b3obob2o8b4o3bo3b2o7b2o2b2o$4bo3b
o69bo2bobo4b2o2b2o13bob2o2bo3b2ob3o5bo8b2o6bo2bo4bob2o4b2o4bo5b3o3b3o
3b4o5b2o2b2o2bobo2bobo22bo3b2o3bob2o3bo5b2o$75bo9bo2bobo3bo11bo4b3o7bo
6bo6b3o8bobo3b3o9b3o2bo4b2o2bo3bo4bo6bo2b4o3bo2b3o4b2o10bob4o2bobo10bo
bo3bobo$4bobobo65b2o11bo5bo3b2o3b3o3bo4b2o19bo3bo6b2o5b3o4bo2bo6bo8b5o
4bobobo8bobobo4bo4bo9b6o2bobo8b3o3bo4b2obo$73bo5b5o2bo9b3o2bo2bo3bo3bo
6bobobo3b2o5bob2o6bobo12b4o7b2obo3bo4bo4bo4bobo3bobo3bo2b3o3bo10bo3bob
o7bo7b2o3bo5bo$8bo62b3ob2o3b2o3bo4bo4b2o3b2obo3b3o15bo3bob3ob3o6bo3bo
8bo3bo12bo12b2o9bo2bo2bo3b2obob2o5b3o8b2ob2obo7bobob3ob3obo$70b2obo3bo
16bobo4b2o23bobobo2bob2o6bobo3bo6bo17bob2o10b2o13bo6bo3bo4bobo8bo5bo8b
3obob2ob3o$8bo60bob3o12b4ob2ob2o14bobo13bob2ob4o13bo8b2o21bo25bo2bo2b
2o3b3o30b3ob3o$68b2obobob2o10bo2b2o4bobo4bo7bo21bo41bob2o27bo4b2o4b2o
26bo3b4o$69bob2obo12bo10bo4bo33bo37bo41b2o26bo2bo$69bo28bo36b2o109bobo
2$68bo5bo$68bo4bo$67bo2bo$66bo$60bo3b2o$59b4o$58bo7bo$57b5o$57bobobo$
56b5o4bo$55bo5bo2bo$54b2obo2bo$57bo2bo$58bo5$183b3o$182bo$181bo2b2o$
179b2obob2o$178bo2bo2b2o$178bo3bobo$178bob2obo$179bobo$179b4o$178b5o$
177b2o3bo$176bo2bo$26b3o146bo2bo$25bo148bo115b2o$24bo5bo137b3o2b2obo
111b2o2bo$24bo5bo136bo3b3obo112b3o$25b2obo138bo2bob2o114bobo$24b3o2bob
2o133bobob4o110b4o2bo$25bo5bo133bobobo2b3o109b3o3bo$4bobobo23bo61bobob
o65bo5bo33bobobo77bob2o$25b2o137bob4o115bo6bo$4bo19b3o67bo69bob3o39bo
76b2o4bo$24bo3b2o257b3o$4bobobo15b3o67bobobo109bo74b2o$24b2o140bo116b
2o$8bo16bo68bo3bo41bo10b2o12bo42bo74b2o$25b2o101bo9b5o4b2ob3o11bo2bo
74bo37b3o$4bobobo16bo2bobo6bo56bobobo28b2o8bo8b2o3bobo10bo43bo31bob3o
35b3o$26bo3bo5b2o16b2o70bobo7bo3b4ob2o16bo2bo72b2o2b2o24b4o3b3o$31bo3b
2o3b5ob2ob3obo4b2o64b2o2bo6b2ob2o5bo14b2o4bo77b2o14b2o6b4obobob2o$30bo
3bo3b2o2bobob3o2bo2bo3bob2o57b2o3b2o4bo3bo14bobob2o2b3ob2o74bo2bo2b3o
2bo10b2obo3bo3b2o3bo$30bo3bo2b6o6bo5bo2bo3b3o54b3o4b2o2bo3bo14b4o2bo5b
2o2b2o69b5o6bobo3b2o3bo2b3obo2b2o2bo5bo$33bo3bo8bobo7bo6b2o52bo4bo4bo
3bobo2bo12bo9b3o5b3o66bo3b7o5b4o8b2obo2b3o3bob2o$33bo2bo6bo73bo3bo5b3o
3bobo13bo5bob2ob2o75b3o2bo5b4o3bo3bo6b2o4bo3b4o$33bobo8bo12b3o61bo5bo
5bo15bobob2o6b2o7b3o65b2o5bo2b2o8b2o12bob2o2bo$34bo22b3o56b2obobo5b2o
21bo9b3o8bo54b2obo3b2o2bobo5bo5b2o15bo3b2o3bo$35b2o21bo55b2o5bo50bobo
50bo2b3ob2ob2obo11b2ob2obo11b2o3bo$114b2o4b2o51bo50bo3b2o2b2obo18bobo
13bo$116b4o54bo49bo$56b3o115b2o48bo3bo5bo$56bo117b2o53bo4bo$59bo166b2o
$59bo169b2o$57bo171bobo$57b3o4$55b3o$55bo$53b2o$47b2o4bo$47b3o3bo$45bo
4bo$45bo3bo$49bo$44b2obobo$42b2o5bo$42b2o4b2o$44b4o17$50b2o6b2o$38bo9b
3obo3bobo6b2o$37b2o8bo4b4obo6b2obo112bo$4bobobo27bobo7bo3b2ob2o4bo3bo
2b3o75bobobo27bob4o9bo$34b2o2bo6b2ob2o2bobobo2b2ob2o3bo13b2o91b2obo11b
2o$4bo3bo20b2o3b2o4bo3bo7b2obo3b4o2bo3bobo7b2obo61bo3bo20b2o3b2o2b6o2b
obo2bo15bo27b3o$29b3o4b2o2bo3bo6bo3bo2bo2b4ob2o3bo3b2o2b2ob2o85b3o4b2o
b2o3bobob2o2bo13b2obo24bo$4bobobo18bo4bo4bo3bobo2bo5bobo3bo5b3ob2o3b2o
bo5b2o60bobobo18bo4bo4b2o2b3o2bobo2bob2obo8bo4bo22bo2b2o$27bo3bo5b3o3b
obo7b2o2b2o7b3o4bo5b3o2bo82bo3bo8b4o5bobobobo2bo5b5o22b2obob2o$4bo3bo
22bo5bo5bo10b3o10b3o4bo4b2o67bo22bo16b5ob2o4bo6bo4bo17bo2bo2b2o$26b2ob
obo5b2o29b2o4b2o90b2obobo6b2o5bo3b2o5bo3bob3o4bob2o17bo3bobo$4bobobo
15b2o5bo37bo74bobobo15b2o5bo13bo9b2o4bo10b4o14bob2obo$24b2o4b2o132b2o
4b2o13bo8b3o3bo11b2o17bobo$26b4o136b4o24bo5bo11b2ob2o14b4o$214b3o13b5o
$218bo10b2o3bo$214b6o8bo2bo$99b2o112b2o4b3o5bo2bo$99b2o112bo5b2o5bo$
98bo2bo123b2obo$95b2obo2bo120b4obo$101bo121b2o$93b2o3bo2bo$93b2o5bo$
94bob5o$95bo3$92b3o$92bo$90b2o$84b2o4bo$84b3o3bo$82bo4bo$82bo3bo$86bo$
81b2obobo$79b2o5bo$79b2o4b2o$81b4o$50b2o6b2o$38bo9b3obo3bobo6b2o$37b2o
8bo4b4obo6b2obo$36bobo7bo3b2ob2o4bo3bo2b3o11b3o$34b2o2bo6b2ob2o2bobobo
2b2ob2o3bo11bo$29b2o3b2o4bo3bo7b2obo3b4o2bo3bobo7bo2bo$29b3o4b2o2bo3bo
6bo3bo2bo2b4ob2o3bo3b2o4bo$27bo4bo4bo3bobo2bo5bobo3bo5b3ob2o3b2obo4b2o
$27bo3bo5b3o3bobo7b2o2b2o7b3o4bo7b2o$31bo5bo5bo10b3o10b3o4bo9bo$26b2ob
obo5b2o29b2o4b2o6bo3bo$24b2o5bo37bo14bo3bo$24b2o4b2o56bo$26b4o56bo2bo$
88bo$91bo$88bo2bo$89bo$90bo17$29b3o137b3o44b3o$28bo3b2o134bo3b2o41bo3b
2o$o3bobobo18b2o3bo110bo4bo18b2o3bo41b2o3bo$26bo5bo133bo5bo40bo5bo$o3b
o3bo16bob2o4b2o108bo4bo16bob2o4b2o37bob2o4b2o$24b2o2bo6bo128b2o2bo6bo
35b2o2bo6bo$o3bo3bo18b2o2bo111bo4bo18b2o2bo42b2o2bo$27b2ob2o135b2ob2o
42b2ob2o$o3bo3bo19bo114bo4bo19bo46bo$29b5o5b2o128b5o42b5o$o3bobobo21bo
2b3o3b2o102bo4bo21bo2b3o2b2o37bo2b3o2b2o$33bob2o2b2o132bob2o2bob2o37bo
b2o2bob2o$33bo3b4o132bo3bobo2bo37bo3bobo2bo$34b8obo130b5o5b2o35b5o5b2o
$33bo2bo6b3o127bo2bo2bo6bo33bo2bo2bo6bo$40bo3b2o138bo2bo43bo2bo$40bo4b
o134b3o44b3o$40bo139bo5b2obo37bo5b2obo$41bobo135bo11bo3bo30bo11bo3bo$
43bo136b2o7bo3b2obo30b2o7bo3b2obo$43b2o2bo142bo2b2obo40bo2b2obo$43b2ob
obo138b2o5bo39b2o5bo$187bo6b3o37bo6b3o$48b2o138bo5b3o2b2o34bo5b3o2b2o$
44b3o147b2o2b3obo38b2o2b3obo$44b2o152bob2obo41bob2obo$202bobo44bobo$
45b3o154b2o45b3o$46b2o156bo$46bo$46b2ob2o197bo$47bo3bo195b3obo$47bobob
o$46bo3bo196b3o$45b2o$44b3o2$46b3o$47b2o$47b2o$49b2o$49b3ob3o$48bo4bo$
47b2o4b3o$47bo7bo$48bo7b4o2b2o$56b5ob2o$57bobo$61bo$61b3o$59b2obobo$
59b4obo$58bo2bob2ob2o$59b2o3bobo$64b2o$62bo2bo$62b3o3bo$64b4ob2ob2o$
69bo2bo$64bo2bob2o$65bo7bo$71bo$73bob2o$75b2o$72b3obo$71bobo$72bo2$74b
3o$74bo2bo$74b2ob3o$79bo$77bo2b3o$77bob2ob4o$76bo2bo3b3o$75b3o$75bo3bo
$76bo$78b2o!
-Matthias Merzenich

