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[KtT]

Two queen bees = Two queen bees:

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x = 15, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3bo4b2o3b2o$2bobo5b3o$bo3bo3bo3bo$2b3o5bobo$2o3b2o4bo!

[PHPBB12345]

Two queen bees = Two queen bees:

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x = 15, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3bo4b2o3b2o$2bobo5b3o$bo3bo3bo3bo$2b3o5bobo$2o3b2o4bo!

p120 wick:

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x = 23, y = 15, rule = B3/S23:T30,0
6b2o$6bo2bo$b2o7bo2b2o$o2bo6bobo2bo$b2o7bo2b2o$6bo2bo$6b2o2$15b2o$13b
o2bo$8b2o2bo7b2o$7bo2bobo6bo2bo$8b2o2bo7b2o$13bo2bo$15b2o!

[qqd]

What just happened? (See generation 103)

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x = 26, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo20b2o$2b2o20b2o13$17bo$16bobo$17bo4$23b3o$23bo$24bo!

EDIT: So close to a transparent tub:

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x = 26, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo14bo$bobo12bo7b2o$2b2o11bobo6b2o$16bo$16bo2$16bo$14b3o$13b2o$13b
o2bo$14b2o$14bobo$15b2ob2o$14b3ob3o$15b2ob2o$15b2ob2o$16bobo$17bo2$15b
2o$14bo!

[KtT]

Bun + HWSS → trans-R-bee and R-mango + junks:

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x = 18, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo10b2o$3o9bo4bo$11bo$11bo5bo$11b6o!

[squareroot12621]

Bun + HWSS → trans-R-bee and R-mango + junks:

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x = 18, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo10b2o$3o9bo4bo$11bo$11bo5bo$11b6o!

This gives a 9G synthesis, but that's a bit (okay, actually two times) more than what Catagolue provides.

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x = 101, y = 55, rule = B3/S23
83bo$28bobo51bo$29b2o51b3o$29bo$81bo$74b2o5bo$73bo2bo4bo$74bo2bo$51bo
23b3o$50bo$29b2o19b3o22b3o13bo$30b2o43bo2bo11bo$29bo46b2o12b3o$42b2o$
43b2o42b3o$42bo4b2o46b2o$48b2o45b2o$47bo2$94b2o2b3o$94b2o2bo$99bo31$b
o$b2o$obo!

[KtT]

Bun + HWSS → trans-R-bee and R-mango + junks:

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x = 18, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo10b2o$3o9bo4bo$11bo$11bo5bo$11b6o!

This gives a 9G synthesis...

7G:

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x = 37, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo5$23bo$22bo$b2o19b3o$2b2o$bo$14b2o$15b2o$14bo4b2o$20b2o$19b
o8$35b2o$34b2o$36bo10$32b2o$31b2o$33bo!

[bluemanofgrapes]

an R+Pi collision making both a pair and a triplet of synchronized gliders:

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x = 30, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
28b2o$27b2o$28bo$3o$2bo$3o!
[[ STOP 445 ]]

[KtT]

Two R-pentominoes make a larger polyomino at generation 10:

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bo7bo$3o4b3o$o7bo!

[qqd]

A simple way of creating a spark that emits a dot spark far away from the rest of the spark (like the spark in a fountain):

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x = 13, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$bob7obo$2b9o$obobo3bobobo$b11o$2bob2ob2obo$ob9obo$b2obo3bob2o$2b
9o$obob2ob2obobo$b11o$2bobo3bobo$ob9obo$b2ob2ob2ob2o$2b9o$obobo3bobobo
$b11o$2bob2ob2obo$ob9obo$b2obo3bob2o$2b9o$ob4ob4obo$bob7obo$4b2ob2o!

With all live cells:

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x = 13, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$bob7obo$2b9o$ob9obo$b11o$2b9o$ob9obo$b11o$2b9o$ob9obo$b11o$2b9o$o
b9obo$b11o$2b9o$ob9obo$b11o$2b9o$ob9obo$b11o$2b9o$ob9obo$bob7obo$4b2ob
2o!

Random filling:

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x = 13, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$bob7obo$2b9o$ob2o4bobobo$b6obob2o$2b9o$ob2ob2ob3obo$b4o2b5o$2bob
3o3bo$ob5obobobo$b6o2b3o$2b2o3b4o$obo2b2obobobo$b11o$2b3o3bobo$obob4ob
2obo$b11o$2bo3b2o2bo$ob4ob4obo$b7ob3o$2b3ob2ob2o$ob4o2b3obo$bob7obo$4b
2ob2o!

If we could synthesize this type of spark or its variants away from the lone dot spark, we could possibly create a powerful superfountain.

