Thread for your gunnification requests

[MDA]

This is a thread for your gosperization requests. For those not familiar, gosperization is the act of combining multiple oscillators (typically of the same period) to make a gun.

To start, I would like to request a gosperization for this oscillator:

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x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o$bo3bo8bo3bo$bo3bo8bo3bo$2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o!

Edit (August 18th, 2026, 8:26 PM): Changed post title (“gosperization” to “gunnification”).

[WhiteHawk]

This is a thread for your gosperization requests. For those not familiar, gosperization is the act of combining multiple oscillators (typically of the same period) to make a gun.

To start, I would like to request a gosperization for this oscillator:

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x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o$bo3bo8bo3bo$bo3bo8bo3bo$2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o!

I think the term is actually "Gunnification" (apparently coined by EvinZL in 2024) & there may be a thread for requests like this already

bad gunnification:

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[MDA]

[…]

I think the term is actually "Gunnification" (apparently coined by EvinZL in 2024) […]

The first occurrence of “gosperize” on the forums is from 2020, which is older than “gunnification”.

there may be a thread for requests like this already

[…]

You may be right, but I haven’t found any so far. Note that, like the corderization thread, you can post a new request without completing the last one.

[WhiteHawk]

[…]

I think the term is actually "Gunnification" (apparently coined by EvinZL in 2024) […]

The first occurrence of “gosperize” on the forums is from 2020, which is older than “gunnification”.

While that is technically true in terms of prioritized terminology, I do think "gunnification" is a little more clear in meaning than "gosperize" - which suggests something related to Gosper Glider Gun & not all general guns. Additionally, gosperize is not a popular term (I personally had never heard of it before).

EDIT:

The first occurrence of “gosperize” on the forums is from 2020, which is older than “gunnification”.

A quick search also reveals the term was only ever used by 2 people (1 in supposed confusion over it's meaning who was subsequently banned), & not since 2021

[TheWayOfTheCon]

To start, I would like to request a gosperization for this oscillator:

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x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o$bo3bo8bo3bo$bo3bo8bo3bo$2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o!

The gunnability of this... I wouldn't say impossible, but certainly pretty tight. For such a pulsating oscillator, there aren't many large sparks. Even when the sparks interact, its not guaranteed that the oscillators will survive for the rest of the period.

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x = 23, y = 36, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
6b6o$4bo8bo$2b2o10b2o$2b2obo6bob2o$bo6b2o6bo$4obo6bob4o$bo14bo$b7o2b7o
5$b7o2b7o$bo14bo$4obo6bob4o$bo6b2o6bo$2b2obo6bob2o$2b2o10b2o$4bo8bo$6b
6o3$9b3o4b3o$10b2o4b2o$10bobo2bobo$5bo16bo$6bob2obob2obob2obo$5b3o5b2o
5b3o$6bo4bob2obo4bo$6bo4bob2obo4bo$5b3o5b2o5b3o$6bob2obob2obob2obo$5b
o16bo$10bobo2bobo$10b2o4b2o$9b3o4b3o!

It also looks like some of the most common ships in this rule might be too big to come from the sparks anyway.

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x = 20, y = 6, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2bo15bo$2b3o5b3o4b3o$4o4b2o2bo3b2obo$b2o5bo2bo4b3o$bo6bo7b3o$18bo!

So this might not be gunnable, at least not with oscillators alone, but then again you know more about this rule than I do.

[MDA]

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The first occurrence of “gosperize” on the forums is from 2020, which is older than “gunnification”.

A quick search also reveals the term was only ever used by 2 people (1 in supposed confusion over it's meaning who was subsequently banned), & not since 2021

Edit (August 19th, 2026, 10:34 PM): I forgot that you’re sandless and can’t see some of the occurrences I listed.

I don’t understand what you mean. Excluding this thread, a search reveals that 4 people have used the term “gosperize”:

- Hunting (quote below)

- Donald K Trump (here and here)

- HelicopterCat3 (here)

- Schiaparelliorbust (here)

Oldest occurrence (May 23rd, 2020):

[…]

2. Two approaches: Gosperize known oscillator, or use catalysis. […]

Counting the past tense, we get to 8 (by EvinZL, pzq_alex, and erictom333).

Counting “gosperizing”, we get one more by Hunting.

But anyway, I’ll just let other people post their own gunnification requests now.