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muzik
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Post by muzik » December 22nd, 2017, 4:14 pm

This is a rule with 5 elementary diagonal spaceships:

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x = 24, y = 11, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
23bo$bo5bo6b2o5bo$o5bo2bo3bo2bo3bo$3o3b3o4b3o4b3o4$bo$obo$o2bo$3o!
This functions as both an eater and rock:

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
9bo$8bobo$8bo2bo$2bo5b3o$bobo$bo2bo$b3o4$2o$2o!

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Re: GliderGlut

Post by KittyTac » December 22nd, 2017, 11:29 pm

Suggested names: Left-to-right: Glider (As in GoL), glider with short tail, fat glider, glider with tail, and on the bottom: Fast glider or loaf glider.

EDIT: Loaf glider looks like a jellyfish in Golly, so you can also call it that.

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Re: GliderGlut

Post by praosylen » December 23rd, 2017, 12:02 am

Weird useless reaction:

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x = 11, y = 7, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
6bo$6b5o4$5o$4bo!
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Re: GliderGlut

Post by BlinkerSpawn » December 23rd, 2017, 11:11 am

My naming scheme is glider, glider+, bun, glider++, and W.
The only particularly interesting 2-glider collisions are ones that produce Ws:

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x = 87, y = 7, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
24bo$5bo17bo$4bo18b3o$o3b3o13bo19bo19bo4bo14bo$b2o18b2o18b2o18b2ob2o
15b2ob2o$2o18b2o18b2o2b3o13b2o2bobo13b2o2bobo$46bo37bo!
Glider and W create glider+:

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x = 4, y = 9, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
bo$obo$o2bo$3o3$o$b2o$2o!
Makes half of A for Awesome's reaction, but it's not combinable:

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
2bo$obo$b2ob2o$5b2o$6bo!
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Re: GliderGlut

Post by skomick » December 23rd, 2017, 2:41 pm

The "W" (c/3 diagonal) can be combined and extended to form infinitely different 2c/6 diagonal ships:

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x = 85, y = 45, rule = B2k3aijn4ak5y6k/S2ae3ajnr4aiw
39b3o$38bo2bo$39bobo2b3o$40bo2bo2bo$44bobo$45bo15$b3o27b3o27b3o$o2bo
26bo2bo26bo2bo$bobo2b3o22bobo27bobo$2bo2bo2bo23bo29bo$6bobo2b3o$7bo2bo
2bo19b3o27b3o$11bobo2b3o13bo2bo26bo2bo$12bo2bo2bo14bobo2b3o22bobo$16bo
bo15bo2bo2bo23bo$17bo20bobo$39bo25b3o$18b3o43bo2bo$17bo2bo19b3o22bobo$
18bobo18bo2bo23bo$19bo20bobo2b3o$41bo2bo2bo19b3o$20b3o22bobo18bo2bo$
19bo2bo23bo20bobo2b3o$20bobo45bo2bo2bo$21bo25b3o22bobo2b3o$46bo2bo23bo
2bo2bo$22b3o22bobo2b3o22bobo2b3o$21bo2bo23bo2bo2bo23bo2bo2bo$22bobo27b
obo27bobo$23bo29bo29bo!
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