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Zoler
Sweden6339 Posts
Play vs computer and play as fucking fast as you can, spam everywhere. As many games as you want (I did like 5 or something). It teaches you how fast you really can be and you will get faster. The rules: Keep minerals below 500 and be over 300 apm the whole time (get an apm meter for this). I didn't think it would change very much but I actually raised my APM from 180 to 220-240 :D | ||
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Zoler
Sweden6339 Posts
I do that too when there's a hard match. | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5098 Posts
something I do is try to have a short list of 2 or 3 maybe even 4 things you're going to do after you've done your current action so you won't ever find yourself going "hm... what to do now......." | ||
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
That is why pros have so high redundancy, from minute one - if you start off with 400 apm when you actually need 60 at the beginning of the game, it is much easier to turn it into 190 eapm later in the game, as you don't have to change your pace. You just build up more useful actions as the game will require more of them. So yeah, spam is a way to go at first. Just copy a hotkey scheme from a progamer (if you don't have one already) and try produce from hatches only with hotkeys until you have to replace them with units. Than you just have to study the game, know what all you have to do in order to turn your spam into actually useful actions and get your brain used to it. This is when the massgaming comes into play (Clever massgaming though, the ~40% win ratio is a way to go - you can learn from your mistakes yet you don't get steamrolled hardcore every game) and replays and strategy articles when you are starting). Think about these actions how to make more more of them, what your build orders, rally points and hatchery placement in specific situations are going be and what will be your unit hotkey structure, unit placement, battle micro and harrashment and when. As you will play more often, you will have to think about less of these things as they will become automated, when you get to the stage progamers are at. Their subliminal thinking gives them the timing for perfect macro, they regroup their hotkey groups after every battle in a heartbeat, and they know exactly where their production buildings are, and when they have to get to them. This allows them almost completely to focus on strategy, as these basics are for them what movement in the goal is for hockey goalie. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
There's no point in even having the possibility of a banal thing as APM holding you back in games. So my advice is actually to focus on it primarily. Keep it in your head to try to play as fast as you can, think of things that can be done, try to multi-task as much as you can. You will have to play many games tho, because you can only play fast (if you don't count spamming) if you are familiar with what you are doing. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On September 06 2008 14:00 BlackStar wrote: http://77.251.196.241:200/Python_Multitask_Free.scx thx for the map | ||
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Ki_Do
Korea (South)981 Posts
look at the things jaedong is doing all the time, it will give u an idea of how zerg apm plays | ||
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eX-Corgh
Russian Federation386 Posts
On September 06 2008 17:50 dream-_- wrote: to be completely honest if you set a meter to beep when you go under 200 apm you will learn fairly quickly how to keep it up. if you think multitasking is a big issue for you do that, and set it high. even if your just spamming it will practice your control, mouse speed, hand speed, and get you used to a high speed environment. There is something to EAPM, much more than APM. But you need a high APM for a good EAPM. So work on that first. Most pro gamers hover around 160-190 EAPM, regardless of their actual APM. EAPM is way more important than APM, because it gives you a much better info on how fast a player is. Not sure about most pros having 160-180 eapm though... In the latest Flash vs Jaedong replay (on Fantasy, cross positions) Jaedong had 236 EAPM (354APM) and Flash, who has just average APM of 310 has 227 EAPM - WayyYyY higher than those 160-190 you're talking about. Didn't check a lot of reps to find that "pro average", but in all I've opened in BWrepinfo, pros have 190+. | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
You shouldn't actively try to raise your APM, it's just something that comes along the more you play and the more experience you get. When you know what to do and when to do it you'll notice how everything starts to go faster. | ||
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ZerG~LegenD
Sweden1179 Posts
Speed is freedom. Freedom to pick any build. Freedom to focus on strategy. Freedom to play the game the way you want to. Speed is a Starcraft player's wings. His pathway to the skies. Without speed, you're a kiwi! | ||
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liquid_team
United States23 Posts
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
On September 06 2008 20:13 eX-Corgh wrote: EAPM is way more important than APM, because it gives you a much better info on how fast a player is. Not sure about most pros having 160-180 eapm though... In the latest Flash vs Jaedong replay (on Fantasy, cross positions) Jaedong had 236 EAPM (354APM) and Flash, who has just average APM of 310 has 227 EAPM - WayyYyY higher than those 160-190 you're talking about. Didn't check a lot of reps to find that "pro average", but in all I've opened in BWrepinfo, pros have 190+. Well thats extreme example. I'd say the average would be those 190 for important games. | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
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Fad-D
United Kingdom42 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On September 06 2008 18:23 pyrogenetix wrote: apm comes with experience. it's really difficult to purposely have high apm. something I do is try to have a short list of 2 or 3 maybe even 4 things you're going to do after you've done your current action so you won't ever find yourself going "hm... what to do now......." This is true when i was raising my apm i did it though macro practice to get my mechanics down but most of the time i didn't spend to think about the build i did 1 build for all mu tri hatch into mass zerglings mass expo. Basically you also eventually have to know your builds and reactions by instinct to keep a higher apm without spamming mindlessly. | ||
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Shinrei
United States241 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
http://z15.invisionfree.com/Clan_Art_Forums/index.php?showtopic=26 Basically you need to macro from your 3 bases while you break through terran defences with swarm and lurk-ling in a limited time, and expand at the same time, and defend from harassment as well if you pick the hard version.  In other words i did my best to simulate late game ZvT. | ||
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decker247[DtYt]
United States20 Posts
 but dont worry about apm so much the only thing apm does is ur reaction timing towars things | ||
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dream-_-
United States1857 Posts
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Cham
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