“What we cared about perhaps wasn’t if he would win his 4th title or not. That or if the demon king is going go returns again. All that we cared about was whether someone could truly stand against time, every day, every night, just to catch up and grasp his own shadow at the end of the road.”
Faker is the exception, not the norm. People retire at whatever age they feel they can’t keep up with the competition anymore. It’s not that deep. Peanut is a great jungler and he’s still capable of participating in the highest levels of play. But we can clearly see he’s no longer at his peak mechanically.