StarCraft 2 Low APM Challenge 2022! Terran Rank Up Guide - Bronze (Ep. 1)

[@KyleMiddleton7]

Impressive that Winter has been playing SC2 for 12 years, when he is clearly 17 years old.

[@Nik_Bozzo]

maybe playing SC2 is a good anti-aging activity

[@CodeThatTalks]

@@Nik_Bozzo I feel as though it's had the opposite impact on me

[@MrPoltergeist101]

@@Nik_Bozzo or he is an alien sc2 aged me 20 years Im a crypt

[@xoresgaminghub5412]

5 year old gang

[@mirankordic9047]

@@Nik_Bozzo I would not bet my minerals on that.

[@glassberg5018]

The intro is so inspiring I think I can cross the street without holding my mom's hand now.

[@friedaiceborn1663]

Hi winter. I am that one Terran you got to play a game of starcraft. That game was in fact my first game. I made my barracks and started making my marines. Then a reaper jumped in my base and started murdering me. As advised I didn't panic and it lived there for a moment while my marines where builing (it killed the first three). I thought "Well this guy is likely not building workers while this reaper runs rings around me so I will max out and murder him. I died to a tank in my mineral line a minute later.

[@superdestrier9160]

Haven't watched or played SC2 in a few months, low apm was always one of my favorite series though. Can't stay away for long!

[@AKStriker98]

Had the game for a long time, but never played outside of campaign (play on a laptop with trackpad). Your tutorials have helped my game play with my laptop. Excited to turn a new leaf and play online after schools done.

[@luke7503]

good to see a new player glhf

[@Rezorcful]

Look forward to your angry coach submission

[@AKStriker98]

@@Rezorcful baby steps… bronze league heroes first

[@bigdog7092]

Do it bro!!!!!

[@rightdamask8705]

A mouse will help u alot.

[@Galahad54]

Listening to those questions at 1:30:00 - 1:43:00 - you have so much patience. Quick summary: How do I counter a (dubious North American) build? 1. run the replay through a build order stripper 2. Practice the build as the cheesy (North American) 3. Create a new account on the European ladder 4. Play the build for your placement matches If you go 5-0, bring it back to North America and get #1 on the ladder. If you get crushed on the European ladder, 1. run the replay through a build order stripper 2. Practice the build as the European 3. Always win against that (North American) build as long as you identify the dubious build early by scouting.

[@soldiersvejk2053]

Oh we are blessed! Yes, it has been too long. Will try to learn and play again!

[@simonklaveness7023]

It felt so strange seeing winter stand for the intro. I've been watching him for longer than I can remember, but I don't think I've ever seen him stand (except for the TEEEEEERAN!!! emote)

[@zygomaticarch]

That intro was inspiring. This is timely, just started playing with my 8 year old! The next Raynor is incoming

[@BrianKOliver]

Reynor

[@akiyamach]

How is the next Reynor going?

[@WolfGangDealers]

Super happy for the revival of this series. Was great to watch back then, happy to see it again!

[@toxiccobra8542]

Another low apm challenge, at long last. I promised myself as soon as this released I’d finally start the ladder. Looks like that time has come.

[@kennyawho6444]

good luck

[@JollyGreenWizard]

@@kennyawho6444 or should we say... glhf?

[@bendunster8859]

You’re instructional videos are all excellent. You have a very straightforward calm way of presenting your material and it’s really easy to pick up what you’re putting down. I appreciate your work on these, they’ve helped me come a long way in my skill level and made StarCraft a lot more fun for me.

[@MrLoruam]

I came back to the game after 9 years. And its the most fun i had since a long time to lern the game again. Im so glad that i found your channel.

[@isaackvasager9957]

ok, I'm doing the same...are you actually having any luck? This stupid game put me in silver at 2400 mmr after placement, which makes no god damn sense because I lost to 1700 mmr players (who had huge armies at 5 minutes and APM's of 100+). This isn't "fun" at all.

[@BrianKOliver]

@@isaackvasager9957 hahaha u suk bro

[@isaackvasager9957]

@@BrianKOliver that's very helpful and enlightening. Thank you.

