diff --git a/plugins/ChatStart.rb b/plugins/ChatStart.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ChatStart.rb
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+module ChatStart
+
+    @@contacts = [
+        "\"Prof 2\"",
+        "prof3@panesar"
+    ]
+
+    def self.prof_on_connect()
+        @@contacts.each { | contact |
+            Prof::send_line("/msg " + contact)
+        }
+        Prof::send_line("/win 1")
+    end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/ascii.py b/plugins/ascii.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e37ed106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ascii.py
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+import prof
+import subprocess
+
+def prof_init(version, status):
+    prof.register_command("/ascii", 1, 1, "/ascii", "ASCIIfy a message", "ASCIIfy a message.", cmd_ascii)
+
+def cmd_ascii(text):
+    recipient = prof.get_current_recipient()
+    if recipient:
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(['figlet', '--', text], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        ascii_out = proc.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
+        prof.send_line(u'\u000A' + ascii_out)