On 01 Feb 2020, xqtr said the following...

How many are using Mystic BBS? How many do they actually write about it? even as a theme, tutorial, script, help file etc?

Yep. I know I have some old tutorials up for Synchronet. Need to put a few up for Mystic as well. I think with the changes to the theming system, that will make it easy for folks to share themes. Whether anyone will or not is the question. I can see it coming down to a few things:

1. Shitty themes exported but at least it gives folks ideas.
2. Folks that do a superb job modding their boards but don't want to share because it's, well, "my theme" and don't want your BBS to resemble it.
3. A few really good ones.

Also many scripts/mods out there, even mine, are outdated, which means that the "supporters" (modders) don't catch up with the development of

A lot. I've managed to fix one, maybe two here that weren't working but am definitely not a programmer and due to work just have never had the time to really figure out the scripting language. Early on I managed to figure out tweeting from the BBS before anyone had released any mpy's and used that for
a long time but that's about the extent of what I can do. I replaced that
with someone else's because they added Telegram to their script and I am a heavy Telegram user.

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Re: Re: Open sourcing Mystic
By: ryan to echicken on Thu Jan 30 2020 18:22:17

echicken, you are consistently my favorite communicator.

Shucks.

Sometimes I feel like a meta-communicator. I often find myself communicating about communication itself. I suppose two of my biggest hobbies revolve around communication, so that's no surprise.

FWIW, I appreciate that you and others around here actually *discuss* things in
the fine middle ground between twitteresque oneliners and overlong diatribes.
It's nice to see paragraphs, but not too many of them, in other words.

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On 01 Feb 2020, Captain Obvious said the following...

1. Shitty themes exported but at least it gives folks ideas.
2. Folks that do a superb job modding their boards but don't want to
share because it's, well, "my theme" and don't want your BBS to resemble it. 3. A few really good ones.

I have a theme I was working on which basically turned the Mystic into a
Image BBS for the Commodore 64, it's not great, but it's not bad. Once I
finish it (If I ever do I just have to do the message bases) I will release it.. It's not the greatest, but it's fun to look at.. LOL

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On 01 Feb 2020, echicken said the following...

FWIW, I appreciate that you and others around here actually *discuss* things in the fine middle ground between twitteresque oneliners and overlong diatribes. It's nice to see paragraphs, but not too many of
them, in other words.

You mean like, me. ;)

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Re: Re: Open sourcing Mystic
By: maskreet to echicken on Sat Feb 01 2020 15:27:26

You mean like, me. ;)

Sometimes a one line message is all that's needed.

I'm just talking about the difference between "Thing is bad" and "Thing is bad because ...". Lots of people like to share their opinion in twenty words or less; fewer people back it up with a solid argument. (This has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand, BTW. I'm just rambling.)

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FWIW, I appreciate that you and others around here actually *discuss* things in the fine middle ground between twitteresque oneliners and overlong diatribes. It's nice to see paragraphs, but not too many of them, in other words.

You mean like, me. ;)

Yes, even you. Your opinion was valuable in that discussion, though we do not ultimately agree. Thanks for your input in this thread, and your
participation in the community as a whole.

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On 01 Feb 2020, echicken said the following...

Re: Re: Open sourcing Mystic
By: maskreet to echicken on Sat Feb 01 2020 15:27:26

You mean like, me. ;)

Sometimes a one line message is all that's needed.

I'm just talking about the difference between "Thing is bad" and "Thing
is bad because ...". Lots of people like to share their opinion in
twenty words or less; fewer people back it up with a solid argument.
(This has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand, BTW. I'm just rambling.)

I didn't mind if you did include me in those with verbal diarrhea. I know I tend to ramble, in both the written and verbal word.

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On 01 Feb 2020, roovis said the following...

FWIW, I appreciate that you and others around here actually *dis things in the fine middle ground between twitteresque oneliners overlong diatribes. It's nice to see paragraphs, but not too man them, in other words.

You mean like, me. ;)

Yes, even you. Your opinion was valuable in that discussion, though we
do not ultimately agree. Thanks for your input in this thread, and your participation in the community as a whole.

heh I was replying to echicken's "overlong diatribes", which I'm definitely guilty of. =)

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I have a theme I was working on which basically turned the Mystic into a Image BBS for the Commodore 64, it's not great, but it's not bad. Once I

Would love to see what it takes to make a theme. If you don't mind sending
the scripts with fake names of files & such...should be able to find out how
to do something I've had an idea about.

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On 01 Feb 2020, Phoobar said the following...

Would love to see what it takes to make a theme. If you don't mind
sending the scripts with fake names of files & such...should be able to find out how to do something I've had an idea about.

Once I get a few things done here today I will try to finish the message base area of it, if I do I will send it along to you. It's very easy, the menu editing is actually very powerful..

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Would love to see what it takes to make a theme. If you don't mind sending the scripts with fake names of files & such...should be able find out how to do something I've had an idea about.

Once I get a few things done here today I will try to finish the message base area of it, if I do I will send it along to you. It's very easy,
the menu editing is actually very powerful..

Thank you! Been looking for the steps to be able to do this...but have found little to nothing on how to set it up.

Looking forward to looking on the items which do this.

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On 02 Feb 2020, Phoobar said the following...

Thank you! Been looking for the steps to be able to do this...but have found little to nothing on how to set it up.

Looking forward to looking on the items which do this.

When I say it's not hard, it really isn't all you are doing is creating new menus for the BBS under a new theme, once the menus are set you just create
new ansi files. To me g00r00 has made this BBS so simple to use even a dope like me can understand it.. Before anyone says I am not, it just took me 2 hours to set up a Sunrise Door! So no comments.. LOL Phoo netmail me your
email address and I will send you off what I have I won't be getting ot
finish it today but you can see what I have done with the rest..

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even a dope like me can understand it.. Before anyone says I am not, it just took me 2 hours to set up a Sunrise Door! So no comments.. LOL Phoo

Just 2 hours? I spent at least a couple of days researching door setup & asking about how to do it here.

netmail me your email address and I will send you off what I have I
won't be getting ot finish it today but you can see what I have done
with the rest..

Will do that in a few. Getting ready to hit the sack to be at the salt mines
at 6 AM.

Spent much of the day watching Mrs. Brown's Boys on Britbox & working with an OS/2 4.52 VDI image which works. Can't believe I can't remember how to do
stuff I used to be able to do in my sleep.

Thanks for the info...

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