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Personal Information
Name:
Håvard Liset Nygaard
Born:
August 27, 1994
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2013 – Present
Team:
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$808,836
Alternate IDs:
rainje, rainMONSTA, rainbob
Nicknames:
The Architect
Games:
Links
History
2013-02-05 – 2014-05-17
2014-05-17 – 2014-06-04
2014-06-04 – 2014-11-30
2014-12-05 – 2014-12-10
2014-12-10 – 2014-12-27
2014-12-30 – 2015-05-05
2015-05-05 – 2015-09-11
2015-09-11 – 2016-01-20
2016-01-20 – Present
Håvard "rain" Nygaard (born August 27, 1994) is a Norwegian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for FaZe Clan. He is the longest lasting member of the lineup, having played since the team first formed under the Team Kinguin banner.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| Dream Machines DM2 Comfy | 660 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 1.65 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2020-04-11 (603 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| Dream Machines DM2 Comfy | 871 MPI 0.572 deg/mm | 24.8 in/rev 63 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 1.65 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2020-04-11 (603 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [1] |
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| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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Dream Machines DM2 Comfy |  |
SteelSeries QcK Heavy |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2546 | 240 Hz | 1280×960 | Stretched |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL | |
SteelSeries Arctis Pro | |||||||||
| Last updated on 2020-04-11 (603 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Crosshair Settings [1] (list of) | |||||||||||
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | -5 | No | No (0) | Green (1) | 200 | |||
| Last updated on 2020-04-11 (602 days ago) | |||||||||||
| Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste. | |
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| Sharecode | CSGO-umpjm-WQxLr-JSuZk-We5Mi-KjtiB |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 200; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -5; cl_crosshairsize 1.5; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019-11-02 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | 
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BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-13 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |
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BLAST Pro Series: Miami 2019 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-10-28 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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EPICENTER 2018 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-06-17 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018 | 
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3 : 2 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-05-06 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney |
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3 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-01-28 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 |
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1 : 2 | 
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$150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-12-17 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals |
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2 : 1 |
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-10-13 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 |
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2 : 0 |
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-09-17 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: New York 2017 |
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3 : 0 |
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$125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-04-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 |
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2 : 1 |
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$125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia[edit]
- He was about to retire in 2015 before getting an offer from Team Kinguin. [2]
- Was ranked the 4th best player of 2017 by HLTV. [3]
- Was ranked the 18th best player of 2018 by HLTV. [4]
- Was ranked the 8th best player of 2017 on Thorin's Top 10 CS:GO Players ranking.
- Was named the MVP of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by HLTV. [5]
- Was named the MVP of Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals by HLTV. [6]
Highlights[edit]
2015-02-20 | rain vs. TSM by brcho of HLTV at FACEIT League 2015 Stage I - Europe- 2015-03-12 | rain vs. EnVyUs by brcho of HLTV at ESL One: Katowice 2015
- 2015-04-04 | rain vs. INSHOCK by proutounz of HLTV at Copenhagen Games 2015
2015-07-17 | rain vs. Virtus.pro by brcho of HLTV at FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals at DreamHack Valencia 2015- 2015-07-25 | rain vs. PENTA by brcho of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2015 - EU Offline Qualifier
