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Poorly explain what is happening in the RLE above you.

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This is a game that's inspired by a game on another forum. Every post, provide an explanation and an RLE for the next person to explain.
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x = 9, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bo$6b3o2$bo$2bo$3o4$5bo$5b2o$4bobo!
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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Re: Poorly explain what is happening in the RLE above you.

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Violation of conservation of momentum; if two are going down and one is going up, the combined object should be going slightly down.

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5bo$5bo$5bo2$6o!
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Re: Poorly explain what is happening in the RLE above you.

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A six and a three make a six and a ten.
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x = 10, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o5b2o$7bobo$9bo$7bobo$7b2o!
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unname4798 wrote: March 8th, 2025, 10:51 am

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x = 10, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o5b2o$7bobo$9bo$7bobo$7b2o!
A symmetric nine, which by itself would become 55 including five symmetric threes, six highly-symmetric fours and two highly-symmetric eights, instead hits an asymmetrically positioned highly-symmetric four and eventually becomes 12-22-18-40-18-18-20-28-20-20-22-18-22-20-16 and 428.

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x = 29, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
17bo$2o15b2o$2o16b2o$17b2o4$17b2o$18b2o7b2o$17b2o8b2o$17bo!
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Re: Poorly explain what is happening in the RLE above you.

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confocaloid wrote: March 8th, 2025, 12:39 pm Next:

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x = 29, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
17bo$2o15b2o$2o16b2o$17b2o4$17b2o$18b2o7b2o$17b2o8b2o$17bo!
Two polyominoes moving around two blocks.
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
ob2ob2o3bob2o$bob2o3b2o2b2obo$2bo2b2o3b4o$bob3o2b2obo2b2o$2bob2o2b2ob
ob2o$o2bobobobobo2bo$2obo8bob2o$4bobo3b4obo$4o5b3o3bo$4obob2o2bob2o$b
2o2b2o6bobo$o3b7o2bobo$b2ob2o3bo3bo$6b2o6bo$2bo2bobob2o4bo$o2bob2ob4o
b3o!
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Gliders wanted out, but the loafer chased them, trying to keep them in.

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x = 12, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b2o$obo6b2o$2bo6bobo$9bo!

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Two gliders, one gets shifted and the second gets 4 blinkers.
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8000o!
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unname4798 wrote: March 8th, 2025, 1:32 pm Two gliders, one gets shifted and the second gets 4 blinkers.
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8000o!
lines wanted to make a w90, but they failed unforunately.
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#C [[ ZOOM 16 GRID COLOR GRID 192 192 192 GRIDMAJOR 10 COLOR GRIDMAJOR 128 128 128 COLOR DEADRAMP 255 220 192 COLOR ALIVE 0 0 0 COLOR ALIVERAMP 0 0 0 COLOR DEAD 192 220 255 COLOR BACKGROUND 255 255 255 GPS 10 WIDTH 937 HEIGHT 600 ]]
x = 36, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4b
obo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o8$29b2o$29bobo$31bo$31b2o!
here's the gosper glider gun

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#R life
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4b
obo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o!
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lines wanted to make a w90, but they failed unforunately.
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#C [[ ZOOM 16 GRID COLOR GRID 192 192 192 GRIDMAJOR 10 COLOR GRIDMAJOR 128 128 128 COLOR DEADRAMP 255 220 192 COLOR ALIVE 0 0 0 COLOR ALIVERAMP 0 0 0 COLOR DEAD 192 220 255 COLOR BACKGROUND 255 255 255 GPS 10 WIDTH 937 HEIGHT 600 ]]
x = 36, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4b
obo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o8$29b2o$29bobo$31bo$31b2o!
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The two flipping arrows bounce off the two flipping cubes and make a sideways arrow going sideways and not up. The arrows bounce off one another in the same way on the cubes again. The sideways arrow hits the upwards arrow (which is going upwards) and goes inwards in the arrow and is lost. 30 times per time.

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 x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
$6bo$4bob2o$4bobo$4bo$2bo$obo!
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Four brothers get stuck in a time loop and clone themselves endlessly.

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x = 7, y = 3, rule = b3s23
o3b3o$3o2bo$bo!

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x = 20, y = 10, rule = B37/S2-i34q
11o8bo$10b2o6b2o$10bobo4bobo$10bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo7bo3b2o3bo$2bo7bo8bo$2bo
7bo8bo$3bo6bo8bo$4bo5bo8bo$5b6o8bo!
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Re: Poorly explain what is happening in the RLE above you.

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JoshM wrote: March 8th, 2025, 7:39 pm

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x = 7, y = 3, rule = b3s23
o3b3o$3o2bo$bo!
Two polyominoes collide and make many gliders.
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2bobo3bobo3bo$ob6ob3o2bo$5bob2o4bobo$5o6b2o$bobobo5bob2o$2obob2obo2bo
b2o$2b2o3bobo2b3o$2o4b3o3b4o$2ob4obo2bob3o$2b2ob2obo2b2o2bo$b2obob4ob
o2b2o$2ob6obo2bo$obobob3o2b2o2bo$o2bob3obo2bo$o4b2o5bo$obo5bobo2bo!
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hth3 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 3:32 am
A precursor of Firefox spawned in a random bunch of blue blocks.

