rain on HLTV Confirmed: Decade in FaZe, benching, future

The decorated Norwegian will join us live at 18:00 on Kick.

rain makes his first appearance on the pocast

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill and Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda are joined by Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard on HLTV Confirmed for a deep dive into the 31-year-old's impressive career, just a few days after his benching on FaZe was announced.

The panelists will discuss his exit from the team he spent nearly 10 years in, the highs and lows of his time in FaZe, and what he is looking to do next in his career after he made it clear that he was not retiring.

Tune into the show which will also feature some recent news and developments in the world of Counter-Strike:

Hot seat with rain

  • End of an era

  • Present day, results, benching

  • Memory lane: 3,543 days in FaZe

  • CS today

  • Future goals and plans

Major race

  • Open LAN impressions

  • Who fell off, who climbed up?

  • EPL results and impact

Recent news

  • (no) WATO

  • CS2 update

  • HLTV Newsletter

  • Spirit documentary takeaways

Live broadcast on Kick
Updates and clips on Twitter
Past HLTV Confirmed episodes
Audio versions of the show

Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
36
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
167
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
Czech Republic Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Age:
32
Rating 1.0:
1.30
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.90
DPR:
0.64
Time is adjusted to your selected timezone
Norway Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
2162
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
ok (a true legend on the show today)
2025-10-02 11:49
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4 replies
rain will feel at home on KICK.com
2025-10-02 16:33
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1 reply
#62
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hoangii
Karrigan kicked rain becausd rain wanted to IGL Karrigan got the first move in before people will realize he is a fraud
2025-10-02 23:03
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Bro do you just sit on the news page clicking refresh trying to get first comment
2025-10-02 18:15
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#63
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United States Big__E
Happy he joined the show
2025-10-02 23:06
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ask him why broky is still on Faze clan after 12 months of terrible performances please
2025-10-02 11:49
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10 replies
he is here so you can still have a reason to breathe
2025-10-02 11:52
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#7
Faceit level 10  | 
S3NSEY | 
Austria kobrick
because S3NSEY declined
2025-10-02 11:59
12
obsessed
2025-10-02 12:11
6
#23
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Turkey KOMPOSTO
you would be uneployment in the hltv department of baiters
2025-10-02 12:38
12
2 replies
Says the turk
2025-10-02 13:00
13
1 reply
?? huh
2025-10-02 13:01
1
#35
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Korea shicha
You're just a pathetic guy who can't get anyone's attention without using Broky's name.
2025-10-02 13:20
4
2 replies
thats the 3rd time you said this, i think you should block me and move on with your life lil bro
2025-10-02 13:40
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1 reply
but also not even denying bc u kno its tru..
2025-10-02 17:39
2
ask literally 60% of the players on the team why rain was benched over them when he was outperforming them playing the worst roles
2025-10-02 21:39
2
This is a must watch!
2025-10-02 11:54
1
We hate the kick move but we will show up this time because rain is there.
2025-10-02 11:56
31
12 replies
#12
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Poland KOLO_
no WE dont
2025-10-02 12:14
4
3 replies
idk tho y not getting the rain content asap is no1 prio
2025-10-02 13:01
1
2 replies
#43
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Poland KOLO_
lol i meant KICK THE PLATFORM, i thought they moved there recently from Twitch XD. A little misunderstanding, ofc kicking rain is bad
2025-10-02 15:20
0
1 reply
so did i im saying watching on kick is worth it if you get first hand news and cs takes from and about rain
2025-10-02 15:58
0
#15
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Finland Karppanator
Fuck no we won't.
2025-10-02 12:21
4
2 replies
You're absolutely right. Fuck no we don't hate the kick move.
2025-10-02 13:09
3
1 reply
