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Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by drc » August 15th, 2016, 5:26 am

When rules have really common high-period oscillators (around 40 or more) or ships that travel in weird velocities. I don't know. It kinda bothers me.
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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by GUYTU6J » August 15th, 2016, 5:35 am

Maybe we are just used to the lack of them in Life?
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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by drc » August 15th, 2016, 5:47 am

GUYTU6J wrote:Maybe we are just used to the lack of them in Life?
Yeah, that's probably it.
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Post by Bullet51 » August 15th, 2016, 5:50 am

That may slow down apgsearch.
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Post by muzik » August 15th, 2016, 6:30 am

I actually quite like it. More incentive to find such things in Life.
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Post by praosylen » August 15th, 2016, 11:28 am

drc wrote:When rules have really common high-period oscillators (around 40 or more) or ships that travel in weird velocities. I don't know. It kinda bothers me.
You're definitely not the only one. It somehow feels like cheating to me.
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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by SuperSupermario24 » August 20th, 2016, 12:33 am

I personally like when these types of things happen. They make the rules feel more... exotic?

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Post by calcyman » August 20th, 2016, 2:50 pm

SuperSupermario24 wrote:I personally like when these types of things happen. They make the rules feel more... exotic?
Indeed. B38/S23 might be my favourite rule.
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Post by _zM » August 20th, 2016, 4:27 pm

Or when the most common spaceship(s) in a rule is/are travelling orthogonally, not diagonally.
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Post by Gamedziner » August 20th, 2016, 8:31 pm

_zM wrote:Or when the most common spaceship(s) in a rule is/are travelling orthogonally, not diagonally.
What about when a rule has a tiny knightship?

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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by drc » August 20th, 2016, 9:13 pm

Gamedziner wrote: What about when a rule has a tiny knightship?
Doesn't bother me. I had a century (2,1)c/10 knightship. Can't find what rule it's in.
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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by praosylen » August 21st, 2016, 10:27 am

Gamedziner wrote:What about when a rule has a tiny knightship?
Only when its period is over about 20.
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Re: Am I the only one who doesn't like this?...

Post by drc » August 21st, 2016, 11:06 am

A for awesome wrote: Only when its period is over about 20.
My discovery in B3/S23-e4e is really annoying me.

(this one, a (16,5)c/74 c-heptomino knightship:

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o$2o$3o$bo!
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Also when b-heptomino is a spaceship. Dunno why.
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