South Korean Air Force recruits pro-gamers
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Mar 21st 2006 at 12:00PM }
The South
Korean Air Force is in the process of recruiting five professional gamers to help develop the next-generation of flight
simulators and war-game programs. There are roughly 300 South Korean citizens that are professional gamers, and the Air
Force is hoping to utilize the best of their talents to fine-tune the military's training regimen.In addition, the selected gamers will be able to count their program testing efforts toward the country's 2-year mandatory military service, but they will have to sweat out four weeks at boot camp first. The recruits will also be allowed to continue competing in domestic e-sports contests, but are barred from accepting prize money. Paid or not, can't let them skillz get rusty.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chiablo @ Mar 21st 2006 12:34PM
Some day the korean army will have commanders who are high ranking Starcraft players.
The United States will be invaded by thousands of mechanized infantry units... And the last thing the defending US soldiers will hear before the final genocide is an ominous "ke ke ke!"
hiroprotagonist @ Mar 21st 2006 12:40PM
Those gamers better stay out the ROK Marines. Those guy are bad, and by bad I mean kick your ass Ninja Bad.
Thomas Crymes @ Mar 21st 2006 2:00PM
The whole program crumbles when they discover that "God Mode" doesn't exist on the battlefield, just a lot of griefing and player killing.... and no way to drop connection when you're losing.