Another xq26 turned up, as well as an 8 by 8 checkerboard. (Why isn't this marked ov_q26?)
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
oboobbobobbbbobo$
obbbbooobbooooob$
bbobobooobboobbo$
oboobbobbobbboob$
bbbooboooboobboo$
booobbbbbboobobo$
bbbbbboobbobboob$
boobbbbboooooboo$
oooooobbobbbbobo$
bobooboooooobooo$
bbbboboboboobobb$
oobbooobbobboooo$
booobboobbboboob$
obbobooobbobobob$
bbobbbbbboboboob$
bbobbooooooobobo!
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
obbobooobobbbboo$
obobboobbooboooo$
boobooboobbbbooo$
ooooobobbbbbbobb$
bbbobbbbooobobob$
obbobbobbobbbbbb$
boooobboboobbobo$
oboobbbbbbbbbooo$
oobbobbbobbobbob$
ooooobobbbbobobb$
oboboobboobbobbo$
ooooooboooobbbbb$
boobbobobobbboob$
bobbbbboobobobbb$
ooboobbbbobboobb$
bboobobbobbobooo!
EDIT: Made sure to actually put the second RLE in a code tag this time.
Edit 2: New results!
P184:
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x = 17, y = 6, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
2b3o$2bo2bo8b2o$2o3bo8bobo$o2bobo8b2o$o2bo$b2o!
Natural rake thing:
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
bo2bob3obo$o2b5o3b5o$b5ob2obo2b2o$o6b2obo3b2o$2o2b3o2bo3bo$bobobob3o2b
3o$2bo5bob2o2bo$o2b2o2b4obob2o$2obo2b5o3b2o$b3o2bobo4b3o$o6b2o2bo2bo$
2o3bo3bob3o$2o5b3ob5o$bo2b3o8bo$3obobo4b2o2bo$5b2obo5bo!
Edit 2:
dani wrote: ↑October 1st, 2020, 11:43 am
There's potential for a p304 here, but I have no idea how to get rid of the tubs:
Here's the closest I got, but it destroys one of the catalysts:
Stabilized. Note that eleveners represent eaters that can be removed to make a gun.
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x = 185, y = 224, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
27b2o$13bo12bobo$12bobo11bo$13bo10b3o$23bo$23b2o4$26bo$25bobo$24bobobo
$12bo10bobobobo9bo$2o9bobo10bobobo9bobo$o9bobobo10bobo11bo$b3o5bobobob
o10bo$3bo6bobobo$3bobo5bobo$4b2o6bo6$19b3o$19bo$20bo7$69b2o4bo$21bo48b
o2b2o$20bobo46bo5b2o$21bo47b2o3bo2$89b2o$88bobo$12bo4b3o4bo63bo$11bo2b
2o3bo3bobo61b2o$12bob4obo3b2o23b3o$13b2obo31bob2o31bo$48bo2b2o29bobo$
50b2o29bo3bo$50bo30b2ob2o11b2o$96bobo$96bo$95b2o5$82bo22b2o$80b3o21bob
o$79bo24bo$79b2o22b2o4$66bo$50bo13bobo23bo22b2o$37bo11bobo13b2o21b3o
21bobo$36bobo9bobobo34bo24bo$37bo9bobobobo33b2o22b2o$48bobobo$27bo21bo
bo$26bobo21bo$27bo$98bo22b2o$96b3o21bobo$95bo24bo$30b2o63b2o22b2o$29b
