StarLadder Unveils Talent Lineup for StarSeries Fall 2025

StarLadder Unveils Talent Lineup for StarSeries Fall 2025

StarLadder has revealed the full talent roster for StarSeries Fall 2025, which runs from September 18–21 in Budapest, Hungary. This marks the organization’s major LAN return for its StarSeries brand, its first since 2019. 

Talent Lineup

Desk Host: Frankie “Frankie” Ward — returning to international CS LAN broadcasts for the first time since PGL Major Antwerp 2022.

Analysts:

Teodor “tedd” Boriso

Jacob “Pimp” Winneche

Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg

Interviewer: James “BanKs” Banks

Commentators:

Neo “Ne0kai” Caine

Jack “Jacky” Peters

Lucy “LucyLuce” Eastwood

Brandon “BDog” Rawlings

Broader Event Details & Storylines

To place this in context, here are some of the event’s key points and what’s at stake, drawn from additional coverage:

Tournament Format & Stakes: There are 8 teams competing in a double-elimination bracket; all matches are Best-of-Three. The prize pool is US$500,000.

Participants include well-known names like Natus Vincere (NAVI), Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP), OG, and others who qualified.

Importance for Teams: Besides the prize money, these matches are crucial for Valve Regional Standing (VRS) points, which factor into Major qualification. Teams are under pressure both to perform and to solidify their standings.

Quotes & Insights

I couldn’t find any direct player quotes in the sources I checked that talk about the talent announcement itself. One related announcement: Neo “Ne0kai” publicly confirmed via social media that he will be working at StarSeries 19 Fall (which is the event in question).