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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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| |70p70
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| |oscillator
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| |looks like the sun
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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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| |harbor
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| |oscillator
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| |pretty
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| |koksgalaxy
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| |oscillator
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| |another pretty
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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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| |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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| |centinal
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| |methuselah
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| |this is a big, expanding, perfectly-symmetrical pattern
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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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| |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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| |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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| |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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| |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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| |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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| |switchengine
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| |methuselah
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| |solid, fast-growing, gradually-spreading pattern
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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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| |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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| |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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| |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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| |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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| |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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