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In My Pattern is Larger the goal is to post a succession of CGOL patterns, each one larger than the last one, but the change must be as small as possible.
Thanks a lot to Moosey and their game My number is larger (viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4907) for inspiration.

Here's how much points each pattern scores for size.

Still lifes are worth their cell number.
Oscillators and spaceships are worth the average number of cells they have during a single period.
Infinite growth patterns and sawtooths are forbidden.
Sparks are worth the average number of cells they have from the beginning to the last generation before death.
Unstable patterns that aren't sparks are forbidden.
Non-CGOL patterns are forbidden.

Non-natural numbers can be used, as well as common constellations that naturally occur (like a traffic light or a bakery is good, but a random assortment of 17 blocks is not).
It's allowed to restart the game if most players agree.

Lemme begin: dot spark, 1

2.

3, blinker. Note: non-natural numbers can be used, as well as common constellations that naturally occur (like a traffic light or a bakery is good, but a random assortment of 17 blocks is not).

(Banana/V spark would have been smaller.)
3.5:

This would have been better But why can we do something like this! For a normal one, 3.75.

mine is big
edit: and we jumped from 4 to somewhere between 100 and 276 in just 1 post.

haaaaaands wrote: October 7th, 2023, 6:20 pm mine is big

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x = 35, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
13b2o$11b2o2b2o$9b2o5bo$9bo6bo$8b2obo3bobo$8bo8bo$8b2o2b2o2bo$9b2o4bo
$9bo4bo$10b4o$10b3o$10bob3o$9bo2bo2bo$8bo3bo3bo$8bo3bo4bo$7bo4bo4bo$7b
o4bo5bo$7bo4bo$6bo5bo$6bo4bobo$5bo4b2o2bo$5bo3bo4bo$8bo6bo$8bo6bo$8bo
7bo$7bo8bo$7bo9bo14b3o$7bo9bo3b11o$b20o$o!

edit: and we jumped from 4 to somewhere between 100 and 276 in just 1 post.

Can we minimize the gap?
My 94th post
94=2x47

Let's restart this game.
Rules:
1. You must post CGOL or OCA pattern bigger than the previous one, but the population change (maximum 10) and the bounding box change (maximum +8*+8) must be small.
2. Here's how much points each pattern scores:
2.1 Still lifes are worth their population.
2.2 Oscillators and spaceships are worth the average population during a period.
2.3 Sparks and diehards are worth the average population from the beginning (gen 0) to the last generation before death.
2.4 Infinite growth patterns and sawtooths are not allowed.
2.5 Methuselahs (excluding sparks and diehards) are not allowed.
2.6 Explosive rules are not allowed due to common infinite growth patterns.
3. Non-natural numbers and common constellations are allowed.
I begin: blinker (3):

Disaster16439 wrote: July 25th, 2023, 8:43 am

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2bo$o$b2obo!

This would have been better

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x = 12, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2bo$o10bo$b2obo!

But why can we do something like this!

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x = 2, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2o$o$2o!

For a normal one, 3.75.

Block, 4.

BokaBB wrote: October 12th, 2023, 5:13 am

Disaster16439 wrote: July 25th, 2023, 8:43 am

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2bo$o$b2obo!

This would have been better

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x = 12, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2bo$o10bo$b2obo!

But why can we do something like this!

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x = 2, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2o$o$2o!

For a normal one, 3.75.

Block, 4.

Boat, 5.

Ship 6

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Beacon 7

Bipole: 8

approx. 8.47

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10

Phoenix 1: 12