Talk:Gosper glider gun

The page says "It can be destroyed completely by five gliders, as shown below.". This can be reduced to 2 gliders:

x = 47, y = 26, rule = b3/s23
bo$2bo$3o6$15bo$15b4o$16b4o10b2o$5b2o9bo2bo9bobo$5b2o9b4o8b3o8b2o$15b
4o8b3o9b2o$15bo12b3o$29bobo$30b2o7$45b2o$44b2o$46bo!

Dean Hickerson

It leaves two gliders. -wwei23 6:30PM 6/1/2017 NY time

That's okay. If you're destroying a working glider gun, it's always going to produce some number of gliders, and then stop. If you don't want those last two output gliders, send the destroying gliders in 60 ticks earlier. The gun will be "destroyed completely", as advertised. Dvgrn (talk) 12:26, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Alternative name

Pentadecathlon calls it "Queen bee glider gun". ColorfulGalaxy (talk) 09:47, 17 July 2021 (UTC)