Smilie Faces - Am I missing something?

Kero · 03-28-2005, 07:04 PM

I'm reletively new to this forum. In going through many of the threads I noticed a number of different smilie faces. Some of them are very - how shall I say this - appropriate? Anyway, I really liked the one titled LOL. Only it isn't in the set of smilies I see as I type this. Nor is the one with the question mark over its head - or any of the red colored ones. Am I missing something here? Is there another location where these neat smilies can be found? Or do I have to graduate from Junior Member in order to get a broader choice?

Thanks - I think

***tabacco*** · 03-28-2005, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kero

I'm reletively new to this forum. In going through many of the threads I noticed a number of different smilie faces. Some of them are very - how shall I say this - appropriate? Anyway, I really liked the one titled LOL. Only it isn't in the set of smilies I see as I type this. Nor is the one with the question mark over its head - or any of the red colored ones. Am I missing something here? Is there another location where these neat smilies can be found? Or do I have to graduate from Junior Member in order to get a broader choice?

Thanks - I think

http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthread.php?t=7323

LauraMac · 03-28-2005, 07:38 PM

Did that guy ever get back to people here at AG?

***tabacco*** · 03-28-2005, 08:13 PM

Dunno, I haven't heard anything.

***fov*** · 03-28-2005, 09:00 PM

Many of the smilies people use (Trep especially) are not AG smilies at all, but images from somewhere else.

Of the ones that were removed (discussed in the thread Doug linked to), some still work if you type in the tags for them...

etc. [left to right, they are : rolleyes : , : confused : , * D , : sad : , and : ( ... just leave out the spaces.]

:eek: doesn't work anymore, though, and that makes me very sad.

***Marek*** · 03-29-2005, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by LauraMac

Did that guy ever get back to people here at AG?

Nope.

***fov*** · 03-30-2005, 12:08 PM

I forgot about

I think the reason I like these smilies so much is their 3Dness. I like the illusion of light falling on them and also the colors. They're definitely cooler than the average smiley.

I don't really get the copyright thing. I mean, I understand the importance of copyright, but isn't the point of creating smilies that you want people to use them?

Intrepid Homoludens · 03-30-2005, 12:30 PM

Yes. But I think for the copyright holders it's fine if you link their smiley to your forum posts. What AG did was adopt them and put them in their smiley menu without asking for permission first or giving them credit. That's why the copyright holders got mad.

That's why I think we should host a smiley design contest and have members design some for us and the winners afford their smileys a permanent place in our menu and get credit for them.

***fov*** · 03-30-2005, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Yes. But I think for the copyright holders it's fine if you link their smiley to your forum posts. What AG did was adopt them and put them in their smiley menu without asking for permission first or giving them credit. That's why the copyright holders got mad.

I can see that. On the other hand, linking other people's pictures in a forum post can be seen as bandwidth stealing and REALLY pisses some people off...

Intrepid Homoludens · 03-30-2005, 12:38 PM

Yeah, that too.

But I don't think the smiley owners were too concerned about that, seeing as AG had incorporated their property into its forum, so no bandwidth was being pinched.

***tabacco*** · 03-30-2005, 12:58 PM

Mind you, we weren't contacted by the copyright holder him (or her) self. We were contacted by deviantart.com on their behalf, but not neccesarily even with their knowledge.

Ninth · 04-01-2005, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

That's why I think we should host a smiley design contest and have members design some for us and the winners afford their smileys a permanent place in our menu and get credit for them.

Why not, sounds good.

Jazhara7 · 04-01-2005, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

That's why I think we should host a smiley design contest and have members design some for us and the winners afford their smileys a permanent place in our menu and get credit for them.

So, what do you think of my smileys, which I posted in the "Vanishing Smileys"-Thread?

Jazhara7

>>>>*winkwink*Say no more?!*nudgenudge* >>>>

Marek

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Dobee · 12-12-2005, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fov

Many of the smilies people use (Trep especially) are not AG smilies at all, but images from somewhere else.

Of the ones that were removed (discussed in the thread Doug linked to), some still work if you type in the tags for them...

etc. [left to right, they are : rolleyes : , : confused : , * D , : sad : , and : ( ... just leave out the spaces.]

:eek: doesn't work anymore, though, and that makes me very sad.

Knowing that it may not be good to bring up this issue again now, but I still wanna ask is there any more other tags besides the above that we can still use here??

Fairygdmther · 12-12-2005, 07:20 AM

Photobucket has a smiley selection you can link to and use freely

Smileys

Lynsie

Dobee · 12-12-2005, 07:31 AM

Thanks,

Lynsie.

***fov*** · 12-12-2005, 07:33 AM

Note that a lot of the ones I posted above have been changed. The tags are the same but the smilies are different now.

Dobee · 12-12-2005, 07:45 AM

,

, and

really? i 'm rather new here, didn't get to see what they looked like before ....
but there won't be any update on 'regular' choices on the right hand side?

***fov*** · 12-12-2005, 07:49 AM

is the only one that hasn't changed. The rest used to be in the same style, but we were asked to remove them by the person who (apparently) holds the copyright to those smilies.

Ninth · 12-12-2005, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fov

Note that a lot of the ones I posted above have been changed. The tags are the same but the smilies are different now.

By the way, and assuming that they have changed not to infringe the copyright anymore, couldn't we have shortcuts to these smileys?

Yeah, I know, I'm a smiley whore.

03-28-2005, 07:04 PM	#1
Kero Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 28	Smilie Faces - Am I missing something? I'm reletively new to this forum. In going through many of the threads I noticed a number of different smilie faces. Some of them are very - how shall I say this - appropriate? Anyway, I really liked the one titled LOL. Only it isn't in the set of smilies I see as I type this. Nor is the one with the question mark over its head - or any of the red colored ones. Am I missing something here? Is there another location where these neat smilies can be found? Or do I have to graduate from Junior Member in order to get a broader choice? Thanks - I think Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ A little nonsence now and then is relished by the wisest (wo)men

03-28-2005, 07:38 PM	#3
LauraMac Bearly Here Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Barcelona Posts: 1,145	Did that guy ever get back to people here at AG? Share Share this post on Twitter

03-28-2005, 08:13 PM	#4
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Dunno, I haven't heard anything. Share Share this post on Twitter

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*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	Many of the smilies people use (Trep especially) are not AG smilies at all, but images from somewhere else. Of the ones that were removed (discussed in the thread Doug linked to), some still work if you type in the tags for them... etc. [left to right, they are : rolleyes : , : confused : , * D , : sad : , and : ( ... just leave out the spaces.] :eek: doesn't work anymore, though, and that makes me very sad. Share Share this post on Twitter

03-30-2005, 12:08 PM	#7
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	I forgot about I think the reason I like these smilies so much is their 3Dness. I like the illusion of light falling on them and also the colors. They're definitely cooler than the average smiley. I don't really get the copyright thing. I mean, I understand the importance of copyright, but isn't the point of creating smilies that you want people to use them? Share Share this post on Twitter

03-30-2005, 12:30 PM	#8
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Yes. But I think for the copyright holders it's fine if you link their smiley to your forum posts. What AG did was adopt them and put them in their smiley menu without asking for permission first or giving them credit. That's why the copyright holders got mad. That's why I think we should host a smiley design contest and have members design some for us and the winners afford their smileys a permanent place in our menu and get credit for them. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

03-30-2005, 12:38 PM	#10
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Yeah, that too. But I don't think the smiley owners were too concerned about that, seeing as AG had incorporated their property into its forum, so no bandwidth was being pinched. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

03-30-2005, 12:58 PM	#11
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Mind you, we weren't contacted by the copyright holder him (or her) self. We were contacted by deviantart.com on their behalf, but not neccesarily even with their knowledge. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-12-2005, 07:20 AM	#15
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Photobucket has a smiley selection you can link to and use freely Smileys Lynsie Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Dobee Lazi Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 393	Thanks, Lynsie. Attached Images Share Share this post on Twitter

12-12-2005, 07:33 AM	#17
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	Note that a lot of the ones I posted above have been changed. The tags are the same but the smilies are different now. Share Share this post on Twitter

12-12-2005, 07:45 AM	#18
Dobee Lazi Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 393	, , , , and really? i 'm rather new here, didn't get to see what they looked like before .... but there won't be any update on 'regular' choices on the right hand side? Share Share this post on Twitter

12-12-2005, 07:49 AM	#19
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	is the only one that hasn't changed. The rest used to be in the same style, but we were asked to remove them by the person who (apparently) holds the copyright to those smilies. Share Share this post on Twitter

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