2o$31bo3$106bo22b2o$104b3o16bo4bobo$103bo18bobo3bo$103b2o16bobobob2o$
120bobobo$87b2o32bobobo$87bobo32bobo$17bo71bo33bo$16bobo70b3o22bo22b2o
$17bo74bo19b3o21bobo$91b2o18bo24bo$68bo42b2o22b2o$67bobo$68bo3$122bo
22b2o$120b3o21bobo$119bo24bo$119b2o22b2o23bo11bo$167bobo9bobo$168bo11b
o2$172bo3bo$130bo22b2o16b3ob3o$128b3o21bobo16bobobobo$75bobo49bo24bo
19bo3bo$76b2o49b2o22b2o$76bo$174bo2$171bobo3bob2o$138bo22b2o8b2o2bobo
2bo$84bo6b2o43b3o21bobo9bo3bo$83bobo5bobo41bo24bo$82bobobo6bo41b2o22b
2o6bobo$81bobobobo5b2o72b2o7bobo$82bobobo81bo5bobobobo$83bobo88b3ob3o$
67bo16bo78bobo$54bo11bobo75bobo16b2o$53bobo9bobobo73bob2o17bo6bo11bo$
54bo9bobobobo72bo26bobo9bobo$65bobobo72b2o15bobo9bo11bo$66bobo77bo12b
2o$67bo77bobo12bo$146bo3b2o11bo11bo$151b2o9bobo9bobo$83bo66bo12bo11bo$
82bobo82bo3bo$83bo82b3ob3o$165b2obobob2o$158b3o5b3ob3o$158bo8bo3bo$
159bo$170bo$162b3o3bo2bo$162bo5b2obo$163bo4b3o5$163b3ob3o$162bo2bobo2b
o$162bo2bobo2bo$162bo2bobo2bo$163b3ob3o$160bo11bo$159bobo9bobo$160bo
11bo9$32b3o$31bo3bo2$30bobobobo$29bo7bo$25b2o3bobobobo$24bobo4b2ob2o
16bo$24bo25b3o$22b3o24bo$21bo11bo15b2o$21b2o9bobo$31bobobo$30bobobobo$
31bobobo16bo$32bobo16bobo11bo$33bo16bobobo9bobo$49bobobobo9bo$50bobobo
$51bobo$52bo$34bo$33bobo$34bo25bo$58b3o$57bo$57b2o4$60bo$59bobo11bo$
58bobobo9bobo$57bobobobo9bo$58bobobo$59bobo$60bo8$74b2o$75b2o$74bo7$
76b3o8bo$75b2obo7bobo$74b2o11bo$75b2obo$76b3o5$71b2o$71bo$72b3o$74bo$
74bobo$75b2o!
A while ago, I noticed that a tub could kill the checkerboard left behind by the failed RRO, but I couldn't find a catalyst to also destroy the tub. Today, though, things were a bit different. I found a reaction with a checkerboard that produced a glider, and was able to stabilize it with a snake and a clock. Finding this was very difficult, and to me seems like a very obscure completion, this was after multiple failed attempts to bite it with eaters. I then found that there was space INSIDE the failed RRO for a duplicator. Out of sheer luck, one of the gliders hits the top tub in the right way to use it as a 0-degree reflector, just missing the failed RRO as it escapes. The other glider 90-degrees off of the bottom tub, this would not have happened if the glider arrived two generations earlier. Not only do we get to keep both gliders, but we also get two tubs removed for free! This is not the first time that luck hit today.
