dp4m's Rules of the Jedi Council Forums

Recently dp4m compiled a draft of all the "unwritten" rules of the TOS and he posted them in JCC Communications. I'm wondering if FF is going to be also adopting these and using them. I think dp4m did a great job and they are most helpful to the FF also.

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We're working on FF rules with the MS and in the OFH.

 

Good, more rules.

 

Nah not more, just written down in one place

 

We are hoping that we can get a generic set of rules that are board-wide, then a second set which are JC and FF-specific. Those are the board-wide rules as they stand right now, the specific differences are being worked on.