POTY 2019 Nomination Thread

[Hubi1857]

Apropos p23 by AbhpzTa

The new p23 will be called David Hilbert. The reference should be obvious.

The reference defintely isn't obvious, at all; it just pleases the referees and participants of the POTY contests.

This is David Hilbert in person, the guy who invented the "quick and dirty" approach to each and every computable problem imaginable.

David Hilbert, born january 23rd 1862 / died february 14th 1943

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Layman: "Is it a bug or is it a feature of the ordinary real numbers that you are unable to divide by zero?"
Hilbert: "It is a feature, of course, just define the number 1/0 to be equal to any infinity you are able to imagine."

[Macbi]

I nominate the patterns found by Nick Gotts in his Systematic survey of small patterns, including Bunnies 10a which broke a long-standing record for population 10 methuselahs.

[Ch91]

I think I'll nominate the Remini.

[Ian07]

I think I'll nominate the Remini.

Already nominated by Gustone.

[Sokwe]

I nominate this p250 c/10 orthogonal rake by christoph r. It is the first c/10 rake with a period below (I think) 320, as well as the lowest period so far achieved for a c/10 rake.

[Sokwe]

The nomination time ended a little while ago. I think we should give ourselves a few days to finalize the pattern descriptions before starting the competition.

[Moosey]

Wait
I also nominate Scholar

Surprised nobody did that for POTY earlier than this

[dvgrn]

Wait
I also nominate Scholar

Surprised nobody did that for POTY earlier than this

Pavgran pointed out on Discord that testitemqlstudop did that, way back, so we're good there.

I missed the deadline by some unknown number of hours, but just in case I can still sneak in a nomination or three --

AGreason/WildMyron/BlinkerSpawn/Scorbie's phoenix agars brought OEIS A160657 high-period oscillators into Conway's Life. Those periods have already showed up in lots of other rules, but I didn't expect to see them in plain vanilla B3/S23.

GilGil's 60-line c/10 printer

Goldtiger997's Marvelous Multifarious Megaconverters (crab, 25P3H1V0.2, 27P4H1V1, 46P4H1V0)

[Kazyan]

I nominate Goldtiger's synthesis of a c/4 diagonal spaceship. It's elegant chaos, and spaceship syntheses are rare.

[Hubi1857]

I nominate Goldtiger's synthesis of a c/4 diagonal spaceship. It's elegant chaos, and spaceship syntheses are rare.

Isn't this more of a tagalong for two gliders?

[Moosey]

I nominate Goldtiger's synthesis of a c/4 diagonal spaceship. It's elegant chaos, and spaceship syntheses are rare.

Isn't this more of a tagalong for two gliders?

Strictly, I think so, but we usually count G Tagalongs as their own ships, because very few c/4ds interfere with their Gs
Either way, it's equally impressive.

[Hubi1857]

Strictly, I think so, but we usually count G Tagalongs as their own ships, because very few c/4ds interfere with their Gs
Either way, it's equally impressive.

"c4/ds" means "diagonal spaceship of speed=c/4"?

I already wondered if there are other patterns beside the usual glider which move diagonally...

[Hubi1857]

I also nominate Scholar

Appears to me more of an alligator than a spaceship!

[dvgrn]

I already wondered if there are other patterns beside the usual glider which move diagonally...

The easiest ones to find with a search program are the lowest period, c/4 (same speed as a glider) -- see Patterns/Life/Spaceships/c4-diagonal.rle.

There are also known c/5, c/6, and c/7 elementary diagonal spaceships, plus lots of c/12 Corderships. There are also huge slow adjustable-speed diagonal spaceships like the Demonoids.

[KennyFromSouthPark]

I nominate the Y.A.Y.! bubble to be found here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4244#p87082

[dvgrn]

I nominate the Y.A.Y.! bubble...

Why?

I know this keeps stretching the nomination period, but I'd like to nominate simsim314's "99 bottles of beer on the wall"-printing pattern.

Also Extrementhusiast’s spaghetti monster eater and the associated Heisenburp device by Goldtiger997, since no one seems to have gotten around to doing that nomination (it got mentioned on Discord yesterday).

[KennyFromSouthPark]

Why the "YAY!"??

Well, isn't it as good as Hubis phalanx or Conways glider?

Oh lord won't you buy my
A samsung S6
My friends all drive iPhones
Can't figure out their tricks
Worked hard all my lifetime
No help from the flics
So, oh lord won't you buy me
A samsung S6

[Hdjensofjfnen]

I nominate the Y.A.Y.! bubble to be found here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4244#p87082

Thanks, but that was a joke, not an actual nomination.

[Sokwe]

I nominate the Y.A.Y.! bubble to be found here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4244#p87082

The post clearly states that it was found in 2020, so it is ineligible for this contest. Please restrict discussion to eligible and serious nominees.

[KennyFromSouthPark]

Amen.

[77topaz]

When are we intending for the nominating period for this to end (since it's clearly been extended) and the voting to begin?

[testitemqlstudop]

Since there were no nominations for five days, I'll start summarizing the nominations. I'll post the final poll entries tomorrow.

[GilGil]

[EDIT : Oops ! Already nominated in 2018 ]

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

I nominate Goldtiger's synthesis of a c/4 diagonal spaceship. It's elegant chaos, and spaceship syntheses are rare.

What about my P690 gun?

[77topaz]

Since there were no nominations for five days, I'll start summarizing the nominations. I'll post the final poll entries tomorrow.

Any updates on this?