Damn, was working on a bot that used the same way to eat up alge... but yours is better :'(
I have a cool way to drain larger bots even if they try to break the ties... but it's no use against etch.
It still doesn't even beat Pacifist yet, had a strat for it, but I don't think it'll help against this new Etch...
I have a cool first spread though, not sure if it's better, but it looks cool
Not going to release it till it's done... but I'm not sure I can beat this thing, gonna be working on my thesis. I have one idea but if I can't get it to work without spending too much time on it think I'll make a scraped version of it... it won't beat pacifist and this bot, but I want to show off the other neat bits in it.
I'm not actualy sure it's using the same way to feed on alge, but it looks like it, it also looks like yours has it's range for shots set up better, I think mine is waitig too long before firing memmory shots. I haven't checked the code but it eats the alge so fast I'm asuming it's the same trick... just tie and push 1000 into it's tieval and fire -1 into .tieloc with mem shots or venom... (I hope noone nerfs it, it's the best way for small bots to feed)
I'm hoping you're using tielen to determine shotrange, so I can steal your tweeked values >D
If you're using an eye value I probably have a different eyewidth...
Either way it's nice to have somthing I can work on beating, other than my own bots
Could have come at a beter time though, but once I'm done with my thesis I suspect I may be back to spend the time needed to beat whatever has come along (If I can).