Failed Spaceship Challenge(Game)

[Moosey]

i don't think that it should count because it can be extended indefinitely.

On the other hand, there's no real way to tell which ones break and when. For example, this one becomes an actual spaceship.

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x = 7, y = 298, rule = B3aeikn4cqtwz5eknq6k7/S23aijnq4ijnr5-aekn6cin7e
b2ob2o$b2ob2o7$2bobo$bobobo$2bobo286$2o3b2o$2o3b2o!

Can you make failed spaceships in Conway's game of life instead?

there's not really any reason to restrict ourselves to GoL-- after all, we can just emulate the rule we have a failed ship in using 0E0P metacells

[MathAndCode]

there's not really any reason to restrict ourselves to GoL-- after all, we can just emulate the rule we have a failed ship in using 0E0P metacells

But if that is allowed, then one must allow a meta-meta-failed spaceship, which would last even longer, as well as meta-meta-meta-spaceships, which would last for even longer, etc…, so there would be no upper bound. Therefore, I do not think that metacells should be allowed.

[BokaBB]

[quote=MathAndCode post_id=108798 time=1604278708 user_id=2486]
[quote=Moosey post_id=108779 time=1604263118 user_id=2095]there's not really any reason to restrict ourselves to GoL-- after all, we can just emulate the rule we have a failed ship in using [wiki]0E0P metacell[/wiki]s
[/quote]But if that is allowed, then one must allow a meta-meta-failed spaceship, which would last even longer, as well as meta-meta-meta-spaceships, which would last for even longer, etc…, so there would be no upper bound. Therefore, I do not think that metacells should be allowed.
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No,that won't be allowed.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

[wwei23]

I think your quote tags broke.

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[BokaBB]

I think your quote tags broke.
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Indeed happened before.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

[wwei23]

I don't think that this qualifies, but I found it amusing anyways.

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B2ei3-ackr4kt5ceny6c7c/S1c2ace3ajr4anz5acjky6ae7e8
3bo2$ob3obo$ob3obo2$3bo$2b3o!

EDIT: This P298 is actually really cool, it uses a 3c/10 engine that turns back and forth, although I don't think it qualifies either.

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x = 11, y = 63, rule = B2ei3-ackr4t5ejy6ac/S1c2ace3ajr4akqtyz5ky6ik7e8
5bo$4bobo$4bobo$5bo14$5bo2$2bob3obo$2bob3obo2$5bo$4b3o15$4b3o$4bobo$4b
obo$4bobo$4b3o4$o9bo$o2bo3bo2bo2$2b2o3b2o$3b5o$3b2ob2o2$3bo3bo$4b3o$bo
b5obo$2ob5ob2o$3bo3bo$4bobo$4bobo$5bo$4b3o$4b3o!

[Aleph]

Failure by indefinite expansion. Does it count?

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x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3-er4ant5einr6i/S2-ac34in
2b7o$o9bo$11bo$o10bo$b11o!

[BokaBB]

Failure by indefinite expansion. Does it count?

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x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3-er4ant5einr6i/S2-ac34in
2b7o$o9bo$11bo$o10bo$b11o!

No,failed spaceships evolving into any emitter should not be allowed I think.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

[Aleph]

Does this count?

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x = 4, y = 25, rule = B3-cek4-ceijz5-aik6cik7e/S2-ac3-y4ejktz5ck6e
bo$o2bo$o2bo$o2bo$b3o16$b3o$o2bo$o2bo$o2bo$bo!

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Does this count?

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x = 4, y = 25, rule = B3-cek4-ceijz5-aik6cik7e/S2-ac3-y4ejktz5ck6e
bo$o2bo$o2bo$o2bo$b3o16$b3o$o2bo$o2bo$o2bo$bo!

I am not a maker of this but I guess that puffers probably should not count as BokaBB said. I do not know what is in BokaBB's mind,however. Also,he is banned and I cannot ask him.

[HotWheels9232]

The switch engine on its own lasts for about 1,200 generations, but I found a couple of ways to make it last for longer.

