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JGP

The Jedi Guardians of the Peace (often shortened to JGP) is a Second Life Jedi group based at Ossus

Background

Originally called Jedi Master (nicknamed JM), the group was formed in November 2005, and is the oldest surviving Jedi Order in SWRP, though not the first. During their long and distinguished history, JM/JGP have fostered a community atmosphere of learning and philosophy, and have been slightly outside the usual RP-focus of SWRP, with their unique combination of Jedi Realism and RP.


Code and Philosophy

Like most Jedi Orders, the Jedi Guardians of the Peace follow the Jedi Code; however Grand Master Leonardis Mission felt that an additional Code was required to emphasise qualities that were specificly required of Jedi in Second Life. He therefore took the pattern of the original Jedi Code and formed an additional Code, which the Jedi in JGP subscribe to.


There is no Drama; there is Discipline

There is no Griefing; there is Negotiation

There is no Role to Play; there is Reality

There is no Politic; there is only the Way


Due to the origins in Jedi Master, Jedi Guardians of the Peace is not a pure roleplaying Order but an educational and philosophical organisation which does roleplay. The difference is subtle but the emphasis is on the first half, and roleplaying is an optional feature and not as a full-time computer game. Despite this, the Order has some of the most experienced roleplayers in the community, and is a broad church of those who spend most of their time roleplaying to those who do not roleplay in the conventional sense but who partake in community learning with the light theme of Star Wars. The Jedi of JGP are therefore well-read, taught to be polite and helpful and value the codes above all things, including roleplay. Whilst they do not view Jediism as a religion as such (and many of them are members of various faiths or are not religious), the Jedi of JGP do consider it a way of life, or a mindset and are therefore inherently spiritual. The aim of a JGP Jedi is therefore to explore this through the medium of Second Life and try to improve their First Lives this way. Roleplaying is a fun past-time and being over-serious in it to the detriment of one's other committments in First and Second lives is not encouraged. A secondary motto of JGP is "RL comes first" and the members are all encouraged to follow this.


History

As a Second Life group, Jedi Guardians of the Peace came into being in February 2007, founded by Master Leonardis. However, he would not count himself the Founder of the Order overall, since Jedi Guardians of the Peace is merely a renaming of an older Order (for the history before JGP, please see Jedi Master ). Jedi Guardians of the Peace was formed around the same core members and using the same location in Ossus that Jedi Master had and the name now more accurately reflects the purpose of the organisation. At the turn of 2007, a group of Jedi from Jedi Master attempted to span the small hiatus between it and Jedi Guardians of the Peace by preserving the ideals of Jedi Master. These were the Wandering Jedi, lead by Odenviscar Knight. When Jedi Guardians of the Peace reorganised fully, the Wandering Jedi were brought back into the main fold, bringing the core of Jedi Master again under the same roof.


Masters

Current Masters

The current Masters in Jedi Guardians of the Peace include Leo Mission (aka Leonardis), Zoom Kilian, Odenviscar Knight, Hans Melnitz, Dwight Clutterbuck, Ter Watanabe and Kokiri Saarinen. The Masters in bold are the members of the JGP Council.


Former Masters

At the time of writing , all those who were Masters of Jedi Guardians of the Peace still are.


Applying

Applying to join Jedi Guardians of the Peace is done in world at Ossus Praxeum. On arrival to the telehub, there is an area of the lobby which is devoted to applications. A computer panel dispenses an information card and an application form. THe information card should be read and understood first before the application form is filled in. Once complete, the application should be dragged from the inventory into the black and white striped inbox next to the computer terminal. All applications are carefully reviewed and vetted, and only the ones fulfilling criteria will be taken further for interview. Due to Jedi Guardians of the Peace's highly-selective applications process, only a fraction of applicants will make it to being accepted into the Order and from here on training takes many months, even years. This is to ensure that all who take part in the Order are like-minded and understand the JGP Mindset. The Council of JGP will however always try to suggest an alternative Jedi Order for any applicant who is not successful in gaining entry to the Order.


Leonardis 00:58, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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