Two-glider mess

	Two-glider mess
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Pattern type	Methuselah
Number of cells	10
Bounding box	6 × 6
Lifespan	530 generations
L/I	53
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	2
Uploaded synthesis RLE	twoglidermess_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	twoglidermess.cells
RLE	twoglidermess.rle

Two-glider mess is a methuselah with a lifespan of 530 generations. It is the two-glider collision that takes the longest to stabilize.

Stable pattern

The stable pattern that results from the acorn has 72 cells and consists of eight blinkers (including one traffic light), four gliders, four blocks, one beehive and one ship.

Generation 530