EPT[G] How to Dramatically Improve Hand Speed - Page 5
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ForeverSleep
Canada920 Posts
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Glockateer
United States254 Posts
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rust.oxide
United States94 Posts
I was looking around for good exercises, thank you for this! | ||
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Ladies and Gentlemen, if you learn to play this piece... well, either you fail miserably, or your speed and precision will skyrocket: http://www.911tabs.com/link/?2222413 | ||
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yiodee
United States137 Posts
i always kinda did a simpler version of that and only for my right hand. So my macro still sucks. Hell! Even now I still type using only my index and middle fingers LOL So I just wanted to add that the keyboard has 4 rows of keys and that it is also important to kinda train for the depth of the keyboard So I have a suggestion, instead of the pauses you could move from the first row of keys to the second row of keys, and continue to use the pauses to change levels. So like if you wanna train the left hand index and middle fingers, you could go something like: cv [move fingers/hand] df [move fingers/hand] er [move fingers/hand] 34, instead of just doing the df pause df pause df pause, etc hope this helps | ||
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bLecK
Australia625 Posts
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Binabik
Germany686 Posts
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Azurues
Malaysia5612 Posts
Playing piano is an added advantage for sure. But i think what is most important is can u really sync with the game and keyboard. If u can't, u just can't do it. | ||
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BigHeadYoony
United States92 Posts
On June 12 2011 16:31 XDJuicebox wrote: Not to be a troll, but how does a macro key work? Do you press it and like it does a series of button pushing for you? it would be a violation to blizzard rules though | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
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. I agree with this post so much. There's thousands of Koreans whose FULL TIME JOB it is to become better at the game. What do they do? Do they any stupid APM / hand speed exercises? No! They friggin play the game until it is ingrained into their brains, until they instinctively know what to do next. I could explain it but the quote above already does that perfectly well. | ||
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Jaeger
United States1150 Posts
On June 15 2011 14:27 XDJuicebox wrote: Does anyone know what to do with that Python code thing? I really want to try it Here's the same thing naively converted into an exe with py2exe. Just extract and run handspeed.exe and you shouldn't have to install python or anything. http://goo.gl/M32kx | ||
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thexmarine
Norway3 Posts
Personally, i dont think this has so much value untill you are at least platinum+ leagues, because then you have developed some skills in the game of starcraft and know how it all works. Im still gonna do it though xD | ||
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philipov
United States81 Posts
On June 13 2011 03:07 Shucks! wrote: Idra's apm on average is not 100-140, its 200-240. I watched the replays from Idra vs MC at MLG Columbus and Idra's APM averaged a consistent 180 while MC was over 300. | ||
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yiodee
United States137 Posts
On June 15 2011 22:03 ChickenLips wrote: I agree with this post so much. There's thousands of Koreans whose FULL TIME JOB it is to become better at the game. What do they do? Do they any stupid APM / hand speed exercises? No! They friggin play the game until it is ingrained into their brains, until they instinctively know what to do next. I could explain it but the quote above already does that perfectly well. I respectfully agree and disagree. I am a high diamond player who knows enough about zerg to always keep me busy in game. But I don't have the hand speed to keep up with my head, I take too long to give commands and I can't always do what I want and what I know i should be doing. These exercises are just what I needed. And they are perfect because you use them during down times(when riding the bus, etc), you are not sacrificing game time because of them | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
On June 16 2011 05:04 philipov wrote: I watched the replays from Idra vs MC at MLG Columbus and Idra's APM averaged a consistent 180 while MC was over 300. MC spams army, IdrA doesn't. Mistery solved!! | ||
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
On June 15 2011 22:03 ChickenLips wrote: I agree with this post so much. There's thousands of Koreans whose FULL TIME JOB it is to become better at the game. What do they do? Do they any stupid APM / hand speed exercises? No! They friggin play the game until it is ingrained into their brains, until they instinctively know what to do next. I could explain it but the quote above already does that perfectly well. We don't have gaming as our full time jobs. We don't have as much time as they do to get better at this game. Now, there are times where we're not going anything, and this is a substitute for playing if you do not have access to me. Please read the entire thread before making me feel bad about myself :/ On the other hand, much <3's to everyone else! :D | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
On June 16 2011 05:35 yiodee wrote: I respectfully agree and disagree. I am a high diamond player who knows enough about zerg to always keep me busy in game. Then you are doing the wrong things. Stephano and Nerchio, what do these 2 Zergs have in common? a) They are amongst the best players in Europe. b) Their specific zerg macro mechanics are awful. They both get to 200 energy on their queens VERY fast. Nerchio doesn't even have an inject method, he just goes back to his base and injects manually. In almost every game Stephano falls behind in supply. You don't need hand-speed to be amongst the best, you need brains, experience and game-sense. I've played against 350 APM players that were in diamond and I'm awfully slow too, about 90 APM and I'm in masters (no practice ^_~). The best way to improve at the game is to play and think about it. Don't delude yourself with this handspeed crap. Hell, SjoW was #1 on European ladder with 80 APM, I don't even know why you would take advice from a platinum player that prides himself in being able to spam 450 APM at the start of the game. | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
On June 16 2011 06:06 XDJuicebox wrote: We don't have gaming as our full time jobs. We don't have as much time as they do to get better at this game. Now, there are times where we're not going anything, and this is a substitute for playing if you do not have access to me. Please read the entire thread before making me feel bad about myself :/ On the other hand, much <3's to everyone else! :D Don't feel bad, I'm posting because I don't want people running around talking about APM. I wish that stat didn't even exist. How fast a player truly is you can see best through FPVoDs and second best through replays. If you worded this thread as "Hey here's something you can do while you're not at the PC to keep your fingers nimble", I wouldn't have any problems with it. But as is, many many people see this thread and it furthers their understanding of fast hands = important = better player. The real speed that you need to break into top 10 GrandMasters can only be achieved through practice and no other exercises will help with it. Any time trying to improve before that level is best spent thinking about strategies or executing strategies (this is a strategy game after all) | ||
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
On June 16 2011 06:15 ChickenLips wrote: Don't feel bad, I'm posting because I don't want people running around talking about APM. I wish that stat didn't even exist. How fast a player truly is you can see best through FPVoDs and second best through replays. If you worded this thread as "Hey here's something you can do while you're not at the PC to keep your fingers nimble", I wouldn't have any problems with it. But as is, many many people see this thread and it furthers their understanding of fast hands = important = better player. The real speed that you need to break into top 10 GrandMasters can only be achieved through practice and no other exercises will help with it. Any time trying to improve before that level is best spent thinking about strategies or executing strategies (this is a strategy game after all) That was the idea of the thread, "Hey here's something you can do while you're not at the PC to keep your fingers nimble" was exactly it. I guess I'm just not good at wording :/ | ||
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