[citation][nom]giovanni86[/nom]I'm not dissing Koreans they are fast, but that video was sped up. Look closely and you will see towards right before the guy comes onto the screen theres like 4 seconds is real time. There fast and damn good too, but anyone can master hot keys on a keyboard and click that fast. And if you have ever watched real tournaments on youtube, they don't click that fast. I play those games on a weekly basis, it was sped up.[/citation]
Actually its not sped up. In the main starcraft leagues, the top Koreans will get an average 300 to 400 apm, which... is an average, they can actually hit 500 to 600 apm for short periods.
Not just anyone can manage these speeds, the professionals and top amateurs (200+ of them) probably play about from 10 all the way up to 16 hours a day, 6 days a week. There are thousands who try and fail. Its very competitive and players have tough lives, but can expect to earn A LOT of money if they do well in tourneys.
Starcraft 2 is different from the first game in that it automates probes, larger control groups, bindable hotkeys etc which means top players can drop their APM to about 150+