The Rain Man
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| Name: | Christian Kahmann | ||||||
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| Alternate IDs: | The Rain Man (NA) RAlNMANLOL (EU-W) The Sun Man (NA) The Honor Man (NA) | ||||||
| Nicknames: | TRM | ||||||
| Country: | United States 
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| Birthday: | September 3, 1990 | ||||||
| Peak League: |  Challenger (NA)
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| Role: | Top | ||||||
| Site: | http://www.therainman.tv | ||||||
| Livestream: | Twitch.tv | ||||||
| Facebook: | Facebook Fanpage | ||||||
| Twitter: | Follow @RainManLoL | ||||||
| Video archive: | trmlol | ||||||
| Favorite Champion: |    
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Christian "The Rain Man" Kahmann is top laner and captain of his own team, Team Solo Queue. He was previously the top laner for Team SoloMid. He left the team after their elimination in the group stage of IEM Hannover. Before forming his own team, he was occasionally subbing for teams such as 4not or mTw.NA.
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[edit] League of Legends Career
[edit] Pre-TSM Era
While being the team captain of Team Number One, The Rain Man gained attention in the scene by achieving Rank 1 in the NA solo queue ladder, playing mainly top lane Teemo. However, he left Team Number One in order to become the new Top laner for Team SoloMid. [1]
[edit] TSM Era
After joining Team SoloMid in April 2011 alongside support Player Xpecial[2], The Rain Man finished his first major LAN tournament reaching 3rd place at Riot Season 1 Championship, losing twice to aAa in the semi-finals and in the loser's bracket finals.
In the following months, Team SoloMid participated in a number of offline and online tournaments, the most prominent being IEM Cologne, where they finished second, only losing to Counter Logic Gaming in the Grand Finals.
After being eliminated in the group stages at IEM - New York where the team lost all three games in its group, The Rain Man joined Team SoloMid's gaming house in the New York area in August 2011.[3]
In November 2011, TSM won their first major LAN event at MLG 2011 - Providence, where The Rain Man showed impressing plays on Yorick, deciding many teamfights in favor of Team SoloMid after teleporting in from top lane.
Team SoloMid started into 2012 by scrimming extensively, while also creating accounts on EU-West in order to scrim against European teams. Having won the last major LAN event, the team was one of the favorites going into IEM Kiev. TSM got into the Grand Finals undefeated, even beating Team Dignitas 2-0 in the semi finals. However, they lost to the Russian team Moscow 5, who took the first place of the tournament.
In March 2012, TSM participated in Season VI IEM World Championship in Hanover, Germany. Team SoloMid was eliminated in the group stage, losing their first game to Curse Gaming. TSM won matches against Sypher and EHOME, they lost another 2 matches against Moscow 5 and SK Gaming and therefore could not qualify for quarterfinals.
After coming home from the IEM World Championship, The Rain Man decided to step down from being Team SoloMid's top laner on March 13th, citing differing attitudes towards the game.[4] The Rain Man's spot as TSM's top laner was filled by former top laner for Epik Gamer, Dyrus.[5]
[edit] Post-TSM Era
Although not part of the team anymore, The Rain Man stayed in the Team SoloMid gaming house up until the team won IPL4 - Las Vegas, when he decided to leave the gaming house in order to pursue his own life along with his girlfriend and their dog, Lulu. Since leaving Team SoloMid, The Rain Man has subbed for multiple teams, most prominently for 4Not when they competed at MLG Raleigh 2012.
He was in the process of starting his own team after Chaox's departure from Team SoloMid. Fans and many others are trying to push for him to hire Chaox as of March 26th. In April, He finally formed Team Solo Queue with Chu8, XJ9, Haruka and TheSwingingSalton. [6]
[edit] Playstyle
The Rain Man is known for his rather passive playstyle at the top lane. He concentrates on not losing lane and farming, in order to be a great presence in the later stages of the game. However, this playstyle has sometimes been criticized as some people say it rarely wins lanes or snowballs an advantage. Since leaving TSM and subbing for other teams The Rain Man has adopted a more aggressive playstyle for certain champions. Ironically, former teammate and ex-TSM member Chaox has also been criticized for being too passive in lane compared to the more aggressive Wildturtle.
[edit] Trivia
- Achieved rank 1 in season 1 with Teemo.
- Known for his Kassadin, Teemo, Yorick and
Tryndamere in solo queue.
- Has often played
Gangplank, 
Cho'Gath, 
Jarvan IV, 
Trundle and 
Udyr in tournament play.
- Has a puppy named after League of Legends champion
Lulu.
- Is known for his dubstep music on stream and his loud laughing
- Often streams while standing.
- His girlfriend Sally drew a tattoo of his favorite champion Teemo on his back as an April Fools Joke.
- Is currently dating iSally.
[edit] Achievements
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-07-22 | Leaguecraft ggClassic Presented by Arqade |  mTw North America  0 : 2  CLG Black
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| 2012-01-22 | IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev |  Team SoloMid  1 : 2  Moscow Five
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-12-19 | National ESL Premier League Season 2 | Team SoloMid 0 : 2  Team Curse
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| 2011-11-20 | 2011 MLG Providence |  Team SoloMid 4 : 2  Epik Gamer
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| 2011-10-09 | IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City |  Team SoloMid 0 : 2 Counter Logic Gaming
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| 2011-09-11 | Newegg Summer Wanfest 2011 | Team SoloMid 0 : 2 Team Curse
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| 2011-08-21 | IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne | Team SoloMid 1 : 2 Counter Logic Gaming
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| 2011-06-20 | Riot Season 1 Championship | Team SoloMid 2 : 0 Epik Gamer
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[edit] Interviews
[edit] Gallery
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[edit] References
- ↑ Crs.Nyjacky, The Tiny Master of Evil "sk-gaming.com"
- ↑ NESL Roster History "nationalesl.com"
- ↑ REGINALD UPDATE BROS "youtube.com"
- ↑ why rain man left "youtube.com"
- ↑ Team SoloMid announces roster change "solomid.net"
- ↑ The roster list of The Rain Man's Teamnationalesl.com
