• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 15:17
CET 20:17
KST 04:17
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy7ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool48Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
Potential Updates Coming to the SC2 CN Server What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open RSL Season 4 announced for March-April WardiTV Team League Season 10 KSL Week 87
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death
Brood War
General
How much money terran looses from gas steal? mca64Launcher - New Version with StarCraft: Remast RepMastered™: replay sharing and analyzer site ASL21 General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group B [ASL21] Ro24 Group C [Megathread] Daily Proleagues 2026 Changsha Offline Cup
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Cricket [SPORT] Formula 1 Discussion Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1620 users

Pro APM In 3 Minutes!

Blogs > universalwill
Post a Reply
universalwill
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States654 Posts
August 23 2010 20:45 GMT
#1
hello team liquid!

if you're like me, you're terrible at starcraft. why? well because you don't have a high apm! even after consuming an entire litre of mountain dew you still can't move fast enough to spam buttons 300 times per minute... or do you?

being a professional pistol scripter in counter strike, i know a lot about performing actions way faster than you would think to be humanly possible! i have transferred my knowledge to starcraft 2, and i will now show you how to get a pro apm, an apm so high you cannot lose a game, absolutely free*

all you need to do is open your mouse drivers, and change mousewheel up and mousewheel down to "menu"

[image loading]

and presto! you now have legendary apm! just scroll up and down furiously in game!

[image loading]
yeaaah, adjust that rally point as fast as you can, boyo. you can't afford having your zerglings rallying to the wrong pixel

here is the apm from the replay!

[image loading]

now you have it. your apm will be so high that it will be nearly impossible to beat you, and your friends will all glare at you when they see your razer spectre with special apm technology glowing so brightly red that the lights literally burn out.

*i lied it's not free. you owe me money now

+ Show Spoiler +
for anyone who might take this seriously, this is a joke. i just want to point out that apm is no real indicator of skill, and it's very easy to fake a high apm. i don't actually do this. it's stupid and pointless. my actual average apm is just 110 =P


***
Footymd
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada105 Posts
August 23 2010 20:52 GMT
#2
i lol'ed
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
August 23 2010 20:53 GMT
#3
Nobody is saying fake apm is an indicator of skill... real apm is though, allthough doesn't have as high impact in sc2 as it did in bw it's still a factor.
Horrde
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada302 Posts
August 23 2010 20:53 GMT
#4
i didnt
Never.Die
Profile Joined March 2010
Japan189 Posts
August 23 2010 21:07 GMT
#5
Yeah in BW, APM mattered a lot more IMO. Seems just about anyone can get away with 80-120 APM on SC2 nowadays.
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
August 23 2010 23:34 GMT
#6
That's exactly why I made this:

[image loading]
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
Warri
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany3208 Posts
August 24 2010 00:30 GMT
#7
Hm, not possible with logitech setpoint
imPERSONater
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1324 Posts
August 24 2010 01:58 GMT
#8
haha, I lol'd at "APM so high you can't lose!"

Definitely played a few of those people in my day. Spamming the rally point so much they miss the timings of a player with 30APM. "Oh snap, I forgot my first overlord..... but I had 300 APM!"
Fan of: IdrA, Sen, Stephano, Snute, Axlav, Hero
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
August 24 2010 04:32 GMT
#9
On August 24 2010 10:58 imPERSONater wrote:
haha, I lol'd at "APM so high you can't lose!"

Definitely played a few of those people in my day. Spamming the rally point so much they miss the timings of a player with 30APM. "Oh snap, I forgot my first overlord..... but I had 300 APM!"

Who needs overlords when you can micro each drone to his correct mineral patch every trip?
ヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノDELETE ICEFROGヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(⌐■_■)ノヽ(
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
August 24 2010 04:47 GMT
#10
[image loading]


71 apm.. down to 22!? Amazing!
XK ßubonic
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2349 Posts
August 24 2010 04:50 GMT
#11
i can't belive there is people with less than 100 apm ...
ἡ τῆς Νεμέσεως τάξις
dlordtemplar
Profile Joined August 2010
United States7 Posts
August 24 2010 04:55 GMT
#12
Tried this. Works. I simply could not lose to my opponent with this many clicks. Thanks!
exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
August 24 2010 10:33 GMT
#13
Wait - setting it to double click is actually useful. Double click on unit X and you control 12 of unit X. Hmm. Or ctrl + plus click on unit X and you control 12 of unit X but now you can also just scroll and control 12 of unit X.
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
August 24 2010 13:06 GMT
#14
As someone with an average of 60-70 APM I always lol when I beat someone with an average of ~130
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-24 18:00:36
August 24 2010 17:57 GMT
#15
Testimony:

I always felt inadequate, but ever since using universalwill's APM augmentation technique, I haven't lost. My APM got bigger and, let's just say I'm satisfied with the results. Where once I was a nub scrub who got destroyed in Bronze league, now I'm a lean mean APM spamming machine! The ladies love my fast fingers to!

Thanks APM augmentation! Now I can now manhandle the opposition!
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
babolatt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada312 Posts
September 01 2010 17:02 GMT
#16
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to SC, and I've wondered when watching replays why people click all over the place for what appears to be no reason. Is this simply to fake a high APM? I don't get it.

By the way, someone should really consider shortening the time for a new registered person to be able to create a new thread. Searching through threads for something sort of on-topic so I can post a question is really irritating.
"Alright, Lets poop out a daily" Day9
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
September 01 2010 17:06 GMT
#17
On September 02 2010 02:02 babolatt wrote:
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to SC, and I've wondered when watching replays why people click all over the place for what appears to be no reason. Is this simply to fake a high APM? I don't get it.

By the way, someone should really consider shortening the time for a new registered person to be able to create a new thread. Searching through threads for something sort of on-topic so I can post a question is really irritating.


its necessary to keep people like you from posting new threads on something as useless as this. this is actually a perfect example of the system working ^_^

people spam early game to keep their apm high and rhythm up. its like during a run when people have to stop at a light to wait for cars but they keep jogging, obviously they're not going anywhere but they have to stay warm to keep the pace up during the intense parts of the run
☆★☆ 7486!!! Join the Ban mOnion Anti-Trolling Initiative! - Caller | "on a scale of machine to 10, how bad is that Zerg?" - LZgamer | you are the new tl.net bonjwa monion, congrats - Rekrul | "Cheeseburgers dynamite lilacs" - Chill
babolatt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada312 Posts
September 01 2010 17:30 GMT
#18
Haha, based on the threads I've been looking through so far, valid questions like these are the least of TL's concerns. A three day waiting period before posting successive "nerf terran" threads would probably be more effective

Anyway, thanks for the response.
"Alright, Lets poop out a daily" Day9
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 4h 43m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 274
elazer 223
OGKoka 187
UpATreeSC 159
TKL 138
ProTech121
JuggernautJason64
MindelVK 52
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 18200
Calm 3758
Mini 802
EffOrt 528
Shuttle 311
ggaemo 238
actioN 99
Mong 55
Mind 48
Aegong 33
[ Show more ]
Bale 10
IntoTheRainbow 10
Dota 2
Gorgc8032
Counter-Strike
pashabiceps2913
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu130
Other Games
Grubby3070
FrodaN1254
Beastyqt626
B2W.Neo334
KnowMe171
QueenE99
C9.Mang063
ZombieGrub20
Organizations
StarCraft 2
ComeBackTV 224
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream41
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Reevou 4
• intothetv
• Kozan
• sooper7s
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• 80smullet 5
• FirePhoenix4
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV921
• lizZardDota262
League of Legends
• Nemesis2837
• TFBlade762
Other Games
• imaqtpie777
• Shiphtur163
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
4h 43m
KCM Race Survival
13h 43m
The PondCast
14h 43m
WardiTV Team League
16h 43m
OSC
16h 43m
Replay Cast
1d 4h
WardiTV Team League
1d 16h
Big Brain Bouts
1d 21h
Fjant vs SortOf
YoungYakov vs Krystianer
Reynor vs HeRoMaRinE
RSL Revival
2 days
Cure vs Zoun
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Team League
2 days
[ Show More ]
Platinum Heroes Events
2 days
BSL
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs Maru
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
WardiTV Team League
3 days
BSL
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
4 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
OSC
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Rush vs PianO
Flash vs Speed
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
BeSt vs Leta
Queen vs Jaedong
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-24
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
NationLESS Cup
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.