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by wwei23 » January 1st, 2021, 10:36 am

Ian07 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 12:39 am
(fourth one by apg doesn't seem to have been mentioned on the forums)
It has been mentioned, but not where one would think to look. :P
https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic ... 50#p116443

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » January 1st, 2021, 2:18 pm

Sokwe wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 2:59 am
@MathAndCode: is it okay with you if the moderators edit the main nominee list in your original post?
I've no objection. I won't always be online when at least one nominator is, so the list will probably get updated more quickly that way.
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by dvgrn » January 1st, 2021, 2:42 pm

I think I'd call #3 "cheaper fixed-cost construction" rather than the current "cheaper universal construction". The second phrase to me implies an improvement on single-channel technology, or something like that.

Here are a few more nominations, in reverse chronological order, from looking through the CurrentNews archive:

slide gun supported c/61 reaction (Kazyan (Tanner Jacobi) and Goldtiger997): viewtopic.php?p=116260#p116260

Goldtiger997's barge crosser: viewtopic.php?p=112239#p112239

New *WSS signal technology, several contributors each --
HWSS Heisenburp: viewtopic.php?p=99834#p99834
and true universal *WSS-to-G converter (works when *WSS is shifted by one cell): https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic ... 622#p98622

Much faster and more compact universal regulator (Jormungant (Louis-François Handfield)):
viewtopic.php?p=93912#p93912
(reducing the regulator's recovery time from 952-or-whatever down to 110 ticks was a pretty impressive improvement!)

