That can easily be reduced by one glider, in at least a couple of ways (found via the Seeds of Destruction Game). Saving another glider looks harder though:Goldtiger997 wrote:16.2318 in 12 gliders (bad cleanup)...
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x = 148, y = 66, rule = B3/S23
75bo5bo3bobo$75b2o5b2ob2o$74bobo4b2o3bo3$119b2o$10bo30bo39bo38bo$11bo
29bo39bo35b3o$9b3o29bo39bo35bo$115b2o$113bo2bobo$10b2o101b2o2b2o$bo7bo
bo$2bo8bo75b2o$3o32bo39bo11bobo$34bobo37bobo10bo$3b3o28bobo37bobo$5bo
29bo39bo$4bo31$47b2o$46bobo$48bo7$145b2o$145bobo$145bo3$135bo$134b2o$
134bobo!
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x = 181, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
158bo$158bobo$158b2o2$126bo29bo$75bo5bo3bobo38bo29bo$75b2o5b2ob2o39bo
29bo$74bobo4b2o3bo3$119b2o28b2o28b2o$10bo30bo39bo38bo29bo29bo$11bo29bo
39bo35b3o27b3o27b3o$9b3o29bo39bo35bo29bo29bo$115b2o28b2o28b2o$113bo2bo
bo24bo2bobo24bo2bobo$10b2o101b2o2b2o24b2o2b2o24b2o2b2o$bo7bobo$2bo8bo
75b2o$3o32bo39bo11bobo$34bobo37bobo10bo$3b3o28bobo37bobo$5bo29bo39bo$
4bo4$110b2o28b2o$110b2o28b2o2$116b2o23bo4b2o$115bobo23b2o2bobo$116bo
23bobo3bo15$115b3o$115bo$116bo!
Yeah, that looks like a messy one. Seeds of Destruction quickly turns up a large ugly suppression with three more gliders, from which I conclude there's probably a way to do it with two:Goldtiger997 wrote:16.1110 in 8 gliders with no cleanup (I wasn't satisfied with any of the cleanups I found)...
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x = 152, y = 137, rule = B3/S23
149bobo$149b2o$150bo56$106bo$105bo$105b3o18$bo$2bo$3o10$63bobo$63b2o$
64bo32$26bo$26bobo$20bobo3b2o8bo$20b2o12b2o$21bo13b2o$24b2o12b3o$23b2o
6bo6bo$25bo4bo8bo$30b3o2$27b3o$27bo$28bo!