this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not sure how your race plays into this, but i would move AC58 foward one space

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You best bet is to launch a glider at c4. I recommend:

Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 5
Bounding box 3 × 3
Frequency class 1.8
Direction Diagonal
Period 4
Mod 2
Speed c/4 | c/4
Heat 4

Historical note: An R-pentomino tracked past T = 69 in late 1969 certainly implies that the glider, and a number of other objects such as blocks and blinkers, were first seen by Conway's group before 1970.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Call an arbiter. There's a black pawn and a white pawn on their respective back ranks. That's an illegal position.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Drop the nuke

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This image gets worse the more you look at it because there are almost no legal moves and the few legal ones are within a contained space, but i did find the actual answer.

Undefended white pawn allows a bishop to break free to then free the rooks.

OP, i kinda recommend making this pawn and its cousins in the pattern black to make this truly unsolvable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Run the automaton and enjoy the show.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Easy, kings side bishop red carpet promenade

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Strange game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Flunge the abritrox