Block eating

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wwei23

Block eating

Post by wwei23 » July 2nd, 2017, 5:12 pm

Blocks can eat 4-cell still lives, 5-cell still lives, 6-cell still lives, 7-cell still lives, 8-cell still lives, and 9-cell still lives.

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x = 11, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$4b2o2$2o2bo$2obobob2o$4bo2b2o2$3b2o$3b2o4$4bo$2obobo$2o2b2o8$4b2o
$2obo2bo$2o2b2o7$5bo$4bobo$2obo2bo$2o2b2o8$5b2o$2o2bo2bo$2obo2bo$4b2o
6$6bo$4b3o$2obo$2o2b3o2b2o$6bo2b2o!

drc
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Re: Block eating

Post by drc » July 2nd, 2017, 5:45 pm

This does not require an individual thread.

If anything, this should go in the sandbox.

wwei23

Re: Block eating

Post by wwei23 » July 2nd, 2017, 6:59 pm

How do we move it?
Edit:
Blocks eating a small pond:

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2$7bo$6bobo$6bobo$4b2o3b2o2b2o$2obo7bob2o$2o2b2o3b2o$6bobo$6b
obo$7bo2$6b2o$6b2o!
I also used blocks to unbox a blinker for my collection:

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2$7bo$6bobo$6bobo$4b2o3b2o2b2o$2obo2b3o2bob2o$2o2b2o3b2o$6bob
o$6bobo$7bo2$6b2o$6b2o!

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2$7bo$6bobo$6bobo$4b2obob2o2b2o$2obo3bo3bob2o$2o2b2obob2o$6bo
bo$6bobo$7bo2$6b2o$6b2o!
Cannibal block:

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
o$2ob2o$3b2o!
B+E+B=B+R:

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x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5b2ob2o$4bobob2o$4bo$2ob2o$2o!
By the way, this post is the first result for "7 cell still lives" on Bing.

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