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Gosu
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Gosu is a term usually used to refer a person highly skilled in multiplayer games like Starcraft, Warcraft III, Counter-Strike and others. It has a Korean origin and since South Korea has one of the largest online gaming communities the term was adopted by gaming communities in many countries including USA, Germany, France and Russia.
Origin
In Korean, word gosu is used for a person with great skill, usually in martial arts. The word is partially derived from the Chinese word gaoshou and similar to the Japanese word jouzu. There is an urban legend saying that term gosu originated from Starcraft community as an acronym for "God Of Starcraft Universe" or "Guardian of Starcraft Universe". However, this is actually a backronym, as the term has long been applied to martial arts experts and players of other multiplayer games including first-person shooters like Counter-Strike. It is most likely that Starcraft players were among the first gamers to adopt the Korean word with a new meaning.
Related terms
Even though not so popular there are also several other commonly used Korean words for describing gamers with various skill levels.
- "Jungsu" stands for "a moderately good player".
- "Hasu" for "a mediocre player" or "a person with no skill"
- "Chobo" for "a novice player".
"Hasu" and "chobo" are the same skill level, but "chobo"'s literal meaning for beginners and thus implies the speaker has a general respect for the person as a human, or at least not a lack thereof. "Hasu" is a more insulting way of describing the player, implying the speaker looks down upon the person they are describing. An English equivalent to chobo would be newbie and hasu would be noob.