I then found the arrangement of two P16 guns after tons of trial and error that allowed an incoming glider to be turned into a checkerboard, including at least one near-miss where the clock I used was just a bit too close to the eater 1, and one where a stray spark destroyed the eater 1 that was needed to create a channel:
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x = 158, y = 276, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
141bo11bo$140bobo9bobo$141bo11bo$144b3ob3o$143bo2bobo2bo$143bo2bobo2bo
$143bo2bobo2bo$144b3ob3o5$144bo4b3o$143bo5b2obo$143b3o3bo2bo$151bo$
140bo$139bo8bo3bo$139b3o5b3ob3o$146b2obobob2o$136bo10b3ob3o$135bo12bo
3bo$135b3o6bo11bo$143bobo9bobo$132bo11bo11bo$131bo$131b3o2$128bo$127bo
$127b3o2$124bo$123bo$123b3o2$120bo$119bo$119b3o2$116bo$115bo$115b3o2$
112bo$111bo$111b3o2$108bo$107bo$107b3o2$104bo$103bo$103b3o2$100bo$99bo
$99b3o2$96bo$95bo$95b3o2$92bo$91bo$91b3o2$88bo$87bo$87b3o2$84bo$83bo$
83b3o2$80bo$79bo$79b3o2$76bo$75bo$75b3o2$72bo$71bo$71b3o2$68bo$67bo$
67b3o2$64bo$63bo$63b3o2$60bo$59bo$59b3o2$56bo$55bo$55b3o2$52bo$51bo$
51b3o2$48bo$47bo$47b3o2$44bo$43bo$43b3o2$40bo$39bo$39b3o2$36bo$35bo$
35b3o2$32bo$31bo$31b3o6bo$38b3o$28bo8bo$27bo9b2o$27b3o2$24bo$23bo$23b
3o6$20bo$18bobo4bo$19b2o3b2o$24bobo2$29bo$28b2o$28bobo2$33bo$32b2o$32b
obo2$37bo$2b2o32b2o$bobo32bobo$bo$2o39bo$40b2o$40bobo$26b2o$27bo17bo$
27bobo14b2o$28b2o14bobo2$49bo$48b2o$48bobo2$53bo$52b2o$52bobo2$57bo$
56b2o$56bobo2$61bo$60b2o$60bobo2$65bo$64b2o$64bobo2$69bo$68b2o$68bobo
2$73bo$72b2o$72bobo2$77bo$76b2o$76bobo2$81bo$80b2o$80bobo2$85bo$84b2o$
84bobo2$89bo$88b2o$88bobo2$93bo$92b2o$92bobo2$97bo$96b2o$96bobo2$101bo
$100b2o$100bobo2$105bo$104b2o$104bobo2$109bo$108b2o$108bobo2$113bo$
112b2o$112bobo2$117bo$116b2o$116bobo2$121bo$120b2o$120bobo2$125bo$124b
2o$124bobo2$129bo$128b2o$128bobo2$133bo$132b2o$132bobo9bo11bo$143bobo
9bobo$137bo6bo11bo$136b2o$136bobo$147b3ob3o$141bo5bobobobo$140b2o7bobo
$140bobo2$145bo3bo$144b2o2bobo2bo$144bobo3bob2o2$147bo3$145bo3bo$144bo
bobobo$144b3ob3o$145bo3bo2$141bo11bo$140bobo9bobo$141bo11bo!
It drove me crazy, until I realized that a hook with tail could fit where an eater 1 could not:
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x = 151, y = 276, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
134bo11bo$133bobo9bobo$134bo11bo$137b3ob3o$136bo2bobo2bo$136bo2bobo2bo
$136bo2bobo2bo$137b3ob3o5$137bo4b3o$136bo5b2obo$136b3o3bo2bo$144bo$
133bo$132bo8bo3bo$132b3o5b3ob3o$139b2obobob2o$129bo10b3ob3o$128bo12bo
3bo$128b3o6bo11bo$136bobo9bobo$125bo11bo11bo$124bo$124b3o2$121bo$120bo
$120b3o2$117bo$116bo$116b3o2$113bo$112bo$112b3o2$109bo$108bo$108b3o2$
105bo$104bo$104b3o2$101bo$100bo$100b3o2$97bo$96bo$96b3o2$93bo$92bo$92b
3o2$89bo$88bo$88b3o2$85bo$84bo$84b3o2$81bo$80bo$80b3o2$77bo$76bo$76b3o
