Subj : MPL, my first attempt
To   : All
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Tue Feb 12 2019 08:42:03

Hi All,

I just wanted to let you know that last night I had a stab at my first MPL
script for Mystic. It went super well, thanks to StackFault supplying me with
some incredibly useful documents containing everything I need to know about
the language.

What does this new script do?
Glad you asked. What it does is checks when a user logs in to see what
security level they're at currently. If they're a new user (level 10 by
default), it will check how many times they've connected to the BBS and check
how many posts they've made to message bases, and if either the connections
OR number of posts is greater than 20, it will automagically upgrade their
security level to the next one, in my case level 20.

If they're already at security level 20, and have connected more than 50
times AND posted more than 50 times, it will upgrade them to level 30.

Whenever it upgrades a user, it will display a defined ANSI/ASCII text file
to the user to inform them that they've just been promoted.

It's currently ready for anyone to use, however I am still tinkering with it
and having other ideas with what else it might be able to do, but I created
it to lessen the administration effort (not that it's much) of promoting
regular users.

Let me know what you think, and if you'd like to use it I will upload it here
for you to download.

Things that I would like to see better in it already; a better default
ANSI/ASCII file, I mentioned before that my artistry is awful so I have made
a very crude text file but it works. I would be grateful if anyone would like
to make a nicer one. It would need to kinda be generic in look though if it
were to be used by lots of people, obviously they would be able to make their
own, but the default one should probably be pretty generic.

What does the user see when they're upgraded?

The current page that is shown when a user is promoted:
          _____.___.       ____ ___    ___ ___      ____   ____              
          \__  |   | ____ |    |   \  /   |   \_____\   \ /   /____          
           /   |   |/  _ \|    |   / /    ~    \__  \\   Y   // __ \         
           \____   (  <_> )    |  /  \    Y    // __ \\     /\  ___/         
           / ______|\____/|______/    \___|_  /(____  /\___/  \___  >        
           \/                               \/      \/            \/         
                     __________               _______                        
                     \______   \ ____   ____  \      \                       
                      |    |  _// __ \_/ __ \ /   |   \                      
                      |    |   \  ___/\  ___//    |    \                     
                      |______  /\___  >\___  >____|__  /                     
                             \/     \/     \/        \/                      
        __________  __________________        ________         ________      
    __ _\______   \/  _____/\______   \_____  \______ \   ____ \______ \     
   |  |  \     ___/   \  ___ |       _/\__  \  |    |  \_/ __ \ |    |  \    
   |  |  /    |   \    \_\  \|    |   \ / __ \_|    `   \  ___/ |    `   \   
   |____/|____|    \______  /|____|_  /(____  /_______  /\___  >_______  /    
                          \/        \/      \/        \/     \/        \/ 
                    |11Ne|03w level|14: |10|SD |03[|04|SL|03]


As you can see, it's crude, very crude lol.
Let me know what you think of the idea.

|14Best regards,
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