How Your Username Evolves

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by drc » August 31st, 2016, 6:41 pm

Rhombic wrote:@drc your name in apgcode:

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x = 3, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$obo$3o$bo!
Well, technically:

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obo2b2o2b2o$5obo4bo$2bob2obob2o$2o2bob3o2bo$2b2ob2ob3o4$o$o!

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Re: How Your Username Evolves in apgcode

Post by Rhombic » September 1st, 2016, 5:15 am

drc wrote:
Rhombic wrote:@drc your name in apgcode:

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x = 3, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$obo$3o$bo!
Well, technically:

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obo2b2o2b2o$5obo4bo$2bob2obob2o$2o2bob3o2bo$2b2ob2ob3o4$o$o!
In that case, mine (with line breaks for each word):

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x = 7, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
bo2b2o$ob3o$3o2bo$7o$2bobobo$2bo$b2ob2o$3bo$b3obo$obobo$obob2o$bobo2bo
$2bob2o$3o3bo$o2b3o!
(without line breaks)

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x = 20, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
bo2b2o3bo3bobob2o$ob3o3b2ob2obobo2bo$3o2bo4bo4bob2o$7ob3ob4o3bo$2bobob
2obobobo2b3o!
Both equally uninteresting.

Rhombic:

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o2bo$o2b3o$3bo2bo$obobobo$4obo!
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by AbhpzTa » September 7th, 2016, 10:21 am

Mine is rather boring ("abhpzta" is canonical, though.): only 20 gens...

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x = 4, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
b3o$2o2$2obo$2b2o$o$bo$o$2o$o!
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by dvgrn » September 7th, 2016, 11:16 am

I was hoping for something unusual for a change, for 'dvgrn'. I guess it could have been worse than a clean 18-tick teardrop predecessor:

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = LifeHistory
.4A$2A.A$2A2.A$.A.2A$2A.2A!

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by toroidalet » September 10th, 2016, 1:33 pm

dvgrn wrote:I was hoping for something unusual for a change, for 'dvgrn'. I guess it could have been worse than a clean 18-tick teardrop predecessor:

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = LifeHistory
.4A$2A.A$2A2.A$.A.2A$2A.2A!
Well it couldn't have been worse than mine (5 gens, a single block)

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x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5o2bobo$4ob2ob2o$obo2bob3o$4b5o$2ob2obob2o!
unless I made a typo
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » September 15th, 2016, 10:48 pm

... Wait ...

How do you get the apgcode for that?

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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: How Your Username Evolves

Post by biggiemac » September 16th, 2016, 1:32 am

If you type xp0_"any string" in catagolue's object search you will see what the string encodes.
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by PHPBB12345 » September 16th, 2016, 2:41 am

Code: Select all

x = 59, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
4o2bo3bob4o2b4o2b4o4bo4b3o3b3o5bo2b5o$o3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bo2b2o3bo
3bobo3bo3b2o2bo$o3bobo3bobo3bobo3bobo3bo3bo7bo5bo2bobo2bo$4o2b5ob4o2b
4o2b4o4bo6bo4b2o2bo2bo3b3o$o5bo3bobo5bo3bobo3bo3bo5bo7bob5o5bo$o5bo3bo
bo5bo3bobo3bo3bo4bo4bo3bo4bo2bo3bo$o5bo3bobo5b4o2b4o3b3o2b5o2b3o5bo3b
3o!

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x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
6obobo$3b2ob2o$8b2o$ob3o$3o!
Last edited by PHPBB12345 on October 5th, 2016, 12:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » October 4th, 2016, 8:35 pm

Here is my apgcode:

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x = 13, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3obo2b4obo$2b3o2b6o$bob3obob4o$bobob3obobo$obob3obobobo!
For "Hdjen":

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3obo$2b3o$bob2o$bobo$obobo!

