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[G] Bumblebees Guide to Playing with Low APM - Page 5

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Shaok
Profile Joined October 2010
297 Posts
June 20 2011 07:23 GMT
#81
On April 14 2011 08:18 PJA wrote:
TL;DR: Play efficiently and think of clever ways to make your hotkeys do as much heavy lifting as possible.


Great contribution to the thread.

Nice read Bumblebee, it should help a lot of people.
FlaminGinjaNinja
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom879 Posts
June 20 2011 10:03 GMT
#82
On June 01 2011 02:42 Techno wrote:
Show nested quote +
Terran - As discussed in the race section, terran has the most APM intensive macro.

YES I WIN

+ Show Spoiler +
trollin so hard... good read.


No wanting to start an argument or anything but i really don't agree with that. I don't think anyone can say that one race is more APM intensive then another when it comes to macro.

And i also don't agree with the OP when he says that there isn't alot of micro a Zerg has to do, but i'll forgive him for that since this thread is really old now and it's such a good read, very helpful for players of all calibre i think
GinjaNinja.661 EU I'd like to thank my sh*t keyyboard for always messing up my 'Y's
shiNe.
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada120 Posts
June 20 2011 16:28 GMT
#83
Wall of text!!! Lol jk. Wow nice guide I'm gonna show my friends! I appreciate the amount of work that went into writing that :D
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
June 20 2011 17:05 GMT
#84
Holy crap, what an incresibly well written guide. Thanks to whoever bumped this. Such a great deal of work was put into this and i believe some recognition is in order
When they see MC Probe, all the ladies disrobe.
SaYyId
Profile Joined August 2010
Portugal277 Posts
June 20 2011 18:16 GMT
#85
I could never spend such an amount of time wrinting an article this well written. I'd give up halfway. And no, I didn't read it fully -.-
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Kornholi0
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada634 Posts
June 20 2011 18:23 GMT
#86
I would say give this guy blue status but the post is so old =/ Maybe if he came back and reformatted for easy easier reading (adding spoiler tags etc) than it would be blue material again?
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Bumblebees
Profile Joined August 2010
United States328 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-28 14:07:04
August 27 2011 00:11 GMT
#87
I am currently in the process of re-writing this guide, and if folks would be so kind, I would like to know any suggestions for improvement?

I will probably first release a guide on increasing your effective APM in a zerg specific context, but this feedback I can use for that guide as well.

I hope this is an acceptable bump, as this is really my only place for getting feedback on my guide writing style before posting another 10,000+ word guide or two. (that's a lot of work, and I want it to be better than this one!)

edit: Pfft. The second guide is at 5k words, and I'm not even 20% done.
SCRaven
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States17 Posts
September 13 2011 08:14 GMT
#88
excellent work friend, this guide opened my eyes into a new world of conceptual gaming
For the Swarm... ofcourse
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
September 13 2011 08:20 GMT
#89
On August 27 2011 09:11 Bumblebees wrote:
I am currently in the process of re-writing this guide, and if folks would be so kind, I would like to know any suggestions for improvement?

I will probably first release a guide on increasing your effective APM in a zerg specific context, but this feedback I can use for that guide as well.

I hope this is an acceptable bump, as this is really my only place for getting feedback on my guide writing style before posting another 10,000+ word guide or two. (that's a lot of work, and I want it to be better than this one!)

edit: Pfft. The second guide is at 5k words, and I'm not even 20% done.


...so you're gonna be at 30k words when you're done? :O

Might be a little too long to read, other than that, great job
Deleted User 183001
Profile Joined May 2011
2939 Posts
September 13 2011 08:25 GMT
#90
Great read. Am I missing something, or does TL not have a "Favorite thread" feature?
Logan_ps
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United Kingdom118 Posts
October 02 2011 22:59 GMT
#91
A great guide. Thank you. I experience a couple of things that ensure I will never have a consistently high APM (not just the 'age' factor mentioned in my post earlier). Bookmarked for a re-read - so much good advice/info.
CaptainSlow
Profile Joined October 2010
Malaysia164 Posts
October 05 2011 13:05 GMT
#92
pretty cool guide. well written and comprehensive.
Ralethon
Profile Joined July 2011
United States141 Posts
October 05 2011 13:42 GMT
#93
Great guide still reading it Im pretty sure you trounced me on ladder a few days ago >.<
MasterTom
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands12 Posts
October 05 2011 21:24 GMT
#94
Could we get a link to PDF file for this? Great read... thanks a ton!
Sidders
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands41 Posts
March 08 2012 19:56 GMT
#95
Just came across this again, read it again, great read for anyone who plays with low APM (like me), so worth a bump for justice!
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Don.681
Profile Joined September 2010
Philippines189 Posts
March 09 2012 02:14 GMT
#96
Nice guide man. What do you do for a living? You could totally write for gaming/SC2 websites!

Anyways, my feedback to get your article from a 9 to a 10? Pictures. Just to break the pages up a bit.
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
March 09 2012 02:56 GMT
#97
Now can someone write a guide for players with relatively high APM?

Almost all my wins are due to my harassment / multi-proned attacks, where my opponent falls apart and I win due to superior management/multitasking.

And all my losses are due to sitting in my base and playing the macro game. I just feel so inadequate when it comes the "mind" aspect of the game (if I can't harass effectively or gain sort of macro advantage through other means I just die to equal economy opponents, simple as that -_-), and I ALWAYS rely on my mechanics to win games by simply being faster than my opponent.

T user, ~1100 US masters peak and currently playing in China in mid-masters with ~ 250/160 APM/EAPM (sc2gears).
Zythius
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Norway94 Posts
March 09 2012 16:25 GMT
#98
Ah, the APM hysteria that started when people first found at that, yes, good players usually do more stuff in the space of a minute! So now everyone is a blind spammer.

I can understand that some players spam commands out-of-combat to keep focused, but does this really cover all players? Do you get more productive by spamming commands that doesn't ahve any effect?

I bet some of them are just spamming so that their APM stats look like the pros.
kaluro
Profile Joined November 2011
Netherlands760 Posts
March 09 2012 18:14 GMT
#99
Casting/abilities - Zerg has the Queen which is very frequently used, as it is nearly required for macro. Common zerg attacking units do not have abilities unless burrow is researched. Overlord/overseer have abilities to increase map vision, which is required for competent play. Zerg has one offensive caster, the infestor


What about the corruptor?
'corruption' is an offensive ability.
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Aceace
Profile Joined June 2011
Turkey1305 Posts
March 15 2012 06:00 GMT
#100
Hi bumblebees. Can I translate this to Turkish? Of course i will add your link and your name too :D

Also if you want to add something i can add your thoughts too.
Dün dündür, bugün bugündür. (Yesterday was yesterday, today is today)
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