- 2015-09-08 | rain vs. Natus Vincere by proutounz of HLTV at Gaming Paradise 2015
2015-11-01 | rain vs. EnVyUs by proutounz of HLTV at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
2016-01-23 | rain vs. Luminosity by brcho of HLTV at DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016- 2016-12-03 | rain vs. OpTic by brcho of HLTV at ELEAGUE Season 2
- 2017-09-23 | rain vs. Liquid by Molen of HLTV at ESL One: New York 2017
- 2017-10-24 | rain - HLTV MVP by ZOWIE of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 by Molen of HLTV at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017
- 2017-12-17 | rain vs. SK by Molen of HLTV at ESL Pro League Season 6 - Finals
- 2017-12-22 | rain - HLTV MVP by Betway of ECS Season 4 Finals by FILQ of HLTV at Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals
- 2018-06-19 | rain vs. Liquid by proutounz of HLTV at ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018
- 2018-07-06 | rain vs. B.O.O.T-D[S] by djuhana of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2018
- 2019-07-15 | rain vs. Cloud9 by FILQ of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019
- 2019-11-07 | rain vs. Evil Geniuses by FILQ of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Beijing
- 2020-02-03 | rain vs. Liquid by FILQ of HLTV at BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season
- 2021-10-28 | Se rain dra årets mest stilrena ACE [Watch rain draw this year's most stylish ACE] by hallonkraem of Fragbite at PGL Major Stockholm 2021
Other[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2015-07-18 | Kinguin Rain Says COLOGNE!!! by Mantrousse at FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Finals at DreamHack Valencia
- 2015-08-21 | rain: "Most of our game is on-the-fly" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2015
- 2015-08-23 | Interview with Håvard "rain" Nygaard of Gamer.no at ESL One: Cologne 2015
- 2015-10-31 | rain: "Thanks to jkaem for carrying us" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 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
- 2016-12-02 | rain: "Cache was really intense" by Professeur of HLTV at ELEAGUE Season 2
- 2017-01-26 | rain: "Knew nV would play pug-style" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-06-25 | FaZe rain Says the Astralis Era is Definitely Over by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals
- 2017-07-18 | Player Profile - rain - FaZe Clan by PGL at PGL Major Kraków 2017
- 2017-10-14 | rain: "I feel like I found my place" by Professeur of HLTV at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017
- 2017-12-18 | rain: "This win felt a lot better than both ELEAGUE and New York" by Professeur of HLTV at ECS Season 4 Finals
- 2018-01-27 | rain: "I want to play Cloud9 in front of their home crowd" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- 2018-04-11 | Xfinity Speed Session: Havard "rain" Nygaard of ESL at ESL Pro League Season 7 - Europe
- 2018-06-10 | Rain On Playing With Stand-Ins in Olofmeister's Absence by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals
- 2018-08-29 | rain: "It was super stressed [against Heroic], I think people panicked a little bit" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018
- 2018-08-29 | Rain: "I think [NiKo] is the best player in the world" by RealSport at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-11-10 | rain: "We're finally getting our confidence back after a rough start to the season" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Chicago 2018
- 2019-09-29 | rain: "If I have to step aside to give broky some space, I'm all up for a younger player to step up" by LucasAM of HLTV at ESL One: New York 2019
- 2019-10-09 | FaZe Rain "I don't think Guardian expected it, it was probably the hardest talk I've ever had." by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at ESL One: New York 2019
- 2021-02-17 | Interview with FaZe Rain on FaZe Clan, Boston Major, Losing Niko and More by Jake Lucky of Esports Talk
- 2021-07-04 | FaZe: "It's all about enjoying the moment of being back on LAN" by Striker of HLTV at IEM Cologne 2021
- 2021-07-05 | FaZe: "I think it's one of the best iterations of FaZe" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom at IEM Cologne 2021
Gallery[edit]
rain at IEM Katowice 2020 with FaZe Clan
rain at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 with FaZe Clan
rain at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 with FaZe Clan
rain at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 with G2 Esports
rain at DreamHack Open London 2015 with Gamers2
rain at ESL One: Cologne 2015 - EU Offline Qualifier with Team Kinguin
rain at ESL One: Katowice 2015 - LAN Qualifier with LGB eSports
rain at ESL One: Cologne 2014 with London Conspiracy
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 rain's Nightbot
- ↑ "Xfinity Speed Session: Havard "rain" Nygaard". ESL. 2018-04-11.
- ↑ Professeur (2018-01-15). "Top 20 players of 2017: rain (4)". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2019-01-03). "Top 20 players of 2018: rain (18)". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2017-10-14). "rain gets ELEAGUE Premier MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2017-12-18). "rain claims ECS Season 4 Finals MVP award". HLTV.
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