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  • AcheronAcheron Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    Acheron on
  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    honestly just get a 40 second egg timer for zerg

    all you need

    If you have a G15 keyboard you could probably make a key V and also start a 40 second timer that plays a sound at the end of the timer.

    I don't have one of them, but I assume that's within its abilities.

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  • LurkLurk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    http://www.nickbertoli.com/sc2/larva_tone.mp3

    mp3 file that makes a tone at the 40 second mark.

    Insert it into your favorite mp3 player with repeat on and bind some keyboard keys to play and stop.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    28 days left. 4 weeks. The hype train has officially left the station and is slowly starting to build up steam. WOO-WOO!

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    50 apm is nothing

    once you start playing sc2, you will get 50 apm

    it is hard not to be doing 50 apm when you have two bases going

    Yea 50 APM is bad. I currently have about 100-130 and I SUCK (low level Diamond).

    To give examples (mind you I have replays sitting around of all these guys to check)
    HuK: 250-310 APM
    CatZ: 175-200
    Joseki: 320-350
    Artosis: 170-200

    This game requires insane APM. For all the ppl screaming about DoW2 your insane. DoW2 requires like 90 APM tops. How do I know? Well Lord Lokgar is part of my team and is one of the best DoW2 players out there so I can just ask him these things.

    Yeah, I mean just watch some high level games of DoW2 and it's pretty apparent right from the start that it doesn't require nearly as much APM. There just isn't the sheer volume of micro going on in the style of gameplay promoted by DoW2.

    subedii on
  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    TheStig wrote: »
    honestly just get a 40 second egg timer for zerg

    all you need

    If you have a G15 keyboard you could probably make a key V and also start a 40 second timer that plays a sound at the end of the timer.

    I don't have one of them, but I assume that's within its abilities.

    I just bought a g110 and the only macro I've made is one that selects a manually made group of queens and insta-cycles through all the hatches and spawns larva. As to how useful this will be in game situations, we'll see.

    Rivulent on
  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    BlueBlue wrote: »
    I currently have about 100-130 and I SUCK (low level [highest rank there is])

    I really feel like they should do something about this. There are several kinds of crystals, come on.

    Or people can stop being silly geese and whining about how they suck in comparison to the best players in the world. As time goes on the league divisions will get better anyway.

    Zek on
  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

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  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    yes, there is a lot of redundant clicking

    but you can't deny that they do more stuff than you in a similar timespan

    i'm not tooting an apm vuvuzela, just pointing out that while apm isn't the end-all, be-all, you still need to be aware that you should be trying to maximize your actions that you are performing at any given moment

    (and yes pros do warm up in the beginning, but if you go into something like minute 20 of a match and look at all of the different expos and watch as they almost never miss a production cycle, you can see where apm really helps)

    (although for the vast majority of players quality strategery and fundamentals will carry you far)

    (i've been coding in lisp)

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  • HeartlashHeartlash Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    High APM alone = pointless

    Good decisions on when and what to click = quite helpful

    Good decisions on when and what to click AND high APM = stellar

    That's the way the cookie crumbles.

    Also, I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm most excited for the new campaign. I haven't had a good single player RTS campaign in ages.

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  • Metal Gear Solid 2 DemoMetal Gear Solid 2 Demo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

    I'm at work so can't load up youtube but check out things like boxer's battlecruiser lockdown or 'most storms ever' and think about the micro-management that goes into that

    There is a reason high APM is touted, yes a lot of it is early filler and warming up to keep averages, but when 2 pro-koreans go at it with 200/200 armies, it shows.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Heartlash wrote: »
    Also, I don't know about you guys, but I think I'm most excited for the new campaign. I haven't had a good single player RTS campaign in ages.

    I really enjoyed the campaign for Company of Heroes / Opposing Fronts. But yeah, it looks like they're ramping things up quite a bit for this one. I like the Wing Commander style between mission activity hub.

    subedii on
  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

    I'm at work so can't load up youtube but check out things like boxer's battlecruiser lockdown or 'most storms ever' and think about the micro-management that goes into that

    There is a reason high APM is touted, yes a lot of it is early filler and warming up to keep averages, but when 2 pro-koreans go at it with 200/200 armies, it shows.

    Oh, I'm not saying APM is useless, nor am I saying the pros aren't better than I *snicker*. I'm just saying I put way more faith in the actual in-battle APM than any average that includes a ton of extra clicks just for the sake of clicking. I mean, I could gain a ton of APM by rerouting my mining rally point 80 times between each worker produced and clicking another 80 every time I want a scout to change directions. That would increase my mean APM. It would also be pointless.

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    -Z
  • Metal Gear Solid 2 DemoMetal Gear Solid 2 Demo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

    I'm at work so can't load up youtube but check out things like boxer's battlecruiser lockdown or 'most storms ever' and think about the micro-management that goes into that

    There is a reason high APM is touted, yes a lot of it is early filler and warming up to keep averages, but when 2 pro-koreans go at it with 200/200 armies, it shows.

