LGB confirm rain transfer

4-5-2015 19:52

LGB eSports have annnounced that they have reached an agreement with another organisation for the transfer of Håvard "rain" Nygaard.

The Norwegian talent had strongly been linked with a move away from LGB after it was revealed that he was on the shortlist of candidates to join an international roster led by Alexander "⁠SKYTTEN⁠" Carlsson.

In a statement to HLTV.org, Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill - one of the brains behind of the project - admitted that Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard had caught his eye when the duo played together in LGB for a month.

rain is on his way out of LGB

Just a few days later, rumours emerged that rain had been sold to SK Gaming for $40,000. LGB then confirmed that they had indeed received an offer for the player but stressed that, until a transfer fee was agreed, he remained tied to the organisation.

Such issues have finally been resolved as LGB have announced that an undisclosed fee has been agreed with another organisation for the transfer of rain.

"Today is a big day for electronic sports, Diglife and LGB eSports," says Hicham Chahine, CEO of Diglife, the company that owns LGB.

"We have through a very professional process and discussions reached a historic deal to transfer Håvard ”rain” Nygaard to an exciting new team.

"The sale represents an acknowledgement of our strategic thesis that electronic sports growing into a global and professional industry, just like any other professional sports category.

"At last, on behalf of LGB eSports and Diglife, I would like to thank Håvard for the excellent results delivered over his course with us. We wish him the best of luck in the future."

This means that LGB are now down to a three-man active roster after parting ways with Maikelele last month. Preben "⁠prb⁠" Gammelsæter and Kristoffer "⁠Mystic⁠" Michelsen have been filling in for the team in recent weeks and everything seems to indicate that they will be brought in on a permanent basis.

LGB eSports now have:

Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel
Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad
Pål "⁠Polly⁠" Kammen
Preben "⁠prb⁠" Gammelsæter (stand-in)
Kristoffer "⁠Mystic⁠" Michelsen [stand-in)

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2015-05-04 19:52

2015-05-04 19:53

SK gaming inc?

29 replies

ok so we have maikelele and rain confirmed. lets see what comes =D

2015-05-04 19:54

28 replies

Fox is confirmed trust me, any opportunity like this to leave Portugal its 100 accepted. And k1ck would never ask alot money for him.

2015-05-04 19:55

24 replies

hey BigLover, fox fan n1! now you're dutch?

2015-05-04 20:02

22 replies

Dutch? Mate im Portuguese and i live in luxembourg idk why you think im from netherlands lol

2015-05-04 20:03

21 replies

almost same flag loool

2015-05-04 20:13

19 replies

No its not almost same flag any people with average brain can notice the difference

18 replies

They are literally the same flag. Why are you so offended by someone making a mistake?

2015-05-04 20:53

16 replies

im not offended. its easy to see that its luxembourg

2015-05-04 21:12

14 replies

wow dutch people seem to be easily offended

2015-05-04 21:45

11 replies

And danish people look like they are dumb

2015-05-04 21:46

10 replies

Danish? It is Norway... but ok.

2015-05-04 21:49

4 replies

ye i know im just messing with him too see if he likes it

2015-05-04 21:50

2 replies

Good excuse you dumb fuck haha

2015-05-04 23:46

Not sure if troll or really stupid.

2015-05-05 04:24

Joke Head

well played

2015-05-04 22:34

1 reply

Calm down russki

2015-05-04 23:36

now you just trolling...

2015-05-04 23:37

go make netherlands lan and sleep with the players

2015-05-05 00:36

shit looks the same man

2015-05-04 23:19

no it doesent, flags cant look exactly the same. Its like a ID numbers.

2015-05-04 23:28

ofc america thinks 2 different flags = same :D

2015-05-04 21:57

Wow the Dutch sure are angry people...

2015-05-04 21:17

waiting for that dude that thinks you're russian aswell

2015-05-04 21:10

Yup fox is confirmed, just didnt announce yet.

