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Starcraft: South Korean Navy to form SC team

By: Lucas Bigham - Published July 03, 2007 at 2:31 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Plans have officially been made by the South Korean Navy to form their own competitive Starcraft team for those professional gamers who have enlisted in their mandatory military service to compete for.
Laying the rumor to rest that Starcraft has reached its peak in popularity in South Korea, the South Korean Navy has just made their plans public on creating a Starcraft team. This will not be the first time that we have seen something like this though. Fairly recently, we saw the emergence of the Air Force ACE professional gaming team.

The roster of this team will most likely be made up of professional gamers who have finished their required basic training and must make a choice as to whether they would like to go into the Army, Air Force, Navy, etc. For former professional gamer that wish to continue to pursue a career in the gaming, they will now have more than one option to consider.

The planning process for this team has been underway for several months. According to the article, talks are going very well and soon we will see the emergence of a new competitive gaming force.

SOURCES: FighterForum | TeamLiquid

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