Also, if you're new and looking to improve, I can't recommend enough FilterSC on youtube and TheJakatak method and stream. Both those guys are really good and helpful. Opened my eyes to a whole new level of benchmarking my play.
will def look into this. I'm rather new to RTS genre and have started tinkering with the mechanics and all that. I'm wondering is people actually modify their keybinds from what the default is though.
In terms of hotkeys it really is about what is comfortable to you. From what I gather, the standard hotkeys are good for someone switching from Brood War but they aren't very efficient.
If you go to edit your hotkeys in game, you'll see that two other options offered are Grid and Modified Grid - both of these are imo a lot better than the default (I use Grid) and they are a bit easier to get used to.
However, you can go farther and specialize your hotkeys completely if you want to go for something that is "optimal" for you; Artosis just released a video concerning hotkeys (
) and there is also a project going on called "TheCore" which offers optimized layouts depending on race, mouse grip, etc. (
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=341878 ). Go for what feels best for you because being able to move quickly for long periods of time can be extremely helpful once you get more experienced.
Don't think your hotkeys will make you a pro overnight though, working on your mechanics/macro is much more important. I've learned from FilterSC's tutorials that Kronen mentioned and I definitely recommend them for you to understand how important it is to set benchmarks and focus on macro - unit control (micro) comes in later.