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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: How Your Username Evolves

Post by blah » October 5th, 2016, 11:10 pm

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x = 15, y = 5, rule = B3/s23
2o2bo3b3obobo$obobo3bobobobo$2o2bo3b3ob3o$obobo3bobobobo$2o2b3obobobob
o!
Fitting.
My avatar evolves into a blinker:

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/s23
o2$o2bobo2$obo3bo$3b3o$o!
succ

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Caenbe » October 16th, 2016, 5:01 pm

T=0:

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x = 35, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
b3o3b3o2b5ob2o2bob4o2b5o$o3bobo3bobo5bobobobo3bobo$o5bo3bobo5bobobobo
3bobo$o5b5ob3o3bobobob4o2b3o$o5bo3bobo5bobobobo3bobo$o3bobo3bobo5bobob
obo3bobo$b3o2bo3bob5obo2b2ob4o2b5o!
T=81:

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x = 37, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
22bo$21bobo$21bobo$22bo3$9bo$8bobo16b2o$7bo2bo15bo2bo$8b2o17b2o2$35b2o
$b2o32b2o$o28b2o$3bo25b2o$b2o!
Yawn.
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by pcallahan » January 28th, 2019, 10:58 am

When I enter my name PAULC in 7-segment letters, it turns into a glider-producing switch engine.

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x = 19, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
3ob3obobobo3b3o$obobobobobobo3bo$3ob3obobobo3bo$o3bobobobobo3bo$o3bobo
b3ob3ob3o2$2o2b2ob7o2b2o!
Whoa! How did that happen? I must be very special! ;) (Pay no attention to the little dots at the bottom.)

Let me see what I can do with my username pcallahan and the official font for this thread.

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x = 53, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
4o3b3o3b3o2bo5bo6b3o2bo3bo2b3o2b2o2bo$o3bobo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bobo
3bobobobo$o3bobo5bo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$4o2bo5b5obo5bo5b5ob
5ob5obobobo$o5bo5bo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o5bo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo
3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o6b3o2bo3bob5ob5obo3bobo3bobo3bobo2b2o!
Kind of boring... I may need to tweak it.

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Moosey » January 28th, 2019, 11:01 am

Nothing special.

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x = 25, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
o3bob3ob3ob3ob3obobo$2ob2obobobobobo3bo3bobo$obobobobobobob3ob3ob3o$o
3bobobobobo3bobo4bo$o3bob3ob3ob3ob3o2bo!
EDIT:
x0_Moosey:

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
o$o3bo$o2b2o$5o$4o!
Saved by a capital letter (x0_moosey dies out)
Last edited by Moosey on January 30th, 2019, 9:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by pcallahan » January 28th, 2019, 2:26 pm

me wrote:
Kind of boring... I may need to tweak it.
Tweak complete, and now my username is immortalized with infinite growth.

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x = 53, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2obo3b3o3b3o2bo5bo6b3o2bo3bo2b3o2b2o2bo$o3bobo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bo
bo3bobobobo$o3bobo5bo4b2o5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$4o2bo5b5obo5bo5b5ob
5ob5obobobo$o5bo5bo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o5bo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo
3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o6b3o2bo3bob5ob5obo3bobo3bobo3bobo2b2o!

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by testitemqlstudop » January 28th, 2019, 4:54 pm

pcallahan wrote:
me wrote:
Kind of boring... I may need to tweak it.
Tweak complete, and now my username is immortalized with infinite growth.

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x = 53, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2obo3b3o3b3o2bo5bo6b3o2bo3bo2b3o2b2o2bo$o3bobo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bo
bo3bobobobo$o3bobo5bo4b2o5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$4o2bo5b5obo5bo5b5ob
5ob5obobobo$o5bo5bo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o5bo3bobo3bobo5bo5bo
3bobo3bobo3bobobobo$o6b3o2bo3bob5ob5obo3bobo3bobo3bobo2b2o!
Well, didn't you just answer your own question of "easy to remember infinite growth"?

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by pcallahan » January 28th, 2019, 5:13 pm

The 7 segment "font" is a good bit easier to reproduce by hand. I also need to remember where to put the 3 tweak bits. I have not tried PCALLAHAn in 7 segments. That would be easier to remember (besides the tweaked PAULC, though that collides with another Life enthusiast).

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by testitemqlstudop » January 28th, 2019, 5:57 pm

pcallahan wrote:The 7 segment "font" is a good bit easier to reproduce by hand. I also need to remember where to put the 3 tweak bits. I have not tried PCALLAHAn in 7 segments. That would be easier to remember (besides the tweaked PAULC, though that collides with another Life enthusiast).
Good point. Infinite growth is interesting, after all.
Have you tried a Simkin glider gun? All you need to memorize are the position of the block triplets relative to the starting Herschel.

