Emoticons

The Emoticons are small icons you can add to your posts. MB Emoticons are likely a replacement for the small smileys used at other sites.

You can use all the normal ones by clicking on them on the left side of the screen. This normally inserts a character string into the post, that will be interpreted as an emoticon after the user hits the "Post" button.

But with web browsers other than Internet Explorer (using Compatibility Mode) or Mozilla Firefox, you have to type them in, like this: [:)] (A smiley face). However, there are many secret ones that are not shown.

Many of the emotes on the Message Boards are no longer allowed. But a few, such as the cake, lightbulb, and clock, can still be used. An example of one not allowed would be the coffee emote, which is [C]. Once used, it does not bring up an emote, but because of the coding, it brings up "Coffee" in an error message, similar to the one that shows up for Rank X. Another blocked one is [D], which if allowed would be "Drinks" (Blocked for obvious reasons.)

The Tongue Smiley is by far the most used emoticon.

This is a list of all the emoticons, and the ways to type them manually. The Tongue Smiley is the most popular emote, followed by the Smile Emote.
 * [:)] = [[File:Smile1.PNG]]
 * [:D] =[[File:Big_smile.png]]
 * [:(] = [[File:Sad.PNG]]
 * [:P] = [[File:Tongue_Smiley.gif]]
 * [:O] = [[File:Suprised.png]]
 * [:S] = [[File:Confused.png]]
 * [*] = [[File:Star.png]]
 * [*-)] = [[File:Annoyed.png]]
 * [^] = [[File:Cake.gif]]
 * [;)] = [[File:Wink.png]]
 * [:|] = [[File:Wow.png]]
 * [:'(] = [[File:Crying.png]]
 * [:$] = [[File:Blush.png]]
 * [H] = [[File:Sunglasses.png]]
 * [:@] = [[File:Mad.gif]]
 * [A] = [[File:Angel.png]]
 * [|-)] = [[File:Wince.png]]
 * [8-|] = [[File:Glasses.png]]
 * [:#] = [[File:Zipped_lips.png]]
 * [:-*] = [[File:Double_heads.png]]
 * [:^)] = [[File:Sigh.png]]
 * [8o|] = [[File:8oI.png]]
 * [+o(] = [[File:Barf.png]]
 * [8-)] = [[File:8-%29.png]]
 * [^o)] = [[File:Thinking.png]]
 * [v:0)] = [[File:Party.png]]
 * [L] = [[File:Heart.png]]
 * [U] = [[File:Broken_Heart.png]]
 * [Y] = [[File:Thumb.png]]
 * [N] = [[File:Thumb_Down.png]]
 * [G] = [[File:Gift.png]]

Secret Emotes

 * [^] = [[File:Cake.gif]]
 * [I] = [[File:Lightbulb.png]]
 * [O] = [[File:Clock.png]]
 * [w] = Wilted Flower (Blocked)
 * [e] = Email (Blocked)
 * [d] = Drinks (Blocked)
 * [c] = Coffee (Blocked)
 * [8] = Music (Blocked)
 * [pi] = Pizza (Blocked)
 * [~] = Movie (Blocked)
 * [ap] = Travel (Blocked)
 * [au] = Automobile (Blocked)
 * [co] = Computer (Blocked)
 * [ip] = Paradise (Blocked)
 * [li] = Lightning (Blocked)
 * [mo] = Mo (Blocked)
 * [sn] = Snail (Blocked)
 * [st] = Storm (Blocked)
 * [um] = Umbrella (Blocked)
 * [Z] = Z (Blocked)

Other

 * [hr] = Horizonal Line