APM live! - a measure of your starcraft skills!

[PowerkickasS]

Introducing the idea of APM; actions-per-minute!
Longstory-short, it measures how many times you click and press buttons and average it out into a number which determines how fast your movements and control is over your keyboard and mouse.

A more detailed explanation about APM can be reviewed here:
APM analysis (http://www.sclegacy.com/strategy/mental/nibsley_apm.php)

A live APM counter (for absolutely anything not just starcraft!) can be downloaded here:
APM-live-counter (http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=55711)
trick to using it is to press alt+z at the beginning of every game, and take note of its value at the end.

download one of the best starcraft replay-analytical programs here:
BWChart (http://bwchart.teamliquid.net/bin/bwchart103g.zip)
it tells you everything about every action that occurs ingame and has many useful evaluations, including hack-detection =)

P.S: the conversation that sparked up this thread, relating to the n00b tournament:

holy crap...why am I at work when I could be practicing SC to get paaaaaaaaaaaaaid


becareful not to get too good lol.....


yeah how are we determining n00b status?

[10-Neon]

My APM hovers around 60, and most of those actions are "select" commands. It is kind of embarrassing, since most of the people I play with have APMs in 80+-land and they use more "move" commands.

Oh, and if you think APM is an end-all measure of skill, I have a friend that can slaughter people playing at 80 while playing at 30. It's crazy.

[Wlck742]

hmm... I heard the pros have apms around 300 hundred, and some of them have higher. I doubt I'll ever get that high.

[10-Neon]

From what I understand, once you get into the mid 100s, any differences are unnoticeable.

[PowerkickasS]

instead of discussing your beliefs on the measurement of APM, just read the analysis i linked :P

and from asking general pros i know, APM efficiency begins to drop significantly after around 200 APM. any less than 200 APM describes your inability to handle split screenplay.

[GrahamTastic]

hmm... I heard the pros have apms around 300 hundred, and some of them have higher. I doubt I'll ever get that high.

Yeah, mine is like, 40 or so. lol. That Brood War replay thing is confusing, but cool. I will try to figure it out...

[Hunter]

Mine is 74 aswell. I checked it.. It is enough for me, and I also use the select command too much

[Lemmy]

Wow mine was 140, but i must admit it was one of the most intense matches ive played. 2 protoss vs 2 terrans, a lot of massing from us and a lot of drop attemps from the terrans, but we eventually crushed them. Im going to play with the meter on as from now on. Its a good indicator to know if my gamplays good or lazy, and it really stimulates me (not sexually, tho).

[ijffdrie]

i once played a game where we kept the apm to 3... i won

[Major Willy]

I'm sure my APM is incredibly low but I can handle myself in games just fine.

It may spike up a bit during fights... but meh.

[SirBaron]

Normally, i have around 75 APM.
I noticed on a recent LAN i was at, that when i drink Coca Cola, it jumps up to around 150 for about 2-3 minutes.
I have yet to try coffee.

[Hunter]

Wow I wanted to improve and my last game was pretty fast.. 145 Apm... I don't think I can get any higher:D

[manaplague]

Wow that cool. thought mines kind of low, I'm a lazy player.

[Lemmy]

i once played a game where we kept the apm to 3... i won


Hahaha bull****. Thats 1 action per 20 seconds. So if you select CC, click SCV, select SCV thats just a whole minute on gampley just for that. You even take more than a minute to send him mine haha.

[DontHate]

i'm just wondering... does the apm thing chug down your computer?

[Wlck742]

I don't think it would matter if it chugged down your computer if you're playing SC.

[DontHate]

hahahah... good point. but i ussually play sc with a lot of other programs with it so w.e. I guess i'll check it out soon.