Two pre-L hasslers

Two pre-L hasslers was the first period-16 oscillator to be discovered. It was found by Robert Wainwright in July 1983[1]. It features four blockers hassling two central objects known as "pre-L"s.

Two pre-L hasslers
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 70
Bounding box 24×18
Period 16
Mod 8
Heat 45.5
Volatility 0.91
Strict volatility 0.19
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery 1983
Generation 1 reveals why the central objects are called pre-Ls
gollark: Sorry, unintended feature.
gollark: Only because some utter triangle added such a stupid feature. It would be fine otherwise.
gollark: It's really just awful and bad and inconsistent.
gollark: It caused that rather apiformic bug in Emu War.
gollark: I see.

References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection.
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