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FORUM RULES - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING
« on: 09 September 2015, 10:34:38 »
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For the sake of convenience, the current Posting Rules, as described in Knightmare's post, are as follows:

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Posting Rules
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Re: FORUM RULES - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING
« Reply #2 on: 09 March 2018, 17:13:08 »
Because the link is back up I'm unstickying this.
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