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Could some of you vote in OCAOTY? I put lots of effort into it.

Thank you for voting.
There were only 2 votes, so I will extend voting until next Monday (Melbournian time).

get happy, everyone!
its voting time!

I found this ginormous P6:

x = 37, y = 92, rule = B3678/S34678
$15b3ob3o$5b2obobo2b11o2bobob2o$5b3ob19ob3o$4b29o$3bob27obo$4b29o$3b31o
$3b31o$4b29o$4b29o$3b31o$4b29o$4b29o$3b31o$4b29o$4b29o$3b31o$3b31o$bo
bob27obobo$3b31o$3b31o$4b29o$3b31o$2bob29obo$3b31o$4b29o$3b31o$2bob29o
bo$3b31o$2b33o$2b33o ...

Spaceships:
Here are some photons and all non-lightspeed spaceships:
x = 40, y = 21, rule = 0/2/4
2A3.2A2.2A12.2A$2B2.A2B2.2BA4.2A5.2B$2C2.B2C2.2CB4.2B.3A.2C$4.C6.CA3.
2C2BA2B$9.2A.BA4.B3CA$9.2BACB6.C$9.2C2.C8.A$11.C3$.A4.A5.A5.A5.A6.A5.
ABA$ACA2.ACA3.ACA3.ACA3.ACA4.ACA3.AC.B$CAC2.CAC3.CAC3 ...

WELCOME!
to the OCA OF THE YEAR 2025!

a select 15 cellular automata, chosen by the community, will be voted on in a tierlist-like fashion, without stars, like this:
1._____
2._____
3._____
4._____
...

three of these cellular automata will be chosen by me.

next year, the top 8 will not compete ...

oh. in that case, could i host a OCA competition, where we vote for best OCA?

eg.:
Travelling Ts
TFoD
CheckerLife
MAPRulE00
etc.

LuveelVoom wrote: November 10th, 2025, 10:17 pm Isn't this just OCADOTY?

no, the patterns are chosen by the community, and patterns are specified so... COCAPOTY? (community OCApatternOTY.)

if this doesn't work, could i host OCADOTY 2025?

i found this settup:^^^

also, i call this CA ParaGliders, as i have been calling the most common ship (the diagonal one) the Paraglider.

Can I host a 'best OCA pattern' thing? similar to OCADotY, a select (10 to 20) important/interesting/famous set of OCA patterns (chosen by the community) will be voted for best, with a rank system, with best at the top and worst at the bottom (in voter's oppinion). if there is a tie between any ...

oh. well maybe all tagalongs should have more cells than the min. cell count of the ship alone?

TARships

a TARship is a ship with tensity* higher than its maximum live cell count, that is reactive**.

the glider is an example.

none have been found in TFoD.

* Tensity is: 'S' in the speed calculation (c/S, even if S is a decimal value) times minimum heat, then all that divided by 2 ...

this thing becomes:
14c/85265o

likely the smallest, i mean, this speed is just... crazy.

TFoD rakes + puffers


Forerakes:
None known yet, but I am hopeful.


I doubt there will be any forerakes. they'd have to be made out of slowships, and they might be a bit problematic.
for one, they'd all instantly die if anything was shooting forward, except the meatloaf, which is fragile ...

I pressed the reset button, and my patterns disappeared.
this happened with any ships that had been copied on to lifeviewer, i deleted it, reconstructed it myself, pressed play, reset, and it all disappeared.

Can there be a LifeWiki page on puffers/rakes that move at the speed of light? (not GoL)

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0/2/4 (Think Free or Die (TFoD))

to start, my fave. my TFoDiscoveries are countless.

x = 149, y = 90, rule = 0/2/4
12$105.BA10.BA$104.CBA9.CBA$90.CBA10.CBA9.CBA$91.CBA8.CBA9.CBA$93.CBA
5.CBA9.CBA$93.CBA4.CBA9.CBA$92.CBA4.CBA9.CBA$91.CBA4.CBA9.CBA$90.CBA4.
CBA9.CBA$89.CBA4.CBA9.CBA$78.A9.CBA4 ...

WELCOME!
this is my sector of the sandbox, where I post and share my discoveries, with big fat titles to explain what topic each post is about. comment, ask, and ponder.

'YALL R' WELCOME!

The forums is meant for potentially less serious stuffs but still worthy of posting. LifeWiki is for information of notable patterns.


But this will stay on my user page.

(Also, how is this not notable? :?: we just discovered a c/3 ship, the largest and slowest of all slowships. [all non ...

sorry, i meant THINK free or die. (0/2/4)

I'd still like a flag, to update my user page. someone said i should discuss my fave topics on my page, not the forums... ('cuz im a mess)

thank you for listening.

:mrgreen:

I advise against discussing on LifeWiki. I suggest creating a personal thread in the sandbox and discuss there ...

i foun this in 0/2/4, or "Live Free or Die":
x = 46, y = 69, rule = 0/2/4
9$20.2A4.2A$20.2BA3.2B$19.A2CB2.A2C$18.AB2.C2.A$18.BCA4.C$17.AC.BA.2C
$16.AB2.CB.C$15.ABCA2.CAC$15.BC.BA2.ABA3.CBA$15.C.ACB2.CB5.CBA$16.AB.
C2.CB.A4.CBA$15.ABC2.2C2.BCA3.CBA$14.ABC3.2C2.BC.A.CBA$13.ABC4.2B.ABA
2C2A$12.ABC5 ...

I'd still like a flag, to update my user page. someone said i should discuss my fave topics on my page, not the forums... ('cuz im a mess)

thank you for listening.

Did you know that there are only two c/2 ships in Think Free or Die, the "diamond" and "meatloaf", although more are trying to be found actively?