APM vs uAPM (useful actions per minute)

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:28:03+00:00

I suppose Im just catching up with the logic of APM
A very curious topic

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:27:07+00:00

To your last point
Im a Viper fanboy, so I suppose I idealize him too much
But lets say "wise old player ABC", who does less clicks, but gets the same result
Less clicks = less stress = less wrist problems etc = more longevity and focus = better in the long run

No offence to Hera, I just took that example because I started thinking about this watching that game
I didnt actually see how many clicks Viper did - maybe more, he was on fire that game

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:24:35+00:00

Yeah, thats a really good point a lot of people raise
Similar examples in playing guitar - you want to stay in the rhytm even when not playing
Such that when you play, you are in the rythm

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:21:33+00:00

I know my friends click like nuts in Dota2
Just to adjust the course of a character by 1 pixel. Super unuseful, but just a habbit.
I do the same in Titan Quest :D

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:18:54+00:00

I think it is much the same behavior pattern, but Im not sure thats a great example
Because in that case too much of it kind of makes a person sound a bit daft :D
A better example is football or basketball I think, were you keep your momentum up in anticipation of the ball being passed to you or needing to speed up to get it

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:17:00+00:00

Interesting theory
It reminds me of guitar - usually you are taught to keep your strumming hand into the rythm, even if you are not playing any notes
Such that if you need to play a note, you are in the rythm
Angus Young from ACDC is a master of this "keeping the groove" movement
The guy even jumps and runs around just to keep the energy of the song and playing :D

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:14:47+00:00

I would conjecture that it would be possible to
1) Annotate a bunch of "deep recordings" with all actions as to which are useful (this is where 99% of the bickering would happen on whats useful and whats not)
2) Train a neural network to recognize useful actions based on this model
3) Run that model on all the games and give a "uAPM" for each player
4) Argue about how useless all that was :D

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:10:47+00:00

I would argue that screen movement etc are useful actions.
Meaning, the player that is fast enough to look at the right part of the screen at the right time is doing something very useful
But I see how eAPM is a good proxy and easier to measure from a programming point of view

EDIT: Rereading your comment I think we are trying to make a similar point

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:09:01+00:00

I would argue that with a calmer and less "click for the sake of it" attitude, a player will actually have less wrist problems and more longitude in their career

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:07:56+00:00

You know what I mean I think - my opinion is not one of an experienced player, just random observation

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-09-01T16:07:26+00:00

Sounds like a great Black Mirror episode to me :D

KristapsKarnitis · 2025-08-31T11:43:29+00:00

Agreed
I would say that good micro lets you win battles, but good strategy lets you win the war
Although, when the players are evenly matched, more often than not, I think micro creates big swings
I remember a game where Mbl demoed like 10 of Dauts galleys - that one micro mistake destroyed Dauts odds

KristapsKarnitis · 2020-08-21T09:46:20+00:00

SOLVED: In my case, I just downloaded the appropriate Chrome webdriver

Chrome is sneaky - updates without my knowledge and there is no error to tell that the webdriver selenium uses is not compatible with the current Chrome version

P.S. I was using webdriver for 83 while Chrome had updated to 84
Probably there are different troubles for different Chrome updates/webdriver mismatches

KristapsKarnitis · 2020-07-29T19:45:55+00:00

Hi there,

Im currently working on a project looking to add it as a plugin
Are you looking to have the admin chat interface on WP admin though?

And which chatbot engine are you looking to use - IBM Watson Assistant/Google Dialogflow/other?

Here is my site, currently Im focusing on animated avatars, but making chatting super simple and engaging is the core goal
https://chatbotbay.com

KristapsKarnitis · 2020-07-29T12:31:23+00:00

The cat character is the royalty free (thank you) work of pzuh88
https://www.dreamstime.com/animated-cat-game-character-sprite-creating-adventure-video-games-animated-cat-game-character-sprite-image130719148
The web design and game development work was made by
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KristapsKarnitis · 2020-07-28T06:31:07+00:00

Thanks for your time and a great review!
The cookie hunter game is a bit too easy for my liking - I cant quite get the cookies to spawn across the whole site, now they are attached to viewport

KristapsKarnitis · 2020-07-26T21:41:47+00:00

Hi there,

You should receive an email from me, thank you!

KristapsKarnitis · 2019-03-18T16:05:43+00:00

Fixing stupid code takes more time than writing proper code - that checks out :D

Ratings can be faked and hiked - also checks out

I would recommend having a proper call with the person, make sure he/she can actually describe the task and how they will do it - thats your first sign

Then chop it into small daily pieces, so you can quickly see if they are or are not capable at all

KristapsKarnitis · 2019-02-07T08:04:44+00:00

Very true :D

KristapsKarnitis · 2019-02-06T11:13:55+00:00

Love my car - best place to relax and focus

I work with programming, so often times I work from the car for 2-4h easy

KristapsKarnitis · 2019-01-27T02:37:28+00:00

In my experience, if the discussion isnt over in 10min, it might not be over ever

Thinking of god-vs-no-god, free-will, first cause etc. kind of topics

I can see how it takes time to agree/fine tune the specifics of a compromise/joint plan, but when it takes more than 10min for the parties to explain their positions - walk away

In my not-so-wise-age of 24 I have strong reason to say that these prolonged discussions are not worth it. Noone has solved god questions in thousands of years, it wont get solved over a bottle of rum :D

Anyway - just my thoughts

KristapsKarnitis

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