EPT[Q] How to increase minimap awareness? - Page 3
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rmAmnesiac
United Kingdom185 Posts
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FatalRuin
United States45 Posts
For me, I used to play MapleStory pretty hardcore and you would have to look at the top right of the screen constantly to make sure your buffs were still there. This especially held true at boss raids which I loved doing. Mages have it harder because they need a certain buff on in order to simply survive at normal monsters. Also before there was the flashing HP and MP bar option you would constantly have to look down to see if your hp was getting depleted faster than you would like. I would say if you simply want looking at map practice then maybe try something like a FPS game where the mini map is relatively simple and knowing where the red dots are could prevent a death or net you a kill. Though I would say any game that requires you to look at places other then the center of the screen would help. The more important it is to look away the easier it is to train yourself to do so. This might or might not help but since I played MapleStory and a few FPS games before switching over to mainly playing SCII I find that looking at the mini map feels perfectly natural to me. | ||
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Jedclark
United Kingdom903 Posts
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Axion12
11 Posts
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Dagon
Romania264 Posts
On February 20 2011 16:26 Asparagus wrote: Sure it was only pylon placement and map vision that helped your pvz there pal? Haha.. That had me laughing for 5 mins straight! Touche! And about the minimap, set your mouse scroll speed very low for some 100 games (allmost nonexistant) and then you will be forces to use the minimap.. Also, the advice about moving your head îs very good as it enhanches muscle memory more than just moving your eyes.. | ||
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love.less
United Kingdom293 Posts
might not be for you but works for me you should try it | ||
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MightyThor7
United States2 Posts
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shizna
United Kingdom803 Posts
i think the main problem people have was when they're struggling with micro/macro, they simply don't have time to look at minimap. that's what i found anyway. i remember playing 2v2 with a friend, and watching replay from my perspective i could see that there was sooo much going on which i didn't have a clue about because in order to macro i had to 100% focus on it. so yeah... just give it time and concentrate on improving your macro. then when your macro is better, you can effectively macro while harrassing or watching minimap etc. | ||
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
On February 20 2011 13:56 leb wrote: We all know how important it is to constantly keep an eye on the minimap. It allows us those precious extra seconds to deal with whatever's coming our way and often times means the difference between winning and losing a battle. Lately I've found that this is an area in my game where I'm struggling, and it has cost me multiple games. I've tried to keep it in mind as something that I need to constantly cycle through, like ressources and supply, but as soon as anything of interest is happening on the screen, my eyes drift away and I make critical mistakes. So the question is simple: What are effective ways to increase minimap awareness so that our eyes are constantly glancing at the bottom left corner? If you've developped a technique or a routine or anything really, please share it. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208343 Look at section 6.05. There you go. | ||
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kaztah
Norway1221 Posts
Probably pretty annoying vs drops, nydus, dts, and all that in the start, but eventually it will most likely help. | ||
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DuckS
United States845 Posts
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HiredGoonThug
United States72 Posts
For instance, if you are a zerg. "Just selected larva, better look at the minimap cause I know my hotkeys" "Just injected, better work on creep spread *uses minimap to go to active tumors*" "Just added these units to a control group, better regroup everything using the minimap." And so on. Minimap awareness is easiest for zerg because they don't have to go back to base camera to build supply and they have the easiest way of gaining vision (ovie spread, creep spread) | ||
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Hoban
United States1600 Posts
Another tip is to play practice games where neither you or your practice partner can map scroll at all and focus on attacking by drops. I guarantee you that you do a few of those types of games a week you will end up looking at the minimap much more often. Watch streams/vods on full screen and force yourself to constantly be looking at the minimap. It is entertaining because you will eventually see that casters miss a ton of things (Mostly because the big battle is more visually impressive to the audience). I love to do this when I watch qxc play. If you continually practice looking and moving by the minimap you will eventually get the hang of it. Also, watching your replays once-through with your eyes glued to the minimap can tell you a ton about how you play. The moment you see an enemy pop onto your minimap (or expose themselves somehow) pause the game, check where your camera was, and see what you were doing that made you not look at the minimap. That will help you better realize at what times you weren't looking and allow you to fix it. | ||
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gavinashun
101 Posts
On April 16 2011 00:47 Moja wrote: Play an APM trainer with no sound. Once you can beat it consistently, you'll be MUCH better about looking at the minimap. What is an APM trainer? | ||
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dicedicerevolution
United States245 Posts
Note that you really want to have an idea on how to execute your build order when you do this so you don't have to stop to think about what to do next. It really slows your playing speed down a lot when you have to stop to think what to do next, and it's too much to focus on at once when you're trying new things (remembering build + watching minimap). | ||
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lordsurya08
United States141 Posts
On February 20 2011 16:26 Asparagus wrote: Sure it was only pylon placement and map vision that helped your pvz there pal? Bwahahahahaha that was hilarious. You made my day, good sir. Back to topic...if I remember correctly there was a clever custom game to train you to look at the minimap regularly...I'll see if I can find it. | ||
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dynwar7
1983 Posts
On July 01 2012 09:19 lordsurya08 wrote: Bwahahahahaha that was hilarious. You made my day, good sir. Back to topic...if I remember correctly there was a clever custom game to train you to look at the minimap regularly...I'll see if I can find it. There is absolutely NO NEED to bump this just to say that. | ||
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Don.681
Philippines189 Posts
1. Check your money, is it low? Not near supply block? Yes? Smile. 2. Check your Nexi, are you making probes? Energy low? Yes? Smile. 3. Check your minimap, arey you safe? Yes? Smile. Keeps your head cool as well. :-) | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
 but there was a Day9 daily that said just that. It was really good advice at the time and still is. Have a rhythm to look at supply, money, minimap, CC/whatever. I think he called it the taps or something. Anyway point being that's good advice for new/rising players. | ||
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genius_man16
United States749 Posts
On February 20 2011 16:19 Dhalphir wrote: This is a big one. If you're still struggling with basic hotkeys and being confident in your build, you really don't have the time to spare to watch the minimap, and other, more important things will suffer if you try. Focus on getting your normal gameplay (building things on time, keeping up with production, etc) down to the point of automation. You'll then find that watching the minimap will come naturally and be much easier as you'll have periods where your mind isn't actively thinking about anything, your hands are doing things by themselves. I think this is the biggest one. I'm only low master here, but I noticed that as I moved up (slowly, lol) in Diamond and refined my mechanics and build orders, looking at the mini-map simply came naturally once you start to do things automatically. Once things like building probes and pylons become second nature you will find you have a lot (at least a lot comparably) of time to look at the mini-map and notice things like drops. For me it came quite slowly, but if it's any consolation it also came naturally, I guess I never though of playing games against the AI to practice the head moving thing. That makes a lot of sense, although I'm spending a lot of time practicing mouse accuracy currently. | ||
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