Sep 4, 2010

Actions Per Minute is a measurement on how many times you click, select, or type within a minute. Most casual players have a average APM of about 50, while pro players easily hit the 200′s (with enough click spam).  The reason APM is so popular is because it pretty much measures how fast you can think or multitask. So usually a player with a high APM will...

Aug 15, 2010

Are you tired of your SCV or Marine getting picked off at the Xel’Naga watchtower? Don’t you just want to dropkick a baby Gorilla? Well hold your horses cowboy with this legit trick you can control the Xel’ Naga watchtower virtually unseen for the first few portions of the game. Now unfortunately this trick only applies to Terran so all the...

Aug 4, 2010

A turtling terran is a terran player who blocks off his/her ramp with siege tanks or other defensive structures to make it very difficult to get into their base. Then the player will most likely turtle until they get a few tier 3 units and push out with a massive ground army. If you don’t take the correct steps when you see a turtle then it can be very...

Jul 27, 2010

I remember when I was a youngin I would always be totally lost when looking at build orders. If you dont know what a build order is here’s a quick expample: STANDARD QUICK EXPANSION BUILD ORDER 10 Extractor Trick and use the 11th drone to scout 10 Overpool (Overlord then Pool) 13 Drones 14 Extractor 14 Lings 15 Queen 17-18 Lings Lair with first 100...

Jul 21, 2010

Like most competitive online games, Starcraft 2 has a fairly simple system that ranks players based on their skill. We call this system the “ladder”. Basically the better your win/loss ratio is the higher you climb up the ladder. Finally if you win enough consistently you will bump up a league. There are 7 leagues ranging from Copper to Pro ....

Jul 19, 2010

With blizzards second phase of beta testing the rush of players trying to get in seems overwhelming. Today I’ll be showing you some surefire way’s to get into the starcraft 2 beta. First off a beta key is a temporary serial code that allows you to play a game before it’s initial release. The purpose for this is to help out the developer work...