[hotdogPi]

Adding one cell to an arbitrarily long wick results in a 11995-generation methuselah. If I were to name it, I would give it the name of a 2000-era car (because car prices often end in 995 but it's clearly not a current price), but I don't think it's notable enough for a name.

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x = 34, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
33bo$31bobo$29bobo$27bobo$25bobo$23bobo$21bobo$19bobo$17bobo$15bobo$
13bobo$11bobo$9bobo$7bobo$5bobo$3bobo$2obo$bo!

[squareroot12621]

I think the minimum population is 21:

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x = 20, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
19bo$17bobo$15bobo$13bobo$11bobo$9bobo$7bobo$5bobo$3bobo$2obo$bo!

[qqd]

Transparent block (the block that is turned into a pi):

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x = 8, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o8$6b2o$b2o3b2o$obo$2bo!

EDIT: Traffic-light+4 gliders=LWSS:

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x = 30, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
13bo$13b2o$13bo8$20b2o$19b2o$3b3o15bo$5bo$4bo3$3o$2bo$bo6$27b2o$27bobo
$27bo!

[KtT]

Boat + pi → boat + 2G.
After this reaction, the boat reverses:

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x = 3, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o$obo$bo9$3o$obo$obo!

[qqd]

Another thing: 2 Arks make a puffer that creates a cool still life in the middle of the ash.

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x = 101, y = 101, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$5bo$bo2bo$3o6$13bo$12bobo2$11bo2bo$11b2o$11bo72$88bobo$91bo$87b
o2bo$86b3o6$99bo$98bobo2$97bo2bo$97b2o$97bo!

The core reaction that produces the still life is just two R-pentominos and 4 blocks:

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x = 56, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
18bo$18b2o$17b2o$38b2o$38b2o3$2o$2o8$51b2o$51b2o19$54bo$53b3o$53bo16$
47b2o$47b2o!

Catagolue says that it takes 40 gliders to construct the still life, whereas this reaction requires 14 (3 for each R-pentomino and 2 for each of the blocks) leaving at most 25 gliders to clean up unwanted ash to produce a record-breaking glider synthesis. In fact, there just 16 individual objects to clean up, so even cleaning up each object individually with a single glider still produces a record-breaking synthesis. I am not going to to try to explicitly construct one, but anyone can give a try (it is slightly tedious but straightforward).

[dvgrn]

In fact, there just 16 individual objects to clean up, so even cleaning up each object individually with a single glider still produces a record-breaking synthesis. I am not going to to try to explicitly construct one, but anyone can give a try (it is slightly tedious but straightforward).

There's a later stage that's probably cheaper to construct:

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x = 53, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
27bo$26bobo$26bobo$27bo3$22bo$21bobo$19b2o3bo$19bo3bo$19b4o4$19b2o$18b
obo$19bo8$50b2o$49bo2bo$50b2o2$44bo$b2o40bobo$obo39bo3bo$2bo39bo2bo$
37b2o3bobo$36bobo3b3o$37bo16$21b3o$23bo$22bo!

I'm traveling and therefore away from my octohash databases for the moment, but it seems very likely that that active object has a cheap synthesis.

[Extrementhusiast]

In fact, there just 16 individual objects to clean up, so even cleaning up each object individually with a single glider still produces a record-breaking synthesis. I am not going to to try to explicitly construct one, but anyone can give a try (it is slightly tedious but straightforward).

There's a later stage that's probably cheaper to construct:

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RLE

I found two such collisions:

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x = 13, y = 69, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3bo$3b3o3$5b3o$5bo$2b2o2bo$bobo$3bo53$8bobo$9b2o$9bo$11bo$b2o8b2o$
obo7bobo$2bo!

Also, the beehives can be removed from the predecessor as a whole:

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x = 47, y = 47, rule = B3/S23
22bo$21bobo$19b2o3bo$19bo3bo$19b4o4$19b2o$18bobo$19bo12$44bo$b2o40bobo
$obo39bo3bo$2bo39bo2bo$37b2o3bobo$36bobo3b3o$37bo16$21b3o$23bo$22bo!

[qqd]

Possibly the largest still life constellation with a small predecessor, no gliders, no blinkers:

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$obo$obo$2bo3$8b2o$8b2o!

EDIT1: Transparent beehive, produced by a queen bee:

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
o$obo$obo$2bo3$10bo$9bobo$9bobo$10bo!

EDIT2: Use 2 blocks to completely destroy a Snark by using a glider on the input lane:

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x = 29, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
14b2o$14bobo$16bo4b2o$12b4ob2o2bo2bo$12bo2bobobobob2o$15bobobobo$16b2o
bobo$20bo2$6b2o$7bo7b2o$7bobo5b2o$8b2o3$23b2o$23b2o3$18b2o$18bo8b2o$
19b3o5b2o$21bo7$3o$2bo$bo!