[@BrianKOliver]

@@isaackvasager9957 truth hurts. My 9 year old has 2400 mmr. You're obviously not wired for rts. Maybe try roblox.

[@isaackvasager9957]

@@BrianKOliver you're so smart and know how to read and comprehend very well!

[@richreper4375]

I am super excited for the large quantity of long commentary videos coming up soon! Been listening to the 2020 low apm challenge ever since it came out, it will be great to have every race represented as well in the individual series, though we both know itll take a long time. Thank you Winter!

[@Cobbba]

As a new player back in 2020 with no familiarity with RTS aside from making maps in AoE 2 my starting APM was around 25, but once I knew what was going it did average around 50. Trying to grind out of silver and on good games I will hit 90 but usually around 70. Good Numbers!

[@Xuevium]

I just came across your content here for the first time in 2024 and wow.. i am blown away by how great of a SC2 player you are, your really great teaching skills, and you are funny as heck on top of it all. Thank you for all of your work.. above and beyond.

[@Eric42Herman]

Thank you for doing an improved version of the low APM challenge. As a metal-league player, it gives me a sense of what I should focus on in order to improve.

[@ZC.Andrew]

Winter, you'd make a hell of an inspirational speaker. We'll need you to lead Earth's armies when the Zerg arrive.

[@Devillionaire]

That opening monologue. Winter's turning into Kevin Spacey more and more every day. And yeah... looks like I’m gonna be playing SC2 again, LOL.

[@taylaellis6180]

Dude, ive followed you for like 6 years. All your commentaries, all your videos all your games. I reeeeaaaalllyyyy wish you would deep dive for a 12 month grind and just go pro again and murder the scene lol. Some of your games are saved on my pc and me and my friends have watched them legitimately 20 times each. I never comment on any of my accounts but i just needed to remind basically the entire starcraft community, WINTER is and was an actual GOAT. There is only a handful of GOATS in SC2 that will be remembered....WINTER is one of the best ever starcraft players when it comes to clutching crazy ridiculous plays and stupidle intuitive reads in play. Forever fan here, take care dude

[@gavinmasterson2242]

Love the content. I'm looking forward to the rest of them. From the viewer's perspective this series is called the Low Heart Rate Challenge. My heart is going at 130 bpm just because Winter pressed the Ranked Button.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I think this sort of thing is really helpful, it shows just how much you can get done with less APM if you are making the right units, making the right calls, and taking meaningful, informed actions, instead of just wildly clicking, building tech you don't need, and rushing the enemy with half-baked compositions. Him beating the smurf accounts with 100+ APM while usually going about half their APM is pretty impressive. These tips, without the actionable penalty of being soft-capped at 50 APM could really help someone who can spare the extra 5-10 APM to do everything he would have done, only faster.

[@Qladstone]

And he's even floating some amount of resources sometimes delaying the first CC despite having 500+ minerals, and later on banking plenty of orbital energy. It's quite enlightening to watch this.

[@pw3829]

Winter. You are awesome! I try all races and my Terran is my worst by nearly 600 MMR (though not quite all the way down in bronze…) I just played 6 games today after watching this and won every one of them.

[@Nictus04]

The last low apm inspired me to play and got Terran to Plat 2. Looks like I need to get back on the ladder again 👍

[@mr1rottenapple]

Winter I wanna tell you that you have me the skills and confidence to actually put up a fight online. It took me so long to get over that turtling phase and when I finally did I realized I'm not half bad. Thank you, good sir

[@shadowiz8511]

I just finished my third day playing and I ranked in silver 2 I lost a couple and won a couple and it's all thanks to your videos, thanks for all the help :)

[@mr1rottenapple]

Your the man, Winter. I'm restarting this series because I'm giving it a real try this time to rock at this game. Loved brooder so much. Thanks for being you bro!

[@aidanrc46]

Watching Winter got me playing last year. The LOW APM Challenge is my goto strategy guide.

[@lolpaladins]

I haven't watched or played starcraft 2 in a few years, not since day9 was doing dailies (under 100), this earned you a new subscriber, thanks youtube algorithm for showing me your channel.

[@12321dantheman]

this is the sort of really top-level gameplay for which I subscribe

[@williamsimeroth4710]

YAAAAAAY the bronze league hero we didn't know we needed

[@klerafukan2083]

It's been too long

[@yyguuyg]

I think this is the best B2GM guide out there, mostly because he actually limits the speed at which he does things. He also does a better job at explaining the principles rather than just demonstrating a build order. Other channels like Vibe or PIG do a pretty good job of explaining the game but they also move waaaay faster. PIG had something around 120+ APM in his Bronze league videos. Vibe and PIG also really train a specific build order while this guide shows many different ways of playing, focusing on the fundamentals of macro, scouting, etc.

[@MaybeTiberius]

yeah. i really dont like vibes or pigs approaches tbh. i am not saying that what they do teach isnt working or wrong. but its too static and too brute force ONE thing. i primarily play games because they are FUN. and playing hundreds of vibe games sitting in your base afk for 30 minutes building workers is not fun at all. and if something happens outside of your plan, you re screwed. in reality the game is very dynamic and stuff happens and... you know i m just not a big fan of having a static ''do this and only this and ignore everything else'' in a very dynamic enviroment that you are supposed to interact with. also i think vibes way can even be damaging long term. if you follow this ''build worker for 30 minutes and then a move without watching'' gameplan and lets say you hit like plat or diamond... then what? all of a sudden your opponen start actually playing the game and all you can do is build a lot of workers and a move because you have not practiced anything else. i think understanding basic concepts and gradually improving in them together as you play will just make you an overall better and well rounded player in the long run. and winter is kind of doing exactly that. winters series, you learn stuff, you ll get a little bit better at everything every game and foremost .. it is FUN

[@dbottiaux88]

Grew up on the Original and Brood War, so finally got into SC2 1.5 weeks ago. Intimidating at first since a good bit is different, new units, but now that I've learned it I'm pretty hooked. Your videos helped a lot getting familiar with builds and basic counters.

[@MuzzoWolf]

I've just discovered this series...i've never been a great player, I've always been a brainded that tried to work only on his speed of execution when it comes to building order and such. Then the years go by, you do not have too much time...and here it is, a good video for a slow terran like me. LOVE IT

[@bryce9210]

I never knew you could use tab to choose different buildings in a control group!!? Thanks winter!

[@Louel3]

This series is great because unlike a LoL ladder climbing series you set a hard limit on yourself to try and even the playing field. It is actually a great learning series, not just stomping lows for no reason.

[@davidirwin1020]

Thank you so much for this, I just found this and even just watching the bronze video helped me to play better in all levels of my game. I am currently watching the rest of the low APM guides. I really needed this kind of a guide to help me do better.

[@MatthiasBloch]

Feel like i can learn a lot from this challenge. Thanks for uploading! You are my favourite bronze league hero.

[@bensosnowski1128]

I didn’t realize how important worker count is. I’ve only been building 55 workers and could never max out before 13:30, which felt really slow. Getting more workers would let me max out earlier and have the production to replace my army quickly after attacking if I don’t wipe them out. Huge improvement! :)

[@ChrisJones-xd1re]

57:19 Age of Empires 2 playerbase is more sophisticated than SC2's inasmuch as they have a name to distinguish this. They call it Booming when you maximize your economy, as opposed to Turtling or Rushing.

[@rexpatronavich9543]

I just wanted to say thanks for series like this, all your tips combined got me to diamond where I could start learning build orders :)

[@elledan77]

Love the Bronze to masters series !! :D

[@Se7eNiToS]

I am so excited for this!!! The dedication and love Winter gives to this game is inspiring!

[@Flippinoutkid]

i like these low apm challenges because its totally true! when i was first playing 1v1s i spammed the shit out of my keyboard trying to get to 200 apm. was closer to 170 by the time i gave up and now i hover around 90-100 apm in plat 1, no spam just doing the things that need done.

