StarLadder announce talent for StarSeries Fall

Frankie Ward will appear for the first time at an international CS LAN since PGL Major Antwerp 2022.

StarLadder have announced the nine talent members that will walk viewers through the action in Budapest, Hungary from September 18-21.

The tournament organizer's first major LAN since 2019 will see Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward return to an international Counter-Strike broadcast after three years, taking up desk hosting duties alongside an analyst panel featuring Teodor "tedd" Borisov, Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, and Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg.

Interviews will be handled by James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks, while Neo "⁠Ne0kai⁠" Caine, Jack "⁠Jacky⁠" Powers, Lucy "LucyLuce" Eastwood, and Brandon "BDog" Rawlings will split commentary duties.

The complete lineup is as follows:

Desk host

United Kingdom Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward

Interviewer

United Kingdom James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

Analysts

Denmark Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Sweden Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg
Bulgaria Teodor "tedd" Borisov

Commentators

United Kingdom Neo "⁠Ne0kai⁠" Caine
United Kingdom Jack "⁠Jacky⁠" Powers
Australia Lucy "LucyLuce" Eastwood
United Kingdom Brandon "BDog" Rawlings

United Kingdom Frankie 'Frankie' Ward
Frankie 'Frankie' Ward
Age:
35
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Sweden Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.85
Maps played:
414
KPR:
0.58
DPR:
0.68
Denmark Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche
Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
983
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.64
United Kingdom Neo 'Ne0kai' Caine
Neo 'Ne0kai' Caine
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
United Kingdom James 'BanKs' Banks
James 'BanKs' Banks
Age:
35
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
United Kingdom Jack 'Jacky' Powers
Jack 'Jacky' Powers
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
4
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.73
#1
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Yugoslavia Aradia
LucyLuce W
2025-09-17 22:12
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0/8
2025-09-17 22:36
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#35
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Canada minibeech
0/8
2025-09-17 23:42
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Flag
2025-09-18 05:51
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#53
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United States therealtylor
unable to ratio based opinion
2025-09-18 03:05
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#56
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Australia birko_bird
now we just need pansy to come back
2025-09-18 03:57
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#57
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Germany Sol1taire
yeah but FRANKIE is back !!!
2025-09-18 04:23
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#2
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Poland ScR1337
Nice
2025-09-17 22:13
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Goonerbros, we are so back
2025-09-17 22:13
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Can ' t wait for her to host EWC , so hyped ! ! ! 😀🙂 Regards
2025-09-17 22:38
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2 replies
Log out, Thorin
2025-09-17 22:39
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My parole officer says it ' s good for me to see how the outside world has evolved , in order to not receive a cultural shock when i ' m out . Regards
2025-09-17 23:25
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lets gooo pimp!!!
2025-09-17 22:13
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1 reply
ragebait of the day
2025-09-17 23:54
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zont1x | 
Russia shoras
pimp commentator > pimp analyst imo
2025-09-17 22:13
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personally i prefer the other way around, last time i heard him as commentator he kinda got on my nerves a little. i like him as an analyst where he's tucked away and i dont have to listen to him all the time
2025-09-17 23:51
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I prefer pimp 🔇
2025-09-18 01:58
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#49
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Poland Botaz
Pimp player best
2025-09-18 02:12
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Poland P4wl1k
Ofc they post picture of the guy who lost weight
2025-09-17 22:13
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zont1x | 
Russia shoras
Special delivery for you: a picture of the guy who gained weight
2025-09-17 22:22
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please erase this off my memory
2025-09-17 22:25
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#15
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zont1x | 
Russia shoras
Gaining weight happens but that haircut though... It was his choice and an awful one.
2025-09-17 22:27
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its the combination of both making GOAT look like the ukrainian security guard at my local mall
2025-09-17 22:34
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#47
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Mongolia xiongnu
another win for the blind community
2025-09-18 01:54
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#7
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Ukraine X2Win
W
2025-09-17 22:13
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BANKS THE GOAT
2025-09-17 22:14
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#9
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Russia moonEEK!
wtf frankie is back?
2025-09-17 22:17
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holy shit asmongold casts cs now???
2025-09-17 22:17
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don't really like the casters, but oh well.
2025-09-17 22:24
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Oh well, Frankie's back. Respectfully
2025-09-17 22:26
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Latvia Bouncy2370
lucyluce, nice
2025-09-17 22:33
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She sounds so satisfying cause of her politeness
2025-09-18 11:02
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CCT ahh casters 😔
2025-09-17 22:36
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worst line up ive ever seen...
2025-09-17 22:41
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Russia sNQ-
$500,000 for tier3 teams