2$73bo$72bo$72b3o2$69bo$68bo$68b3o2$65bo$64bo$64b3o2$61bo$60bo$60b3o2$
57bo$56bo$56b3o2$53bo$52bo$52b3o2$49bo$48bo$48b3o2$45bo$44bo$44b3o2$
41bo$40bo$40b3o2$37bo$36bo$36b3o2$33bo$32bo$32b3o2$29bo$28bo$28b3o2$
25bo$24bo$24b3o2$21bo$20bo$20b3o2$17bo$16bo$16b3o4$8bo$9b2o$4bo3b2o$3b
obo12bo$4bo12b2o$2o15bobo$bo$bob2o17bo$2bobo16b2o$21bobo2$26bo$25b2o$
17b2o6bobo$18bo$18bobo9bo$19b2o8b2o$29bobo2$34bo$33b2o$9b2o22bobo$10bo
$10bobo25bo$11b2o24b2o$37bobo2$42bo$41b2o$41bobo2$46bo$45b2o$45bobo2$
50bo$49b2o$49bobo2$54bo$53b2o$53bobo2$58bo$57b2o$57bobo2$62bo$61b2o$
61bobo2$66bo$65b2o$65bobo2$70bo$69b2o$69bobo2$74bo$73b2o$73bobo2$78bo$
77b2o$77bobo2$82bo$81b2o$81bobo2$86bo$85b2o$85bobo2$90bo$89b2o$89bobo
2$94bo$93b2o$93bobo2$98bo$97b2o$97bobo2$102bo$101b2o$101bobo2$106bo$
105b2o$105bobo2$110bo$109b2o$109bobo2$114bo$113b2o$113bobo2$118bo$117b
2o$117bobo2$122bo$121b2o$121bobo2$126bo$125b2o$125bobo9bo11bo$136bobo
9bobo$130bo6bo11bo$129b2o$129bobo$140b3ob3o$134bo5bobobobo$133b2o7bobo
$133bobo2$138bo3bo$137b2o2bobo2bo$137bobo3bob2o2$140bo3$138bo3bo$137bo
bobobo$137b3ob3o$138bo3bo2$134bo11bo$133bobo9bobo$134bo11bo!
The next part that I stabilized was the right. I used the upper glider, turned it around, and 0-degree'd it through that tub, after which I absorbed it with an eater. Then, I stabilized the left with a copy of the bottom glider, mutually destroying the tub.
The input to the channel didn't line up with the output of the duplicator correctly, being off by an offset of (2n+1, 2n+1) after adjustment to the correct diagonal, so I used two color-changing reflectors to realign it properly, and it actually worked, I had a working P304! And here is the second stroke of luck: The checkerboard barely arrives in time. One generation later, and it would all have fallen apart. One generation. Now think about that.
Slightly less useful is the synthesis component I accidentally found when trying to figure out how to convert a glider into a checkerboard signal.
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x = 67, y = 57, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
45bo$46b2o6bo$45b2o7bobo$54b2o3$20bo$19bo$11bo7b3o29bo$10bobo37bobo$9b
obobo35bobobo10bo$8bobobobo33bobobobo8bo$9bobobo35bobobobo7b3o$10bobo
37bobobobo$11bo39bobobobo$21bo30bobobobo$20b2o31bobobo$20bobo31bobo$
55bo$65bo$64b2o$64bobo9$45bo$46b2o6bo$45b2o7bobo$54b2o2$obo37bobo$b2o
17bo20b2o$bo17bo21bo$11bo7b3o29bo$10bobo37bobo$9bobobo35bobobo10bo$8bo
bobobo33bobobobo8bo$9bobobo35bobobobo7b3o$10bobo37bobobobo$b3o7bo29b3o
7bobobobo$3bo17bo21bo8bobobobo$2bo17b2o20bo10bobobo$20bobo31bobo$55bo$
65bo$64b2o$64bobo2$51b2o$50bobo7b2o$52bo6b2o$61bo!
Have fun
Edit 3: New P58:
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x = 11, y = 5, rule = B3-ckr5y/S2-i3-aek4ci5c
ob2o$3o$bo7bo$8b3o$7b2obo!
