This is IMPORTANT.

I feel a bit ignorant despite having spent three years on TW. What, in your opinion, is the correct use of the smilies

crazy? I sometimes use it to stress that I am confused.
tongue? I tend to use it about the same way as I use wink .
Ribbon and Trophy as post icons - is there any difference?
Link as a post icon - does that mean link as in internet link? Or how do you use it?

I recall some people agreed that the is kind of bitchy. It has always seemed to me, though, that it's more of a tongue-in-cheek expression than I-stick-my-tongue-out-at-you one.

And I'm beginning to recognize the lack of a crying emoticon, as well as a toothy smiling one. And a seriously crazy one would be cool! I mean, the one that has the title now looks more embarassed than crazy.

<--- Hot jelly baby

A crying smiley would indeed be quite good, I would have needed one just today. Another good one to have would be bored/sleepy icon.

And this is for my Brad posts.

<--- Hot jelly baby

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I sometimes use it to stress that I am confused.

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You must use that one a lot.

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That face is seriously pervy.

<--- Hot jelly baby

crazy?
That's not crazy,that's guilty

How do you make these???

In the original version of Space Oddity I sang "Ground Control, I miss my mum, Ground Control, I miss my mum". What can I say... I miss mum.

I can use these for all my posts pertaining to a hot male: Bowie, Seth Green, Michael Vartan.



-=pumpkin=-
"Now, just because someone sees, you know, two naked people asleep in bed together, it doesn't necessarily prove sex was involved. It does, however, make for a very strong case. "

i rather like this one






your mocking me arn't you?

-- this one says to me "you're leaving me?? ... why do you want to leave me??"

i say a rabid one would be good for me.

trashtwin

RARRRRR

Check out mysmilies.com, everyone. More smilies than you could possibly ever need.

<--- Hot jelly baby

And I really mean, more than you need. More than you want to know the existence of.













<--- Hot jelly baby

okay maybe I'm just a little slow today (I did just get back from spring break), but I can't get the smilies to work- the code just shows up. What am I doing wrong?

Ex.
[IMG]http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/otn/happy/glitter.gif[/IMG]

"All the world is made of faith,
And trust,
And pixie dust."-Jonatha Brooke

Save the everyday fan: BOYCOTT BOWIENET!

The [IMG] tags don't work on TW. You must replace them with [ image ] [ / image ] tags (sans the spaces, of course, I just had to make the commands visible)

..like zis:


<--- Hot jelly baby

Oh my gosh what a cute little smilie.

In the original version of Space Oddity I sang "Ground Control, I miss my mum, Ground Control, I miss my mum". What can I say... I miss mum.

Just testing to see if I can do this. Yay, it worked. And no, you're not an asshole.

LittleGirl:

This is completely off topic, but great Kraftwerk icon. :-)

Candice aka mwfte

"I'm sorry, I can't leave it with you. It's not that I don't trust *you*"

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And no, you're not an asshole.

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You got me worried there for a moment!

<--- Hot jelly baby

let's see if this works. i have no idea what it is.



hysterical and useless

No, it didn't work.

In the original version of Space Oddity I sang "Ground Control, I miss my mum, Ground Control, I miss my mum". What can I say... I miss mum.

....because for some reason there's a < br >
tag in the middle of the url.

That Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants
- Lon Suder

grrr!!!! omputer is being difficult!!!!

"All the world is made of faith,
And trust,
And pixie dust."-Jonatha Brooke

Save the everyday fan: BOYCOTT BOWIENET!

Edited by TalentedChild on 03/24/03 10:13 PM (server time).

okay now it's working!!!
I like eye balls-



I don't like spiders:

"All the world is made of faith,
And trust,
And pixie dust."-Jonatha Brooke

Ok, you know what? I told everyone about www.mysmilies.com first, and everyone thinks they are sooooo original...

Even thought I'm not really mad at you SPF.

-=pumpkin=-
"Now, just because someone sees, you know, two naked people asleep in bed together, it doesn't necessarily prove sex was involved. It does, however, make for a very strong case. "

Hmmm...I remember hearing about the site quite some time ago, but as I've heard about it here on TW, I probably heard it from you then.

That Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants
- Lon Suder

None of you addressed the original question and the cluttering of this thread with little images makes it impossible to load.

Does anybody have a well-formed opinion on the difference between the Ribbon and Trophy post icons?

I'm sorry. As the images load very fast on my computer (despite the internet connection usually being somewhat slow) I didn't realize they would cause problems to some viewers.

Alas, no, I have no idea what the ribbon stands for, other than that it looks cool. Maybe ribbon = this is cool, or deserves a special commendation, and trophy = this wins first place?

That Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants
- Lon Suder

Sory, when I go back and read my previous post i see that it was very harshly formulated. Anyway on my excellent University internet connection, the page of the first 20 posts takes a few minutes!
And your gifs don't show up at all, Fairy. They were visible a week ago! (can I use that icon this way?)

you're damn skippy!

-=pumpkin=-
"Now, just because someone sees, you know, two naked people asleep in bed together, it doesn't necessarily prove sex was involved. It does, however, make for a very strong case. "

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I told everyone about www.mysmilies.com first,

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Dude, I was using mysmilies.com years ago. Before it was mysmilies.com, even.

'Course, I didn't bother to tell anyone about it.

Emil, I use more like guitily embarassed, as annoyed, and I rarely use trophy or ribbon.

WW

Fill to me the parting glass. Good night, and joy be with you all.

I like your drooly one.

MOVE ZIG FOR ALL JUSTICE!
In this world gone mad, we will not spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us!!!
Alton Brown is a kitchen god...a minor deity of the food pantheon!

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And your gifs don't show up at all, Fairy. They were visible a week ago!

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Yes, I know. At first I thought it was only momentary as usual, but now they've been gone for way too long...anyone know of a better picture hosting service?
I'd really like to get them visible. I'm sure you're all anticipating to see "the Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants".

That Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants
- Lon Suder

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I'm sure you're all anticipating to see "the Vulcan thing where you grab someone's pants".

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Yes, now that you've recognized it doesn't work, I've no need to say it anymore. wee. I ish hyper, sorry.

In the original version of Space Oddity I sang "Ground Control, I miss my mum, Ground Control, I miss my mum". What can I say... I miss mum.

Most of my posts are award-winning (or tragically overlooked for awards) so I use the trophy icon a lot. It really should be reserved exclusively for Mr. TW but that is a programming issue for Evan to address in his spare time.

Why do I occasionally use the ribbon icon, then? Well, it is also to pat myself on the back for some fine posting, but perhaps on a lighter topic. The ribbon-to-trophy relationship is akin to using one exclamation point (!) instead of three (!!!). When I think of ribbons I think of state fair pie contests. You win, you get a ribbon. A trophy is given out for sporting events or horse races, and there is usually a cash prize too. It's a bigger deal.

So, in conclusion, use the ribbon when you are chuffed, and use the trophy when you are *well* chuffed.

The truth proves it's beautiful to lie. ~Wilco

If chuffed means 'impressed' then I understand what you just said. Atleast, I think so.

In the original version of Space Oddity I sang "Ground Control, I miss my mum, Ground Control, I miss my mum". What can I say... I miss mum.

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I'm guilty of being a frequent ribbon user. To me, it means that I like what I'm posting about (listy type things, usually) rather than I like my post about whatever it is. Err, something like that. And the trophy usually indicates that I like what someone else has posted. I think. Makes sense in my mind, it does.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise

I've flirted with smilies quite heavily in the past yet always lived to tell the tale. It's hardly an honourable pasttime, but will give you the cheap thrill that you crave.

actually means 'You are crazy, that makes no sense', or 'I didn't understand that you nutter'. Otherwise it could mean 'I stuffed up and now I am confused'. It really has more to do with confusion than craziness.
is pretty damn pissed off. Sometimes it's almost too angry.
Looks goofy, to me. I prefer because it's more genuine.
is 'Note the sarcastic wit in that comment', or 'You are an idiot'. Not to be confused with , which is all about being in on a joke or having a subtle but humourous understanding with another. Tongue is not as friendly as wink, not as wholesome - it should either be self-deprecating or insulting.
and are fairly obvious, but I rarely use them.
is the usual 'I am the best' smily. One of my favourites.
And is a very effective sad smily, as in 'You let me down' or 'I feel goddamn terrible'. Very sombre, and not recommended for regular use lest the entire board falls into depression.

Meanwhile, a couple of suggestions for new smilies (I don't use 'off-board' smilies):

[ suck ] : A smilie grabbing his crotch in a gesture of 'suck my dick' - useful for baiting the more wankerous TWers, and very useful as a retort against a fairly immature insult.

[ bird ]: A smilie flipping the bird (aka middle finger salute), similar to the last but used more as a defensive measure than a counter.

Yes, I believe their should be more offensive smilies available. We aren't all happy-go-lucky lackeys, you know!

I say it is and it's true

my favourite is the vomiting fish.

and the deflated hamster.

It shouldn't be wrong to be a girl.