2015-05-04 20:07

ScreaM, this is his only opportunity to play competitively again.

2015-05-04 19:56

scream is also confirmed

2015-05-04 20:06

Niko from mouz could be the 5th i wouldn't mind hehe

2015-05-04 21:11

FINALLY

ROFL SK

SK ANNOUN!!!!!!!!!!

lol

expected

imgur.com/r/ronpaulshops/vwMin

the hyyyype is real. Woooooo SK let's fakeen GOOO

haha :d

good luck SK

SK incoming...

SK inc

gg sk 1 month gg

OH BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SK TOP1 FOX TOP1 AWP

DA HYPEEEEEE

2015-05-04 20:00

omg pls

AGAIN I'm robbed of my #1 comment because of 30 second spam delay bullshit crapfest

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2015-05-04 20:42

2015-05-04 23:23

this is happenning guys

i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/00..

YAY gl scream rain makilelelelle

SK.DC.

'another organisation' HMMMMMM WHO COULD IT POSSIBLY BE? I DONT EVEN KNOW... SO HARD TO GUESS UHMM

its SK idiot. Where have you been? Under a rock?

people dont understand sarcasm anymore if you don't write 'Kappa' =/

2015-05-04 19:59

and he probably was sarcastic too? hard to spot?

it is

2015-05-04 20:08

kappy

2015-05-04 23:24

OMG HOW STUPID CAN U BE??? ITS SK DUDE

2015-05-04 19:57

omg its SK dude, dont tell me u were trolling, u didnt write "kappa"

2015-05-04 20:19

sarcasm is not trolling brabbar

2015-05-04 20:23

ye, probably I should have used the word "sarcasm" and not "trolling", my bad bro <3

2015-05-04 21:38

Funny, it's not SK in the end but Kinguin :D Everyone guessed wrong!

2015-05-12 11:02

sk announcing coming

not sk, but k1ck ^.^

Lol that would be jaw dropping

2015-05-04 19:58

SK INC

gg sk xD

SK -fox +niko pls

5 replies

just stop...

why? maikelele should awp

didnt you ever heard about the doble awp setup? :)

2015-05-04 20:09

yea, but thats only good if you have really good economy. and niko is the type of player that can pick up awp if the team wants 2, which i think is better than having 2 straight awpers

2015-05-04 20:44

I'd actually rather have fox awp specially with the awp patch

2015-05-04 20:10

wowowowow

rip lgb xD

rip Norwegian cs

still better than UK scene

9 replies

wouldn't say rip, just a pretty big setback.

2015-05-04 20:15

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rain will probably be back in a norwegian team in a couple of weeks.

2015-05-04 20:20

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lol you are clueless

2015-05-04 20:56

you are funny

You think SK would buy rain for lots of cash and then release him after a few weeks? If you do, then you ARE clueless

2015-05-04 21:26

you think everything i say on hltv is completely seriously? If you do, then you ARE clueless

2015-05-04 21:36

How could i possibly know that you were not serious? Have you been on hltv long?

2015-05-04 21:39

yes

2015-05-04 21:40

i never said British cs was better my friend ;)

2015-05-04 21:19

So sad :(

SK 2015 NiKo rain Scream Maikelele Fox top 5

Probably not niko, he doesnt speak english. ^^

He writes in English and Bosnian on his official facebook site. So yeah, thats not true what you said.

2015-05-04 20:04

Writing != speaking. No matter how bad one person his at writing, Spell-checks and automatic corrections can fix it! :D

2015-05-04 20:12

Well, it is pretty well known that he does not speak english and legija has been translating everything for him.

-fox +good igl

-prb +Skurk -jkaem +hoyland

-jkeam? lol..

Holy shit SK paid the 40k????

is that alot ?

