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Is there a way to activate an Eater 5/TWIT/tub-with-tail eater at low periods? I'm having some trouble finding ways to activate it repeatedly at low periods without the activating object eventually bumping the catalyst somehow. Here's a failed example at p11:

x = 23, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
9b2o ...

LuveelVoom wrote: September 5th, 2026, 4:40 pm I should really figure out how to install other OCA software... JLS doesn't work for INT space, so it's really hard to do oscillator searches

LLS and jls-to-lls.py exist for a reason.

This counterfeit B2i3/S23 honeybomb:

hotcrystal0 wrote: January 26th, 2026, 3:21 pm This P20 is basically this rule's version of the B2i3/S23 honeybomb:

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B35-e/S23
6b3o$5bo3bo$5bo3bo$5bo3bo$6b3o$b3o7b3o$o3bo5bo3bo$o3bo5bo3bo$o3bo5bo3b
o$b3o7b3o$6b3o$5bo3bo$5bo3bo$5bo3bo$6b3o!

B35-e/S23: Hey can I copy your homework?
B2i3/S23: Sure just change it up a bit so it isn’t obvious you copied

The homework:
x = 13, y = 13, rule = B2i3/S23
5b3o$5bobo$5b3o3$3o7b3o$obo7bobo$3o7b3o3$5b3o$5bobo$5b3o!
x = 13, y = 13, rule = B35-e/S23
5b3o$5bobo$5b3o3$3o7b3o$obo7bobo$3o7b3o3$5b3o ...

P50 LOM hassler that alternates between the P23 and P27 reactions: x = 38, y = 37, rule = B3/S235e
32bo$30b3o$29bo$29b2o2$26b2o$14bo11bobo$14b3o10b2o$17bo$16b2o2$29b3o$
29bo$10b2o17bo2bo3b2o$10bo19b3o3b2o$8bobo$4b2o2b2o$4b2o12b3o$17bo2bo$
17b3o12b2o$28b2o2b2o$27bobo$2o3b3o19bo$2o3bo2bo17b2o$8bo ...

Bump because of this post by NNlk05:

(Should have been Re: Observation on chaotic growth if that thread is not last active in 2017 :( )

My rule, B2ci3ac45n78/S02i3ak678 seems right on the boundary. Normal C1 soups looks normal, but once a pattern gains D2_+1 symmetry, it have a high chance of ...

Honestly, I kind of bumped it impulsively, and only after the argument with unname did I realize that things would quickly spiral out of control, so I requested it locked. Sorry about that.


Unfortunately, I think it's most likely going to remain locked indefinitely since that's always how the ...

I want this thread locked too. It seems like we can’t have an RPG-type thread without sand-kicking . In fact, a large reason I wanted to revive this thread was to grief the map with a huge [s]tnt duper[/s] rake, and also expand, but then I realized that that would lead to possibly the BIGGEST sand ...

This is from andrewthelifer on the Discord.

two types of Lifenthusiasts:
-- luna1000, a transfem who lurks on Tumblr and debates whether men actually exist
-- James Scott, a grizzled 60 year old programmer who hung out with Conway in the 90s and mostly cares to do Life stuff

mods please don’t ...

I guess the algorithm for slimechunks_stdin fits here.

unname4798 wrote: August 30th, 2026, 3:48 pm That breaks my clipboard.

What device are you on? By the way, pasting issues with large patterns likely wouldn’t be a Sandbox game thread-only issue, as many smaller construction projects, even ones that fit within LifeViewer, have comparable sizes.

I decided to restart the dimension due to a bump and a very large map size. Notice: Other dimensions are still preserved.

x = 47, y = 15, rule = B3/S23Super
13.2A$14.A$13.A16.Q$3A10.2A15.2Q13.2K$A.A7.2A.A17.2Q12.LK$3A8.A.A2.W13.
2Q6.W2.A.KL$11.A.2A2W21.2W2A.2K$10.2A$11.A.2A2W21.2W2A.2A$3A8.A.A2 ...

I mounted the backup before the eater and the toad entered


It still was mounted as a separate universe. x = 301, y = 366, rule = B3/S23Super
215.2L5.L$214.L7.L$43.4B168.L2.L.L.L.L2.2L$44.4B168.L.L.L.2L2.L.L$45.
4B165.2L3.2L.L.L2.2L$46.4B$47.4B106.H2.H6.H2.H45.2W.W2.W.2W$48.4B105.
2H.H6.H2.H45 ...

