OCA Discovery of the Year 2018 competition: Voting

[77topaz]

Here is the list of entries for the competition:

• #01 Adjustable slope ships (by AforAmpere)
• #02 RROs in various rules (by 2718281828)
• #03 tlife puffer and the ship based on it (by Luka Okanishi and Dani)
• #04 Other adjustable ships (by Luka Okanishi, muzik, Arie Paap, 2718281828 and AforAmpere)
• #05 Record slowest ships (by LittlePeng9 and AforAmpere)
• #06 Hype (B2-ac3aei4ae6i8/S23-ejq8): a rule which contains a very large variety of high-period oscillators, has been heavily apgsearched (the third most of any non-totalistic rule) and has been proven omniperiodic.
• #07 Suns (B2ei3aeij4cjt5ky6ei/S1c2ace3jkn4aeijktw5ekry6in7e): a rule featuring complicated hassling mechanisms of a high-period oscillator, which has also been proven omniperiodic.
• #08 ATPP (B3-ckq4z/S2-c3-a4iq5k6k): a rule featuring unusual failed-replicator spaceships, actual replicators, many linear and quadratic growths and even a large, engineered spaceship by toroidalet.
• #09 Arrow (B3-jkn4a/S1e2-a3ijnry4n): a rule featuring a family of adjustable rakes and a large variety of shuttles and rake interactions.
• #10 Emitters (B2i3ai4cei5c6c7/S2-ae3acein4-t5-aq6cei7c8): a rule featuring a very large variety of small high-period oscillators and guns.
• #11 Hive (B3-ry4ckn/S2-in3-cjn4it5aiky6-a7e8): a rule featuring many spaceships and oscillators of strange speeds based on failed replicators.
• #12 Omosso (B2k3acijr4ijqy6i7c/S2aek3ijnqr4it5n): a rule featuring two small, high-period spaceships, a natural RRO, and a large number of distinct OMOSes.
• #13 CA simulating the bf esolang (by M. I. Wright)
• #14 List of 2-cell oscillators for every period up to 102 (by Oscar Cunningham)
• #15 Turing-completeness/universality proofs and Rule-110 unit cells (by Peter Naszvadi, Luka Okanishi and LaundryPizza03)
• #16 JvN loop-based replicator (by fluffykitty and Redstoneboi)
• #17 Exponentially long-lasting methuselahs (by toroidalet): fuse-based methuselahs of which one is known to last for 3.455*10^532 generations, and another has been estimated to last at least 2^2^50 generations.
• #18 8c/9 spaceships (by AforAmpere): the fastest known sub-c spaceships in a two-state isotropic rule without B0.

We will use the same voting system as the POTY 2018 and OCADOTY 2017 competitions:

Vote only for the patterns you like, and give each of them 1, 2, or 3 stars depending on how much you like them. You can vote for your own patterns if you want. Here is an example vote:

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The voting will close two weeks after the creation of this post.

EDIT: Voting is now closed!

[77topaz]

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#08 ATPP (B3-ckq4z/S2-c3-a4iq5k6k): a rule featuring unusual failed-replicator spaceships, actual replicators, many linear and quadratic growths and even a large, engineered spaceship by toroidalet.

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[Hunting]

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(votes)

Just wanted to point out that the vote-parsing script may or may not catch those first few votes, so I'd suggest changing them to match the format more precisely (e.g. #01 instead of #1)

[77topaz]

(votes)

Just wanted to point out that the vote-parsing script may or may not catch those first few votes, so I'd suggest changing them to match the format more precisely (e.g. #01 instead of #1)

I'm entering the votes by hand into a spreadsheet anyway, so I'd count the votes either way. But indeed, dvgrn's script does require a very specific formatting.

[FlameandFury]

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When does the voting end?

[77topaz]

When does the voting end?

From the first post:

The voting will close two weeks after the creation of this post.

So, one week from now.

[Naszvadi]

When does the voting end?

From the first post:

The voting will close two weeks after the creation of this post.

So, one week from now.

0 weeks.

[77topaz]

Yes, you're right. I was distracted by some IRL business yesterday, but now the voting is officially closed.

[77topaz]

The results:

1. Adjustable slope ships (38 stars)
2. CA simulating the bf esolang (24 stars)
3=. ATPP (B3-ckq4z/S2-c3-a4iq5k6k) (23 stars)
3=. Exponentially long-lasting methuselahs (23 stars)
5. List of 2-cell oscillators for every period up to 102 (22 stars)
6. 8c/9 spaceships (21 stars)
7. Suns (B2ei3aeij4cjt5ky6ei/S1c2ace3jkn4aeijktw5ekry6in7e) (20 stars)
8. JvN loop-based replicator (18 stars)
9=. Omosso (B2k3acijr4ijqy6i7c/S2aek3ijnqr4it5n) (17 stars)
9=. Turing-completeness/universality proofs and Rule-110 unit cells (17 stars)
11. tlife puffer and the ship based on it (16 stars)
12=. Hype (B2-ac3aei4ae6i8/S23-ejq8) (15 stars)
12=. Hive (B3-ry4ckn/S2-in3-cjn4it5aiky6-a7e8) (15 stars)
14=. Record slowest ships (14 stars)
14=. Emitters (B2i3ai4cei5c6c7/S2-ae3acein4-t5-aq6cei7c8) (14 stars)
16. Other adjustable ships (13 stars)
17. RROs in various rules (11 stars)
18. Arrow (B3-jkn4a/S1e2-a3ijnry4n) (10 stars)