2015-05-04 21:21

give me 40k then

2015-05-04 22:23

*gives 40k*

2015-05-05 12:52

Scream Maikelele rain NiKo Skytten NiKo 2nd awp. top1 world

gl ^^^^

On Behalf og LGB eSports we would like to confirm that we have reached an agreement to release Håvard ”rain” Nygaard from his contract with LGB eSports. Håvard has been a great player for LGB and represented the organisation in an excellent way. Håvard will be released from his contract immediately to join his new team, and we wish him and his new organisation the best of luck in all their future endeavours. We are looking forward to competing in the future! Hicham Chahine, Founder and CEO of Diglife, which owns LGB eSports, has release the following statement: ”Today is a big day for electronic sports, Diglife and LGB eSports. We have through a very professional process and discussions reached a historic deal to transfer Håvard ”rain” Nygaard to an exciting new team. The sale represents an acknowledgement of our strategic thesis that electronic sports growing into a global and professional industry, just like any other professional sports category. At last, on behalf of LGB eSports and Diglife, I would like to thank Håvard for the excellent results delivered over his course with us. We wish him the best of luck in the future.” We will be releasing the news regarding the replacement of Håvard “rain” Nygaard very soon.

I'm personally shocked

Why? Hvorfor?

I'm trying to be sarcastic. I understand that I failed.

YEES

SK hype

n1 gl

SKSKSKSKSKSKSKK <3

Hope SK is going to be good after they just practice :D

NOICEEEEE

I'm just as shocked about the fact that the fee isn't mentioned. Will it ever be?

I bought rain to SK for 100K dollars because I can

sk top 5 inc

how much?

rip rain

EXPECTED

once again kevz was lying

How?

doesnt matter, dont lie next time kevin

What did i lie about :D

why would u want me to hurt your name ? with respect i wont m8

2015-05-04 20:24

Lets go! :D

2015-05-04 20:31

niz b8 m8 r8 8/8.

2015-05-04 20:50

this SK is going to crash and burn, bad move RAIN!

So sad, now my favorite team nr1 is FNATIC, nr2 is LGB

2015-05-04 20:01

Maikelelelelelelele Fox Rain ? ? SK Inc

nice shit

Fox isnot confirmed yet.

Mystic=rain -prb + anyone top10 team

Also guys dont worry about LGB, they have added Mystic the second best norwegian player and without rain they 16-0'd flipsid3 with s1mple the other day.

LGB with Mystic and rain would be sick

flipside is so overrated, tier 3-4 w/o simple's cheats

2015-05-04 20:05

still better than any na team actually

is that why they got 4 rounds total at Katowice? lel

i'm sure they would do a bit better if they didn't have to play with a stand-in instead of their main carry. Still ridiculous to let a team that can't bring their full 5 man roster play a major though.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW SKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

actually this lineup with mystic isnt that bad

LETS GO! SK HYPE! :D

SK SK SK HYPE

good Luck

GL MAIK AND RAIN <33333333

the question is: how much?

NiKo (learn english fast!) Rain Maikel Scream +english speaking igl

LOl people like you cant handle the fact that fox is a great add to this team. DUde fox is gonna be in this team wether you like or not so shut up for 1 sec with this stupid lineups that not gonna happen

he cant deal with fox. pathetic german. who the fuck is niko?

Yeah throw in 2 awps, but u wont see this Team without maikel, scream and rain so there is No igl and why add 2 awps. Stupid dumbfuck without flag. If fox Can igl them, yeah add him. If not, fuck off.

2015-05-04 21:06

Fox already in. Just have to announce

I did not knew. Thanks for First polite answer here

2015-05-04 21:15

u mad cuz, fox > all german players?

