Just to make sure everyone knows: It was an open beta, everyone could have downloaded the starter packages and start buildin their tools and upload their bots. It was in no way unfair to anybody. I did it too, played around a bit and didn't automatically win, so xathis must have done something right.
Additionally I guess, everyone did his inventions in multiple iterations seeing what the other bots are doing, this levels out any "head start" over the time of contest in my opionion.
Besides from that: I'd love to finish my Ants bot. I was missing about two weeks (my daughter was too early

) and I really want to see my bot compete again. I had a wonderful discovery and path building algorithm (well, as far as I remember, ...).
Best Regards
Norbert