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Thread for your gunnification requests
Posted: August 18th, 2026, 9:29 am
by 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:
Code:
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x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o$bo3bo8bo3bo$bo3bo8bo3bo$2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o!
Edit (August 18th, 2026, 8:26 PM): Changed post title (“gosperization” to “gunnification”).
Re: Thread for your gosperization requests
Posted: August 18th, 2026, 2:44 pm
by WhiteHawk
MDA wrote: August 18th, 2026, 9:29 am
This is a thread for your gosperization requests. For those not familiar, gosperization is the act of combining multiple oscillators (typically of the same period) to make a gun.
To start, I would like to request a gosperization for this oscillator:
Code:
Select all
x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3-ry4acenqt5eir6-ek/S2-a3-a4nq5aeknr6-ak
2o2b2o2b4o2b2o2b2o$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
EvinZL wrote: October 27th, 2024, 3:23 pm
bad gunnification:
Re: Thread for your gosperization requests
Posted: August 18th, 2026, 3:18 pm
by MDA
WhiteHawk wrote: August 18th, 2026, 2:44 pm
[…]
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”.
WhiteHawk wrote: August 18th, 2026, 2:44 pm
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.
Re: Thread for your gosperization requests
Posted: August 18th, 2026, 3:25 pm
by WhiteHawk
MDA wrote: August 18th, 2026, 3:18 pm
WhiteHawk wrote: August 18th, 2026, 2:44 pm
[…]
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:
MDA wrote: August 18th, 2026, 3:18 pm
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
Re: Thread for your gunnification requests
Posted: August 19th, 2026, 12:07 am
by TheWayOfTheCon
MDA wrote: August 18th, 2026, 9:29 am
To start, I would like to request a gosperization for this oscillator:
Code:
Select all
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.
Code:
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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.
Code:
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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.
Re: Thread for your gunnification requests
Posted: August 19th, 2026, 4:35 am
by MDA
WhiteHawk wrote: August 18th, 2026, 3:25 pm
[…]
[…]
MDA wrote: August 18th, 2026, 3:18 pm
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):
Hunting wrote: May 23rd, 2020, 6:53 am
[…]
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.
Re: Thread for your gunnification requests
Posted: September 23rd, 2026, 10:40 am
by MDA
I would like to request a gunnification for this p66:
Code:
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x = 7, y = 3, rule = B2i3-r4-eikr5-ae6ain8/S2-ac3-a4-akrw5-ijqy6-ak
o2bo2bo$7o$o2bo2bo!
The smallest spaceship in this rule has a population of 6 cells, so it shouldn’t be hard.
Re: Thread for your gunnification requests
Posted: September 23rd, 2026, 11:38 am
by LuveelVoom
A gunnification of this would be great:
Code:
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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3ain678/S3458
$b3o$4o$4o$3o$4b2o$4b2o!
Any catalysts, dependent reactions, etc... allowed.
But really, any gun in this rule that is fairly small (the current smallest guns are splitter-based and large) would be great