Saintvicious AMA Roundup: "I've taken a step back later in my career but I always try to be honest."

Saintvicious, coach of Team Coast, did a Reddit AMA earlier this week.

When asked about his takeaway from the Navy and esports, Saint replied, "I grew up with 3 sisters and a mom so. The navy kind of gave me that having a bunch of brothers experience and taught me a lot more community type stuff. For esports, though, I think it has a lifetime based on what you put into it as anything does and more players should realize this."

Always outspoken, Saint explains that he's "taken a step back later in my career but I always try to be honest."

When asked about his motivation as a former player, Saint states, "I believe in myself and that's my motivation. Keane also motivated me a lot I saw his dedication to the game and it inspired me to go even harder."

But he also admits that he's taken a liking to being a coach and that he doesn't "miss the grind" of solo-queue. He explains that "the only longevity you can achieve in esports is through business connections or growing your social media/streaming/youtube. There will never be a time when a player can player for a long period of time unless they are a god."

Saint admits he "was lucky enough to have Liquid to help push me to do social media more but I was doing it on my own as well before him. Not every player is lucky enough to have good management and staff and I feel for those players. Also it is impossible to go to school while maintaining the level you need to in the LCS."

On the main reason he decided to become a coach, Saint states, "I didn't really want to play anymore after last split. My wrist started hurting and I was starting to not enjoy grinding the game as much. I never had a good coach nor saw any in the west so I tried to fill that void."

Speaking about the growing League of Legends scene, Saint says, "I don't think anything hinders esports growth. To be honest, it's blowing up."

When asked about his favorite figures in the scene, he says, "HotshotGG's my favorite personality, Montecristo's my favorite caster, and Dunky is my favorite content creator."

After losing a Best of 5 against Renegades in the Challenger Series, Saint stated, "I feel like the players weren't mentally prepared to play a full 5 game series so they checked out by game 5. 5 hour series can be extremely taxing mentally. My job as a coach is to prepare them better for this next time. I don't believe the series should have made it this far had we played properly in game 4 but alas it did."

When talking about adapting to the game and the frequent meta-shifts, Saint replies, "Running with the patches is just part of league. Adapt or die."

Here are some other answers from his Reddit AMA: