Who said you couldn't have a hexagonal lattice? Instead of 8, every field has 6 neighbors. The only problem with that really is that you have to expect the 23/3

Who said you couldn't have a hexagonal lattice? Instead of 8, every field has 6 neighbors. The only problem with that really is that you have to expect the 23/3 rule to look differently on that grid. So, no standard glider.