1. We start with the domino spark, which stabilizes in 1 generation.
2. Another different person must find a pattern that stabilizes in more than the time it takes for the previously posted pattern to stabilize.
3. Repeat step 2.
Tell me if you have any questions!
Rules added from Alexey_Nigin (Thank you!)
Start:Firstly, limit the bounding box to 20x20 or something. Otherwise one could post a long diagonal line. Limiting the number of cells is not an option, since one could post a glider hitting a faraway block.
Secondly, either explicitly disallow infinite growth or provide criteria for when an infinite growth pattern "stabilizes".
Thirdly, make it so one can't just post the best methuselah known to date and spoil all fun. To accomplish this, you may say that every pattern should stabilize in exactly one more generation than the one before it.
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