I think that the bots already submitted should be considered for grandfathering if the rules change to prohibit them.
I would agree that they should compete even if they’re not awarded prizes for winning. Because we should at least have a comparison with performance against old bots. More data is pretty much always better.
I would agree that they should compete even if they’re not awarded prizes for winning. Because we should at least have a comparison with performance against old bots. More data is pretty much always better.
It should also be trivial to calculate the score both in this heat and against all previously submitted bots.