EPT[Q] What does spamming APM do? - Page 3
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etceteraetcetera
United States38 Posts
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chenchen
United States1136 Posts
On December 25 2010 10:44 eth3n wrote: I was a new player to sc2 (super casual scbw) and I also was like wtf is going on. I assume its an artifact of scbw, and I assume at some point people are like "LOOK AT THE APM!" and then everyone started spamming it. But who knows, maybe it gets your prepared to spam like mad later in game. I have heard TLO mock the practice multiple times, so I assume it confers no other advantages (FINGER EXERCISE MFER!!!). Of course for those who actually want to see if their overall APM is steadily improving, to do it throughout the game makes it meaningless (if you only do it in the beginning then you could of course still check your legitimate APM in fights i guess ^_^) From what I've seen, TLO spams quite a bit at the start of games. In Friendday Wednesday he did say it's better to slow down actions so decision making is more clear, but he did mention "slower" is like 150 SC2 APM. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
A lot of people do it in general just because they see others do it, but then it becomes habit after awhile and it just happens. Kind of like swapping weapons back and forth for no reason in an FPS. It does keep your hands loose and is a lot easier to play fast later in the game if you're already playing fast at the beginning, though. Slowly getting faster and faster from a dead stop at the beginning just seems awkward to try to do. | ||
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Miicr0
Netherlands133 Posts
I notice that whenever I don't do this, I start thinking about the game and sometimes even worry myself and get nervous. So this really works to calm me down. But if you do it, don't 'overdo' it. Nobody keeps up 300 Game-APM for 40 minutes, it will just exhaust you. Do what feels right for yourself! | ||
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Psykologen
Norway16 Posts
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
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Dakk
Sweden572 Posts
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Mali__Slon
Senegal163 Posts
well if u feel so,.do it, spam as hard as u can, but be prepared to lose to lower amp players. U can also try hitting your bedroom wall with your head, because it will have the same impact on your game as spamming. | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
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0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
I suggest you start right away | ||
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Ayrie
United States213 Posts
As others have noted, it is simply a warm-up exercise after all. Of course, there are those who simply spam for the sake of spam, and in their case they have alot of wasted actions that should be spent thinking about how to efficiently use their APM potential instead of right clicking one group around fifty times to nudge it into position. APM =/= skill, it is instead an insight into the player's mechanical ceiling. | ||
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Jayrod
1820 Posts
Beyond ~120 maybe, the actions themselves are not important, but the rhythmic nature of spamming is and it will keep your calm, clearheaded, and able to focus your brain on the right response rather than wasting brain power on the 'day to day' stuff | ||
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Communism
United States176 Posts
Edit : He also said that in order to compete on a pro level, the lowest APM you could have that wouldnt necessarily affect your game with great decision making is ~130 | ||
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AmBroSiaJr
United States7 Posts
On December 25 2010 13:14 bobucles wrote: You do stretches before exercise, right? Pro players spam APM for the same thing. It's done to warm up. Has nothing to do with keeping fingers "warm". That's HUGE myth that TL.net community belives in. If ur fingers are cold, put the heater on. People spam to always know where their fingers are on the keyboard at all time, so you don't have to look down as much (which is a lot different than warming up imo). | ||
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Arisen
United States2382 Posts
On January 02 2011 15:04 AmBroSiaJr wrote: Wrong, it's to always know where your fingers are on the keyboard at all time, so you don't have to look down as much. Has nothing to do with keeping fingers "warm". If you believe this, like many people do, you're really gullible. First, "warm up" is a figure of speech. Second, in high pressure situations (such as high stakes games) blood vessels constrict, making your fingers seem very cold. Pros talk about it all the time (it was referenced in a day9 daily concerning execution around the early hundreds off the top of my head), so might want to know what your talking about before you post  . "Spamming" is a legitimate exercise to assure your mouse settings are where you want them and to gain mouse precision. On the pro levels it seldom has anything to do with just wanting the highest possible apm. | ||
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b0urne420
Canada112 Posts
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LynxKerr
Canada173 Posts
Real talk, ya heard. | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
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A.J.
United States209 Posts
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Allred
United States352 Posts
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