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This is the voting thread for the 2024 Pattern of the Year competition. Voting will end at the end of December, 2025 anywhere on Earth. This means that you can still vote for the Pattern of the Year as long as it's still December where you live.

Here is the list of entries:

• #01 Triple pseudo still life synthesis: The first known synthesis of the smallest triple pseudo still life. (by Dmitry Maitak)
• #02 New gun periods: Five new gun periods were discovered in 2024 (15, 16, 35, 47, and 53), tying the record for a single calendar year since 1996. (by Period1GliderGun, Matthias Merzenich, Entity Valkyrie, iNoMed, hotcrystal0, et al.)
• #03 New stable G-to-X: A stable glider-to-chaos converter that can be used to build a variety of reflectors, splitters, and converters. (by Anivec, Mitchell Riley)
• #04 77P6H1V1 synthesis and gun: The first known synthesis (by Goldtiger997) and gun (by Entity Valkyrie) for a c/6 diagonal spaceship. (by Goldtiger997, Entity Valkyrie)
• #05 Goban: The second known period-19 oscillator. (by Period1GliderGun)
• #06 Independent p16 and p26 reflectors: The first independent glider reflectors of periods 16 and 26. Before these discoveries, only dependent reflectors were known at these periods. (by James Pascua, Period1GliderGun)
• #07 Faster 2c/3 signal injectors and receivers: Fast and compact 2c/3 signal injectors by various users that work at repeat times as low as 61-ticks, along with a 708-tick signal receiver by Entity Valkyrie using a bait constellation suggested by Simon Ekström. These set the records for fastest 2c/3 signal injectors and receivers. (by Entity Valkyrie, James Pascua, Adam P. Goucher, Simon Ekström, Tanner Jacobi, Evin, vilc, Caleb R. Hilton)
• #08 New c/4 diagonal technology: A significant expansion of c/4 diagonal technology, including new puffer engines and rakes, small object cleaners, and complex constructions. (by Keith Amling, David Bell, Matthias Merzenich, et al.)
• #09 22-bit still life synthesis project: Explicit glider syntheses for every 22-bit strict still life. (by Dmitry Maitak, Alex Greason, vilc, Goldtiger997, confocaloid, Carson Cheng, et al.)
• #10 Motor grader: A c/7 orthogonal spaceship with a strong front spark capable of clearing debris and supporting pushalongs. (by Caleb R. Hilton and Park Shinhwan)
• #11 p10 drifter-based pipsquirter: A new p10 sparker formed from previously known components and a new fast signal-to-spark converter found by Adam P. Goucher. (by iNoMed, Adam P. Goucher, Dongook Lee, and Matthias Merzenich)
• #12 Compact loafer bitmap printer: A highly optimized bitmap printer using a nearly edge-shooting loafer construction to achieve a very compact loafer spacing. (by Entity Valkyrie, Otismo, and Tawal)
• #13 Smaller 2-engine Cordership seeds: A reduction in the number of small objects needed in a 1-glider seed for 2-engine Cordership from 15 to 11 or 12, depending on the orientation. (by Dave Greene, vilc, and Hippo.69)
• #14 New wickstretchers and greystretchers: Two different c/2 coiled snake stretchers, and c/2 greystretchers bounded by coiled snakes and tables. (by Keith Amling)
• #15 Small 135-degree LWSS-to-glider converter: A small 135-degree G-to-LWSS converter with a repeat time of 40 ticks, which can be overclocked at 38 ticks. (by whatislife)
• #16 One-glider digital clock seed: A one-glider seed for a digital clock. (by Hippo.69)
• #17 Compact pseudo p16 LWSS gun: A record-setting compact pseudo-period p16 LWSS gun constructed by Entity Valkyrie, based on a LWSS insertion mechanism by vilc. (by Entity Valkyrie and vilc)
• #18 Fast synthesizable spaceship guns: Record low period guns for loafer, crab, and B29 constructed by Entity Valkyrie using improved glider syntheses by various users. (by Entity Valkyrie, Louis-François Handfield, Evin, iNoMed, Goldtiger997, Tanner Jacobi, and DroneBetter)
• #19 New c/3 orthogonal technology: Several new rake and puffer periods (including the lowest possible, p9), as well as some perfect-clearance blinker and block eaters. (by Keith Amling, Dmitry Maitak, Evin, David Bell, and Matthias Merzenich)
• #20 New 2c/7 tagalongs: Several new 2c/7 tagalongs that can be combined with known components in various ways (by Caleb R. Hilton, Matthias Merzenich, and Dmitry Maitak)
• #21 Rectangular c/2 against-the-grain greyship: A fully rectangular against-the-grain greyship. Such a ship is very difficult to construct, as it requires several period-8 components. (by Keith Amling)
• #22 Adjustable period (2,1)c/6 rake: A series of (2,1)c/6 rakes with periods 48+24n. (by vilc)
• #23 RCT15 optimization project: A reverse caber tosser-based spacefiller synthesis that reduces the tape length by roughly a factor of three from the first working RCT15 pattern (which synthesized Alan Hensel's decimal counter). (by Hippo.69)
• #24 Fast stable F171: A long-desired variant of Brice Due's F171 conduit that uses a new catalyst to suppress an unwanted blinker, reducing the repeat time from 227 ticks to 120 ticks and allowing it to be followed by dependent conduits. (by Evin and Simon Ekström)
• #25 Extensible "clock" syntheses: Syntheses of a series of muttering moats, of which clock and cha-cha are the smallest examples. (by vilc)
• #26 New spartan technology: Various new spartan converters and conduits found largely using the new programs LightCone and Silk. Highlights include a compact Herschel splitter and a fast G-to-W-to-H. (by Mitchell Riley, Adam P. Goucher, Lucy D'Agostino, Anivec, Evin, and Dave Greene)
• #27 Much smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship: A new (34,7)c/156 Herschel-climber-based spaceship design by FWKnightship that is 6000 times smaller by bounding box and 38 times smaller by population than Luka Okanishi's original. (by FWKnightship)
• #28 Direct H-to-MWSS: A compact, direct Herschel-to-MWSS converter by Anivec with faster, smaller variants by Period1GliderGun, and Lucy D'Agostino. (by Anivec, Period1GliderGun, and Lucy D'Agostino)
• #29 Biblock wire racetrack: A racetrack oscillator by confocaloid showcasing a diagonal 5c/26 biblock wire by Keith Amling. (by confocaloid and Keith Amling)
• #30 Stably supported traffic jam: Stable supports for a traffic jam wire corner which allow all possible periods for wire-based traffic jam oscillators (i.e., all periods of the form 100+2n). (by iNoMed)
• #31 Smaller sawtooth-based diehard: A new sawtooth-based diehard with a record bounding box of 47x47, reduced from 53x53. (by b3s23love and Tim Coe)
• #32 Reduced prime-period guns: Substantial reductions to the maximum and average sizes of guns with four-digit prime periods. (by Vort, confocaloid, Louis-François Handfield, et al.)
• #33 The 323, a 32-bit computer: A 32-bit computer implemented in Conway's Game of Life along with an assembler script, example programs, extensive HTML documentation and an MP4 introductory video. (by blah)
• #34 Smaller unique father solution: A still life solution to the unique father problem with a record small population of 184 cells and a record small self-forcing patch with 271 specified cells. (by 400spartans)
• #35 651-tick highway robber: A record fast-recovering highway robber, reducing the repeat time from 742 ticks to 651 ticks. (by Entity Valkyrie)
• #36 Kermit synthesis: A glider synthesis for the 76-cell c/5 orthogonal spaceship Kermit, which constituted the first synthesis of a c/5 orthogonal spaceship since the Spider. (by Goldtiger997, vilc, et al.)
• #37 New oscillator discoveries: An enormous collection of new oscillators. Highlights include the first p17 sparkers, a new p37 dependent reflector loop, record small oscillators of periods 118, 123, and 171, and long-boat-based middleweight sparkers supporting various engines. (by various users)

