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Okay: soon we get the new server machines, plus the new pictograms by Michael Morris... Well, I also would like (my Christmas wishlist here) to get more posticons / smilies. Is it possible?
If anybody else agrees with that essential feature, just say it here!
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I disagree. I don't like smilies save for their most necessary use - do denote humour where simply phrasing might not be enough.
Otherwise, the proliferation of emoticons irks me. They're often used to denote other postes, which can also be seen in the frequent clamoring for the roll-eyes smilie. Other uses are simply unnecessary or even unfitting, like your eeking smilie above.
I'd be fine if all emoticons were disassembled save for the "winker"
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It took me 3 months of hassling to get Russ to increase the smiley count to 15.
After the code upgrade I intend to install a patch that will allow individual users to turn smileys on and off. I might be able to get Russ and Kevin to reconsider the issue at that point, but certainly not before
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I don't feel the need for more smilies. I don't use many of them anyway. On other boards, it seems that complex smilies are often used in place of content. Overall, I'm rather indifferent to the matter.
I think that having the options of all those smilies results in smilie abuse.
It's better to just have people {img} link the smilies they want if they need particular non-standard smilies. It means that these will be used when truly necessary or important, and not just whenever the mood strikes someone to click on a button or sixteen during the post.
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How about some more kitty, puppy and cute baby animal avatars? We have plenty of sword and sorcery, but not enough cute baby animals! How are we evil types supposed to disguise ourselves without the appropriate gear? I ask you. How?
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Looks like we can abandon the proposal...
If you want more smilies, just LOOT 
them from some other boards, hoard them on your own webspace, and then use the img tag. 
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