Alright, the reason I write this post because I want to let people know about the importance of APM. I do not care whether you are a newbie, average gamers or pro-gamers. I myself is not a pro-gamer but I still have to write it out. So, let's start off.
Okay, what is APM? APM stands for Actions Per Minute. It's a calculation of gamers' actions in some games like Warcraft III, Starcraft, DotA and so forth. To make it clearer, it's a calculation based on how many times you have CLICKED the mouse and how many times you have PRESSED the keyboard per minute. Basically, high APM usually connected with skills. How fast you can control in a game and high APM also shows one's Micro skills. For me, my average APM for Warcraft III standard game is around 150-170 apm which is very noob. Pro-gamers like WE.Sky(2006 World Cyber Games Champion for Warcraft III) from China has average APM around 270-300 apm, that's insane!
I found that a lot of gamers do not know about APM. When I asked my friends about APM, they didn't know what the hell am I talking about. No matter what I have told them, they are not interested and play the game blindly without knowledge(no offense). All I can say is ACTIONS PER MINUTE, that's all.
I have an APM machine, specially for Warcraft III.(W3G Master - I may be uploaded the software here.) which I forgot where have I downloaded. You can download them and search them from Google search. You can say it's important or not important for you. But personally, I feel that it's important. Why? Because you can improve your skills, your ability to micro, train your speed, efficiency and accuracy. That's what I found out, of course.
Here are some examples of my Warcraft III Battle.Net APM from my APM machine:
Yeap, I'm Bausch and I'm a Human player from Lordaeron(U.S West). You can see that I have 153.28 APM while my opponent was only 35.98 APM. Do not laugh at me for playing with a newbie. This wasn't my choice to challenge him, because he has average Level as mine, so the server let us had a match by random. And yeah, I won the match.
Here is the Chart. I was in blue and my opponent in yellow. Apparently, you can see that, for the first 2 minutes, I have over 500 APM, and after that average APM was like 200. Hmm~ not too bad for me. Of course do not compare it to Professional Gamers.
This chart shows action that I had. Do not try any questions in your mind about my right clicking. Pros have even much more than I do. You can see that my Select group hotkey(using keyboard), I had 977 actions which is not pro at all.
Okay, enough for my own APM. Now, I'm going to show you the 2006 World Cyber Games Champion's APM - WE.SKY, a Human player.
This is the APM of WE.Sky and WE.DuCui. Look at those phucking pro players. 280+ apm. Compare to me, I sucks!
Brown is Sky and Red is DuCui. Sky had phucking over 600 apm for the first 2 minutes. Hmm~ speechless.
The Right Clicking method. Look at the figures! INSANE!!!! 1.8k and 2.5k actions! Of course 2.5k right clicking is not for 1 minute, it's for the whole game.
To end this post, I would like to tell you all, high APM doesn't mean you are a Pro, but low APM and I mean LOW, you are really a noob. Have to improve yourself, I should say. Also, you can download the APM calculator by yourself in order to check your own APM. I wish one day, there's a Malaysian winning WCG championships. Improve, improve and improve!! Remember that!
Okay, what is APM? APM stands for Actions Per Minute. It's a calculation of gamers' actions in some games like Warcraft III, Starcraft, DotA and so forth. To make it clearer, it's a calculation based on how many times you have CLICKED the mouse and how many times you have PRESSED the keyboard per minute. Basically, high APM usually connected with skills. How fast you can control in a game and high APM also shows one's Micro skills. For me, my average APM for Warcraft III standard game is around 150-170 apm which is very noob. Pro-gamers like WE.Sky(2006 World Cyber Games Champion for Warcraft III) from China has average APM around 270-300 apm, that's insane!
I found that a lot of gamers do not know about APM. When I asked my friends about APM, they didn't know what the hell am I talking about. No matter what I have told them, they are not interested and play the game blindly without knowledge(no offense). All I can say is ACTIONS PER MINUTE, that's all.
I have an APM machine, specially for Warcraft III.(W3G Master - I may be uploaded the software here.) which I forgot where have I downloaded. You can download them and search them from Google search. You can say it's important or not important for you. But personally, I feel that it's important. Why? Because you can improve your skills, your ability to micro, train your speed, efficiency and accuracy. That's what I found out, of course.
Here are some examples of my Warcraft III Battle.Net APM from my APM machine:
Yeap, I'm Bausch and I'm a Human player from Lordaeron(U.S West). You can see that I have 153.28 APM while my opponent was only 35.98 APM. Do not laugh at me for playing with a newbie. This wasn't my choice to challenge him, because he has average Level as mine, so the server let us had a match by random. And yeah, I won the match.
Here is the Chart. I was in blue and my opponent in yellow. Apparently, you can see that, for the first 2 minutes, I have over 500 APM, and after that average APM was like 200. Hmm~ not too bad for me. Of course do not compare it to Professional Gamers.
This chart shows action that I had. Do not try any questions in your mind about my right clicking. Pros have even much more than I do. You can see that my Select group hotkey(using keyboard), I had 977 actions which is not pro at all.
Okay, enough for my own APM. Now, I'm going to show you the 2006 World Cyber Games Champion's APM - WE.SKY, a Human player.
This is the APM of WE.Sky and WE.DuCui. Look at those phucking pro players. 280+ apm. Compare to me, I sucks!
Brown is Sky and Red is DuCui. Sky had phucking over 600 apm for the first 2 minutes. Hmm~ speechless.
The Right Clicking method. Look at the figures! INSANE!!!! 1.8k and 2.5k actions! Of course 2.5k right clicking is not for 1 minute, it's for the whole game.
To end this post, I would like to tell you all, high APM doesn't mean you are a Pro, but low APM and I mean LOW, you are really a noob. Have to improve yourself, I should say. Also, you can download the APM calculator by yourself in order to check your own APM. I wish one day, there's a Malaysian winning WCG championships. Improve, improve and improve!! Remember that!