2025-09-17 22:44
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Ey we are t2
2025-09-17 23:41
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Russia sNQ-
NiP? Nice game vs NRG
2025-09-18 02:49
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boring tournament
2025-09-17 22:48
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Frankie pog
2025-09-17 23:01
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Kick exclusive again lol
2025-09-17 23:01
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Ahh f that I won't be watching then.
2025-09-18 10:13
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#27
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Finland Jupe_
Devilwalk and Frankie poggers
2025-09-17 23:06
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Unwatcable with these casters same with old washed guys sayimg same three lines over and over henry and anders at fissure
2025-09-17 23:09
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Denmark ZaerdnaOG
No anders? Damn
2025-09-17 23:09
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He is on fissure
2025-09-17 23:32
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Denmark ZaerdnaOG
True
2025-09-18 10:40
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Serbia DRogla17
Where are observers? Are they suddenly not talent anymore? They are so unappreciated it's sad. Noone notices when observing is good
2025-09-17 23:11
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Im downloading dualingo rn to learn russian, cant watch those casters
2025-09-17 23:32
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Ukraine Lud0_
Don't bother, these are still miles ahead
2025-09-18 01:28
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Trust me, I watched Russian broadcast in 2020-2021 until February 2022 when they started openly supporting Ukraine and collecting money for it's military, and I can assure that Russian casters are worse than you can possibly imagine. Since I discovered English broadcast for me, I never looked back
2025-09-18 10:06
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Based
2025-09-18 10:13
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Asia NinX
Holy crap.... Frankie is back !
2025-09-17 23:49
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LucyLuce gg b stream muted
2025-09-18 00:12
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#40
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Hungary Corc
Frankie? Is that her first event since Antwerp?
2025-09-18 00:26
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Ukraine Lud0_
Corc? Is it his first time seeing an article that consists of more than three lines, so he's unaware that he would've gotten an answer to his question if he read it untill the end carefully?
2025-09-18 01:32
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99% of zoomers have ADHD, what did you expect?
2025-09-18 13:38
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Ukraine Lud0_
Too much, I guess
2025-09-18 13:46
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#54
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Spain FrankHL
Spent time being mother and covered other esports later
2025-09-18 03:11
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#41
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Finland Tusku
tedd getting hired pog
2025-09-18 00:58
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Nice
2025-09-18 01:16
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#45
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Sweden Vrede
Frankie, welcome back
2025-09-18 01:46
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Soo they chose tier 4 lineup.. sad
2025-09-18 01:53
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oh my man pimp cannot have a rest always travelling fair play to him really impressive what he does
2025-09-18 02:36
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Devilwalk and Frankie? Now THIS is spicy!
2025-09-18 02:59
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she's back
2025-09-18 03:53
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#58
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Russia art_art
Happy for tedd
2025-09-18 05:50
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#62
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Japan asyl1m
same
2025-09-18 06:28
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Frankie, Banks and Pimp Hell freaking NOOOOOO!!!
2025-09-18 06:18
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Brazil hugoooo
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2025-09-18 06:26
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Pimp analyst lmao Most biased guy to ever walk on gods green earth
2025-09-18 06:53
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+1 Atleast not commentating so we can just close stream when he starts yappin🙈🙈
2025-09-18 09:57
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1 reply
Lol Respect to the guy who added a feature to mute the browser tabs xD
2025-09-18 11:02
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Finland wormi
Frankie and Banks hell ye
2025-09-18 08:32
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Frankie W
2025-09-18 09:07
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Thorin where?
2025-09-18 09:11
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#68
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Greece her-1g
such a good event with 500k prize and no relevant team attends. ESL ghetto
2025-09-18 10:05
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Neo and Jacky the only shining lights here, I see the #1 signaller Frankie has wormed her way back in.
2025-09-18 10:10
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Frankie W Pimp L
2025-09-18 10:10
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Goat back on the desk!! Devilwalk 1 - niko 0 majors
2025-09-18 10:38
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#78
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Yugoslavia lapace
frankie " i support blood money" ward Thorin gonna have a feast on her
2025-09-18 11:51
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who the helly is keep inviting pimp nahh dude i skip
2025-09-18 12:23
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ah crap
2025-09-18 12:46
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OH YEAH JACKY!! TOTAL WIN
2025-09-18 13:30
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That must be one of the worst line-ups we had in recent years.
2025-09-18 13:49
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#85
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Germany ariany
SO its LAN but the analyst desk is online?? and casters too? i dotn get it..
2025-09-18 15:22
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