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Re(10): Listener No. 4368: The Name of the Game by Harribobs IP: 78.149.141.82 Posted on November 12, 2015 at 11:51:56 PM by Gail Busza
"So am I the only one who was initially misled by 'start cells have element of life' into thinking that the seed consisted of all the cells containing an O?"...
No you aren't. We thought O was the required element of life, but just ended up with SID and ON - clearly not correct! The real seed cells needed a Game of Life simulator to get to the end result.
I agree that elements of life would have been better.
Enjoyable puzzle though, so thanks Harribobs. Replies: