Guess the pattern

[Hunting]

My apologies. I had one but I forgot I was supposed to post it.

A reaction that turns an uninteresting but complicated still life into an interesting non-still life. (Not "component")

Freeze-dry reaction?

[toroidalet]

Nope. Think a big giant mangled thing rather than a constellation.

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Seed?

[toroidalet]

That's also a relatively simple constellation. I'm talking about a giant mangled still life that you bash into something more interesting.

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Conversion?

[wwei47]

Final step?

[Anonymous Glider]

Activation?

[toroidalet]

The "pattern" was "activation step", so I'll award that to Anonymous Glider. I'll PM you the next target by tomorrow.

[Hunting]

The "pattern" was "activation step", so I'll award that to Anonymous Glider. I'll PM you the next target by tomorrow.

Isn't final step activation?

[toroidalet]

I suppose you're right. It's not as close, but it was first, so wwei35±12 gets the pattern instead. Luckily, I had forgotten about this whole thing and hadn't decided on one yet.
EDIT: wwei(x^2-70x+1081=0) has been sent the message.

[wwei47]

A pattern whose population alternates between 20 and 22 cells.

[MathAndCode]

A pattern whose population alternates between 20 and 22 cells.

Is it confused eaters?

[wwei47]

Is it confused eaters?

Ouch. I was hoping that my vagueness would work better than it did. Check your Discord soon.

[MathAndCode]

It's a sparker that is supported by another sparker of the same period.

[Hunting]

It's a sparker that is supported by another sparker of the same period.

104p9

[MathAndCode]

104p9

Yes, that's correct.

[wwei47]

104p9

I'm curious how you figured that out so easily. There's 209P8, 1320P7's trimer. one of my V sparkers, crown, and some random jslife sparker. Oh, and the P7 pipsquirter chain, too.

[MathAndCode]

I'm curious how you figured that out so easily. There's 209P8, 1320P7's trimer. one of my V sparkers, crown, and some random jslife sparker. Oh, and the P7 pipsquirter chain, too.

Maybe Hunting figured that since you were the one who chose the pattern, and that is your profile picture, you would be likely to think of that.

[Hunting]

I'm curious how you figured that out so easily. There's 209P8, 1320P7's trimer. one of my V sparkers, crown, and some random jslife sparker. Oh, and the P7 pipsquirter chain, too.

Maybe Hunting figured that since you were the one who chose the pattern, and that is your profile picture, you would be likely to think of that.

104P9 is wwei's favorite pattern not just his profile picture. And when you mention "period".

Ok now here's mine:

Something that served the same purpose in LeapLife and Life.

(Apologies - but if I limit the hints to usual CGOL knowledge it would be figured out soon.)

[wwei47]

dr?
Sparkers?
Glider?
XWSSes?

[Hunting]

dr?
Sparkers?
Glider?
XWSSes?

It's a pattern.

More hint: MathAndCode referred to it with a word appended. bubblegum once ranted him of that word.

[wwei47]

More hint: MathAndCode referred to it with a word appended. bubblegum once ranted him of that word.

Pi?

[Hunting]

More hint: MathAndCode referred to it with a word appended. bubblegum once ranted him of that word.

Pi?

Very close, very close. I'm sure you'll get it with this final hint: It is not the bottleneck in LeapLife, but it is the bottleneck in CGoL.

[wwei47]

Very close, very close. I'm sure you'll get it with this final hint: It is not the bottleneck in LeapLife, but it is the bottleneck in CGoL.

H'?

[bubblegum]

More hint: MathAndCode referred to it with a word appended. bubblegum once ranted him of that word.

Ouch.