    Oh, I'm not saying APM is useless, nor am I saying the pros aren't better than I *snicker*. I'm just saying I put way more faith in the actual in-battle APM than any average that includes a ton of extra clicks just for the sake of clicking. I mean, I could gain a ton of APM by rerouting my mining rally point 80 times between each worker produced and clicking another 80 every time I want a scout to change directions. That would increase my mean APM. It would also be pointless.

    Again, high APM is taken as an indicator of skill as it shows that you can keep up a consistent and very quick pace. This APM is generally what's used to gauge how good a player is at macro and micro. If they were only to go through their high APM in battles then the average would be far lower and coaches and observers wouldn't know what a player's potential or actual quickness would be.

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  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

    I'm at work so can't load up youtube but check out things like boxer's battlecruiser lockdown or 'most storms ever' and think about the micro-management that goes into that

    There is a reason high APM is touted, yes a lot of it is early filler and warming up to keep averages, but when 2 pro-koreans go at it with 200/200 armies, it shows.

    Oh, I'm not saying APM is useless, nor am I saying the pros aren't better than I *snicker*. I'm just saying I put way more faith in the actual in-battle APM than any average that includes a ton of extra clicks just for the sake of clicking. I mean, I could gain a ton of APM by rerouting my mining rally point 80 times between each worker produced and clicking another 80 every time I want a scout to change directions. That would increase my mean APM. It would also be pointless.

    Again, high APM is taken as an indicator of skill as it shows that you can keep up a consistent and very quick pace. This APM is generally what's used to gauge how good a player is at macro and micro. If they were only to go through their high APM in battles then the average would be far lower so coaches and observers wouldn't know what their potential is.

    But shifting a mining rally point 80 times in between workers demonstrates potential? The redundant clicks are my point.

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  • Metal Gear Solid 2 DemoMetal Gear Solid 2 Demo Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    Acheron wrote: »
    I never put too much stock in APM, although it is kinda interesting to see it in replays now. I was in Diamond and would often beat people with ~2x my APM (I would be around 50).

    I would watch their perspectives in the replay and they would just be clicking like 8 times for a unit to move to one spot. Then they would do this ridiculous click-spamming at the beginning when nothing was happening. Somehow their redundant commands wouldn't save them when my army came over and started raping their base.

    The beta needs to get back soon, because my SC2 craving is starting to become intense.

    I agree with you. Even when you watch pro replays you see tons and tons of redudnant clicking. I mean there is definitely a threshold somewhere, I'd personally guess around 100 APM is needed, but like 300? I mean really thats just overkill.

    That's the thing that gets me. People are tooting their APM vuzuvelas and pointing out the huge APM of the professionals... and then you watch a replay and see a TON of redundant clicks.

    Those who defend the overclicking say things like, "oh, the pros warm up. They click all over to keep their hands moving." That's all well and good, but it throws any mean APM out the window for a game. Show me what their APM is like in combat, during heavy micromanagement, and then we'll talk. But until then, I hold that the useless clicks skew numbers.

    Maybe I should start touting my low APM, and how I manage to scout with only 1/10th of the clicks the pros use?

    I'm at work so can't load up youtube but check out things like boxer's battlecruiser lockdown or 'most storms ever' and think about the micro-management that goes into that

    There is a reason high APM is touted, yes a lot of it is early filler and warming up to keep averages, but when 2 pro-koreans go at it with 200/200 armies, it shows.

    Oh, I'm not saying APM is useless, nor am I saying the pros aren't better than I *snicker*. I'm just saying I put way more faith in the actual in-battle APM than any average that includes a ton of extra clicks just for the sake of clicking. I mean, I could gain a ton of APM by rerouting my mining rally point 80 times between each worker produced and clicking another 80 every time I want a scout to change directions. That would increase my mean APM. It would also be pointless.

    Again, high APM is taken as an indicator of skill as it shows that you can keep up a consistent and very quick pace. This APM is generally what's used to gauge how good a player is at macro and micro. If they were only to go through their high APM in battles then the average would be far lower so coaches and observers wouldn't know what their potential is.

    But shifting a mining rally point 80 times in between workers demonstrates potential? The redundant clicks are my point.

    I just said average APM is used as a potential, they have to keep up an average APM to be used as an indicator of what they can actually dooooooooo. It's math.

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    it doesn't, and no one is saying that

    but because it's an average over the whole game, a small timeframe of spamming (before you have something like 20 food is a good guesstimate of how long some pros will spam their rally and such, and i'm even thinking that's a bit long) doesn't really equate into the big picture

    sure, there are some people who spam all game long to inflate their apm, but who cares about them -- i don't think anyone is saying that if you have a higher apm than someone, you are better than that

    we all know that strategy and fundamentals comes into play way larger than apm

    but apm is significant enough that it should never be thrown by the wayside

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  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I think the beginning click spamming/shift selecting while the first few drones pop out of each game is some sort of bizarre tradition. The bottom line is if you aren't capable of going beyond 10 apm at any given moment, you are going to get owned at some point. And if you are averaging over 100 apm but don't understand macro, you are going to get owned at some point.

