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The Dark Knight Rises
Custom Trophy Tournament Series
The epic conclusion to the best Batman trilogy ever deserves the most epic Dark Knight Tournament ever!! In 2008, Batman learned that he does in fact have limitations after all. Likewise, in our first Dark Knight Tournament, we learned many lessons regarding what kind of limitations we have. Our first tournament saw a plethora of Jokers defying the rules and/or timing out without making a single move. So this time around the standard tournament minimums (# of games and timeout percentage) will be in place. Also, 8 of the 9 tournaments will be thematic which means that the game will start with a pre-determined position in which black has already opened with their DARK KNIGHT. This will eliminate all of the forfeits that happened last time when some Joker would open with their black pawn instead of their DARK KNIGHT. Since we learned how incredibly long a tournament can last at 7-days per move, or even 5-days, the new tournaments will all be set for 3-day time controls. It is the third movie after all, so it only seems appropriate. For this same reason, we will have groups of four with one simultaneous game so that everyone will be playing in 3 games at a time. And finally, just so that the big brains in The 2K Club don’t have all the fun, there will be 3 separate rating levels so that everyone has a chance at getting one of those awesome Dark Knight Custom Trophies!!!
The Dark Knight Rises – Open Tournament (1a, 1b, 1c) is different from the other 8 in 3 ways. First of all, it's not set up as thematic. For this tournament, you must send me a message acknowledging that you agree to open with your DARK KNIGHT as black regardless of how white opens. With 20 possible first moves for white, and 4 possible first moves for black, this means there is a total of 80 possible variations that these games could take. Anyone who does not open with their DARK KNIGHT agrees to resign that game as forfeit. YOU MUST AGREE TO THIS RULE TO PLAY IN THE OPEN TOURNAMENT!!!
Secondly, the other 8 tournaments will all start as soon as registration is full. The Open Tournament, however, will not start until I have heard from each player that they agree to the rules. If I don't get a response from someone, they will be removed before it begins.
And finally, in the Open Tournament, both games will start immediately rather than only 1 game at a time. This is so that we can make sure everyone opens with their DARK KNIGHT at the beginning of each round. If we only played one concurrent game, it would be too easy for people to forget the DARK KNIGHT rule, so both must be played simultaneously.
The other 8 tournaments will start from the 4 most common white openings (1.e4, 1.d4, 1.Nf3, and 1.c4) with the two most common DARK KNIGHT responses (1.Nf6 and 1.Nc6). The 3 rating levels will be: A) 2000 and over, B) 1400-1999, C) 1399 and below.
Announcements
Remind your opponent to open with their DARK KNIGHT
10 of the 18 games in Round 2 have now completed the first move. 9 of those 10 are DARK KNIGHT games!!! 
Thank you so much!!! There are only 8 games left. If your opponent hasn't made his/her first move as black yet, please remind them in the In-Game Chat to make sure they don't forget. Some people play on their phones and can't see this message, but they can see your chat.
Thank you for your cooperation!!!
New Games Are Starting!!! Open With Your DARK KNIGHT!!!!
Round 2 is starting now, so you will see new games in your list.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO OPEN WITH YOUR DARK KNIGHT!!!
Thank you.
The Dark Knight Rises - Round 2
We have made it to the end of Round 1. Round 2 games will begin shortly, but I need to remind everyone first that when these games start, YOU MUST OPEN WITH YOUR DARK KNIGHT!!! In your games as white, you may move however you like, but in your games AS BLACK, YOUR FIRST MOVE MUST BE A KNIGHT!!!
The following players have advanced to the second round of this tournament (please watch your new games closely to make sure you don't forget to open with your DARK KNIGHT):
ads68,
Bartolov,
clykke,
comet2311,
ender198,
iankg001,
lemmingcbr,
LittleVoice,
Tea_Phrase,
These players all followed the rules and opened with their DARK KNIGHTS (in at least 2 of their 3 games, or resigned immediately if they didn't), but got eliminated (I will be able to start new tournaments in about 3 weeks, expect an invitation to an exclusive Round 2 Tournament for these players only):
Billium248,
cegesser,
Cruan,
damienbezio,
EssetiV,
itsniko,
itzzhunter,
jr4204life,
jwaro1965,
kcchiefsfan,
Levm,
LiamOkeefe,
RayRay300,
Redblair,
riffster,
rphares89,
SniperClown,
topcat56,
wangtheory,
zyo2012,
Good Luck Everyone!!! Have Fun and Don't Time Out!!!
Disqualifications
I am VERY disappointed!!!! The movie The Dark Knight Rises (that I was looking forward to for so long) was a big disappointment, but not nearly as big as this tournament has been!! Of the 300 games in Round 1, only 89 had a Dark Knight Opening. That's less than 30%!!! Of the 100 players in Round 1, only 20 opened with their Dark Knight in all 3 games. Another 10 opened with their Dark Knight in 2 of their 3 games meaning that only 30% of the people in this tournament are following the rules. 9 players opened with their Dark Knight in 1 game, but the other 61 never opened with a Dark Knight in ANY of their games. Many of these Jokers have already been eliminated from the tournament naturally. I have personally removed 17 players so far, and there's another 17 that I will be removing as soon as their games in progress are over. Unfortunately, I cannot force anyone to resign, and I cannot remove them from the tournament while they still have games in progress. However, I can promise you that if they do not withdraw voluntarily, I will block them from reaching the second round. If you are one of the players who did actually follow the rules, and got eliminated, watch for an invitation to a private Round 2 Tournament just for those of you who were wrongfully eliminated. If you are one of the Jokers who did not open with your Dark Knight and haven't resigned yet, please save me the trouble and just withdraw from the tournament now. You will not advance regardless, so there's no point in dragging this out.
Dark Knight Rule
We've already had some players forfeit by opening with a black pawn instead of a DARK KNIGHT.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO OPEN ALL GAMES AS BLACK WITH YOUR DARK KNIGHT!!!! If you move a pawn first, you must resign that game.
Dark Knight Rule
Sorry for the delay. The tournament is starting now. Please remember to open with your Dark Knight in all games as black. As white, you can open however you like, but your first move as black must be with a knight. If you move a pawn first, you forfeit that game, so please do not forget. Thank you.
Good Luck everybody!!! Have Fun and Don't Time Out!!!