[Q] What does spamming APM do? - Page 5

mookku

Finland39 Posts

January 02 2011 12:10 GMT

#81

I spam because it's so damn boring to just make drones for that long a period in the beginning of the game. Really not much to do there besides spamming, and as a zerg if I don't succeed at scouting I often just die right after I get to do something else than drones. At least spamming leaves me with a feeling that I actually just played a game there, even if that's not really true.

Not sure if it does anything specifically, I often notice that I'm as distracted whether I spam or not, missing drone timings for like 10 minerals and so on, so it doesn't seem to give me an edge in anyway - I just do it cause, why not, right? Analyzing this further might go on a bit over-analytic side in my opinion, just let people spam and make your own decisions based on how you feel it affects you.

EDIT: Minor grammar issues.

Rouel

Sweden138 Posts

January 02 2011 12:17 GMT

#82

Personally, I'm working on improving my basic mechanics and rewiring my keybindings and it helps a lot to spam in the beginning.
A problem I'm working on is warping in a unit, sending it towards the combat and commandgrouping them after- not before. Much harder than my usual gathering up the Terran rally stream and I dare say somewhat counterintuitive.
Spamming these commandkeys in the beginning of the game really helps. I forget to spam rather often and I notice that my couple first warp ins and commandgrouping are clumsy.
So spamming when nothing is happening has helped me get going in the game to warp-in stuff smoothly and move a diverse group of units across the map (1a2a3a4a5a as fast as I can leftclick).

vict1019

United States401 Posts

January 02 2011 12:56 GMT

#83

makes you feel like a pro, just as playing on lower resolution cause some of the pros do it.

Aldehyde

Sweden939 Posts

January 02 2011 15:58 GMT

#84

On January 02 2011 20:05 Lythox wrote:

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I guess you guys have no experience with sports whatsoever..
Stretching is indeed to reduce muscle pain etc, but you do it before the excercising, and it does fall under the category of warming up. (If you don't stretch muscles before heavy excercise you might damage them even.)

Okay, so I googled it. Seems like there are different ways to go about it. Some techniques are used prior to the session and some afterwards. It depends on what kind of excercise it is.

Interesting fact, according to wiki, is that it in some cases is bad to stretch.

Source

Static stretching being after a workout, active being prior or during.

DestroManiak

257 Posts

January 02 2011 18:03 GMT

#85

Spamming APM makes you look like a total BAUWS.

If you want to "warm up" you should try clicking on moving workers rapidly in an order (leftmost then rightmost, second leftmost then second rightmost etc. you can have any sequence) so that your hand eye coordination would improve etc.
This would make you use your mouse better in the game in my opinion

Megaman

United States19 Posts

January 02 2011 19:02 GMT

#86

APM is one of the topics that makes many people respond defensively, most likely because they don't want to come off as possibly being a slow thinker in comparison to others.

Also, the term spam has a negative connotation already, meaning a fruitless activity, so this thread question is biased from the start.

SCdinner

Canada516 Posts

January 02 2011 19:48 GMT

#87

Is there any actual studies that show spamming makes somebody's amp greater later in the game? If you ask me it just wares people out faster. My guess its just and excuse for people wanting their apm to look more impressive on the replays.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

January 02 2011 22:12 GMT

#88

I think all the bases have been covered.

Anyways, this has been asked and answered a dozen times before. Please use search before making new threads.

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