Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

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TheWayOfTheCon wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 1:09 am
ENDW wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:55 am
TheWayOfTheCon wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:44 am It looks like a Demonoid, but constructed mainly with Herschel tracks instead of glider streams. Maybe "Herscheloid" or something along those lines?
I prefer this. In fact, the purpose of my making this is to make a ship that not constructed with glider streams.
Yeah, that's what I got inspired.
I actually don't like "Herscheloid" that much because I find it clunky, that's why I said "something along those lines" because I do want the general idea to come across. Some other name ideas I have are "Trackmover" and "Herschifter" (Herschel + shifter).
NNlk05 wrote: November 2nd, 2026, 12:44 am May I propose "stick bug"?
Stick bug sounds pretty good too, and it would fit with all the bug names we give to macro-ships. The only thing that bugs me (no pun intended) though is that there aren't any "limbs" of the spaceship. Stick bugs have pretty prominent legs, and otherwise this spaceship zoomed out looks like a boring line, like Caterpillar or Centipede (though those namesake insects have a ton of little legs rather than two large pairs).
If you look at its front and back ends, you will see something slowly wiggling. Maybe we can name it after this feature

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x = 22, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3obo3bob3o2bo3bobo$o3b2o2bobo2bobobobobo$3obobobobo2bobobobobo$o3bo2b
2obo2bobobobo$3obo3bob3o3bobo2bo!
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leapfrog, treadmill, scooter, crab, speedbridger, idk

speedbridger sounds funny, like the minecraft kind where it constantly places more blocks in front of it to continue its tracks

im going with speedbridger unless someone else got a better idea
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Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

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2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
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LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 28 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Cis-blocks on amber containing snake
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Termite wrote: 25 minutes ago
LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 28 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Cis-blocks on amber containing snake
Cis-blocks on amber containing table

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob4obo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

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LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 22 minutes ago
Termite wrote: 25 minutes ago
LWSSONHWSSONLWSS wrote: 28 minutes ago Cis-blocks on a snake in a piece of amber

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob2obobo$obob2obo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Cis-blocks on amber containing snake
Cis-blocks on amber containing table

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$ob4obo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Cis-blocks on amber containing two dominoes

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
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Termite wrote: 20 minutes ago Cis-blocks on amber containing two dominoes

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Ehh, kinda looks more like "Beehive siamese amber siamese beehive".

So, 'Amber' for the component, I guess? I would be alright with that name.
I could've chose a better username, but oh well.

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Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

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TheWayOfTheCon wrote: 14 minutes ago
Termite wrote: 20 minutes ago Cis-blocks on amber containing two dominoes

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x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o2$2b4o$bo4bo$obo2bobo$obo2bobo$bo4bo$2b4o2$2b2o$2b2o!
Ehh, kinda looks more like "Beehive siamese amber siamese beehive".

So, 'Amber' for the component, I guess? I would be alright with that name.
I think it should be cis-blocks on interconnected beehives.
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