(Fun writing) Let's prefer CGOL has just been discovered!

[squareroot12621]

Here's another two-mover (M as an abbreviation, anyone?) collision, but this time it makes a rotationally symmetric object:

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x = 12, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o2bo$4bo$o3bo$b4o$7b4o$7bo3bo$7bo$8bo2bo! [[ THEME Inverse ]]

I think we should call it the rotastable.

[rutabaga]

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o3bo$5bo$o4bo$b5o! [[ THEME Inverse ]]

I tried to draw a mover by hand and made it too long... but it's still stable somehow!! It also goes the same speed.

[Anivec]

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o3bo$5bo$o4bo$b5o! [[ THEME Inverse ]]

I tried to draw a mover by hand and made it too long... but it's still stable somehow!! It also goes the same speed.

I’m going to call it a bird

[rutabaga]

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x = 19, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
o2bo$4bo$o3bo$b4o4$14b4o$14bo3bo$14bo$15bo2bo!
[[ THEME Inverse ]]

I will call this, pasta.

[hotcrystal0]

I symmetrically collided two of rutabaga's long movers, and I got a sun.

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x = 27, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3b2o17b2o$3ob2o15b2ob3o$5o17b5o$b3o19b3o!

[rutabaga]

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x = 15, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
bo5bo$8bo$bo6bo$2b7o5$obobobobobobobo5$2bo4bo$8bo$2bo5bo$3b6o4$3bo3bo
$8bo$3bo4bo$4b5o4$4bo2bo$8bo$4bo3bo$5b4o5$obobobobobobobo5$5bobo$8bo$
5bo2bo$6b3o!
[[ THEME Inverse ]]

Here's the thing. An even longer mover is still stable, so I tried to see if it was extensible forever, but it dies off either way. So there are a total of 3 mover types.

[synperiplanar]

i'll coin the very long mover as "cardinal", analogous to AlbertArmStain's "bird".

[squareroot12621]

I think it's about time to discover the glider…
It seems like a bird can delete squares in one parity, but not the other:

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x = 22, y = 8, rule = LifeHistory
2A7.2A$2A7.2A2$.D9.D7.A$17.A3.A$16.A$16.A4.A$16.5A!
[[ THEME Blues COLOR 3 255 192 192 ]]

(after zooming out) Wait, what's this?! Has it been here the whole time? What should we call this diagonally moving thing?

[BokaBB]

I think it's about time to discover the glider…
It seems like a bird can delete squares in one parity, but not the other:

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x = 22, y = 8, rule = LifeHistory
2A7.2A$2A7.2A2$.D9.D7.A$17.A3.A$16.A$16.A4.A$16.5A!
[[ THEME Blues COLOR 3 255 192 192 ]]

(after zooming out) Wait, what's this?! Has it been here the whole time? What should we call this diagonally moving thing?

AAAAAH! WHAT'S THAT! THAT'S MAGIC!
What about ant?
I am totally not honouring JHC's wish...

[rutabaga]

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x = 16, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o12$14b2o$13bobo$14bo!
[[ THEME Inverse ]]

A cool reaction I found with this new diagonal mover...

[C_R_116]

WHAT?! I have discovered a repeater with a period of not 2, not 3, but...8!
I put two 3x3 blocks together and I found this!

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ooo$ooo$ooo$bbbooo$bbbooo$bbbooo

It can even "kill" an ant! Can it kill a mover?

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x = 14, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o4b2o$b2o$o3bo3bo$4bo4bo$6bobobo$7bobobo$8bo4bo$9bo3bo2$10b2o!

Look at the next step, it looks like a rotated rectangle. I will call it Rectangle!

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$o3bo$bo3bo$2bo3bo$3bo3bo$4bobo$5bo!

[squareroot12621]

It can even "kill" an ant! Can it kill a mover?

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x = 14, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o4b2o$b2o$o3bo3bo$4bo4bo$6bobobo$7bobobo$8bo4bo$9bo3bo2$10b2o!

All three types!

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x = 38, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2b2o7bo$o4bo3bo3bo4bo2bo$6bo7bo7bo7b2o$o5bo2bo4bo3bo3bo$b6o3b5o4b4o5b
o3bo$28bo4bo$30bobobo$31bobobo$32bo4bo$33bo3bo2$34b2o!

