There are hotkeys. there's a big map you can scroll around, but you can bind a specific view of a map to f1-f4. you can get a lot of actions just rolling throu

There are hotkeys. there's a big map you can scroll around, but you can bind a specific view of a map to f1-f4. you can get a lot of actions just rolling through those, looking for specific events. Is the attack coming from over here? is the base still collecting resources? stuff like that. You can also hotkey individuals or groups, 1-8. Again just rolling through those will get you a fair amount of apm. That said, 780 is peak for world class players. You probably can't do that, ever, because by the time you put in the years of effort, your reflexes will have decayed. On the other hand, brood war was a subtle game. APM is not the be all end all of winning. Getting proficient with a few aspects of the game can make you pretty good pretty quickly. Heck, just looking around the map like i mentioned above will help. Some people are amazing controlling a few units like a surgeon. Those units are practically unstoppable. But they miss the big picture. Scanning the map lets you distract, delay and ultimately minimize the value of those unstoppable units.