Dae Ho "ShowTime" Kim is considered one of the legends of Warcraft III. He rose to prominence early in the scene.

Kim managed to hold several top accounts on Battle.net Ladder, not only on his home realm Kalimdor, but in American ladders as well. This made him one of the most revered players during his time.

He managed to hold the 1st, 2nd and 3rd spots simultaneously on the Kalimdor ladder, which made him an online superstar back in 2003 and 2004.

Kim's biggest achievements include winning against Jung Heon "Dayfly" Lee in the finals of Ongamenet back in 2003, along with taking 3rd place in the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals in 2006.

Kim's last clan was World Elite, where he became the team's manager and coach. After that, he left to join the Korean army.

Jos "Zerter" Buyvoets wrote a short rundown of Showtime's career, from his early beginnings, his rise to prominence until his "retirement" before joining the Korean army.

With Showtime added to the team, the NWRS roster is as follows:

Frozen
HolyHuman
Naps
Quai
MyOnlyStar
Mamoru
Showtime

A Rundown of Showtime's Career

At the age of 18, the Korean Daeho "Showtime" Kim was a professional Starcraft gamer known as [ACE]OverMind playing for "Hanbit Soft". Being young and ambitious, he switched to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos upon the release of the game and aspired to become Korea's finest with it. Hanbit continued their support.

The good-looking player quickly reached the heights in his home country. He won the fourth televised Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos league hosted by Ongamenet in 2003, beating Jung Heon "Dayfly" Lee in the finals. In that same year, he qualified for the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) as the Korean champion, once again topping Dayfly in the finals.

At this time, his champion status combined with his charismatic appearance lead to him becoming the posterboy for the professional Korean Warcraft III scene. He was given the number 1 seed for the ESWC tournament in Paris, France. At the tournament itself he won his group in the first stage, only dropping one map versus Iain "TillerMaN" Girdwood. In the second stage however, he faced defeat versus French top gamer Yoan "ToD" Merlo and the eventual champion Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian.

He would continue to compete in top leagues in his country throughout the rest of the year with mixed success. By 2004, The Frozen Throne add-on was released for Warcraft III, and Showtime famously took rank 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously on the Kalimdor (Asia) Battle.net 1on1 ladder shortly after its release. As ladder was used purely for practice, this was not a ground breaking accomplishment on itself, but it did give him a lot of exposure and once again reaffirmed his star status around the globe.

Not being as successful as various other players in Korean top leagues, he instead made the best of his fame and promoted himself at the USA ladders by taking rank 1 using various accounts, in order to make a living by giving lessons and leveling accounts. He also took first place in season I of the Battle.net 2on2 competition and reached the semi-finals of the 1on1 competition of season II where he lost to Sung Sik “ReMinD” Kim.

Throughout 2004 and 2005 he went from team to team in international competition, including RivaL, ArmaTeam and Only Team Players, seemingly unable to settle down. He continually represented Hanbit in Korean competitions and became part of their merged Warcraft III division with Meet Your Makers in may of 2005 which he then represented internationally.

In January of 2006, he competed in the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational and to the surprise of many finished third in the top tier tournament, beating Hong "FarSeer" Won in the lower bracket finals before losing to Jung Hee "Sweet" Chun. After the tournament he was left without any teammates as Meet Your Makers dissolved their deal with Hanbit, taking all its former players with them except for Showtime.

He was now without a team and would soon face South Korea's mandatory draft. Before ending his professional career he joined the newly formed World Elite as a team captain and for several months fulfilled a managerial role in the team, passing on his wisdom before saying goodbye.

That was, until today when NWRS announced they would be adding the legendary player into their ranks. It has always been hard to predict how Showtime will fare in competitions, but it goes without saying that he will leave a impact.