BlackStone 66 Posted June 28, 2011 What's the point? I understand its Actions Per Minute, which is nice and all.Frankly, I avg about 50 APM... on a good day? Yet I creme people with 150+ APM... so what exactly is the point other then saying "I spam keys like a Korean, and i like my chinese cooked just right" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobsteak 9 Posted June 28, 2011 Well like you said, there are those who just spam keys to increase their apm, but a pro uses every action for something useful such as making buildings, producing unit, scouting, etc. The pros are just too fast for a lower level player to keep up with and that is why some people stress apm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOPEZ 1750 Posted June 28, 2011 Microoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bowser 3 Posted June 28, 2011 APM is unimportant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beefwipe 11 Posted June 28, 2011 A certain level of apm is needed to be a good player, but it's not very high.About 80 or so should get you by. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobVosh 0 Posted June 28, 2011 I disagree, you can easily get by with a 40 apm most of the game. I'm not great at starcraft (diamond) but I only have 40 apm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I <3 People of Color 2 Posted June 28, 2011 My APM is misleading. When there is literally nothing to do, such as the very beginning of the game, or when I've got all my building making upgrades and my larvae is taken up then I float around 0-10 APM (normally 0). The thing is though during the times when I'm actually doing stuff I average 45ish, but then when there are fights and I'm making units and microing and such I can reach up to 150. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insomniac. 0 Posted June 29, 2011 Yeah, APM honestly means nothing it only helps tell how active a person is during a game. From experience I average 100-150 apm during intense fights when i'm macroing + microing but most of the time if there's no action it's mostly just key spamming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruggles 23 Posted June 29, 2011 awwww, one thing I'm proud of myself for. As ipoc mentions, when there's literally nothing to be done early on, I'm at 0. When I'm microing a battew, it's above 200 almost always (soproud), as I've been focusing on being able to macro simultaneously, etc. I'm working on keeping my zlings scouting and stuff when I do have downtime so that I have better info, and that'll probably help my "idle" apm, but otherwise I'm around 60 :L Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackStone 66 Posted June 29, 2011 awwww, one thing I'm proud of myself for. As ipoc mentions, when there's literally nothing to be done early on, I'm at 0. When I'm microing a battew, it's above 200 almost always (soproud), as I've been focusing on being able to macro simultaneously, etc. I'm working on keeping my zlings scouting and stuff when I do have downtime so that I have better info, and that'll probably help my "idle" apm, but otherwise I'm around 60 :LI get lazy with my zling scouts.... I just burrow them on the location that they would build/land at an expo and forget I even have the guys.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
