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HOw to increase apm- speed?

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kevisyum
Profile Joined April 2006
Israel105 Posts
May 24 2006 02:24 GMT
#1
Hello- I mainly play protoss- And I find myself constantley not able to do what I want fast enoughf.

I try drilling mouse speed and acuracy by playing a custom map that only has 4 min right against the Nexus- And I just practice telling em to mine and do that over and over

i use the f keys and the 1-9 and the letters as quick commands

but are there any more drills to increase speed- and are there any more hotkeys that I'm missing- or anyway to reprograhm the keyboard?

In reps the gosu players' left hand seems to stay over the (ert-sdfg-cv)keys- That would be allot easier than trying to press 1 twice to look at my zealots then 0 twice to look at my nexus area.
any ideas? O_O
The battle is won before its actually begun
beavis.smurf
Profile Joined December 2005
United States339 Posts
May 24 2006 02:26 GMT
#2
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM GOD DAMN IT NO MORE APM THREADS, GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF.
a korean just pulled off some sexy cheese and got cheesed back - tasteless
lawl mart
Profile Joined April 2006
United States1289 Posts
May 24 2006 02:35 GMT
#3
I use 1-3 for troops, 4 for special units like DA's and stormers, 5 for my main nexus, 6 for my 2nd expo, 7 for my first expo, 8 for my shuttle, 9 for my robo, and 0 for my obs.
When I need to macro I press f2 for my gates, f3 for my choke, and f4 for where my opponents shit mainly is (like where the terran is pushing)

I'm at school and I'll edit later
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AZN)Boy
Profile Joined September 2004
United States57 Posts
May 24 2006 02:36 GMT
#4
SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~[For every minutes you spend angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness]
SP)diQ
Profile Joined May 2005
1107 Posts
May 24 2006 02:38 GMT
#5
[R] where can i download apm ???
Trey5
Profile Joined May 2004
United States285 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-05-24 02:49:04
May 24 2006 02:44 GMT
#6
use the fork to slowly cut 1/3 of your keyboard (use napkins for juice) at a time, then eat.

edit to contribute: There is no real shortcut, you just have to play a ton of games. As long as you are using your hotkeys you will gradually get faster.
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iNsaNe-
Profile Joined January 2005
Finland5201 Posts
May 24 2006 02:44 GMT
#7
Jesus.

Yeah well just remember to use hotkey and somewhat spam with your mouse so you're 'warm', how much you're apm usually is? Cause obviously apm isn't any key to success. Usually you just need to play more, too much hotkey spamming just distracts you, apm will increase as your skill does, if it's like below 100 at least.
It takes a fool to remain sane.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36402 Posts
May 24 2006 02:47 GMT
#8
apm means nothing omg apm not equal speed noboyd need more than 130 apm omg bigballs travis beat nada and themarine wgt and some111 i know has 80 apm cam own u all apm mean nothing (though i hab 250 apm, sometimes 200) just look fisheye 2 he good wit low apm
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
May 24 2006 03:01 GMT
#9
On May 24 2006 11:47 Hot_Bid wrote:
apm means nothing omg apm not equal speed noboyd need more than 130 apm omg bigballs travis beat nada and themarine wgt and some111 i know has 80 apm cam own u all apm mean nothing (though i hab 250 apm, sometimes 200) just look fisheye 2 he good wit low apm


LoL

<3
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
SP)diQ
Profile Joined May 2005
1107 Posts
May 24 2006 03:04 GMT
#10
On May 24 2006 11:47 Hot_Bid wrote:
apm means nothing omg apm not equal speed noboyd need more than 130 apm omg bigballs travis beat nada and themarine wgt and some111 i know has 80 apm cam own u all apm mean nothing (though i hab 250 apm, sometimes 200) just look fisheye 2 he good wit low apm

Some sweet weed U`ve got, indeed.
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
May 24 2006 03:15 GMT
#11
On May 24 2006 12:04 SP)diQ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2006 11:47 Hot_Bid wrote:
apm means nothing omg apm not equal speed noboyd need more than 130 apm omg bigballs travis beat nada and themarine wgt and some111 i know has 80 apm cam own u all apm mean nothing (though i hab 250 apm, sometimes 200) just look fisheye 2 he good wit low apm

Some sweet weed U`ve got, indeed.


The stickiest of the icky

Anyways, spamming every now in then really does help you get used to hotkeys. Also, I used to just think this was a myth, but watching first person vods is amazing inspiration to try to be asian
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36402 Posts
May 24 2006 03:22 GMT
#12
asias hab nothing 2 do with apm. round eyes can hab the apm, but y need? no need!

no need 4 more than 100 apm bc spam spam spam no do nothing 4 raping @ right? u win with low apm no need 300 nada apm, it clear just spam spam spam spam.

why u think asian fingers faster? small and tiny fingers SUPER use for electronics making dat why. nada no progamer he make toy car go fast bc he spam spam spam wire, it clear.
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36402 Posts
May 24 2006 03:22 GMT
#13
sorry, change "nada no progamer" to "IF nada no progamer"
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32280 Posts
May 24 2006 03:28 GMT
#14
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kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-05-24 03:30:33
May 24 2006 03:29 GMT
#15
On May 24 2006 12:22 Hot_Bid wrote:
asias hab nothing 2 do with apm. round eyes can hab the apm, but y need? no need!

no need 4 more than 100 apm bc spam spam spam no do nothing 4 raping @ right? u win with low apm no need 300 nada apm, it clear just spam spam spam spam.

why u think asian fingers faster? small and tiny fingers SUPER use for electronics making dat why. nada no progamer he make toy car go fast bc he spam spam spam wire, it clear.


On May 24 2006 12:22 Hot_Bid wrote:
sorry, change "nada no progamer" to "IF nada no progamer"

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tKd_
Profile Joined February 2005
United States2916 Posts
May 24 2006 03:35 GMT
#16
watch first person vods and copy them. It will surley increase your knowledge if you suck that much.
Random()
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
May 24 2006 03:40 GMT
#17
That's how you do it:

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SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
May 24 2006 04:41 GMT
#18
Whoa! APM Creme!
Now do you apply it or eat it with your favorite crackers?
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36402 Posts
May 24 2006 04:44 GMT
#19
On May 24 2006 13:41 SuperJongMan wrote:
Whoa! APM Creme!
Now do you apply it or eat it with your favorite crackers?

cracker no have good apm, only asians
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SP)diQ
Profile Joined May 2005
1107 Posts
May 24 2006 04:54 GMT
#20
even non-asians can have good apm if they R on crack ;]
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