More smilies plz thnks

[Rel]

The only smiley I really need is this one

 

[Michael Morris]

I'll tell you guys a secret; at least two of the three admins dislike (up to hate) smilies. Don't expect a vast influx!

Once in ancient times there was 12 smilies. Then after a cursed wave of grand snarkiness rolleyes smiley was slain for his part in the hostilities. I petitioned/begged/pleaded/moaned/cried to expand the roster to the 15 we have now. So of 4 admins that leaves 3 suspects in the smiley hatred bonanza folks.

I'm the one who decided to axe the smilie. One particular poster (who will remain nameless) had a talent for using it in such a way that it never failed to irritate me - or elicit reported posts. I couldn't see any benefit to having it, so off it went. Now, if people want to be insulting, they have to work at it!

heh heh yep. I like the 15 roster we have - more importantly I like that they are a matched set. Ascetically while I would like to see a few more smilies (around 24) I do want them to fit together to make a matched set. If the roster ever grows it will be after long consideration. It will never however get into the hundreds like on some forums, and I think that all the admins agree to that.

 

[Michael Morris]

I can't wait for the April Fools where the mods make every combination of two characters a different smiley...

Nice idea but that would crash the server so no.

 

[Michael Morris]

Maybe I stand alone on this, but I don't understand why you need a special code to turn a smiley into a graphic. I mean, wasn't the original point of smileys that you were using normal text to draw a picture? If the text already looks like a graphic, why do we need the graphic? If the text doesn't look like a graphic, how is it a smiley? "Cool" should be B) . "Mad" should be >:-( . Using the :text: thing seems to defeat the entire purpose.

Now, if we were to add more smileys, I would want to start with:

!(

It means "By your command."

(_8(|)
MMMM...., ASCII smilies.. er.. donuuuts.

 

[Jdvn1]

Nice idea but that would crash the server so no.

Well, I'm sure there's a less server-intensive variation waiting to have its fun...

 

[Lanefan]

Well, you know how in feats and class abilities, anythign that "can't be done without" is probably broken? Same for a nerdy smilie.

I mean, come on, this is a RPG discussion board. We're nerd central! Every single post would call for the thing. Might as well just assume it is there, and move on...

How about, for a nerdy smilie, just putting "N" in front...as in "N"?

Lane-"white and nerdy"-fan