[G] How to Dramatically Improve Hand Speed - Page 4

On June 13 2011 06:33 uSnAmplified wrote:
No offense but you even say yourself you are platinum, learning to span faster is not the key to being good at this game, APM is worthless if their is no meaningful action behind it.

On June 13 2011 13:06 Rybread wrote:


It's not about APM it's about hand speed. Did you even read it. Brain speed + Hand Speed = Good APM

On June 13 2011 13:25 XDJuicebox wrote:


So true!!!

By the way, can anyone here play "Flight of the Bumblebee" decently? Some of the drills my friend gave me for the song are what the drills here are based on lol

On June 13 2011 21:27 MuffinCookie wrote:
Freak of nature? What is this nonsense?

You sir, are completely awesome. I'm apparently a weird zerg, because I set all my hatcheries on 1, all my queens on 2, my scouting overlord on 3, and my army/tech on from 4-7.

With these exercises, I might be able to finally reach 8-9. :D

On June 13 2011 13:06 Rybread wrote:


It's not about APM it's about hand speed. Did you even read it. Brain speed + Hand Speed = Good APM

On June 13 2011 22:56 uSnAmplified wrote:
Your serious? You don't need to practice hand speed by mashing keys, all this guide is doing for you is a quick trip to RSI. I could pick any combination of my hotkeys and mash away to 450 apm blindly, it means absolutely nothing.

"speed" comes with knowing what you are doing, if you play often and pick up on more of what you should be doing, your hands will follow suit as you learn what they need to be doing. Anybody can reach the required APM to be a masters level player, or possibly above as is.

Hand speed, APM whatever you want to call it for the guides sake, is just an trap people get caught in trying to be fast like the "pros" and looking for a way to improve without actually playing the game.

There is no better practice then playing the game, period.

On June 13 2011 23:03 gogatorsfoster wrote:


Yes there is no better way to get better at starcraft but to play starcraft.....

But eventaully once your good enough your hands may not be able to move as fast as your thoughts.
Example: Your microing two places at once but still need to macro. There is no way that you can handle that with slow hands. Your right though this isnt a #1 priority for improving for starcraft but the guide still has merit

Edit*
Hand speed and apm are different. You can have fast hands and have low apm. You can perform less actions faster. On the other side you can have high apm but have much slower hands. Hand speed isn`t spamming hotkeys. The reason the pros spam hotkeys at the start of the match is to keep their hands warm so their able to move fast on their keyboards when they need to do actual movements

On June 13 2011 22:56 uSnAmplified wrote:
Your serious? You don't need to practice hand speed by mashing keys, all this guide is doing for you is a quick trip to RSI. I could pick any combination of my hotkeys and mash away to 450 apm blindly, it means absolutely nothing.

"speed" comes with knowing what you are doing, if you play often and pick up on more of what you should be doing, your hands will follow suit as you learn what they need to be doing. Anybody can reach the required APM to be a masters level player, or possibly above as is.

Hand speed, APM whatever you want to call it for the guides sake, is just an trap people get caught in trying to be fast like the "pros" and looking for a way to improve without actually playing the game.

There is no better practice then playing the game, period.

On June 14 2011 13:43 Ponyo wrote:
Awesome OP. So yea my hands hurt now. WTF