A suprise at the North American qualifier of battle.net Season XI. Franklin ''NilknarfLP'' pearsall qualify himself for the global finals BlizzCon 2008.

NilknarfLP was one of the greatest USA players who went inactive in early November last year. However he attended this weekend in the North American qualifier and did a job well done.

He left Hamish Luke ''Kowi'' Parker and Martin ''apm'' Sanfacon in shame after he beated them 2-0. The human legend went on with his streak by defeating Jonathan 'KiWiKaKi' Garneau in the upper bracket final with a score off 2-1 and qualified for the finals for the Grand Finals in Anaheim Convention center in Anaheim, California.

However he still had to fight Nikolaus ''SonKiE'' Cassidy for the first place and a prize cheque of $5,000. SonKiE coming from the lower bracket beated NilknarfLP in an exiting best-of-3 series.

Final score:

1. SonKiE - $5,000
2. NilknarfLP - $2,000
3. KiWiKaKi - $,1000