[AlbertArmStain]

I wasn't expecting this:

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x = 203, y = 119, rule = B3/S23
7$50bo$49bobo$49bo2bo$50b2o4$190b2o$168b2o19bobo$167b4o20bo$150b2o14b
2ob2o$149b4o14b2o$148b2ob2o22b2o$149b2o23bobo12b6o$176bo12bo5bo$154bo
34bo$156bo33bo4bo$152b2o2bo3bo31b2o$151bo5bob3o2bo$150b2o2bobo2b5obo$
151b2o3bo5b2ob2o$152b3o7bo2bo2$163b2o$150b2o$149b4o4b4o$148b2ob2o4bo3b
o$149b2o6bo$158bo2bo!

EDIT by dvgrn: attempted loaf cleanup by a passing sparky suppressed-rake c/2 ship creates two additional beehives

[qqd]

A G-to-(component!) conduit?

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x = 25, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
5bo12b2o$5b3o11bo$8bo10bob2obo$7b2o9b2obob2o2$18b3o$18bo2bo$20b2o2$2o
$2o10b2o$12bobo$13bo4$12b2o$2b3o7bo$4bo8b3o$3bo11bo!

EDIT1: Beehive to Block+Beehive:

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x = 28, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
23bo$21b3o$12bo7bo$12b3o6bo$15bo3bobo$14b2o3b2o$26b2o$26bo$5bo18bobo$
5b3o9bo6b2o$8bo7bobo$7b2o7bobo$17bo5$2o$2o10b2o$12bobo$13bo4$12b2o$2b
3o7bo$4bo8b3o$3bo11bo!

EDIT2: Somehow I got a glider and a Herschel grandchild (not evolving from the Herschel):

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x = 30, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
$23b2o$23b2o$10b2o$5bo4b2o$5b3o9bo$8bo7bobo9b2o$7b2o7bobo9b2o$17bo5$2o
$2o10b2o$12bobo$13bo4$12b2o$2b3o7bo$4bo8b3o$3bo11bo!

[KtT]

Twin bees shuttle spark + glider + block → Block on dock + beehive:

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x = 9, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$5b2o4$2b2o$2o3bo$o4bo$2o3bo$2b2o$7bo$7b2o$6bobo!

[Gamer729]

Hi, I discovered how to fire 1 glider at a 2 engine cordership. It turns into a block laying switch engine. Not sure if it’s been catalogued, but interesting nonetheless. This works from several angles, but I put the cleanest one here. Unfortunately, since this is my first post, I don’t know how to use the lifeviewer tag thing, so I took a screenshot.

[wirehead]

Hi, I discovered how to fire 1 glider at a 2 engine cordership. It turns into a block laying switch engine. Not sure if it’s been catalogued, but interesting nonetheless. This works from several angles, but I put the cleanest one here. Unfortunately, since this is my first post, I don’t know how to use the lifeviewer tag thing, so I took a screenshot.

Welcome to the forums!!

As for the lifeviewer tag thing, yes, that is how we share patterns. Screenshots are nice for showing the structure of a massive pattern (millions/billions of cells), but since your pattern is so small, the RLE is preferred.

In LifeViewer, the way you get that is by selecting what you want copied and pressing Ctrl+C (yes, even on a Mac, not Cmd!). You can then paste this into a forum post box between [ code] [ /code] tags. (The [ viewer] tag creates a really large and annoying inline embedded viewer, which isn't preferred, as opposed to the pop-up created by the "show in viewer" link on [ code] boxes.)

For example, here's a glider:

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[code]
x = 3, y = 3, rule = Life
bo$2bo$3o!
[/ code]

Ad here's what it shows up as:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = Life
bo$2bo$3o!

Also, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you install Golly (see the link at the top of the page), it is so much more powerful than LifeViewer for simulating patterns. It can run a pattern to millions of generations in mere minutes, which would take LifeViewer days.

[hotdogPi]

As for what you found: a Cordership is already made up of switch engines, so this isn't unusual.

[qqd]

Traffic light+ very natural objects =MWSS reaction:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o9b2o$10b2o$9bo2$6bo6b3o$7bo7bo$7bo$7bo$6bo4$5b2o$6bo!

[Period1GliderGun]

Traffic light+ very natural objects =MWSS reaction:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o9b2o$10b2o$9bo2$6bo6b3o$7bo7bo$7bo$7bo$6bo4$5b2o$6bo!

Smaller:

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x = 19, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3o10b2o$13b2o$12bo2$9bo6b3o$10bo7bo$10bo$10bo$9bo2$9bo$9bo$9bo!