You see this pros hitting the keyboard like a no-life, but what do they type in, and what does it do?

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control groups ftw

This post was edited by ElideN on Oct 27 2009 04:14am

But you see them typing like 120x per minut?

Why? what do they all type

typing has no effect what so ever on APM.

APM = actions per minute = how many times you click or use hotkeys.

Why would you want to rang your keyboard?

they control there groups, for example #1melee units #2 range #3some buildings etc...in the beginning this is just spam, they set 10000times new waypoints for buildings etc...but keep this high apm from the start helps u in fights, u can control (micro) ur units better, and do more things at the same time (macro), for example build a new unit right after u lost one, or build other stuff while u in fight.
But a high apm is not all, see Axlav(dont know if this is spelled right^^) hes a very good player and got ~100-150 apm, the sickest player nowdays is FoCuS imo, always got 350apm+^^

Fail. Typing has no effect on APM. APM is how many times you click using your mouse or press a hotkey. You do not necessarily need high APM to be a good player, the point is making clicks that count, and not a thousand useless/meaningless clicks.

This post was edited by Mirai on Oct 27 2009 03:00pm

hes right, it means absolutely nothing, but usually clicking more provides more control