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Numsgil:
Changes I'm making:

1.  While being copied to a virus, a gene cannot be executed.
2.  Only things between a start/else and a stop/start/else can be copied.  Thus no conditions can be included.  Thus genes might be inserted into part of the genome of the victim that turns off the start/else statement, causing it to get executed sporadically or not at all.
3.  Multiple viruses can be made in a single bot simoltaneously, and stored for later use.
4.  Only the gene that wants to be copied can inititiate it's viral copying stage.  This is to prevent abuse of #1 as a weapon.
5.  Viruses cannot be aimed.  Upon exiting the bot, they travel in a random direction.
6.  Bots that die release all their stored viruses (finished or not)

Thus, from the above rules, we get these lemmas:

1.  A gene cannot be copied into more than one virus simoltaneously.  Each virus must be copied one at a time.

2.  Multiple viruses of the same gene can be stored, but then they must all be released simoltaneously.

Botsareus:
hmmm... This makes "The One" absolite does'nt it?

Numsgil:
I don't believe the One uses viruses.

Botsareus:
It doesn't and it still owns? alright then...

shvarz:
1. While being copied to a virus, a gene cannot be executed.

Eh?  Why?  What do you mean by "while"?  The program works in steps.

2. Only things between a start/else and a stop/start/else can be copied. Thus no conditions can be included. Thus genes might be inserted into part of the genome of the victim that turns off the start/else statement, causing it to get executed sporadically or not at all.

Not very realistic, but OK for balancing purposes.

3. Multiple viruses can be made in a single bot simoltaneously, and stored for later use.

Good.

4. Only the gene that wants to be copied can inititiate it's viral copying stage. This is to prevent abuse of #1 as a weapon.

Would be cool if it worked this way 99% of the time, but in the other 1% it would copy a random gene.

5. Viruses cannot be aimed. Upon exiting the bot, they travel in a random direction.

Very nice!

6. Bots that die release all their stored viruses (finished or not)

Very nice!

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