Solution to 4xN block agar construction problem (Goldtiger997): viewtopic.php?p=96210#p96210

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by MathAndCode » January 1st, 2021, 3:26 pm

dvgrn wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 2:42 pm
New *WSS signal technology, several contributors each --
HWSS Heisenburp: viewtopic.php?p=99834#p99834
and true universal *WSS-to-G converter (works when *WSS is shifted by one cell): https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic ... 622#p98622
I followed the chain of quotes backwards and put in the usernames whose posts you quoted, were quoted in posts that you quoted, etc…. Please let me know if I missed someone.
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Re: Nominations for the pattern of 2020

Post by pcallahan » January 1st, 2021, 6:25 pm

Sokwe wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 10:44 pm
When nominating a pattern, please provide a link. If there isn't a satisfactory link, you can make a short post that describes and includes the pattern(s) which we can link to from the master list.
A for awesome wrote:
December 31st, 2020, 9:56 pm
Also, in my opinion the credits for the p28 glider gun should probably mention Paul Callahan (discoverer of the previously-unutilized catalyst involved), since precedent from David Hilbert seems to be that if a partial result discovered in a prior year is involved in a POTY entry that person should still be credited — does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
I agree with this. Credits for the POTY should work just like any other credits. We are acknowledging who contributed to the discovery or construction of the pattern.
No objection from me. :wink: It's nice to be acknowledged in any form, and I'm glad a use was found for that brief foray into Bellman searching.

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by C28 » January 1st, 2021, 7:35 pm

i'd like to nominate the record-setting diehards, as diehards seem to get little attention compared to spaceships, reflectors, oscillators, etc.
- Christopher D'Agostino

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
9bo$8bobo$8bobo$9bo8$b3o$b3o$obo$2o!
the U-turner gallery
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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by wwei23 » January 1st, 2021, 7:51 pm

I see that the P9 has an entry. Why not also add the P18 R-pentomino shuttle that A for Awesome and hotdogPi constructed with it?

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x = 21, y = 54, rule = B3/S23
3bob2o4b2obo$3b2o2bo2bo2b2o$b2o3bo4bo3b2o$o3b2ob4ob2o3bo$b3obobo2bobo
b3o$3bobob4obobo$5bo2b2o2bo$6b2o2b2o3$4b2o6b2o$4bobo4bobo$5b2o4b2o$8b
2o$3b5o2b5o$2bo12bo$3b3o6b3o$6bo4bo$3b3ob4ob3o$2bo2bo6bo2bobo$2b2o10b
2ob3o$6bo8bo4bo$10bo3bo2b3o$14bo2bo4$10b3o$10bo$10bo$14b2obo$8b2o4b2o
b3o$6bo4bo8bo$2b2o10b2ob3o$2bo2bo6bo2bobo$3b3ob4ob3o$6bo4bo$3b3o6b3o$
2bo12bo$3b5o2b5o$8b2o$5b2o4b2o$4bobo4bobo$4b2o6b2o3$6b2o2b2o$5bo2b2o2b
o$3bobob4obobo$b3obobo2bobob3o$o3b2ob4ob2o3bo$b2o3bo4bo3b2o$3b2o2bo2b
o2b2o$3bob2o4b2obo!

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by goldenratio » January 1st, 2021, 7:57 pm

wwei23 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 7:51 pm
I see that the P9 has an entry. Why not also add the P18 R-pentomino shuttle that A for Awesome and hotdogPi constructed with it?

