Ignore the Prime Directive!?

My bot on aichallenge.org is doing a reasonable job (rank 205 of 3558 and climbing). Yay! Interestingly, it's doing so well despite not trying to score points and being totally unaware of the enemy.

Here's a recent replay (my bot is DaBunny, in white):


Edit: One day later, no changes to the bot code and it's now climbed to rank 93! It's on the main rankings page. It's rank climbs in 9 out of 10 games it plays. Howsat!?



Edit: Some weeks later, the most recent incarnation of my bot is in the top 1% (45th of 6000+) and continues to climb (although not much further, I bet):