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change the pattern (4D)

Posted: January 17th, 2026, 10:35 pm
by tommyaweosme
here are the rules:
  • add or remove one cell or transition. (b3/s23 -> b3/s23-i) or (2o$2o -> 2o$o)
  • no undoing what the previous person did
  • resulting pattern must be interesting
  • One post per person per day (seems like the mods would like it this way)


i will begin:

this is a block

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#R✨b3s23
2o$2o!
this is a 4-way chaospuffer

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#R✨b2a3s23
2o$2o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: January 19th, 2026, 12:50 pm
by I6_I6
tommyaweosme wrote: January 17th, 2026, 10:35 pm this is a 4-way chaospuffer

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#R✨b2a3s23
2o$2o!
SQUARE

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#R✨b1c2a3s23
2o$2o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: January 19th, 2026, 8:04 pm
by tommyaweosme
I6_I6 wrote: January 19th, 2026, 12:50 pm SQUARE

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#R✨b1c2a3s23
2o$2o!
morse code vs chaos

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#R✨b1c3s23
2o$2o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 2nd, 2026, 10:41 am
by unname4798
BATTLE OF THE CHECKERBOARD.

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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B1c3/S23
b2o$3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 2nd, 2026, 8:37 pm
by tommyaweosme
checkers closely confine chaos circle (-S3i)

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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B1c3/S23-i
b2o$3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 2nd, 2026, 9:18 pm
by R2INT
Unfortunately, I can't do much interesting stuff now, but I can change a cell in preparation to remove B1c:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B1c3/S23-i
bo2$b2o$3o!
(We could also try adding S1e for a zebra stripes rule. D1e is a relativistic transition in zebra stripes rule, meaning that we need S1e to have a stable zebra stripes rule.

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 3rd, 2026, 4:23 am
by JoshM
Honestly, let's go for it. Here's a blinker predecessor.

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3/S23-i
bo2$b2o$3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 3rd, 2026, 10:24 am
by unname4798
Heh, TWO boats:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3/S23-i
2o2$b2o$3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 3rd, 2026, 4:46 pm
by OCAfan55
Heh, FOUR boats:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B34z/S23-i
2o2$b2o$3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 3rd, 2026, 4:52 pm
by R2INT
61gen diehard:

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x = 4, y = 6, rule = B34z/S23-i
b2o2$2b2o$b3o2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 3rd, 2026, 6:21 pm
by tommyaweosme
i feel like with one more change of the rule, we could get a nice oblique spaceship (+S6c)

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x = 4, y = 6, rule = B34z/S23-i6c
b2o2$2b2o$b3o2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 1:13 pm
by I6_I6
First spaceship:

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#R✨B34z/S2-a3-i6c
b2o2$2b2o$b3o2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 1:56 pm
by unname4798
...but it went backwards.

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34z/S2-a3-i6c
b2o2$2b2o$b3obo2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 9:10 pm
by tommyaweosme
and then it went forward again (+1 cell at 5,-2)

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34z/S2-a3-i6c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 10:09 pm
by R2INT
+1 transition (S3i) so that there is no more spaceship emmission:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34z/S6c2-a3
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 10:43 pm
by OCAfan55
adding B4r creates a dirty replicator

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz/S2-a36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 11th, 2026, 11:00 pm
by May13
Fixed the replicator with B6i:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-a36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 2:01 am
by tommyaweosme
(it's 00:01 where i live, so i can post this here but can't post again for the rest of the day)
loaf

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-a36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 5:21 am
by unname4798
<s>loaf</s>
Ship

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-an36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 6:54 am
by Drelectron8
Removing S2-a gives a cool p24 oscillator.

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-n36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!
pretty nifty huh?

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 4:06 pm
by R2INT
Adding a cell in the far west:

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x = 22, y = 22, rule = B34rz6i/S2-n36c
21bo16$b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 9:11 pm
by tommyaweosme
tommyaweosme wrote: January 17th, 2026, 10:35 pm
  • resulting pattern must be interesting
R2INT wrote: February 12th, 2026, 4:06 pm Adding a cell in the far west:

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x = 22, y = 22, rule = B34rz6i/S2-n36c
21bo16$b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!
your post breaks the rules as it does not add any new content to the table. we will rewind to this point, and i will allow you to post again within this 24-hour period. the next time you break the rules, you won't be given this mercy.
Drelectron8 wrote: February 12th, 2026, 6:54 am Removing S2-a gives a cool p24 oscillator.

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-n36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo2$o2bo!
pretty nifty huh?

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 9:16 pm
by b-engine
I hope that we could turn this R into something like a spaceship:

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x = 7, y = 6, rule = B34rz6i/S2-n36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo$6bo$o2bo!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 12th, 2026, 11:11 pm
by R2INT
tommyaweosme wrote: February 12th, 2026, 9:11 pm [...]
your post breaks the rules as it does not add any new content to the table.[...]
Acknowledged. The main reason I have added the dot was to try to add an interesting pattern in another place. (I guess we can only have 1 pattern for now, until we make dots survive, re-add gliders by removing B4r, and make sure that our reaction emits a glider. The definition of interestingness is subjective, but I agree with tommyaweosme that adding a random cell far from the pattern is boring.).

I have made a different move; this time I have changed the rule to make a 568-generation methuselah and add a p24 and a p12 oscillator:

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x = 7, y = 6, rule = B34krz6i/S2-n36c
b2o2$2b2obo$b3obo$6bo$o2bo!
The oscillators:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B34krz6i/S2-n36c
bo$3o$3o!

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x = 9, y = 3, rule = B34krz6i/S2-n36c
b3ob3o$o3bo3bo$b3ob3o!

Re: change the pattern (4D)

Posted: February 13th, 2026, 1:39 am
by ThePlayzr
R2INT wrote: February 12th, 2026, 11:11 pm I have made a different move; this time I have changed the rule to add a p24 and a p12 oscillator:

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x = 9, y = 3, rule = B34krz6i/S2-n36c
b3ob3o$o3bo3bo$b3ob3o!
That's p16...
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