rain

For the Canadian player, see rain (Canadian player).

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[e][h] rain

Player Information

Name:

Håvard Nygaard

Birth:

August 27, 1994 (1994-08-27)

Country:

Norway

Status:

Active

Years Active (Player):

2013 – Present

Team:

FaZe Clan

Role:

Rifler (entry fragger)

Approx. Total Winnings:

$542,096

Alternate IDs:

rainx, rainje, raiin , rainMONSTA , rainbob

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

2013-02-05 – 2014-05-17

partyastronauts

2014-05-17 – 2014-06-04

.no

2014-06-04 – 2014-11-30

London Conspiracy

2014-12-05 – 2014-12-10

clutchIT.org

2014-12-10 – 2014-12-27

London Conspiracy

2014-12-30 – 2015-05-05

LGB eSports

2015-05-05 – 2015-09-11

Team Kinguin

2015-09-11 – 2016-01-20

G2 Esports

2016-01-20 – Present

FaZe Clan

Håvard "rain" Nygaard (born August 27, 1994) is a Norwegian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former Counter-Strike: Source player. He currently plays for FaZe Clan as the entry-fragger. He is the longest lasting member of the lineup, having played since the team first formed under the Team Kinguin banner.

Gear and settings

Mouse settings (list of)
Mouse	Effective DPI	cm/360	in/360	DPI	In-game sens.	Windows sens.	Zoom sens.	Raw input?	Polling rate
QPAD 8K	787.5	52.8	20.8	450	1.75	6/11	1	On	1000 Hz
Last updated on 27-06-2017 (482 days ago).

Hardware

Mouse		Mousepad
	QPAD 8K		ZOWIE by BenQ G-SR

Monitor		Refresh rate	In-game resolution	Scaling
	ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540	240 Hz	1280×800	Stretched

Keyboard		Headset
	Xtrfy XG2-RGB		SteelSeries Arctis Pro
Last updated on 28-05-2018 (147 days ago).

Crosshair settings (list of)
Style	Size	Thickness	Sniper	Gap	Outline	Dot	Color	Alpha
4	2	1	1	-1	Yes (thickness 0)	No (0)	Green (1)	200
No date of last update specified!

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cl_crosshairalpha 200; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -1; cl_crosshairsize 2; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;

Career achievements

Date	Placement	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2018-06-17	A11st	A1Premier		ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018		3 : 2		$100,000
2018-05-06	A11st	A1Premier		Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney		3 : 0		$100,000
2018-03-04	A22nd	A1Premier		Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship		2 : 3		$100,000
2018-01-28	A22nd	A1Premier		ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018		1 : 2		$150,000
2017-12-17	A11st	A1Premier		Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals		2 : 1		$250,000
2017-12-10	A22nd	A1Premier		ESL Pro League Season 6 - Finals		1 : 3		$100,000
2017-10-13	A11st	A1Premier		ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017		2 : 0		$500,000
2017-09-17	A11st	A1Premier		ESL One: New York 2017		3 : 0		$125,000
2017-06-25	A22nd	A1Premier		Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals		1 : 2		$120,000
2017-04-09	A11st	A1Premier		StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3		2 : 1		$125,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Trivia

• Was named the MVP of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by HLTV.org.
• Was named the MVP of Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals by HLTV.org.
• Was voted the 4th best player of 2017 by HLTV.org.
• Was 8th on Thorin's Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2017.

Highlights

Interviews

2017

• 2017-10-14 | rain: "I feel like I found my place" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017
• 2017-01-26 | rain: "Knew nV would play pug-style" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org at ELEAGUE Major 2017

2015

• 2015-11-22 | "I don't like calling" Interview w/ rain of G2 at IEM San Jose @EZSkinz by Launders at IEM San Jose 2015
• 2015-10-31 | rain: "Thanks to jkaem for carrying us" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca
• 2015-07-18 | Kinguin Rain Says COLOGNE!!! by Mantrousse at FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Finals at DreamHack Valencia

Gallery

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References