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p18
That by itself may not be sufficient enough for an entry, but we could combine it with other hasslers, like this p84 one, in an entry:

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x = 73, y = 77, rule = B3/S23
11bo5bo6b2o23b2o6bo5bo$10b3o3bobo6bo23bo6bobo3b3o$9bobobo3bo7bob2o3b2o
7b2o3b2obo7bo3bobobo$9bo3bo12bobo4bo7bo4bobo12bo3bo$7b2o5b2o12bob3o9b
3obo12b2o5b2o$6bo3b2o4bo5b2o3bo2bo13bo2bo3b2o5bo4b2o3bo$6bob3obo2b3o6b
o2b3o15b3o2bo6b3o2bob3obo$7b7o2bo3b2ob2o3b2o15b2o3b2ob2o3bo2b7o$6b2o3b
2ob2o3bo2b7o17b7o2bo3b2ob2o3b2o$6b3o2bo6b3o2bob3obo15bob3obo2b3o6bo2b
3o$5bo2bo3b2o5bo4b2o3bo15bo3b2o4bo5b2o3bo2bo$3b3obo12b2o5b2o17b2o5b2o
12bob3o$2bo4bobo12bo3bo21bo3bo12bobo4bo$2b2o3b2obo7bo3bobobo21bobobo3b
o7bob2o3b2o$10bo6bobo3b3o9b2ob2o9b3o3bobo6bo$10b2o6bo5bo10b2ob2o10bo5b
o6b2o$34b2o3b2o2$34bobobobo2$34bo5bo2$33bo7bo$23bo2bo6bobo3bobo$26bo7b
o5bo$22bo4bo$22b2o2bobo$27bob2o3$27bo2bo$27b2o$47b2o$47b2o$47b2o$47bo$
46bobo$23bo23bobob3o$19b4obo23bob4o$19b3obobo23bo$24bobo8b3o$25bo8bo2b
o$24b2o8bo4bo$24b2o8bo$24b2o14bo$35bo8b2o$32b2o5bo2bo2bo$31b2ob2ob2o$
32bo4bo$33bo2bo5b2obo$33b2o9bobo2b2o$45bo4bo$32bo5bo7bo$31bobo3bobo6bo
2bo$31bo7bo2$32bo5bo2$32bobobobo2$32b2o3b2o$8b2o6bo5bo10b2ob2o10bo5bo
6b2o$8bo6bobo3b3o9b2ob2o9b3o3bobo6bo$2o3b2obo7bo3bobobo21bobobo3bo7bob
2o3b2o$o4bobo12bo3bo21bo3bo12bobo4bo$b3obo12b2o5b2o17b2o5b2o12bob3o$3b
o2bo3b2o5bo4b2o3bo15bo3b2o4bo5b2o3bo2bo$4b3o2bo6b3o2bob3obo15bob3obo2b
3o6bo2b3o$4b2o3b2ob2o3bo2b7o17b7o2bo3b2ob2o3b2o$5b7o2bo3b2ob2o3b2o15b
2o3b2ob2o3bo2b7o$4bob3obo2b3o6bo2b3o15b3o2bo6b3o2bob3obo$4bo3b2o4bo5b
2o3bo2bo13bo2bo3b2o5bo4b2o3bo$5b2o5b2o12bob3o9b3obo12b2o5b2o$7bo3bo12b
obo4bo7bo4bobo12bo3bo$7bobobo3bo7bob2o3b2o7b2o3b2obo7bo3bobobo$8b3o3bo
bo6bo23bo6bobo3b3o$9bo5bo6b2o23b2o6bo5bo!
What other oscillators were discovered this year that don't have a wiki page (and aren't the LOM hasslers since those are already nominated)?
C28 wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 7:35 pm
i'd like to nominate the record-setting diehards, as diehards seem to get little attention compared to spaceships, reflectors, oscillators, etc.
Already nominated; see #15.
Oscillator discussion is boring me out. I'll return when the cgol community switches to something else.

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by dvgrn » January 1st, 2021, 8:02 pm

goldenratio wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 7:57 pm
That by itself may not be sufficient enough for an entry, but we could combine it with other hasslers, like this p84 one, in an entry...
Alternatively, just add the link to the existing p9 sparker entry -- maybe that was the intent of the "add" suggestion.

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Re: PotY 2020 Nomination Thread

Post by wwei23 » January 1st, 2021, 8:35 pm

dvgrn wrote:
January 1st, 2021, 8:02 pm
Alternatively, just add the link to the existing p9 sparker entry -- maybe that was the intent of the "add" suggestion.
Correct, that's what I meant. :P

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