[C_R_116]

A Puff plus something makes a "Puff Bomb"

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$2b2o$bo2bo$2b2o!

I realized that the single dot can perturb the puff to turn it into more puffs.

I call the dying pattern a Singular Perturbing Actuated Receding Kernel, or SPARK for short.

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x = 28, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
16bo3b3o3b2o$10bo4bo10b2o$o3b2o3bo4bo7bo4bo!

[NimbleRogue]

Woah, with a line of length 10 it evolves into period 15 repeter

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x = 10, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
10o!

because it forms from a line, I will name it starline

[Pavgran]

I think I found something interesting.
When two movers go along intersecting paths, they usually stop and transmute into something simple.

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x = 99, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
13bo30bo7bo34bo9bo$2bo8b2o29bobo7bobo30bobo8bo$obo9b2o29b2o7b2o32b2o8b
3o$b2o!

If three movers meet each other, they can undergo wonderful transmutations.

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo9bobo$b2o9b2o$13bo9$12b2o$12bobo$12bo!

I wonder what transmutations are possible if we allow some huge amount of movers to stop, let's say, fifteen movers?

[BokaBB]

I think I found something interesting.
When two movers go along intersecting paths, they usually stop and transmute into something simple.

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x = 99, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
13bo30bo7bo34bo9bo$2bo8b2o29bobo7bobo30bobo8bo$obo9b2o29b2o7b2o32b2o8b
3o$b2o!

If three movers meet each other, they can undergo wonderful transmutations.

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x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo9bobo$b2o9b2o$13bo9$12b2o$12bobo$12bo!

I wonder what transmutations are possible if we allow some huge amount of movers to stop, let's say, fifteen movers?

(gliders are called ants, movers are xWSS-es)
Sure, I thought of that before too. If we only had some mechanism that could make infinite ants periodically... we could do superb things I think. Though who knows if we will ever have that.

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

I experimented with a few 4x4 7-cell shapes.

This one turns into 4 puffs:

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
obo$bobo$bobo$2bo!

There is this one that looks like a 4:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$obo$3o$2bo!

It moved forwards, then diagonally and spat out an ant!
(Then it spat out a square, split itself vertically, and produced another ant, square, and b2o$obo$2o!)

I also noticed that this one that looks like a fishing hook can absorb ants, movers, and birds, but not cardinals:

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x = 35, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo18bo8b2o$2b2o8bo2bo4bo3bo4bo4bo$5b2o4bo7bo8bo$5bobo3bo3bo3bo
4bo3bo5bo$5bo5b4o4b5o4b6o!

EDIT: This one turned into a square and an ant.

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
bo$bo$ob2o$o2bo!

[squareroot12621]

I didn't find an ant maker, but I found this:

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x = 27, y = 59, rule = B3/S23
5bo$6b2o$5b2o5$11bobo$12b2o$12bo2$20bo$18bobo$19b2o4$24bo$23bobo$23bo
bo$24bo3$23b3o$22bo3bo$23b3o16$15b3o$17bo$16bo5$8b2o$7bobo$9bo6$3o$2b
o$bo!

It doesn't produce ants, but it does produce puffs that must be destroyed by ants to keep it "alive".

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

I noticed that when a square is next to a 1-cell edge, sometimes the square lives:

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x = 19, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
13bo$5b2o7bo2b2o$ob2ob2o5bo2bob2o$b2o11bo$13bo8$bo$obo2b2o6b2o2b2o$3bo
b2o5bo2bob2o$12bobo$13bo!

Sometimes it works even if the edge is not 1-cell:

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x = 19, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
12b2o$bo12bo$2bo2b2o7b2ob2o$o2bob2o7b2ob2o$3bo10bo$2bo9b2o$2bo!

So, I have been trying putting a few squares around the 7-cell pattern that looks like a 4 to see if it yields something interesting:
(This turns the 4 into four repeaters)

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x = 10, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$obo$3o5b2o$2bo5b2o!

(This turns the 4 into an ant)

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x = 11, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$5b2o6$9b2o$9b2o2$o$obo$3o$2bo!

(This turns the 4 into another 4, flipped 180 degrees, plus an ant)

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x = 15, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
6b2o5b2o$6b2o5b2o2$9b2o$9b2o5$o$obo$3o$2bo!

Wait... what if took two copies of that 3-square thing? Is this...

