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| − | =patterns=
| + | Map pattern: methuselah quadrants |
| − | | + | * divide map into quadrants |
| − | ==oscillators==
| + | * each quadrant can have one, two, four, eight, or sixteen squares |
| − | | + | * should probably have a way to calculate a "minimum size" - rule of thumb? 15 x 15? |
| − | {| class="wikitable"
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| − | |-
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| − | !name
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| − | !type
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| − | !notes
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| − | |-
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| − | |70p70
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |looks like the sun
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| − | |-
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| − | |airforce
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |like a tiny burloafiermeter, think of it as a "safe"
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| − | |-
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| − | |dinnertable
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |our favorite old friend
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| − | |-
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| − | |harbor
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |pretty
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| − | |-
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| − | |koksgalaxy
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |another pretty
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| − | |-
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| − | |quadrupleburloaferimeter
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |the classic safe
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| − | |-
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| − | |ring64
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |pretty
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| − | |-
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| − | |switchbox
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| − | |oscillator
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| − | |pretty, flickers
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| − | |-
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| − | |}
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| − | | |
| − | ==methuselahs==
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| − | {| class="wikitable"
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| − | !name
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| − | !type
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| − | !notes
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| − | |-
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| − | |acorn
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |expands, kicks out to the right side
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| − | |-
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| − | |brx46b
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |very short-lived, doesn't do much
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| − | |-
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| − | |bunnies
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |awesome, develops fast without expanding much, then explodes
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| − | |-
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| − | |centinal
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |this is a big, expanding, perfectly-symmetrical pattern
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| − | |-
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| − | |century
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |very short-lived, hard to do much with this
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| − | |-
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| − | |cheptomino
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |very short-lived, relatively simple, but makes a few spaceships
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| − | |-
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| − | |dove
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |surprisingly effective, big development in small area
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| − | |-
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| − | |eve
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |ugly but effective
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| − | |-
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| − | |fred
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |part of fred & wilma, good development in the center before spreading
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| − | |-
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| − | |grandpa_13629876
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |takes some time to generate a decent ash field, left corner becomes important eventually
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| − | |-
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| − | |grandpa_305230
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |takes some time, again a decent ash field, fades after 600 or so generations
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| − | |-
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| − | |grandpa_42100
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |growth really accelerates with time
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| − | |-
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| − | |justyna
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |good solid one
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| − | |-
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| − | |multum in parvo
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |the worm
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| − | |-
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| − | |mustardseed
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |growth increases with time, starts to really spread out
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| − | |-
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| − | |piheptomino
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |not huge, not long-growing, but very small, effective for random placement with 8 or 10
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| − | |-
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| − | |rabbits
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |interesting that we now have rabbits AND bunnies...
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| − | |-
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| − | |roseluck
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |looks like it's going to die out, then gets a second wind, only lasts 400 gens or so, creates some spaceships
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| − | |-
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| − | |spaceshipgrower
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |this is a good solid fast-developing pattern that throws out some gliders and is super tiny
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| − | |-
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| − | |switchengine
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |solid, fast-growing, gradually-spreading pattern
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| − | |-
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| − | |timebomb
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |nice efficient small pattern
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| − | |-
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| − | |twoglidermess
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |perfect pattern. tiny, glider, mess, and it starts small and expands solidly with time
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| − | |-
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| − | |unidimensionalinfinitegrowth
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |perhaps the simplest methuselah, dimension-wise, just a 1D string of cells... great for creating an ash field
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| − | |-
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| − | |wilma
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |part of wilma & fred, square (looks like QR code), solid growth
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| − | |-
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| − | |wing
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| − | |methuselah
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| − | |very small, very fast-developing, not super effective but can rapidly change anything in its near vicinity
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| − | |}
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| − | ==spaceships, guns, rakes==
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| − | {| class="wikitable"
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| − | !name
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| − | !type
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| − | !notes
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| − | |-
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| − | |backrake2
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| − | |glider generator (moving - rake)
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| − | |this is the set of 3 or 5 puffers, one leaves a wake that the others turn into gliders
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| − | |-
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| − | |bisectingpuffers
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| − | |spaceship generator
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| − | |sends medium spaceships out to the left
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| − | |-
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| − | |coespaceship
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |not very big, leaves a little puff of smoke at the back
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| − | |-
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| − | |flotilla_14wss
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |fishhook spaceship, great tool for crashes
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| − | |-
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| − | |gosper_gun
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| − | |glider generator (static - gun)
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| − | |ping pong game that generates gliders
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| − | |-
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| − | |heavyweightspaceship
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |there's nothing "heavy" about this one... the light/heavy spaceships are both small and floppy.
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| − | |-
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| − | |lightweightspaceship
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |...rename to consolidate
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| − | |-
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| − | |middleweightspaceship
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |...rename to consolidate
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| − | |-
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| − | |simkin_gun
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| − | |glider generator (static - gun)
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| − | |generates gliders up and to the right (might want to rotate 180 to be consistent with other guns)
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| − | |-
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| − | |spacebunnies
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| − | |spaceship generator
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| − | |similar to bisecting puffer, this makes a puffer ship while doing some methuselah stuff and making gliders
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| − | |-
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| − | |tagalong
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |like the wickstretcher without the wick. big, slow-moving, horizontal spaceship
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| − | |-
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| − | |x66
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| − | |spaceship
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| − | |nice symmetric spaceship moving horizontally
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| − | |}
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| − | | |
| − | ==other==
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| − | {| class="wikitable"
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| − | !name
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| − | !type
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| − | !notes
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| − | |-
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| − | |crabstretcher
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| − | |?
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| − | |crab that stretches a long strand of squares behind it
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| − | |-
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| − | |block
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| − | |still life
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| − | |just a regular ol square
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| − | |-
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| − | |cthulhu
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| − | |still life
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| − | |not much of note
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| − | |-
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| − | |wickstretcher
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| − | |?
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| − | |this is the "tagalong" spaceship, except it's weaving a web, and there's a base station catching the web behind it.
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| − | |}
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