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

2-10-2025 11:48

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

ok (a true legend on the show today)

2025-10-02 11:49

4 replies

rain will feel at home on KICK.com

2025-10-02 16:33

1 reply

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

Bro do you just sit on the news page clicking refresh trying to get first comment

2025-10-02 18:15

Happy he joined the show

2025-10-02 23:06

ask him why broky is still on Faze clan after 12 months of terrible performances please

10 replies

he is here so you can still have a reason to breathe

2025-10-02 11:52

because S3NSEY declined

2025-10-02 11:59

obsessed

2025-10-02 12:11

you would be uneployment in the hltv department of baiters

2025-10-02 12:38

2 replies

Says the turk

2025-10-02 13:00

?? huh

2025-10-02 13:01

You're just a pathetic guy who can't get anyone's attention without using Broky's name.

2025-10-02 13:20

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

but also not even denying bc u kno its tru..

2025-10-02 17:39

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

This is a must watch!

2025-10-02 11:54

We hate the kick move but we will show up this time because rain is there.

2025-10-02 11:56

12 replies

no WE dont

2025-10-02 12:14

3 replies

idk tho y not getting the rain content asap is no1 prio

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

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

Fuck no we won't.

2025-10-02 12:21

You're absolutely right. Fuck no we don't hate the kick move.

2025-10-02 13:09

nah yeah i think everyone with a soul hates it, doesnt mean most ppl wont watch regardless tho

2025-10-02 15:59

You aren’t all of hltv buddy

2025-10-02 12:42

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

I was talking about HLTV confirmed being moved from twitch to kick

2025-10-02 15:11

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

i mean it is in the article.. lol

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

i forgot it's still on kick

2025-10-02 12:01

why on kick tho? does kick pay even hltv?

2025-10-02 12:13

8 replies

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

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ok, reasonable

2025-10-02 12:23

Experience is not the same lol

2025-10-02 12:24

Ofc it's not, entire point of kick is to make the youth into degenerate gamblers

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

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

+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

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

For the love of rain shift it to twitch. Even rain won't rewatch it on kick.

2025-10-02 13:02

"on kick" see you in the synopsis article bud

2025-10-02 14:57

rain new falcons igl ?

2025-10-02 15:23

KICK?

2025-10-02 15:42

kick? yup we will not be there

2025-10-02 16:59

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

-mezii +rain

2025-10-02 17:16

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