[via teamliquid]

What is it?

Spending Quotient, or SQ, is a term coined by TL Forum user ‘whatthefat‘.

SQ was developed by surveying 100 players in each league, examining their most recent 3 games, taking their average game income (I), their average resources unspent (U), and simplifying it into a standardized value which can be compared across leagues.

Plotted out, the results were as follows:

As you can see, the SQ is an extremely useful way to keep track of your macro game skills, and a fair indicator of skill across leagues.

How will this number be of use to you? Calculate yours, and ensure that it is at least ±5 to your league. If you’re struggling, there’s a good chance that you’re simply not macroing in the same league as your opponents. And if you are, then at least you know it’s your micro that needs work. Below is the calculator, enjoy!

SQ Calculator



For those still uncertain how to calculate, take as many games as you want to include in your calculation (the more games, the more accurate the SQ is), watch the replays, find your average unspent resources and average income for each game, create as many rows as necessary in the calculator, and plug it all in.