[@petrovepryk3786]

You know, what? I guess Winter becomes a Master of an Inspirational Speechwriting)

[@Billsberry504]

Im just some guy in New Orleans who baught SC2 with my friends when it came out. Love this game and play casual. I gotta say. You are the man.

[@21Komtur]

Just what i needed, started playing sc2 2 weeks ago :D

[@shengloongtan229]

I recently switched from protoss back to Terran (my first race was Terran yay) and I must say I'm grateful and I enjoyed watching this tq

[@dmm119]

Such an inspirational speech. You've improved my chances of playing which will increase my chances of improving. Thank you

[@NollGD]

watched this in 2024, took notes, played a game, won my first one :)) ty

[@honk1419]

even though maybe gimmicky(?) im very glad i found this series, while trying to find out how to get into the game, it has felt very challenging for me to acquire a proper sense of understanding and perspective on the workings of the game and its developed techniques, as my very first rts and first non-fighting game/non-fps that ive tried to learn in a long time, im pretty lost when it comes to familiarizing myself with the atmosphere in the community and the objective of the games core mechanics like i can swiftly achieve with subjects within my usual territory like with games in my known genres, i look through tutorials in game, experiment against bots, and look up a variety of tournament as well as nonprofessional higher-level footage to kinda get a big picture that can demonstrate the state/purpose of the game and its community. but as i expected, this style of versus, and version of mechanical depth is more intensely unique than i could prepare for, my usual method is much less effective here while struggling to become satisfied with how i control the game, analyze, and respond to conditions within time, my objective of finding something that can act as my tutorial so that i can practice in a way thats not just reading through help sections over and over and/or practicing solely for higher apm that i dont even know what to do with, was turning out to be kinda far fetched; finding this kind of content is what i was looking for, allowing me to see through a terran's pov who (even though just by coincidence) wont fire out drum loads of inputs, giving me nothing to hold on to and take in (this usually can be overlooked in fgs and fps' but that doesnt seem to be the case here for me), explaining the core thought process, and even demonstrating some of the community's thoughts through the calm humor mixed in; this is the kind of stuff i look forward to finding when exploring new games i still dont know a ton and have a long way to go before feeling confident, but thanks to you, what previously seemed like a rough and inefficient learning process is now looking to become a comfortable and passable welcoming into a new experience that started as exciting, then turned uncertain, then was assured to be exciting again it's just the right stepping stone for my style of playing and learning tl;dr: kool vids, dud 👍

[@windup13ird60]

Seeing this video and the quality of fun and instruction on display has inspired me to re-re-reinstall Starcraft 2 to try and learn it for the third time. *Plays a game vs. Training Level 1* *Sees his APM is 30* Good, glad I know I don't have to slow myself down, I'm clearly not rushing :)

[@Vajhdeken]

Daaaamn that speech boi! Long since I've had the chills in SC2

[@mitchAiZ]

Man I've been away for too long, Good to see winter still around! Also watched your guides back in the day hahaha

[@wra1thh646]

That intro is the biggest circlejerk ever lmaooooo good stuff

[@mr1rottenapple]

You've inspired me to get back into SC2 almost full on. My girl hates it and I love it! Thanks bud

[@crunch1morris]

Inspired me to do a Terran ladder run thanks for the amazing content also it's difficult to play as I main toss

[@phoenixmaggiore3120]

It may be bronze league, but the content is golden.

[@KeyStyleIjji]

Just adore your content

[@Qladstone]

Only 1 hour in and I've learned so much. I will continue watching the rest over the next one to two weeks! Timestamp for self reference: 3:25:10

[@andrewray4426]

Hell yeah ! Looking forward to the all achievements run through of the campaign as well !

[@Aerdyn2]

Aww yisss, was hyped for this, after It was announced in one of the recent angry coaches. Renember to build YOUR SECOND PYLON.

[@Puhnu]

Yesh! I have watched that old apm challenge like 4 times while waiting for new one!