(And by the way, I was kind of surprised when I first saw you on the forums - my 6th grade (and the grade I'm currently in) has a ELA teacher called Ms.Callahan)

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by pcallahan » January 28th, 2019, 6:26 pm

testitemqlstudop wrote: (And by the way, I was kind of surprised when I first saw you on the forums - my 6th grade (and the grade I'm currently in) has a ELA teacher called Ms.Callahan)
It's a surprisingly common name and I tend to notice it when it comes up in movies, like Dirty Harry Callahan. There's a Professor Callaghan in Big Hero 6, but I don't know if he counts with the variant spelling (it is the same Irish name).

I used to be a lot more active in the Life community and you will find my name on some of the patterns in the Lexicon. I also had one of the first Life web pages, started in 1995, now mothballed here courtesy of Tomas Rokicki.

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by pcallahan » January 28th, 2019, 10:14 pm

One more entry and no more silliness. My username in a custom "font" with no extra cells but some wiggles to get it to make a switch engine.

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x = 34, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
15bob3o6b3o$13bobobobo2bo3bobo2b3o$4b3ob3o2bobob4obo3b4obobo$4bo3bobo
2bobo6bo8bobo$3ob3ob4obobo6b3o$obo10bobo6bobo$3o10bo8bobo$o$o!

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by PkmnQ » January 30th, 2019, 3:30 am

Someone used LLS to find a great grandparent(?) of my name, but I seem to have lost it.

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x = 29, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4o2bo3bobo3bobo3bob4o$o3bobo2bo2b2ob2ob2o2bobo2bo$4o2b3o3bobobobobobob
o2bo$o5bo2bo2bo3bobo2b2ob4o$o5bo3bobo3bobo3bo5bo!
Here's a 2000-generation long version of my name.

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Macbi » January 30th, 2019, 6:47 am

PkmnQ wrote:Someone used LLS to find a great grandparent(?) of my name, but I seem to have lost it.
It was here.

Here's a version of my username that dies out:

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x = 29, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
5o2b3o3b3o2b4o2b5o$obobobo3bobo3bobo3bo3bo$obobobo3bobo5bo3bo3bo$obobo
b5obo5b4o4bo$obobobo3bobo5bo3bo3bo$obobobo3bobo3bobo3bo3bo$obobobo3bo
2b3o2b4o2b5o2$2bo3bobobob2o!

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Post by Gustone » April 11th, 2019, 2:28 am

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Re: Did I see a century?

Post by Moosey » April 11th, 2019, 8:12 am

Gustone wrote:And a gravestone for toad at gen 89.

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x = 153, y = 67, rule = B3/S23
57b2o2bobo2bob3o2bo2bo2bob2o$56bo2bobobobo3bo2bobobo2bobo$56bo4bobobo
3bo2bobob2obob2o$56bobo2bobo2bo2bo2bobobob2obo$56bo2bobobo2bo2bo2bobob
o2bobo$57b2o3bo2bo3bo3bo2bo2bob2o40$127b2o2bobo2bob3o2bo2bo2bob2o$126b
o2bobobobo3bo2bobobo2bobo$126bo4bobobo3bo2bobob2obobo$126bobo2bobo2bo
2bo2bobobob2ob2o$126bo2bobobo2bo2bo2bobobo2bobo$127b2o3bo2bo3bo3bo2bo
2bob2o10$b3o2bo3bo2b3o2b5o2b3o2b2o2bob5o$o3bobo3bobo3bo3bo3bo3bobobobo
bo$o5bo3bobo7bo3bo3bobobobobo$o2b2obo3bo2b3o4bo3bo3bobobobob3o$o3bobo
3bo5bo3bo3bo3bobobobobo$o3bobo3bobo3bo3bo3bo3bobobobobo$b4o2b3o3b3o4bo
4b3o2bo2b2ob5o!
That’s because of the evolution of a century.
Also, toads are common, relatively speaking.
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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by EvinZL » December 3rd, 2019, 11:14 am

Macbi wrote:
September 14th, 2010, 4:06 am
I think mine is the most boring so far:

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x = 29, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
5o2b3o3b3o2b4o2b5o$obobobo3bobo3bobo3bo3bo$obobobo3bobo5bo3bo3bo$obobo
b5obo5b4o4bo$obobobo3bobo5bo3bo3bo$obobobo3bobo3bobo3bo3bo$obobobo3bo
2b3o2b4o2b5o!
In my font, Symmetric Mono, mine is the most boring of all:

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x = 45, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
20b3o2$b2o$o2bo10bo$b2o10bobo$13bobo27b2o$14bo5b3o20b2o!
in 19 gens.

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Re: How Your Username Evolves

Post by Moosey » December 3rd, 2019, 4:27 pm

Starting pattern?
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