To vote for a pattern, simply include a line where that pattern's number is, followed by a number of asterisks from one to three corresponding to how strongly you want to vote for that pattern. If you do not want to vote for a pattern, simply do not include a line with its number.

In case some of you are concerned about mixing up the numbers, here is a version optimized for voting. Simply replace the name of each pattern with the number of asterisks that you want to give it (and remove lines corresponding to patterns that you don't want to vote for).

#01 Triple pseudo still life synthesis
#02 New gun periods
#03 New stable G-to-X
#04 77P6H1V1 synthesis and gun
#05 Goban
#06 Independent p16 and p26 reflectors
#07 Faster 2c/3 signal injectors and receivers
#08 New c/4 diagonal technology
#09 22-bit still life synthesis project
#10 Motor grader
#11 p10 drifter-based pipsquirter
#12 Compact loafer bitmap printer
#13 Smaller 2-engine Cordership seeds
#14 New wickstretchers and greystretchers
#15 Small 135-degree LWSS-to-glider converter
#16 One-glider digital clock seed
#17 Compact pseudo p16 LWSS gun
#18 Fast synthesizable spaceship guns
#19 New c/3 orthogonal technology
#20 New 2c/7 tagalongs
#21 Rectangular c/2 against-the-grain greyship
#22 Adjustable period (2,1)c/6 rake
#23 RCT15 optimization project
#24 Fast stable F171
#25 Extensible "clock" syntheses
#26 New spartan technology
#27 Much smaller (34,7)c/156 spaceship
#28 Direct H-to-MWSS
#29 Biblock wire racetrack
#30 Stably supported traffic jam
#31 Smaller sawtooth-based diehard
#32 Reduced prime-period guns
#33 The 323, a 32-bit computer
#34 Smaller unique father solution
#35 651-tick highway robber
#36 Kermit synthesis
#37 New oscillator discoveries

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