Two eSports athletes have decided to retire from the game in their early twenties, and both have very different reasons for doing so.

eSports legend Lee “Flash” Young-ho has retired from the game at the age of 23. Flash is widely regarded as the best StarCraft: Brood War player of all time. Flash is known as “God” in his native Korea.

Flash was 14 when he signed professional forms with Team KT Rolster. He would stay loyal throughout his eight-year professional career. During his playing days, he became the youngest player to win a top-tier Korean tournament when in 2008 he won the Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague (a record that stands to this day).

The young man made well over $400,000 in prize money in a time when prize pools were not as deep as they are today. His win rate in Brood War approached 80% and in 15 major StarCraft competitions he won 10 and was runner-up in five.