Team Liquid’s latest StarCraft 2 player acquisitions Grzegorz “MaNa” Komincz and Patrick “Bunny” Brix have announced that they are looking forward to a long and profitable retirement with the team.

Both promising foreigners seem ready to put competitive play behind them, accepting the slow downward slide in tournament relevance and stream viewers. One Reddit user recommended that they should try casting or “totally return to college.”

“We’re very excited for Mana and Bunny to join, and inevitably leave, our team,” said Liquid owner and fellow retiree Victor “Nazgul” Goossens. “I look forward to making two emotional posts about them.”

Skeptics of Mana and Bunny’s imminent retirements point to Liquid’s biased retirement history, of which 40% are non-Korean Zergs. In fact, Liquid has retired only one foreign Protoss and one foreign Terran since the team was founded in 2010.

“Retirement on Liquid isn’t a sure thing,” said Chris “HuK” Loranger, current Evil Geniuses member and the first player in the history of StarCraft 2 to fail to retire on Liquid. “I hope these two can succeed where I failed.”

Liquid has announced that it will be holding the first annual Liquid Retirement Showmatch, which will feature Liquid’s current team against Liquid’s retired players. The match will display a selection of low-intensity, StarCraft retirement-friendly games like bingo, bridge, and League of Legends.

“Welcome to Team Me [sic],” said Yun “TaeJa” Young Seo. “Unfortunately now there are two more players I have to fake sadness when defeating.”

To celebrate the two eventual retirements, Liquid head sponsor HyperX released a special Liquid-branded hearing aid to go along with Need for Seat’s ESPORTS-themed wheelchair.

