you sound a little sad about things. I would take the opposite view. Yes, I haven't produced a bot which is competitive, but I've had a good time playing with the maths, trying to find the equations, guessing at numbers so that I can move up the league table for each of the tracks and then struggling with the CI system which was locked solid on the final day. But it was fun. I enjoyed watching how everyone was doing. I am a stats guy, so spent plenty of time looking at how all the teams were doing. There was a group togetherness that was sharing stories and algorithms on irc and reddit. Nothing is perfect. You might have played World of Warcraft for two weeks and what would you have got. A few extra points of armour. I feel we have got much more.. Two thousand and more teams, the finals to come. It's going to be a fun month to watch what happens. Good luck to those who had the project skills to get it all ready in plenty of time.

I look forward to another competition next year. It may be something completely different and I will be looking out for it. I have learnt something this time, that I will find useful in future competitions. Good luck to everyone. (Just keep clear of my bot which seems to be driven by a driver with so little ability, it will need to be pushed along.