Bagpuss

Written by jje. Qualified for the final 8 in the IBM Rumble intermediate category. However had to be withdrawn as it was a requirement for finalists to submit source code, and the author had locked the PC containing the only copy of the source into an attic before setting off on a round-the-world trip a few days beforehand. Whoops. I don't know much about how this bot worked, due to the inevitable RoyalBlue tendency towards competition and secretiveness ;) But I have uploaded a copy of it to the Repository before it gets lost forever. -- Shrubbery