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in the last 6 months i've felt like i was on the verge of discovering the secret to high apm.
up until january my apm was hovering around 240. As a terran, this is pretty good. but I wanted to go even higher. I wanted to be like nada and xellos. to reach for that 300+ consistently without giving up mechanics in the process.
You see, I've watch many replays by amateurs and other non-pros with exceptionally high apm. But they sacrifice a lot to get that apm. They're sloppy, their scvs are all over the place, they're pressing 1212121212 helplessly as their opponents ravage their base. I didn't want to be that guy.
i tried so hard. sometimes practicing with just the computer. in those games, i sometimes made beyond 300+ but it always seemed difficult. I analyzed the hell out of progamers with 300+-guys like nada, hwasin, and xellos. there was something in bwchart that i just didn't see. but i knew it was there.
i finally learned what it was. it was like breaking the sound barrier. the best news is that i didn't sacrifice my mechanics or my macro. i've seen foreigners who try to reach that magical 300 number only to give up game play in favor of bragging rights. I won't name them but their I don't consider them to be true 300 apm gamers.
unfortunately, it's taken me 8 years to come this far. I haven't improved strategy wise,and I'm not great on a whole bunch of maps, but I do know that 'trick' that progamers-specifically terrans-use to get beyond 300.
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Apm dont matter fool, just concentrate
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It's very hard to get more than 200 on the mouse alone, the other 100 has to come from the keyboard or extremely fast mouse skills so spamming 1 2 1 2 1 2 on control groups gives alot more apm wihle doing nothing. If you want to test this get BWchart and start a game vs a comp and just start clicking on a pylon or somtehing then check the apm.
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Is it hotkeying a building and holding down that number by any chance?
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I'm going to keep refreshing this page until the secret is out 
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United States20061 Posts
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On May 30 2008 10:36 frozenclaw wrote:I'm going to keep refreshing this page until the secret is out
Here's a hint. There's something that happens between the first 3 minutes and after in ever TvP or TvT. Almost without exception I saw the same thing in Nada and Xellos games with almost the exact same timeline. After 3 minutes they do something so ordinary that you wouldn't even think to look for. But I saw it. In almost every game of hwasin, nada, and xellos. I know what they did to get their high apm and having amazing macro/micro/mechanics.
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What? you make it sound like they're trying to brag about their high apm while not sacrificing mechanics if they're just playing extremely well then why do you keep saying apm they wouldn't do it for the lolz when its a serious game and money is on the line
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your blog post sounds like a spam email trying to sell penis enlargement apm improvement secrets
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Can you just spill it already for all us poor TL.netizens? plz? T_T
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seriously, wtf is up with this post... congrats on your motherfucking secret, i guess
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So you condemn the 300+ apm foreigners who 'sacrifice alot' to get that high, but you openly admit that you've focused extensively on raising your apm instead of working on your strategic insight
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awesome read and good laugh 
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On May 30 2008 10:47 azndsh wrote:
your blog post sounds like a spam email trying to sell penis enlargement apm improvement secrets
lol
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Valhalla18444 Posts
post your discovery or shut the fuck up
seriously what the hell is the point of saying 'hurrr hrur i know something you dont know'
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Can you teach me the apm secret?
I wanna improve on my 100 apm plz.
PLLZzzzzzzzzzz
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cough it up, homo
we're curious
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On May 30 2008 10:55 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
post your discovery or shut the fuck up
seriously what the hell is the point of saying 'hurrr hrur i know something you dont know'
exactly what I was thinking.
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what;s the point of getting 300+ apm if it doesn't make any gameplay difference with 250 apm?
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On May 30 2008 10:31 allowicious wrote:
..and the trick is?
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YOU WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH???????????????
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!
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On May 30 2008 11:04 Vin{MBL} wrote:
what;s the point of getting 300+ apm if it doesn't make any gameplay difference with 250 apm?
CoO0)0oiI0iw0)0l points
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On May 30 2008 10:55 SuperJongMan wrote:
Can you teach me the apm secret?
I wanna improve on my 100 apm plz.
PLLZzzzzzzzzzz
Here's a hint. There's something that happens between the first 3 minutes and after in ever TvP or TvT. Almost without exception I saw the same thing in Nada and Xellos games with almost the exact same timeline. After 3 minutes they do something so ordinary that you wouldn't even think to look for. But I saw it. In almost every game of hwasin, nada, and xellos. I know what they did to get their high apm and having amazing macro/micro/mechanics.
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i get 280 apm consistently as protoss
here's the secret
select stuff a lot
select your gateways a lot to see how far your units are so you can time for reinforcements
build your gateways in a cluster so you can quickly select all of them - reduces number of hotkeys required for gateways
change rally points quickly
hotkey smaller groups of units and use more control groups for better control of your army
make good use of spellcasters
maintain probe production
scout constantly
put important buildings on hotkeys (templar archives, if you're researching storm, robo fac if you're making lots of obs)
hotkey a forge maybe if you're mass upgrading
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I say we go on a witch hunt and put him up on a stake and prepare to burn him lest he gives us what we want.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
On May 30 2008 11:05 gg_hertzz wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2008 10:55 SuperJongMan wrote:
Can you teach me the apm secret?
I wanna improve on my 100 apm plz.
PLLZzzzzzzzzzz Here's a hint. There's something that happens between the first 3 minutes and after in ever TvP or TvT. Almost without exception I saw the same thing in Nada and Xellos games with almost the exact same timeline. After 3 minutes they do something so ordinary that you wouldn't even think to look for. But I saw it. In almost every game of hwasin, nada, and xellos. I know what they did to get their high apm and having amazing macro/micro/mechanics.
k you just made this exact post on the first page
go get your attention somewhere else asshole
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