diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/advanced-ziplines.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/advanced-ziplines.json
index eb23fb141a..d6348f51aa 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/advanced-ziplines.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/advanced-ziplines.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
"title": "Build a JavaScript Calculator",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/rLJZrA/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can add, subtract, multiply and divide two numbers.",
"User Story: I can clear the input field with a clear button.",
"User Story: I can keep chaining mathematical operations together until I hit the equal button, and the calculator will tell me the correct output.",
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@
"title": "Build a Pomodoro Clock",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/aNyxXR/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can start a 25 minute pomodoro, and the timer will go off once 25 minutes has elapsed.",
"User Story: I can reset the clock for my next pomodoro.",
"User Story: I can customize the length of each pomodoro.",
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@
"title": "Build a Tic Tac Toe Game",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/KzXQgy/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can play a game of Tic Tac Toe with the computer.",
"User Story: My game will reset as soon as it's over so I can play again.",
"User Story: I can choose whether I want to play as X or O.",
@@ -180,8 +177,7 @@
"title": "Build a Simon Game",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/obYBjE.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I am presented with a random series of button presses.",
"User Story: Each time I input a series of button presses correctly, I see the same series of button presses but with an additional step.",
"User Story: I hear a sound that corresponds to each button both when the series of button presses plays, and when I personally press a button.",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-ziplines.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-ziplines.json
index 6d3332688a..1b35fb058a 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-ziplines.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-ziplines.json
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@
"title": "Build a Tribute Page",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/NNvBQW/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can view a tribute page with an image and text.",
"User Story: I can click on a link that will take me to an external website with further information on the topic.",
"Remember to use Read-Search-Ask if you get stuck.",
@@ -196,9 +195,7 @@
"title": "Build a Personal Portfolio Webpage",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/YqLyXB/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You can use Bootstrap, or any other framework of your choice.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can access all of the portfolio webpage's content just by scrolling.",
"User Story: I can click different buttons that will take me to the portfolio creator's different social media pages.",
"User Story: I can see thumbnail images of different projects the portfolio creator has built (if you haven't built any websites before, use placeholders.)",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/intermediate-ziplines.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/intermediate-ziplines.json
index 539a0710d8..30b3b39dc6 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/intermediate-ziplines.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/intermediate-ziplines.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
"title": "Build a Random Quote Machine",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/ONjoLe/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can click a button to show me a new random quote.",
"User Story: I can press a button to tweet out a quote.",
"Remember to use Read-Search-Ask if you get stuck.",
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@
"title": "Show the Local Weather",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: http://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/bELRjV.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see the weather in my current location.",
"User Story: I can see a different icon or background image (e.g. snowy mountain, hot desert) depending on the weather.",
"User Story: I can push a button to toggle between Fahrenheit and Celsius.",
@@ -118,8 +116,7 @@
"title": "Build a Wikipedia Viewer",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/wGqEga/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can search Wikipedia entries in a search box and see the resulting Wikipedia entries.",
"User Story: I can click a button to see a random Wikipedia entry.",
"Hint #1: Here's a URL you can use to get a random Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
.",
@@ -163,8 +160,7 @@
"title": "Use the Twitch.tv JSON API",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/Myvqmo/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see whether Free Code Camp is currently streaming on Twitch.tv.",
"User Story: I can click the status output and be sent directly to the Free Code Camp's Twitch.tv channel.",
"User Story: if a Twitch user is currently streaming, I can see additional details about what they are streaming.",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/data-visualization-projects.json b/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/data-visualization-projects.json
index 44f467a0ca..2912dfc937 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/data-visualization-projects.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/data-visualization-projects.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
"title": "Visualize Data with a Bar Chart",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/vGjLVZ.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use D3.js to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see US Gross Domestic Product by quarter, over time.",
"User Story: I can mouse over a bar and see a tooltip with the GDP amount and exact year and month that bar represents.",
"Hint: Here's a dataset you can use to build this: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeCodeCamp/ProjectReferenceData/master/GDP-data.json",
@@ -50,9 +48,7 @@
"title": "Visualize Data with a Scatterplot Graph",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/ONxvaa/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use D3.js to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see performance time visualized in a scatterplot graph.",
"User Story: I can mouse over a plot to see a tooltip with additional details.",
"Hint: Here's a dataset you can use to build this: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeCodeCamp/ProjectReferenceData/master/cyclist-data.json",
@@ -91,9 +87,7 @@
"title": "Visualize Data with a Heat Map",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/aNLYPp/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use D3.js to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can view a heat map with data represented both on the Y and X axis.",
"User Story: Each cell is colored based its relationship to other data.",
"User Story: I can mouse over a cell in the heat map to get more exact information.",
@@ -134,9 +128,7 @@
"title": "Show National Contiguity with a Force Directed Graph",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/xVopBo.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use D3.js to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see a Force-directed Graph that shows which countries share borders.",
"User Story: I can see each country's flag on its node.",
"Hint: Here's a dataset you can use to build this: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DealPete/forceDirected/master/countries.json",
@@ -179,9 +171,7 @@
"title": "Map Data Across the Globe",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/mVEJag.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use D3.js to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see where all Meteorites landed on a world map.",
"User Story: I can tell the relative size of the meteorite, just by looking at the way it's represented on the map.",
"User Story: I can mouse over the meteorite's data point for additional data.",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/react-projects.json b/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/react-projects.json
index 428315e235..801102fc4a 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/react-projects.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/02-data-visualization-certification/react-projects.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
"title": "Build a Markdown Previewer",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/JXrLLE/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use both Sass and React to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can type GitHub-flavored Markdown into a text area.",
"User Story: I can see a preview of the output of my markdown that is updated as I type.",
"Hint: You don't need to interpret Markdown yourself - you can import the Marked library for this: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/marked",
@@ -68,9 +66,7 @@
"title": "Build a Camper Leaderboard",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/eZGMjp/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use both Sass and React to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can see a table of the Free Code Camp campers who've earned the most brownie points in the past 30 days.",
"User Story: I can see how many brownie points they've earned in the past 30 days, and how many they've earned total.",
"User Story: I can toggle between sorting the list by how many brownie points they've earned in the past 30 days and by how many brownie points they've earned total.",
@@ -130,9 +126,7 @@
"title": "Build a Recipe Box",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/xVXWag/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use both Sass and React to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I can create recipes that have names and ingredients.",
"User Story: I can see an index view where the names of all the recipes are visible.",
"User Story: I can click into any of those recipes to view it.",
@@ -196,9 +190,7 @@
"title": "Build the Game of Life",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/reGdqx/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use both Sass and React to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: When I first arrive at the game, it will randomly generate a board and start playing.",
"User Story: I can start and stop the board.",
"User Story: I can set up the board.",
@@ -267,9 +259,7 @@
"title": "Build a Roguelike Dungeon Crawler Game",
"description": [
"Objective: Build a CodePen.io app that is functionally similar to this: https://codepen.io/FreeCodeCamp/full/PNJRyd/.",
- "Rule #1: Don't look at the example project's code. Figure it out for yourself.",
- "Rule #2: Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
- "Rule #3: You must use both Sass and React to build this project.",
+ "Fulfill the below user stories. Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.",
"User Story: I have health, a level, and a weapon. I can pick up a better weapon. I can pick up health items.",
"User Story: All the items and enemies on the map are arranged at random.",
"User Story: I can move throughout a map, discovering items.",