U have to be either a retard or a fox fanboy. But thanks for ur answer

2015-05-04 21:16

holy shit $40,000. Rain makin it rain

faurk! wanted to see rain together with mystic in LGB.. what a team that would be :<

mystic onliner

2015-05-04 20:11

SK's new team will be really interesting, but unfortunately as we all know... SK is not the most patient with their teams and the results. If they really bought out Rain for 40,000$ (or whatever the sum was)... They are expecting R.E.S.U.L.T.S! I can see them winning against tier 3 and lower teams, but i just cant see "pure aim" win against "aim and communication"... I just cannot see Scream, fox and these 3 swedes communicate 100% (especially the belgian and the portuguese dudes).

tbh even if SK releases them in one month, if they produce good enough results to beat tier 2 / 3 teams, another org should pick them up, if only for the international exposure that would come from such a team. Even if they fail hard, you can expect them to have a LOT of fans

2015-05-04 20:16

I agree with you. Communication will probably be a big issue. But it's always good to see historical orgs coming back, so let the hype go on!!!! :D

Well its nice to see big orgs coming back to CS/CSGO... But SK is known for not standing long behind their teams, after bad performances. I see a déjà vu coming. :|

2015-05-04 20:52

what a waste of $$$

Legend is back SK Gaming <3

2015-05-04 20:14

WOOO SK LETS FKIN GO

Gg let's go SK !

wouldnt expect rain to be the first guy with transfer fee in csgo. i would imagine it be someone like gtr to fnatic or olofm to nip.

2015-05-04 20:17

LGB is one happy organization right now

2015-05-04 20:18

Nice! :D

What a huge waste of money.

SK is going to be my #1 team LET'S GO SK!

2015-05-04 20:21

tge hype is real, sk inc

SK always buying people out of their contracts and then disband after a month or 2 :D

2015-05-04 20:22

Most expensive tranfer after Cristian Ronaldo's move to RM.

Is it me or is lgb just a farm team lol

2015-05-04 20:25

Kind of like begrip was in 1.6 i guess

2015-05-05 01:43

Dude likes a villain from Metal Gear Solid. Gl!

2015-05-04 20:32

*looks like

2015-05-04 20:33

40K for rain damm... Just for curiosity, how much worth Get_Right?

Learn london plz. 40k was just a rumor. It doesn't say what was actually paid.

40k LOL

2015-05-04 20:34

pew pew images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/3..

2015-05-04 20:36

lol what's this?

pracc versus maikel foxj skytten and scream

mmm 19-11 against DMG team ?

2015-05-04 21:22

normal in scrim matches

2015-05-04 22:36

They are going to TK

2015-05-04 20:46

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. never turn my back on <3rain

gl rain

2015-05-04 20:54

POTTI POTTI IS YOUR TURN

2015-05-04 20:57

sad story ;(

2015-05-04 21:20

LETS FUCKING GO, NOW CHANGE SCREAM'S FLAG TO MOROCCO, HE IS IN INTERNATION TEAM NOW, NOT FKING FRANCE

Yeah you're right! It's Belgium.

2015-05-04 22:31

nice gl mystic

2015-05-04 21:43

inb4 it's NiP and not SK. Kappa

2015-05-04 21:47

If SK fails they wasted a lot of money and will most likely give up.

2015-05-04 21:48

k1ck confirmed that fox left them

2015-05-04 22:05

Incoming SK hiko

2015-05-04 22:08

ahaha he would have a better team in LGB than SKshit at least will be fun see some randoms with SK tag

2015-05-04 22:41

I love how LGB are trying to talk themselves up in their statement by calling this day "historic" and what not when transfers like these have been commonplace for years now in Esports. Give it a rest.

2015-05-04 23:22

It's historic in CSGO. Also, that statement could also be a hint that the fee they received was actually as high as the rumuors said, which would make it the biggest transfer deal in CS history as far as i know.

2015-05-05 01:45

40k rofl

2015-05-04 23:34

Is rain good?

2015-05-04 23:41

tier2 tier3.. overrated

2015-05-05 00:17

k1ck.com/14/index.php/pt/cs-go/206-fox-u.. FOX is also confirmed (90 % confirmed) they made a scrim vs a team like SD sports or something ( 16-0 to SK ) with all SK players doing good. * remember that I am not sure if the prints were real

2015-05-05 00:13