User:Goldenratio/VesselLife
VesselLife is a rule created by me on July 28, 2020. This was the first major rule that I created. The rulestring is B2n3-q5y6c/S23-k (normal style) or b2n3-q5y6cs23-k (catagolue style). Here's the thread.
Introduction
Other than the glider and *WSSs, there are some other basic gliders in this rule.
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From left to right, a "big glider", very common c/12 diagonal R pentomino ship, c/22 diagonal ship, c/3 hatship and 2c/6.
Relative object frequency (on Catagolue):
- The big glider is slightly rarer than the pulsar in life
- The R ship is about half as common as the glider in this rule
- The c/22 diagonal ship is slightly more common than the long boat in life
- The hatship is much rarer, between the frequencies of moose antlers and block on table in life
- The 2c/6 is the rarest of all, being slightly rarer than the glider-producing switch engine in life
Of course, we can't forget the vessel-stretchers, which give this rule its name. There are two common ones, one based on the glider and the other on the c/12 diagonal R ship.
This leads to absurdly long vessels showing up naturally in soups - the largest one currently in C1 is a 158-cell (long^76) ship:
More coming soon...