Air Force Ace to disband
Air Force Ace, a world’s first military professional gaming team will be disbanding. One of the reasons is because of Star League is coming to an end after 13 years. Ace is been founded on 2007 during the time of the enlistment of Lim Yo Hwan most known as SlayerS BoxeR.
21 progamers including players such as Yellow, Reach, and Anytime have spent time in Air Force Ace. Progamers in Ace were drafted as Air Force computer specialists and served as war game testers at their central computer center.
The activities of the progamers also made it into the Guinness World Records in 2009. They were introduced as the world’s first military progaming team in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition. Air Force representatives stated “Ace had a role in improving the image of the military to youths however due to shifts in the gaming industry we had no choice but to disband the team”.