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x = 29, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
bobo$o$bo2bo$3b3o5$14bobo4b4obo$14bo2b2o2bo5b2o$16bob3obo2b4o$14b3obob5o2b2o$13b4ob2o3bo4bo$14bo2bo3b2ob4o$13bo4b4obo2bobo$14bobob2ob2obobobo$13b2ob7o2b2obo$14b2obo2bo2bo2bo$14bo2bob2obo3bobo$15bo2bo2b2o2b3o$13bo2bob3o5b2o$15bobobo2b2obo$15bob2o6b4o$13bo5b2o2bo3bo!

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x = 29, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
bobo$o$bo2bo$3b3o5$13b2o2bobo2bo4bo$14bobob3obo3b2o$15bo4bo2b2ob2o$13bob3ob2o2bob4o$13b2obo2bob3o3bo$16bo2b5o2bobo$17bo2b2obobob2o$14b3obobo3b3obo$14b4o2b3ob3obo$15b2o2bobo2b2o2bo$14bobobo3b3o2b2o$13b2ob2obo2b2o3b2o$13b2o2bobob3ob3o$14b4o4b3obo$13b4obob2obo2bo$17bo4bo2b4o!

As for other cellular autonoma, B01245/S01245 has spaceships that can last for tens of thousands of generations before failing.

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x = 50, y = 4095, rule = B01245/S01245
4048$46b3o$45bobobo$45b5o$45b5o$47bo$47bo$46b3o$46bobo31$b3o20b3o$obobo18bobobo$5o17bob3obo$5o17b7o$b2obo17b7o$2bo19b7o$22b7o$22b7o$24b5o!

The spearheders on the left and right are stable, but the middle one is not. Playing the LifeViewer to when the spaceships going direction up go off the screen reveals that the spearheader family includes a replicator.
Many spearheaders are methuselahs. For example, the middle spearheader in the above LifeViewer takes 24,987 generations to stabilize—if the word stabilize is even applicable given that it spawned a replicator beforehand. The spearheader that lasts the longest that I know of lasts for 40,126 generations before dying.

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x = 7, y = 6, rule = B01245/S01245
2b3o$bobobo$ob3obo$7o$7o$6o!

It starts with four eyes, but it goes down to three eyes around generation 38870 (just after birthing another three-eyed spearheader, which soon dies from crashing into some debris that its parent had left) then two eyes around generation 39890. (Spearheaders with more eyes tend to be more stable, but they can have a maximum of four eyes. In fact, the two times that the spearheader loses the eye are because it tried to get three eyes on one side.) Also, the spearheader birthed several other spearheaders before dying (although most died shortly afterward), so there might also be another replicator. It's actually fairly common for spearheaders that live for long enough to birth other spearheaders. For example, there's another spearheader that I found that may be a methuselah lasting longer than the one above, but I gave up on tracking it after it became four spearheaders.

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x = 7, y = 13, rule = B01245/S01245
2b3o$bobobo$b5o$b5o$b5o$b5o$3b4o$4b2o$ob2o$2o3b2o$o2bob2o$bobo$4b2o!

Those from B01245/S01245 just hit the wall,nothing else.
They are stable. Is there a way to make sides loop in LifeViewer?
MathAndCode,please see my private messages and respond to them.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

38868 and exactly 39890. I would say that it would actually be 40198(or even 40200!). The c/2 growth stops at 40205.

[dl-rs]

a r g h I've posted this in "Spaceship discussion thread"

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x = 9, y = 52, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$6bo$3b4o$2b2o2b2o$2bo$b2o$bo$b4o$2o2b2o$5bo$5b2o$6bo$3b4o$2b2o2b
2o$2bo$b2o$bo$b4o$2o2b2o$5bo$5b2o$6bo$3b4o$2b2o2b2o$2bo$b2o$bo$b4o$2o
2b2o$5bo$5b2o$6bo$3b4o$2b2o2b2o$2bo$b2o$bo$b4o$2o2b2o$5bo$5b2o$6bo$3b
4o$2b2o2b2o$2bo$b2o$bo$b4o$2o2b2o$5bo$5b2o!

[HotWheels9232]

Loses one eye in generation 50790; loses another at generation 51186 and c/2 forward movement finally stops at generation 51376:

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B01245/S01245
2b3o$bobobo$ob3obo$7o$7o$obo2b2o$b4o$2bo!

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