nah yeah i think everyone with a soul hates it, doesnt mean most ppl wont watch regardless tho
2025-10-02 15:59
0
You aren’t all of hltv buddy
2025-10-02 12:42
0
He should have been kicked post 22, but I get loyalty from him and from the org. However esports is a buisness they paid him to play a game and big money for doing so, and at times you can clearly see he was not playing the game. This isn't about facing better players and getting beat or having a bad match, he CLEARLY was not practicing. Though rain's natural talent is better than most player's peak, the lack of effort spreads on a team.
2025-10-02 14:59
0
3 replies
I was talking about HLTV confirmed being moved from twitch to kick
2025-10-02 15:11
1
2 replies
LOL sleepy brain this early, also hard to remember that kick is a thing tbh. Thanks for alerting me lol
2025-10-02 15:15
2
1 reply
i mean it is in the article.. lol
2025-10-02 15:59
0
#8
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland Astoner55
I probably won't tune in to the live show as I will probably be busy but surely I will catch up tomorrow or over the weekend! Rain is one of the most reliable riflers and best teamplayers of all time, I'm super interested in what he has to say about everything, hope for an episode that's AT LEAST 3 hours long :D
2025-10-02 12:00
2
i forgot it's still on kick
2025-10-02 12:01
0
why on kick tho? does kick pay even hltv?
2025-10-02 12:13
2
8 replies
#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Karppanator
They paid for exclusivity for the live portion and Prof, Spunj and Striker said the experience is the same so its ok instead of just admitting that hltv likes money instead of morals
2025-10-02 12:21
11
7 replies
ok, reasonable
2025-10-02 12:23
1
Experience is not the same lol
2025-10-02 12:24
0
1 reply
#18
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Karppanator
Ofc it's not, entire point of kick is to make the youth into degenerate gamblers
2025-10-02 12:24
3
Tbh I think only prof is money hungry, spunj just like to yap about counterstrike, striker somewhat into community too.
2025-10-02 12:32
0
1 reply
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Karppanator
Problem with spunj "i dont like drama, i steer away from it" attitude is that he still does the show, and does the ad segments for stake. Yeah, obviously its because he loves the game. It's just a shame that these grown ups have to keep up appearances and whitewash kick so they get paid instead of being realistic about what theyre doing.
2025-10-02 12:41
4
+1 Its a hell to watch this show on tv, with twitch it was easy with the app.. now rip🤣 Its all about the money ladzzz
2025-10-02 14:40
0
gotta ask, how else do you guys think they finance all this coverage? We are getting all this content, this forum, all the live matches for free. They obviously need the ads for running this site, yeah could be better but whatever. For my experience kick is/was good, if you turn quality settings, auto fucking sucks. Also I personally don't care about the chat.
2025-10-02 23:42
1
For the love of rain shift it to twitch. Even rain won't rewatch it on kick.
2025-10-02 13:02
1
"on kick" see you in the synopsis article bud
2025-10-02 14:57
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#44
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Bosnia and Herzegovina whosh0tya
rain new falcons igl ?
2025-10-02 15:23
0
#45
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Canada minibeech
KICK?
2025-10-02 15:42
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#50
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Palestine noemad
kick? yup we will not be there
2025-10-02 16:59
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#51
OG | 
Ukraine mazaywOo
Imagine not watching the Rain interview because the website is green instead of purple and you can't use Pogchamp
2025-10-02 17:14
1
#52
rain | 
Norway ndreas
-mezii +rain
2025-10-02 17:16
0
holy fucking christ you shits are hypocrites. the game is a literal slot machine with almost no gameplay updates and even removed previous gameplay content. stop watching cs streams on ANY platform if you want to perpetuate these holier than thou morals..
2025-10-02 17:40
1
#56
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
KICKEKW
2025-10-02 18:47
0
hope to see u soon on anothe team Rain, you fcking legend
2025-10-02 18:50
0
Good thing I listen on Apple Podcasts, moving away from Twitch is a L move
2025-10-02 18:54
1
When will this be up on YouTube?
2025-10-02 21:15
0
sad
2025-10-02 21:46
0
#65
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South Africa Kirchir
@Professeur Image caption error, it says "pocast" instead of podcast. x
2025-10-03 09:16
0
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