BokaBB wrote: ↑March 17th, 2023, 5:34 am
squareroot12621, are you open to the possibility of additional rules to spice it up? The current game kinda lacks key moves.
If the pattern keeps growing, eventually a glider on one side will almost certainly not be able to affect the other side, and even if you could completely eliminate blocks/blinkers from one side, they would still exist on the other. In the next turn, the opposing team could just restore blonks to that side, so the game will last forever.
For this round, it might be good to add a rule to stop the pattern from growing. I initially thought of population, but this limits the options too much. However, a rule that the bounding box (excluding spaceships) must stay the same or decrease should still allow for some explosions while not letting the game last forever.
Then, in future games something rarer like ponds/tubs, loaves/boats or even barges/beacons would be a better option. (toads/long boats might also work)
Here is my submission for the blinker team (50-54):
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x = 186, y = 187, rule = B3/S23
79b2o$78bobo$78b2o9$88b2o$88b2o9$67bo$66bobo$66bobo$67bo3$76bo$75bobo$
32bo42bobo$32bo17bo25bo$32bo17bo5b2o52b2o8bo$50bo5b2o13b2o7b2o28b2o7bo
bo$44bo25bo2bo5bo2bo8b2o25bo2bo$44bo26b2o7b2o9b2o26b2o$44bo$30b2o44bo$
30b2o43bobo14b2o$75bobo14b2o$76bo$60b2o$60b2o3b2o$53bo11b2o$14bo29b3o
5bobo65b3o$14bo37bo2bo$14bo38b2o69bo$124bo$10b3o3b3o105bo2$14bo$14bo
37b2o$14bo37b2o$119b3o$78bo$43b2o26b2o5bo$43b2o25bo2bo4bo$70bobo$71bo
11b3o27b2o$112bo2bo$81bo30bo2bo$81bo31b2o$12bo31bo36bo$11bobo29bobo$
10bo2bo29bobo37b3o$11b2o31bo$16bo$15bobo$15b2o33b3o34b2o$49b3o35b2o2$
106bo$12b2o92bo6b2o$12b2o92bo6b2o$62bo81b2o$61bobo26b2o10b3o3b3o33bobo
$46b2o13bobo26b2o53b2o$46b2o14bo43bo$78b2o26bo$77bo2bo25bo$78b2o17bo
28b2o$96bobo27b2o$97bo2$93bo40b2o$92bobo39b2o$93b2o25b2o$120b2o7$102b
2o$31b2o20b2o47b2o$31b2o19bo2bo$52bobo$53bo59b2o$58bo54b2o12b2o$41bo
15bobo67b2o$2o39bo15bobo36b3o$2o39bo16bo2$66b2o$65bobo73bo16bo$44b2o
20bo73bobo14bobo$43bo2bo93bo2bo13bobo$8b2o34b2o95b2o15bo$8b2o$183b2o$
70b2o111bobo$60bo9b2o112b2o$59bobo13b2o35b2o$59bobo12bo2bo5b2o26bo2bo$
60bo14b2o6b2o27b2o$12b2o28b2o72bo7b2o39b2o$12b2o28b2o71bobo5bo2bo38b2o
$115bobo6b2o$81bo26b2o6bo$80bobo14b2o9b2o63b2o$80bobo14b2o74b2o$81bo$
53b2o19bo$53bobo18bo$54b2o18bo$2b2o$2bobo65b3o3b3o6b2o$3b2o80b2o23bo$
74bo34bobo$74bo34bobo$74bo35bo16b2o$127b2o2$112b2o$112b2o26b2o$139bo2b
o$140b2o7$124b2o$124b2o12$132b2o$132b2o17$126b2o$126bobo$127b2o8$50b2o
$49bobo$51bo!
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