Team Liquid’s World of Warcraft team concedes Race to World First citing “mental fatigue”
Team Liquid is a name that rarely falls out of the news on the esports scene, with the organization holding some of the best rosters in the most popular games in the world. While the chatter around the organization and its teams is usually concerned with their wins or upsets, a recent announcement from their World of Warcraft team has left fans shocked and concerned.
Read on to find out how Maximum from the WoW roster of Team Liquid announced their team's exit in the Race for the World's First contest.
Warning: Video contains profanity.
This year's Race to World First has been trending extensively as it looks to be the longest event of its kind that fans have seen. The last time the event entered its fifth week was in 2017, just after the release of the Tomb of Sargeras, when both the concept and the bosses were relatively new, and so the guilds took some time to clear them.
This time, the inability to clear the final boss, The Jailer, has had top teams scratching their heads for nearly a month. Except for two teams — NA's Team Liquid, and EU's Echo Esports — no other team has even been able to clear the 10 bosses before the Jailer.
This is why the news of Team Liquid's exit from the contest is particularly disheartening for fans. Announcing the news, the team's WoW roster's IGL Maximum said during a livestream:
He explained that the team's month-long struggle to make it through the Tower of Sargeras has had a detrimental impact on the players, saying:
He also laid out some details on what Team Liquid plans to do further, saying:
Moments before this announcement, Echo Esports almost came close to killing the final boss and claiming the title. Taking that into account, this announcement of a break from play can be considered an
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