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    July 9, 2010
    Fun Friday Videos-Mastering Starcraft At 300 APM

    Among the subjects of the documentary The Hax Life are some professional Korean video game players.  In South Korea, video gamers are the superstars, and no gamers are more respected than those that play the Blizzard real-time strategy game Starcraft.  When it comes to Starcraft, your skill is measured in APM, or actions per minute.  A champion Starcraft player averages 300 APM.  Here’s a pro Starcraft player in action.

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    Just check out how fast he hits his hot keys and how quickly and precisely he moves the mouse, in flicks and starts.  His accuracy, muscle memory, and speed are just phenomenal.  I wish I could work my keyboard as skillfully as he works his keyboard; how this guy hasn’t completely lost both his hands to RSI and carpal tunnel is beyond me!  I guess his use of training sandbags really helps him.  I may have to give that one a shot myself, I could stand to improve my keyboarding technique.

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    [...] of an international sensation.  It sold somewhere between 9 and 11 million copies and has become South Korea’s top spectator sport.  Now, with the release of StarCraft II:  Wings of Liberty, old pros and new fans alike have been [...]

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