A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley

Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by ThrowawayR2 on Friday October 26, 2018 @12:28PM (#18310743)

> I don't see how playing hours of Starcraft and C&C wasn't an exercise in strategic thinking.

You're kidding, right? Those RTS, particularly Starcraft, are an exercise in APS more than anything else.

* For non-gamers, APS = actions per second. Being able to issue more commands than your opponent and "micro" (from the word micromanage) your units to tightly control their behavior are a large part of winning Starcraft. It's fascinating to watch high level Starcraft players clicking their mice at an almost inhuman rate.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by tdsamardzhiev on Friday October 26, 2018 @01:06PM (#18311079)

I disagree. APM/APS is a requirement to play StarCraft well just like physical prowess is a requirement to play hockey. But it's far from being the only requirement.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by yifanl on Friday October 26, 2018 @02:57PM (#18311873)

The ingame Very Hard bot in SC2 can reach well over 2000 APM, but it's still perfectly possible for the average player to beat it.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by lanius on Friday October 26, 2018 @02:40PM (#18311770)

I partially agree. You can achieve a decent rank solely through good mechanics (APM, mouse accuracy, etc). However, strategy is definitely important at the higher levels of competition.

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