Eryk Banatt
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This is the web page of Eryk Banatt, sometimes referred to by the handle Ambisinister. This page is home to my writing on various topics: you can think of it like a journal I keep to track things I am thinking about. I am most known for my work surrounding Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I aim for my writing to be interdisciplinary enough to be interesting to read regardless of background. My primary interests are AI/ML, Video Games, Human Expertise, Multimedia, and Energy Drinks.
Articles
Recent
How To Win At Games :games: :best:
Machine Learning
Understanding Modern LLMs via DeepSeek :ml: :best:
Understanding LLMs via DeepSeek Part 2 :ml: :best:
Understanding Agentic LLMs :ml: :best:
Teaching an LLM to Play Riichi Mahjong :ml: :games: :best:
WILT: Wason Inductive Logic Test for LLMs (Proof of Concept Blogpost) (Arxiv Preprint) :ml: :cogsci: :best:
Experiments with Multi-Head Latent Attention :ml: :best:
Deepseek-V3 Training Budget Fermi Estimation :ml: :math: :best:
LASTDANCE: Layerwise Activation Similarity to Training Data for Assessing Non-Conforming Events (pre-preprint) (Notebook) :ml:
Auto-Rating ITG Stamina Charts with Machine Learning :ml: :games:
Bracket Stamina: Inferring the Intent of Other Agents in a Multiplayer Kelly Coin Flip Game :ml: :math: :games:
Locating Visual Jokes in Homestuck Using Rudimentary Computer Vision :ml: :media:
SSBM
Rankings
Making Sense of Melee: The Illusion of Objective Ranks and the Real Impact of Everything :melee: :math: :best:
Invasion of the Ballot Snatchers (and Other Stories) - Decorrelated Errors in Panel-Based Rank Voting :melee: :math: :best:
Melee Rankings are a Game of Contradictions :melee: :best:
Notes on SSBMRank 2022 :melee:
Gameplay and Culture
Melee Vods Viewer :melee: :software:
The Parable of the Monster :melee: :fiction:
Melee Lesson Resources for Fox Players + Thoughts on Learning in Melee :melee: :best:
STARS ALIGNED - A Human Theory TAS Combo Video - Annotations :melee: :best:
Do Pot Bonuses Affect Entrant Numbers at Melee Tournaments? :melee: :math:
Software
Melee Bracket Projection Algorithm - Notes :melee: :software:
20XX Randomized Savestates in Dolphin :melee: :software:
Hardware
Analog Button Gamecube Controller :melee: :hardware:
Building a Better Gamecube Controller :melee: :hardware:
Kadano Controller Review :melee: :hardware:
Games
ITL Online 2023 Retrospective :games: :best:
Dance Games: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cardio :games:
ITG Players Have Unusual Heart Rate Zones :games:
Gungi Rulebook Translation and Notes :games: :media:
Just Breathe. Celeste is Game of the Decade :games: :media:
Trying to Solve a Square-1 with No Algorithms :games: :math:
Proxy Printing Custom MTG Cards :games: :media:
Cognitive Science
Input Latency Detection in Expert-Level Gamers :cogsci: :melee: :best:
Predicting Personality with Playstyle in Super Smash Brothers :cogsci: :melee:
Delays Have Dangerous Ends: On Monitors in SSBM :cogsci: :hardware: :melee: :best:
"Framerate" in Visual Perception :cogsci:
Math / Stats / Programming
Simulating the Blue Lock Second Selection :math: :media: :best:
The "Free Will" Test :math: :cogsci: :best:
On Leetcode :software:
Memory
Book Review: Memory Craft by Lynne Kelly :memory: :media: :best:
Learning to Memorize, Cheating to Memorize Quickly :memory: :best:
Building a Virtual Memory Palace :memory: :software: :best:
Major System Trainer :memory: :software:
Wang Feng Lecture on Memory Techniques (Machine Translation) :memory:
Printing Custom PAO Playing Cards :memory:
Notes on Spaced Repetition :memory: :software:
Media
Book / Anime / Game Reviews :media:
Humanity's Butterfly: Notes on Maimakterion :media: :best:
Zen in the Art of Ping Pong The Animation :media: :best:
Misc
Guitars, Quizbowl, and Bad English Classes: On What Makes Content Good :media:
Everybody Should Play Games :games: :best:
How To Win At Games :games: :best:
Xero Prio Review / Thoughts on Barefoot Shoes :games:
Gaming Milestones :games:
The Genie :fiction:
The Saccharine Prison :fiction:
Not a Mage :fiction:
Gallery of Generated Lains :ml: :media:
Seeing Everything: A Visual Perception Experiment Proposal :cogsci: