Last month, I had the opportunity to learn more about the life of “Stolen” recently, and wanted to share it with you! “Stolen” has made a major impact in the RL Esports Scene through his professional level coaching in the past few years!
What is your typical daily routine as a coach and content creator?
I get up around 8am and I have breakfast and train. Physical training is vital in the life of a pro player, that’s why I always encourage my players to train too. After that, I start writing the script for my next video and then I record it and send all the stuff to my editors. After launch, we start training around 3pm with my team. First of all we start watching some replays from the day before so we know what we gotta train during the scrims. We usually scrim until 9pm so then we can have dinner and then have some time to relax on Discord playing other games.
Have you attended any LAN’s?
Yes. In fact, I played the first Rocket League LAN in Argentina, back in 2019 if I am not wrong, which was organized by the RLL. I played with PituLanzitas (retired) and Tatu (current Flow Nocturns player). We ended in 3rd place. After that I participated in the 2021 RLL’s LAN in which we announced the first Rocket Flow League.
What’s the background story behind your nickname, Stolen?
It’s a long story, but in summary, I had a memes page that I wanted to call “memes_robados”, but that name, was already taken, so I decided to use its English translation “memes_stolen”. Few months later, I moved from PS4 to PC and I wanted to change my old name and I had the idea to take the cool part my name from my memes page and there it came “Stolen”.
How many hours do you try to stream a week?
Right now I am setting up my schedule so I can stream a bit less but have more frecuency on YouTube. That’s why I decided to go from 20–30h per week to only 10–15h.
What’s the best part about being a content creator?
The love from the people who watch you. Specially being a coach is really fulfilling, because you always receive DM’s or comments saying something like “I love your videos, they help me a lot”.
What’s the worst part about being a content creator?
The worst part is all the time that it requires. Sometimes I spend a whole week without going outside my house because I run out of freetime. There are some days that I spend more than 12 hours in the PC.
How old were you when you started to get into creating content and coaching?
I always wanted to be a content creator I guess. I started back in 2012 uploading Minecraft videos with just 9/10 years old. After that I tried to stream multiple times but I always quit, but in June of 2020, I started to take it more seriously until today. And about the coaching, I don’t remember exactly when did I started but I guess it was around 2019. But, as same as the content creation, it wasn’t until April of 2020 that I started coaching.
What advice do you have for upcoming content creators and coaches?
Keep going, no matter what. You are going to go through tough times sometimes, but if you can handle that, nothing is going to stop you. This is about being constant and always trying to improve. There’s always room for improvement, even if you are the top 1 in what you do.
If Rocket League didn’t exist what do you think you would be doing instead?
I think I would be playing pro Fortnite or studying, it depends on how well I would play Fortnite. I used to play it back in season 2 of the first chapter, until Rocket League caught me and never released me.
What’s the best part about being a coach?
The best part is obviously when your team wins and they thank you because they feel that what you said, make them play better.
What’s the worst part about being a coach?
On the other hand, the worst part is that coaches are not recognized by the community and not even by the company that owns the game. The community thinks that if you are coach, it’s just because you are bad at the game and Psyonix doesn’t even give a coach spot so we can spectate the games of our teams during tournaments.
What do you do when you aren’t coaching and producing content?
I usually like to hang out with my friends outside, that’s the best way to disconnect your mind from your work for a moment and refresh your ideas.
If you had to choose between either coaching or producing content, what would you choose?
I guess I would choose content creation because in the long run is the best option, although I like more coaching. I look at this as my future and as a carreer so I gotta think which one would give me the best opportunities in the future.
Who/what influences your passion for gaming?
Frankkaster, he is a Twitch streamer and the owner of 9z, a pro organization from Argentina. He has a hard background story but he was able to overcame every single problem and make it to the top, against all odds. That’s what motivates me and why I look up to him.
What’s your favorite thing about Rocket League?
That is a game that never ends. Nobody has been and is going to be able to master every single mechanic to a perfect level. There’s always another step above.
What was the first game you got into?
Not gonna lie, I started as any guy from my age playing Minecraft, I probably have more hours in that game than in Rocket League.
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