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x = 25, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b4o15b4o$o3bo15bo3bo$4bo15bo$3bo17bo!
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b-engine wrote: March 9th, 2025, 4:50 am

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x = 25, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b4o15b4o$o3bo15bo3bo$4bo15bo$3bo17bo!
Two spaceships collide.
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x = 36, y = 36, rule = B3/S234c
14b3o$13bo3bo2$16b2o$12bobo5$17b3o$16bo$15bo4bo$15bo4bo10bo$15bo3bo14b
o$16bo2bo11bo3bo$11b2o4bo4b3o10bo$9bo3b2o6bo3bo6bo2bo$9bo10bo5bo5bobo
$bobo5bo5bo10bo$o2bo6bo3bo6b2o3bo$o10b3o4bo4b2o$o3bo11bo2bo$bo14bo3bo
$4bo10bo4bo$15bo4bo$19bo$16b3o5$21bobo$18b2o2$18bo3bo$19b3o!
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confocaloid is giving off sparks for everyone to use.
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#R B2ae/S
2o$o!
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unname4798 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 5:24 am
Flawed fractal generator.

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x = 16, y = 15, rule = B2a3ij4a/S12-a
10bo2bo$9bo4bo$8bo$7bo4b2o$6bo8bo$5bo8bo$4bo8bo$3bo8bo$2bo8bo$bo8bo$o
8bo$8bo$7bo$bo4bo$2bo2bo!
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Failed replicator.
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#R B2aei/S
2o$o!
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unname4798 wrote: March 8th, 2025, 1:32 pm Two gliders, one gets shifted and the second gets 4 blinkers.
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8000o!
unname4798 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 7:37 am Failed replicator.
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#R B2aei/S
2o$o!
You broke the post cooldown rule. Twice. I will report the next post that breaks the post cooldown rule.
Anyways, here’s my explanation: An ever-expanding wave creating weird stuff in the middle.
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x = 16, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
14bo$2b2obo3bo2bo2bo$2bo6bo2bo2bo$3b2o4bo3bo$3o2b6o$o2bo6bo$b2o7bo!
Edit: b-engine also broke it. Once again, I’ll report the next post that breaks the post cooldown rule.
Edit 2: If I really have to, I'll add "no explanations including other users" (which may be expanded to other people). Why? This happened, but wasn’t really rule-violating:
unname4798 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 5:24 am confocaloid is giving off sparks for everyone to use.
Last edited by hotcrystal0 on March 9th, 2025, 9:51 am, edited 2 times in total.
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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hotcrystal0 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 8:45 am

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x = 16, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
14bo$2b2obo3bo2bo2bo$2bo6bo2bo2bo$3b2o4bo3bo$3o2b6o$o2bo6bo$b2o7bo!
A 16x7 bounding box oscillator.
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x = 37, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3obo3bob3ob3ob3o3bob3ob3ob3o$o6bo2bo3bobobobo2bo2bo3bobobobo$o6bo2bo3b
obobobo2bo2bo3bobobobo$o6bo2bo3bobobobo2bo2bo3bobobobo$3obobo3b3ob3ob
obobo3b3ob3obobo!
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hth3 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 9:03 am
It crashes into sixteen pixels.

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x = 9, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3o4b2o$2bo4b2o$2bo$bo!
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A paperclip's life is tragically cut short by the very active region that birthed it. :​(

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x = 6, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3bo$3b3o7$bo$2o$obo!

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x = 20, y = 10, rule = B37/S2-i34q
11o8bo$10b2o6b2o$10bobo4bobo$10bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo7bo3b2o3bo$2bo7bo8bo$2bo
7bo8bo$3bo6bo8bo$4bo5bo8bo$5b6o8bo!
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Two gliders become something more massive.
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bobbbobobbbboboo$
ooooooooobbbooob$
obboboobbbbbboob$
oboobbbboooooooo$
oobbobbooboobooo$
obbboooooobobboo$
bbboobbooooobbbb$
oboboobbbbbobooo$
booobbbobooooobb$
booobobboooobbob$
oobooboobobobooo$
oobobooobobobboo$
ooobooobbobooboo$
ooooboboboobbbob$
oboooboobbbobbbb$
boboooboboobobbo!
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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x = 4, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
bo$bo$obo$bo$bo$bo$bo$obo$bo$bo7$2bo$2bo$bobo$2bo$2bo$2bo$2bo$bobo$2b
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hotcrystal0 wrote: March 9th, 2025, 8:08 pm
A precursor of Python spawned in a random bunch of blue blocks.
b-engine wrote: March 9th, 2025, 4:50 am A precursor of Firefox spawned in a random bunch of blue blocks.

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CARuler wrote: March 9th, 2025, 8:12 pm
Two pentadecathlons killed each other.

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2e3-nqry5cnq6a/S1e2-ik3ceij5c6ace
o$bo$o4$6bo$5bobo!
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two ships were trying to go somewhere, but they can't stand the sight of each other and were trying to find a way round
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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B34e/S235ey6i
bo$3o!
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CARuler wrote: March 9th, 2025, 11:56 pm

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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B34e/S235ey6i
bo$3o!
Supernova but it never stabilizes.
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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3-r4cj5a7c/S23-e4z6ae
o$b2o$2o4$6b2o$6bobo$8bo$8b2o!
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