as many have said already... just rotate through your hotkeys as much as you can.... i like always end up pressing 5sss while doing regular rax/fact/starport macro in mid and late game..

also when you scan/mule you get to see your cc queues so you can build more then

Zedex

United Kingdom310 Posts

July 06 2011 19:56 GMT

#64

It's not about consciously remembering you just get into a routine of doing it at all times every game unless you consciously decide not to. Playing a lot of games and keep building workers until you have the amount you should for each base. But if you have trouble remembering just queue them up 2-3 at each building and you should get the hang of it after a few hundred games or so.

TheGreenMachine

United States730 Posts

July 06 2011 20:12 GMT

#65

The way I do it is I always have 2 probes or scvs in the building at a time.

But you know pro gamers DO queue up workers after a certain point right? They know you are better off queueing than to ever stop making workers even for a second. Queuing up 2 or so workers is reasonable especially if your money is not constantly hitting zero

-1600 masters zerg and protoss

avilo

United States4100 Posts

July 06 2011 20:19 GMT

#66

Just cycle through your command center hotkeys imo and consciously think to yourself "build SCVs." While you are in that stage of learning and focusing on good worker production you should even prioritize building SCVS over military because it does end up paying dividends later on.

So if you are macroing and you have that "urge" to cancel an SCV or stop SCVS just to begin producing a banshee or something a little bit faster, force yourself to stop that urge and keep going with SCV production and wait for the minerals to build the banshee - basically, be patient for your other units, and prioritize building SCVs.

StateSC2

Korea (South)621 Posts

July 06 2011 20:24 GMT

#67

When I first started playing, I had a little sticky note by my minimap. "Keep making SCVs." Helped my game awareness too.

But the best thing to do is just play a lot. Play a lot with the focus of making lots and lots of workers; after a while it'll just become second nature.

Best of luck!

iAmJeffReY

United States4262 Posts

July 06 2011 20:26 GMT

#68

On July 06 2011 08:32 Adrenaline Seed wrote:

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You know you can use tilde as a bind?

No need, it's what I'm used to since BW/TFT. I never find it hinders me. I'm 1600 na right now with slow ass apm (about 130) but somehow I keep doing decently.

DevanT

United States71 Posts

July 06 2011 20:26 GMT

#69

As Terran, I generally always have 2 scvs in my CC so if there is sudden micro, that gives me about 30 seconds of leeway

Lobotomist

United States1541 Posts

July 06 2011 20:34 GMT

#70

One little tip I've discovered, is that when there's going to be a big fight and you'll be required to control your army, it's ok to queue up workers and combat units so that you can focus on army control.

rawrjaaaaay

United States426 Posts

July 06 2011 20:35 GMT

#71

Well I hotkey all of my buildings so I try to constantly press my hotkeys to make sure that there's always something building.

ribboo

Sweden1842 Posts

July 06 2011 20:38 GMT

#72

its like larva and chrono, once u do it enough, it becomes a habbit. try remember scrolling throught your hotkeys, put a note or whatever if necessary!

Ineffability~

84 Posts

July 06 2011 20:52 GMT

#73

Listening for the sound is the best option you can get, but as I play with music in hot games( I love drop style TvZ) Im like DUUUUUUUUUUDE I NEED MORE ARMY NAOOOOOOOOOO, and I just spam workers cus I feel the urge that Im not getting enough resources and army, and I usually magically end up with 80 workers without even noticing that I've made em :D

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

July 06 2011 20:59 GMT

#74

High masters here.

What I do once Im at 2 base or more. Is always have my nexii on "1" and so when Im returning to my base to build stuff etc... I double click "1" and that way I can keep my eye on the nexus a lot. If I have 0/1 probes on my nexus I make sure to queue up until I have 2 per nexus.

With more playing you get an idea of when you should look back etc, but this is what works for me and I feel like my macro is better than most of my opponents too.

rfoster

United States1005 Posts

July 06 2011 21:12 GMT

#75

My hands kind of go on auto pilot for scv`s. I don't need to think about it anymore but I think it helps if you have both structures on one hotkey and maybe one on a separate hotkey if you are having trouble remembering that way you can always check their progression.

Dariusz

Poland657 Posts

July 06 2011 21:12 GMT

#76

This thread have no single answer to the actual quesition, because there isn't any. You guys just say how do you make your workers, how many you que and what triggers are you using to remind yourself about worker production but it's like asking how do i remember to wash my hands after peeing?
You just consciously force yourself to do it whenever you can untill you do it unconsciously.

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