[@TheMouzers]

FINALLY 💙❤️

[@achso18]

Love you Winter. Have been enjoying the last Low APM 2020 a lot and keep coming back to it ever since...though my gameplay still sucks 😅

[@TheSanco26]

I like, that he shows very clearly, that macro is mostly way more important, then hyper focus on your army and forget to build workes army etc.

[@RSantiX]

So happy! Got me back into the game!

[@anonihme5142]

hahahahaha, was getting kinda hyped into starting to play a bit and that speech really got me pumped. Can't wait to try all of this with my 70 apm!

[@anonihme5142]

hmmm turns out it's 55... but i woooon!!!!

[@damedley75]

12:00 This is the main problem with Grid, which I use. I've been lifting Orbitals when I want to scan lately!! Ugh.

[@Blackdusk144]

Played my first game of SC2 since 2019 after watching this

[@Qladstone]

You should check out the SC2 staircase method too. It's amazing.

[@petrovepryk3786]

How many angels can stand on a needle? As many as needed. How many Zerglings can we spawn from a 4-Pool in Brood War? As many as needed. How many Cannons can we Warp-In during a Cannon-Rush? As many as needed.

[@rafa3lico]

How did he know about the BC on game 1:15:00 ? Did I miss anything? Only from the barracks with no addon??

[@OvrStimulatd2]

I love your low APM content. I feel fairly confident with terran, but I'm really looking forward to your Protoss and Zerg episodes. I'm starting to learn toss, and I'm totally lost with zerg

[@qwertyzz7]

I'm a zerg player who plays random to help teach my friends how to play. Is there a low Thoughts Per Minute guide for being gold in all races?

[@kalo8524]

I'm a zerg player that switched to random. You just have to have enough experience with each race that you develop sound mechanics. After that general game knowledge that you learned from playing zerg kicks in and it's not so hard.

[@MrPoltergeist101]

Met my best friend on this game we played for many years we have been friends for even longer 12 years now! And well recent years when we didn’t really play sc2 he would play on the side and he got masters before me! I can’t let this slide boys I think it’s time to dust off and learn It all over again.. been a good long 6 years

[@DominicGreenwood]

Woah motivated me the opening speech I never played online but I enjoyed the first series I like the game casually single player etc but gonna watch this

[@macktrustable]

You got that classic old timey radio voice and it goes well with sc2.

[@real_MacrocosM]

I've been so pumped to see you do a *race specific* B2GM .. So I could follow the Terran one w/out having to wade through offrace stuff. It's much better to do it this way.

[@AverageJohanson]

Finally a guide for me!

[@mytomy2828]

What a game ! It was very funny to watch =). Thx for the work !

[@roysmith1249]

Awesome stuff, Winter. You are the GOAT

[@ThunderstruckElectronix]

I started playing sc2 again and played zerg the way you teach in your low apm challenge. Now I'm going to try the same thing with terran or protoss to see of its easier because of the lower apm that is required :))

[@MaybeTiberius]

about hotkeys: i m using grid and i basicly have every single key as a rapidfire so i wont end up in a position i might need it and dont have it. you dont have to rapidfire, but i dont really see that many reasons not to have the option for it since it saves alot of time here and there. Quickly building 2 gas?..instead of klicking your mouse twice you simply hold down your w button and drag your mouse across the gas. que inject? instead of shift click click click click you just press shift and hold down x button and it rapidfire ques until it says ''cant que more actions'' on the screen. i havent really found a single key where i was like: ''damn i wish it was not on rapid fire because that screwed up everything now'' it nice to have on everything really... at least to me

[@anthonyontv]

Long time watcher, very short time player, my experience in sc2 is super limited. I grinded to gold as a Zerg maybe like 6 years ago that’s it, but with these videos, I did my first few ranked matches and got masters league. I really don’t mean to be condescending to anyone but if your still struggling to climb the ladder, and you haven’t listened to what winter thinks is important, than your doing yourself a disservice. Sticking to your build order/gameplan and successful scouting. THATS IT. Boom your master league. Stop over thinking the game and stop cheesing, stop trying to go for worker drops and all this fancy shit. If again have a gameplan and stick to it. Nothing more or less.

