Mohamad "mOE" Assad has decided to step down from Echo Fox's active roster and assume a more managerial role, the player announced Thursday.

I will be stepping down from the active lineup of @echofoxgg. @OpTic_ShahZaM will be standing in for me. Also one more roster change TBA — mOE (@m0E_tv) April 28, 2016

He took to Twitch to talk about the roster changes, announcing there that Armeen "a2z" Toussi has been moved to the substitute position. Two players have been selected to fill in for mOE and a2z, but neither are permanent additions to the team. Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan will fill in for mOE while Ryan "ichibaNNN" Colucci will be the other stand-in.

During mOE's stream, he also elaborated on his decision to step down, saying, "I'll be honest for the past year or so I've been more excited about behind the scenes stuff than actually playing the game and I feel like you as fans have kind of noticed that. That I'm a lot happier when I'm in a position where I can talk to sponsors, do more of the management, do behind the scenes."

He said that the decision was also related to his recent engagement, which he recently announced on Twitter.

The reason i was unable to play the match today is simple. I got engaged! pic.twitter.com/2wTrH5TIQu — mOE (@m0E_tv) April 25, 2016

Echo Fox recently qualified for the Esports Championship Series North American League with a series of 2-0 victories over Without a Roof, Winterfox and KKona. After their first four matches they are 1-3.

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