I found a backup in my CARPU USB drive and mounted it as an universe


However, the backup was mounted as a separate universe, and did not overwrite the real Main II, which is a dimension in the same universe as the others.

Toad and eater find an ash cloud and take all the objects: x = 301, y ...

The eater and toad enter Main II to see… this. x = 301, y = 366, rule = B3/S23Super
215.2L5.L$214.L7.L$43.4B168.L2.L.L.L.L2.2L$44.4B168.L.L.L.2L2.L.L$45.
4B165.2L3.2L.L.L2.2L$46.4B$47.4B106.H2.H6.H2.H45.2W.W2.W.2W$48.4B105.
2H.H6.H2.H45.2W.4W.2W$49.4B104.H.2H2.2H.3H.2H3.2H.2H$50.4B103.H2.H.2H
3.H2.H ...

Per a conversation in the “Discord might become bad soon” thread in the server, can someone use tools (like DiscordChatExporter) to export the entire history of messages in the Conwaylife Lounge server and dump it on GitHub (or GitLab)? Currently it is possible, but it is likely that if Discord were ...

I don't copyright patterns in this website.
I copyright the patterns found by my team.
So let me know what you have found,especially those related to rough shape of islands or continents.

Why call them discoveries,because Gosper glider gun was discovered by Bill Gosper.

This thread contains a ...

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x = 56, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
13bo$13b3o26bo$16bo23b3o$15b2o22bo$39b2o5$16b2o$17b2o18b3o$16b2o19bo$
37b3o$8b2o$8b2o36b2o$46b2o3$6b2o$6b2o40b2o$48b2o$19b2o$9b3o6bobo14b2o
8bo$8bob2ob3o3bo15bobo3bob2obo$2o6bo2bo2bo21bo3b3o4bo$2o7b2o2b2o29bo2b
o6b2o$5b2o12b2o20b2o2b2o7b2o$4bo2bo11b2o14b2o12b2o ...

I found an almost-working activation for my p11 pipsquirter partial! I found a period-5 reaction called Hooks , whose front looked very similar to the Diamondback's. Then I tried editing it to activate my pipsquirter, and somehow it almost became a working p11 and I got this:

x = 20, y = 20 ...

I found a p11 moderate domino/v-sparker/beehive hassler!

x = 35, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
22b2o$23bo$22bo$22b4o$20b2o4bo$19bo2b2o$19b2obo$20bo2b2o$18bobo2b2o$
16b3ob2o$15bo10b2o$15b2o9bo$27b3o$2o27bo$bo11b2o7bo7b2o$bobo3b3o3b2o5b
2obo7bo$2b2o2bo3bo2b2o4bo3bo7bob2o$5bo5bo7bob2o7b2o2bo$5bo5bo8bo8bo2b ...

Can someone run some hauls on Leap Ts (B2n3/S23-aq5)? Any symmetry is fine.

Can someone add this P75 pi hassler to LifeWiki? I would add it myself but that would be adding my own discovery.


p75 pi hassler: there's some debris that forms really late. Also CatForce's torus setup means the pd's interfere, so can't use that to search. Tried some placements of 30P25 too, but ...

Goat Flock x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2in3/S123a
o3bobo$ob2o3bo$bobo2b2o$b3ob3o$ob2obo$o2b4o$o2b2obo$ob2obobo!

tGoat Flock x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2in3/S12-i3a4q
o3bobo$ob2o3bo$bobo2b2o$b3ob3o$ob2obo$o2b4o$o2b2obo$ob2obobo!

tGoat Flock Ts x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2in3/S12-i4q5
o3bobo$ob2o3bo$bobo2b2o ...

Removing one ship on the end of the fumarole: x = 123, y = 121, rule = B3/S23
58b2o9bob2o$57bo2bob2o3b3ob2o$56bobobobobobo$56bo2b2obobob2o11bo$54b3o
6b2obo10b3o$53bo13b3ob2o3bo$53b2o14bobo4bob2o$72b3obob2o$51b2o21bob2o
$52bo23bo$46b2ob3o24bobo$45bobobo27b2o$45bo2bo30b2o$43bobo33bobo$41b3o
bobo32bo ...

R2INT wrote: August 22nd, 2026, 1:27 pm Blinker catalysis:

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x = 46, y = 18, rule = B3/S23-a5
12bo$12bo23b2o$12bo22bo2bo$35b3o$35bobo3$42b2o$14b2o19b3o4bo$13bo2bo26b
3o$13b3o29bo$13bobo3$2b2o$3bo$3o$o!

How did you find that? Program or manual search?