[@TheAbyrr]

Would you like me to tell you how many times I tapped skip ad before I realized it was part of the bit and watched it thru anyway?

[@damedley75]

While "Assault Mode" Vikings do get a nice bonus vs Mech, they're still substandard. I think it's mainly that we're so used to landed Vikings sucking, that when they're merely below average vs Mech it feels amazing. I have Vikings around 70% cost-efficent vs Thors, for example. They're better at causing damage than taking it, so that can come in handy.

[@shavais33]

re: this tin leaguer's difficulties I find myself using the select all army key a lot. Well, usually for emergency defense situations, I guess. Which happen frequently, lol. I queue up units, and they rally to their rally point, but it's a while before they get added to a hotkey. I use hotkeys for production and upgrades, but not really to manage armies until I'm out on the map, if I survive that long. I use the spacebar to visit my bases and build stuff and send workers to gas and stuff. I suppose I should use map keys for that so it's easier to jump to a particular base instead cycling through them to get to the one I need to look at. I do spacebar cycling because of practicing injecting with zerg. Maybe I could set a map key to the rally point and then visit the rally point every few seconds and add the recently rallied units into army keys.. I'm so hung up on trying to macro that I don't even really try to keep tabs on how much of what the enemy has or how their upgrades are coming or even where their army is. I feel like most of these things could maybe be improved if I were willing to spend the necessary time and effort on it, but it would take a lot of time and effort.

[@ADT1995]

I'm new, I play on a laptop with a trackpad, my left click button is not very responsive, and I just am not that fast, so seeing someone play at low APM is very helpful I'm also a long time fan of Brood War, never played it competitively, but it was the first game I ever played, and I continue to play it frequently (against ai). So I'm getting used to all the new hotkeys. I can't tell you how many times in campaign I kept mashing the M key and wondered why my barracks wouldn't build marines SCII was my birthday present to myself so I've only been playing it for a couple of weeks.

[@TheJackOfFools]

Enjoyed this, don't have much to say. Commenting for the algorithm.

[@maciek19882]

I've never played StarCraft or StarCraft 2, but have been watching since Hysky's and HD's HDH invitational

[@raf74hawk12]

I feel that it must be said: the name Macrosoft is pure gold

[@bobjohnson9201]

Can barely tolerate terran, but love winter and the low apm challenge! Let’s get rolling!!!!!

[@grenzviel4480]

You did motivate me to play SC2 again, but I found the game too demanding. At this point, I think I'm too old to play SC2 in a 'competitive manner', so I'll stick to custom games and/or watching videos.

[@Qladstone]

I felt this way at first too, but then I realised it's because I was trying to do too many things and applying to many concepts I learnt from watching pro games, and overwhelmed myself. The thing is no matter what, if you play ladder you will lose 50% of your games. So the approach and mindset really matters more than trying to just win each game. You need an overarching plan, okay this is what I'm going to focus on in these next few weeks, not going to try too much fancy stuff (e.g. I artificially impose a rule where you only make marines and a-move to enemy's base and see how far that can get me), let's see how it matches against different opponents and strategies and how I can improve. Watch the replay of every game you play and learn to laugh at your own mistakes.

[@arcturus64]

When should I build extra production buildings on top of the 5 racks, factory and Starport? Any ressource threshold/Time mark?

[@tjbach8213]

very excited for this series. Maybe time to actually play the game. Though i will say the stream snipers are annoying. At least by proxy. If winter is trying to demonstrate what you need to get out of bronze and a bunch of gold's and up are jumping in there to get on stream or whatever it takes away a little from the content. I do still appreciate it and find it very helpful and motivating

[@josedelapinio]

Coming back to sc2 since before lotv. So thanks for these series

[@konamusics1560]

thank you for those videos mister winter, so so usefull content right there ^^

[@Jahnold]

Watching ur videos motivated me to try multi-player 1v1 for the first time. Got reaper rushed by a diamond 3. Lol first game ever 🤣

[@TheGImp1214]

“Not since the last time you watched me” guilty as charged.

[@langleytrinity]

What a wonderful find on KZbin. Great channel