Comments on: For $25/hr, You Too Can Learn Starcraft From a Real Korean http://www.8asians.com/2009/07/02/for-25hr-you-too-can-learn-starcraft-from-a-real-korean/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Facebook User http://www.8asians.com/2009/07/02/for-25hr-you-too-can-learn-starcraft-from-a-real-korean/comment-page-1/#comment-125167 Facebook User Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:22:26 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3365#comment-125167 Koreans engage in raids and pvp battlefields too; its just that the community and accessibility of starcraft has made it more mainstream for mainland koreans. Its an easy game to network on low-end machines in cyber cafes. <br><br>Taeyeon of SNSD prefers protoss. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IeDpcUTew" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IeDpcUTew</a><br><br>The term, "gosu" has come to mean pro in the real-time-strategy community. Gosu, as I understand, roughly translates to "pro" in korean. <br><br>What I've always found odd, is that many of the professional korean sc players leave the sport to serve their mandatory military service. They never return to the arena after they complete their service. Koreans engage in raids and pvp battlefields too; its just that the community and accessibility of starcraft has made it more mainstream for mainland koreans. Its an easy game to network on low-end machines in cyber cafes.

Taeyeon of SNSD prefers protoss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IeDpcUTew

The term, “gosu” has come to mean pro in the real-time-strategy community. Gosu, as I understand, roughly translates to “pro” in korean.

What I've always found odd, is that many of the professional korean sc players leave the sport to serve their mandatory military service. They never return to the arena after they complete their service.

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