Block pull

A block pull is the following glider/block collision, which moves a block (2,1) toward the glider source. Performing this reaction twice using a salvo of two gliders can move a block diagonally back by three cells, which can be of use for a sliding block memory.

x = 13, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 2o$2o15$10b3o$10bo$11bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 480 HEIGHT 480 Y 2 THEME 6 GPS 20 LOOP 100 ZOOM 16 AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 ]]

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An even-period glider stream where the first glider does a block pull will create a crystal.

See also

• Blinker pull
• Loaf pull

External links

• Block pull at the Life Lexicon