Travis "L1NK" Mendoza has announced his retirement from professional play after four years of competing.
Entering the scene in 2020 with
fish123
fish123
Inactive
Kryptix
James Affleck
ScreaM
Adil Benrlitom
L1NK
Travis Mendoza
ec1s
Adam Eccles
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
, L1NK was part of the initial squad signed by
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #21
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
to compete in the EMEA scene over the years. The roster held their own against top contenders and even took regional trophies for themselves over big names.
L1NK was also among the few players that attended the first international LAN event, Masters Reykjavik 2021, where he and the rest of his team secured a fourth-place finish. Despite missing out on Masters Berlin that same year, Liquid made a deep run at that year's Champions and finished among the top four after falling to
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
, the eventual trophy hoisters.
Heading into 2022, L1NK only appeared at one more international event with Liquid, Masters Reykjavik. After exiting among the top eight, the organization would eventually come to bench and release him to end his two-year tenure as a starter.
L1NK was a part of Liquid's biggest international run. (Photo: Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
A short stint with Acend bore little fruit for L1NK, and from the start of 2023 the talent would spend his time competing with
Les Petits Bouffons
Les Petits Bouffons
Inactive
vong
Vong Nguyen
Luzuh
Joseph Loose
KRAY
Calum Knight
Russ
Russel Mendes
L1NK
Travis Mendoza
in Challengers before signing with
UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club
Europe
Rank #16
Flickless
Karel Maeckelbergh
Polvi
Niko Polvinen
bucher
Maximilian Bucher
Quick
Fabián Pereira
YuNo
Eloy García Burgueño
towards the start of 2024.
After securing a fourth-place finish in the Spanish Challengers League, UCAM released L1NK, prompting him to announce his retirement and pivot towards full-time content creation. The former professional expressed his thankfulness towards his old teammates and all those who supported him throughout his journey at the top.