    No one at the end of any game, especially professional, is going to say "Well the guy with 20 APM average beat the guy with 200 APM, but the higher APM player is still better." And if they do they are probably immature and/or don't understand the game.

    I too have beaten many people with way higher APM, leaving me to wonder, just what the hell were they doing? I've probably lost to people with less APM than me too. I'm at about 40-60 APM average in a game, but I almost always only click once on everything. It doesn't bother me, and I don't intend to inflate it.

    We so need the game to come back up so we can focus our attention on how OP siege tanks are.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    APM is not HYPE! Change the discussion please.

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  • WaltWalt Waller Arcane Enchanted Frozen ElectrifiedRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I am so hype for StarCraft 2 I am buying a computer solely to play this game.

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  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    50 apm = someone who uses the mouse for everything
    75 apm = they've discovered hotkeys, but are getting used to em
    100+ = Proficiency?

    Pop quiz hotshot, there's a bomb in your PC. Once you hit 150 apm, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 150...it blows up. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?!

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    first thing with the map editor i'm going to do is try to make maps of the default ones where if you go above 1000 mins you lose

    because i actually love those kind of things

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  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    You can do that right now, no need to wait.

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    but i want to play against people with those maps

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The Starcrack AI stuff isn't actually all too bad on the higher difficulties.

    Also, you already lose if you have more than 1k minerals, it just takes 5 minutes to find out.

    Khavall on
  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Ezekiel wrote: »
    Pop quiz hotshot, there's a bomb in your PC. Once you hit 150 apm, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 150...it blows up. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?!

    Some people used to practice like that in SC1. Except it was more like 250 apm.

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  • TrusTrus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Khavall wrote: »
    The Starcrack AI stuff isn't actually all too bad on the higher difficulties.

    Also, you already lose if you have more than 1k minerals, it just takes 5 minutes to find out.

    Unless you're Zerg

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  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Man custom games are going to be aweeeesome.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAvZlonNTDg
    And we're only in Beta!

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  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Khavall wrote: »
    The Starcrack AI stuff isn't actually all too bad on the higher difficulties.

    Also, you already lose if you have more than 1k minerals, it just takes 5 minutes to find out.

    Hard is a mild challenge except that they all follow the exact same build routines. Insane is stupid. I'm not going to legitimately learn anything from a computer that has a 2x mine hax. It does pass the time though....

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  • iCCup.DiamondiCCup.Diamond Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    All this APM discussion is silly. APM matters but it does not. You will NOT see someone with 50 APM tearing up the pros. Than again a person with 350 APM will not necessarily beat someone with 250 APM.

    The reason people spam at the beginning of the game is to keep their hands warm and be ready for when they need to go into turbo mode.

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Good players spam their APM simply to stay warmed up, so they can transition into frantic combat situations more easily. It's about being better at the game. It's only the wannabe pros that place actual value in APM itself, and spam commands because they like seeing a high number in the replay.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That is amazing and just makes me want the game even more...

    Talith on
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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dangerisk wrote: »
    Man custom games are going to be aweeeesome.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAvZlonNTDg
    And we're only in Beta!

    Whilst it's extremely impressive the way that's done, watching that my brain keeps thinking "Health bars? You whippersnapper kids, in my Metal Slug we avoid getting hit!"

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  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dude put a lot of detail in that map. That's probably the best custom map I've seen so far.

    e: There's going to be 2 player shiiiit

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Rivulent wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    The Starcrack AI stuff isn't actually all too bad on the higher difficulties.

    Also, you already lose if you have more than 1k minerals, it just takes 5 minutes to find out.

    Hard is a mild challenge except that they all follow the exact same build routines. Insane is stupid. I'm not going to legitimately learn anything from a computer that has a 2x mine hax. It does pass the time though....

    Hard actually managed to surprise me. I saw it 10-pool and expected a Speedling rush, and instead after it killed my scout it went heavy into Roach, and my hellions looked a little silly there.

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dangerisk wrote: »
    Man custom games are going to be aweeeesome.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAvZlonNTDg
    And we're only in Beta!

    wait.. that's a custom map someone made??? sweet jesus!

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  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Watch the whole thing and the 2nd vid... last boss fight was pretty great.

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    subedii wrote: »
    Dangerisk wrote: »
    Man custom games are going to be aweeeesome.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAvZlonNTDg
    And we're only in Beta!

    Whilst it's extremely impressive the way that's done, watching that my brain keeps thinking "Health bars? You whippersnapper kids, in my Metal Slug we avoid getting hit!"

    THIS SO HARD.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Unfortunately all the maps I've tried with keyboard controls have had major input lag online

    hopefully that gets figured out

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