Poll: Emoticons, are they hot or not?

[imported_admin]

They make me, Mark Asher, feel like a giddy young schoolgirl again! Should we keep them? :?:

Or should we crush freedom of expression under our iron boots and disable them? :?

LOL! :lol:

[Dave Long]

You can turn 'em off in your profile right?

--Dave

[Mark Asher]

I'm not sure. It's all new to me.

[Murph]

But I like 'em. :)

[Anonymous]

I think they should be disposed of. There is too much going on on these screens -- the text is what matters!!!

[Thierry Nguyen]

I'm sad that, unlike EZBoard.Com, there are no smileys with pimp hats. :cry:

[Murph]

You can get your own!! http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/pimp.gif

Go to http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/ -- or any other site with "smilies" or "graemlins" found via a keyword search -- and post the image into your message.

[Matthew Gallant]

Smileys can be added to a phpBB. Perhaps if you pray to St. Billy of Wilson it will come to pass.

[TimElhajj]

I give that little green one a 9 because it's got such a nice smile.

[Qenan]

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[Anonymous]

My main problem with these little bastards is that they make for reading and posting at work damn near impossible. Especially when there is one of these:
:roll: :roll: :cry: :wink: :oops: :twisted: :P :evil: :x :? :shock: :D :) :( :o :roll: :oops: :lol: 8) :( :D :shock: :shock: :evil: :idea: :roll:

[deanco]

Off with their heads! Let them eat electrons!

DeanCo--

[Dirt]

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/anon.gif

[mtkafka]

http://www.colute.net/cwm/otn/funny/moon.gif

...sorry...

http://216.40.201.38/contrib/edoom/sad2.gif

etc

http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server-smilies/contrib/ruinkai/spidereekA.gif

[DavidCPA]

Looks like the Emoticons are staying 8)

They are sort of cute :wink:

[Supertanker]

Considering all of the missed jokes that led to flame wars before, I think we need more emoticons around here. ;)

[Alan Au]

I kind of like 'em. Mostly I see a huge potential for emoticon abuse with entertaining results. :twisted:

- Alan

[DennyA]

They bring me such joy that I must dance!

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/Gif/CHCalv.gif http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/Gif/CHHobanim.gif

[Sparky]

What sort of emotion would the Qt3 eyeball represent? http://www.phobe.com/qt3.gif

Sheesh, that looks like the 3:45 eyeball. I suck at making icons.

[Murph]

It was a great try, though, Sparky! (Actually, I think it's a great icon, too.)

My emoticon conribution...http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/sex.gif

[Tom Chick]

Whoa, that emoticon rocks, Sparky! It *almost* makes me want to enable them in my posts.

Here's my ASCII attempt at a Qt3 icon:

Q

-Tom

[Sparky]

Whoa, that emoticon rocks, Sparky! It *almost* makes me want to enable them in my posts.

Thanks. Here's one just for you...The Royal Emotibaums! Or is that the Royal Tenencons? I dunno. But I even got the falcon in there.
http://www.phobe.com/icon_tenen.gif

[Alan Au]

I'm not sure whether to be impressed, or extrememly frightened. Probably should be the latter, except that I don't know any better. :P

- Alan

[TimElhajj]

LOL, Sparky that was great! I will be even more impressed if Tom attempts an ASCII version. I can only hope!

[Tom Chick]

Jeez-a-Pete, Sparky, that was *beautiful*! If you guys haven't scrolled to the top of the page to compare it to the banner, you need to.

With that sort of creativity, you should develop a game or something!

-Tom

[Tyjenks]

Hey Sparky that is sweet. How long does it take you to do something like that? Just curious.

Now that enough people have admitted liking them I guess I will throw my hat into the "keep 'em" ring. I am such a sheep. :lol:

Plus they do help keep the misunderstandings down to a minimum. My sarcasm for example does not come across well at all. For one I think I just do not explain myself thoroughly enough and (B) usually, it does not come across as funny. The latter is mostly because it is not funny in the first place.

[fire]

I think emoticons are the root of all evil and people don't communicate as effectively when given the emoticon option.

[Shmtur]

:( ...
;)

[Xeras]

Holy thread necromancy batman.

[JM]

Zombie thread arises to battle the thread about zombies.

[Lazy Shiftless Bastard]

Little did they know back in 2002...

Obviously fire is the necromancer responsible for the undead infestations around here lately.

[dannimal]

Wow. How bored is fire this weekend?

[fire]

Wow. How bored is fire this weekend?
Would you like to start a poll?

[dannimal]

For you? Of course!

Or is that not clever innuendo? I do not own a mule. I have dessert, though.

[Mike O'Malley]

Evidently she's not bored enough to start her own poll.