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x = 33, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
24b2o5b2o$24b2o5b2o2$27b2o$27b2o4$4b2o$4b2o12bo$18bobo$2o5b2o9b3o$2o5b
2o11bo!

...an ant factory?

[BokaBB]

Wow, wow, wow, the first factory ever! Now we could do wonders!
Found this extensible repeater:

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x = 26, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2$22b2o$12b2o7bobo$4b2o5bobo$5bo13bobo$2bobo4bobo$bo6bo8bobo$b2o5b2o7b
2o!

Name ideas?

[hotcrystal0]

Here are two interesting lines:

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x = 116, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
41o30b45o!

The first one makes suns, and the second one makes a weird thingy!

[EvinZL]

Inspired by EV2's ant factory, I decided to try placing squares next to various patterns. here's some of the more interesting results

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x = 3, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o$b2o$bo6$2o$2o!

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x = 3, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2o$b2o$bo5$b2o$b2o!

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
o$bo$b2o$2o2b2o$o3b2o!

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x = 11, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3o$obo$obo6b2o$9b2o!

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x = 11, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
o$obo$3o$2bo12$9b2o$9b2o!

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x = 20, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
18b2o$18b2o6$o$obo$3o$2bo!

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x = 21, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
19b2o$19b2o6$o$obo$3o$2bo!

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x = 9, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$b2o$2o$o$7b2o$7b2o!

I wonder if we can do anything with those...

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

A second square turned this into a 4, but the second square dies:

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x = 6, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2o$b2o$2o2b2o$o3b2o6$b2o$b2o!

Oh! A fishhook works!

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x = 6, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2o$b2o$2o2b2o$o3b2o6$b2o$bo$2b3o$4bo!

[EvinZL]

Wow! Looking at another of my reactions, this almost rotates a 4 by 90 degrees:

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x = 24, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
13b2o$4b2o7b2o$5bo$5bobo$2o4b2o$bo20b2o$bobo18bo$2b2o16bobo$20b2o6$2bo
$2bobo$2b3o$4bo2$14b2o$14b2o!

Is there any way to fix this?

Maybe we should call these "transformers"

Edit: look at rutabaga's repeater in 9 and 24 steps. This would be a repeater every 30 steps, but some extra squares appeared:

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x = 11, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o3$b3o3b3o$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$b3o3b3o6$2b2o$2b2o!

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Edit: look at rutabaga's repeater in 9 and 24 steps. This would be a repeater every 30 steps, but some extra squares appeared:

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x = 11, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o3$b3o3b3o$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$b3o3b3o6$2b2o$2b2o!

A pair of diamonds work.

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x = 11, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
bo7bo$obo5bobo$bo7bo3$b3o3b3o$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$o3bobo3bo$b3o3b3o6$b
o7bo$obo5bobo$bo7bo!

Four copies also works, but for some reason, it's now a 29-step repeater:

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x = 35, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
13bo7bo$12bobo5bobo$13bo7bo3$13b3o3b3o$12bo3bobo3bo$12bo3bobo3bo$12bo
3bobo3bo$13b3o3b3o3$bo4b3o17b3o4bo$obo2bo3bo15bo3bo2bobo$bo3bo3bo15bo
3bo3bo$5bo3bo15bo3bo$6b3o17b3o2$6b3o17b3o$5bo3bo15bo3bo$bo3bo3bo15bo3b
o3bo$obo2bo3bo15bo3bo2bobo$bo4b3o17b3o4bo3$13b3o3b3o$12bo3bobo3bo$12bo
3bobo3bo$12bo3bobo3bo$13b3o3b3o3$13bo7bo$12bobo5bobo$13bo7bo!

I also found that four squares turns a 4 by 90 degrees:

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x = 22, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$9b2o5b2o$16b2o3$14b2o$14b2o$20b2o$20b2o4$o$obo$3o$2bo!

This means we have our second ant factory:

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x = 49, y = 49, rule = B3/S23
31b2o$31b2o5b2o$38b2o3$7b2o27b2o$7b2o27b2o$42b2o$42b2o$b2o$b2o$5b2o$5b
2o15bo$22bobo$22b3o$24bo$2o$2o14$47b2o$47b2o4$42b2o$42b2o$46b2o$46b2o$
5b2o$5b2o$11b2o27b2o$11b2o27b2o3$9b2o$9b2o5b2o$16b2o!