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Interestingly, AlphaStar has very low APM compared to human players. This is because humans do a lot of insignificant actions when button mashing, whereas AlphaStar is extremely precise with its moves.

That's why when you compare APM graphs between Alpha and a human player, the human almost always ranks higher in actions-per-minute.

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It's still a high APM game. Reducing redundant button presses still doesn't change the fact that APM is very significant and that being able to process information and act quickly is more important than pure strategy.

That's the difference between APM vs EPM in Starcraft.

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