Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Utility > Tilted Suggestions


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 01-07-2004, 01:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
All Possibility, Made Of Custard
 
quadro2000's Avatar
 
Location: New York, NY
More smilies/emoticons?

I know this topic/suggestion is bound to piss people off that don't like 'em, but I can't help it. I like smilies. I find them extremely useful in conveying emotions online and I find often that they're just the thing to diffuse a tense situation. They just bring levity to online conversations.

Anyway, I see we have 19 smilies available now. And hey - they're all great fuckin' smilies. They're the cream of the smiley crop. Would it be extremely taxing on TFP's servers if we added a bunch of new smilies?

Here are some smilies from one of my favorite sites. Granted, some of these are overboard. And I don't know if they're compatible with vB. I also found this old post with some suggestions that might be compatible with vB.

Before you say it, I know smilies are a low priority when compared with other TFP issues. I also know they will always be a low priority because...well, I can't see smilies being raised on the priority list. I was just curious if it was a big deal to add more, and whether it would put a dent in the TFP server.
__________________
You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers
quadro2000 is offline  
Old 01-08-2004, 11:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
Pup no More
 
Loup's Avatar
 
Location: Voted the Best
You could always save them yourself and use the [img] tags.
You get your expressions across and no harm towards the server.
__________________
"If you cannot lift the load off another's back, do not walk away. Try to lighten it."
~ Frank Tyger
Loup is offline  
Old 01-08-2004, 01:01 PM   #3 (permalink)
All Possibility, Made Of Custard
 
quadro2000's Avatar
 
Location: New York, NY
Quote:
Originally posted by djp
You could always save them yourself and use the [img] tags.
You get your expressions across and no harm towards the server.
A very interesting idea...




It's definitely a bit more work to do so, but yes, that is a solution, thanks for suggesting it. I'd still like to hear back from one of the mods or admins about it...
__________________
You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers

Last edited by quadro2000; 01-08-2004 at 01:04 PM..
quadro2000 is offline  
Old 01-08-2004, 10:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
Fast'n'Bulbous
 
Location: Australia, Perth
Cool, it'd be good to hvae more smilies as well. i guess i'll try that img tag sometimes as well.

Often in my ambivalence, i use 3 to 4 different smiles in a row to try to get the full experssion across...

So it'd be good to have others like these....










Sleepyjack is offline  
Old 01-11-2004, 12:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
MSD
The sky calls to us ...
 
MSD's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: CT
What a lot of people do is load them onto a Boomspeed account and just link them when necessary. There's really no way that adding new smilies can be considered until we get the good server set up again. After that, if we have some time, we might stick a few in. The problem with the ones I see in the post above mine is the lack of relevance (How often are you going to use a Star Wars smiley?) and stuff like the smiley flipping you off; the reason for not wanting that one should be obvious.
MSD is offline  
Old 01-12-2004, 08:21 AM   #6 (permalink)
All Possibility, Made Of Custard
 
quadro2000's Avatar
 
Location: New York, NY
Thanks, kind sir, that's the kind of answer I was looking for. I agree with not having a middle-finger smiley. The one I posted was just my poor attempt at making a joke.
__________________
You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers
quadro2000 is offline  
Old 01-12-2004, 10:48 AM   #7 (permalink)
Please touch this.
 
Halx's Avatar
 
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
i was never a fan of the big long lists of pointless smileys... i don't like it when people carry a conversation with just abbreviations, net speak and emoticons... it's a challenge to you to be creative with words instead
__________________
You have found this post informative.
-The Administrator
[Don't Feed The Animals]
Halx is offline  
Old 01-12-2004, 08:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
Sergeant
 
Location: Camp Pendleton, CA
www.mysmilies.com

link them from there
__________________
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

DONATE TO THE TFP
ZërØ¢ØØ£ is offline  
 

Tags
smilies or emoticons


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:39 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47