EPTTop10 average APM during Dreamhack (list) - Page 8
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
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merz
Sweden2760 Posts
On June 27 2011 00:53 Paladia wrote: It does show potential though. Are you considering going "pro" and perhaps taking a break from school for a while? How much do you generally play? I heard you went to law school (which I do as well, at SU), is it at UU? Yes it's UU. I play as much as I can, seeing how you're also in Law School you probably understand how much that is. But School in general has suffered a lot due to Sc2 for the last year, I haven't failed a course as of yet but I'm always on the verge of failing, most likely due to that I don't spend a lot of time studying. I'm playing fulltime this summer, before Dreamhack I had about 14 days to prepare and I practiced at least 8 hours a day on average, and I could've made it out of my group if I hadn't slipped up against players I should beat or at least be on the same level as (naama and grubby). So I think after a month more or so I might be able to be a lot more stable in my play and keep up the consistency, if I feel that I'm on a decent enough level at the end of this summer (late august) I'll probably apply for a break at my school, to have my spot secured, and focus on professional gaming for at least a year or so.Otherwise I'll probably quit professional gaming and just finish school. The way it is now, I'm still not quite on par with the top players, meanwhile school is suffering (seeing how grades are very important in Law school) so I'm kind of in a lose/lose situation at the moment. But we'll see how it all works out in August  . | ||
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Minored
Brazil88 Posts
but anyway, i feel better about my 90 apm in plat league after seeing this thread | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
On June 26 2011 21:15 Megaliskuu wrote: Its kinda sad that people can be top players with 130 apm though  .On the contrary. It's quite sad that some people still value apm over strategy as a winning factor. I'm glad this game was improved over the monkey-like actions from BW. User was warned for this post | ||
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Weenkus
Croatia26 Posts
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Paladia
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On June 27 2011 01:02 meRz wrote: Yes it's UU. I play as much as I can, seeing how you're also in Law School you probably understand how much that is. But School in general has suffered a lot due to Sc2 for the last year, I haven't failed a course as of yet but I'm always on the verge of failing, most likely due to that I don't spend a lot of time studying. I'm playing fulltime this summer, before Dreamhack I had about 14 days to prepare and I practiced at least 8 hours a day on average, and I could've made it out of my group if I hadn't slipped up against players I should beat or at least be on the same level as (naama and grubby). So I think after a month more or so I might be able to be a lot more stable in my play and keep up the consistency, if I feel that I'm on a decent enough level at the end of this summer (late august) I'll probably apply for a break at my school, to have my spot secured, and focus on professional gaming for at least a year or so.Otherwise I'll probably quit professional gaming and just finish school. The way it is now, I'm still not quite on par with the top players, meanwhile school is suffering (seeing how grades are very important in Law school) so I'm kind of in a lose/lose situation at the moment. But we'll see how it all works out in August . I can understand that, especially considering UU has much more mandatory classes (while we have almost none). Grades are indeed extremely important, with poor grades, unless you have connections or are lucky, the degree isn't of much use. As you then can expect to end up as a consumer guide or alike (konsumentvägledare). With that in mind, it is likely better to take a break from school for a while and focus on gaming or quit gaming altogether. As doing both at a mediocre level isn't a very viable strategy. We don't have to apply for a break though, people just quit for a year or two and then show up again without any notice. As long as you have been accepted into the program once and you have not gone to the courses previously, you are guaranteed a spot. | ||
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Tweleve
United States644 Posts
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
Also... merz... is that really necessary? | ||
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Mattes
Germany1116 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + His gf must be the happiest person alive | ||
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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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puppykiller
United States3128 Posts
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Spacekyod
United States818 Posts
On June 27 2011 01:12 Apolo wrote: On the contrary. It's quite sad that some people still value apm over strategy as a winning factor. I'm glad this game was improved over the monkey-like actions from BW. Woah, easy with the BW bashing. Let's remember that you're limited to the number of units you can put on one hot key, and there is no movement queuing. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On June 26 2011 21:40 Megaliskuu wrote: As a Zerg BW player, alot of apm comes from going 1click 2click 3click 4click 5click 6click 7click 8click 9click to move your army around the map, I was a shit C/low C+ player but I averaged 340-360 apm just because moving mass ling armies added lots of actions. I have to agree, the reason why the APMs are so low compared to BW, is just that macro and micro has gotten so much easier and faster. It takes maybe half the time to perform the actions required, but only a quarter of the actions to do something. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
I thought Sjow had lower, around 100 isn't too bad (obviously not amazingly huge!) | ||
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mumming
Faroe Islands256 Posts
So to get real apm multiply in game amp with 1,4. I think I did it pretty well, but u can make it go on longer to get a more precise number if you want. | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
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ma70
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On June 27 2011 00:25 Datum wrote: I was lucky enough to get to watch July play at MLG. Although he doesn't have the absolute highest APM, his mouse accuracy was insane. The TL community knows that APM doesn't matter, it's effective APM that's important. Also, I was surprised to see Grubby, the WC3 legend, with such low APM. Can a former WC3 player tell me, was there no APM spamming in WC3? There was APM spamming in WC3. Having 180-200 APM in WC3 was considered high. WC3 didn't really rely on super multitasking and map control like SC2 did. Once you made 5 gold workers and 7-8 lumber harvesters (HU/Orc/Elf), you only macroed through a few unit producers. Most of your APM actually came from microing your heroes/units. There were quite a few spammers though, such as Focus who had around 330-360 APM in WC3. | ||
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ganil
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On June 27 2011 01:57 obesechicken13 wrote: I have to agree, the reason why the APMs are so low compared to BW, is just that macro and micro has gotten so much easier and faster. It takes maybe half the time to perform the actions required, but only a quarter of the actions to do something. I played on iccup less than 2 seasons with no prior SCBW experience. I suck at rts game. I'm slow as hell I play super safe and standard. ... I got C with sthg like 140~150 apm average (3 hatch spire into 5 hatch hydra vs P and 2 hatch muta 3 hatch hive vT, ZvZ is weird so I had no real planned build here). You don't need a high apm to do basics builds and win a lot. | ||
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