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Emoticons and Special Mark-up Codes

For your convenience, this site supports most of the standard BBCode mark-up.

Various "emoticons" (codes that get converted into icons, often to express emotion) are available for you use when posting messages. Here's a list:

Icons
:-)
 * smile *
:-(
 * frown *
;-)
 * wink *
:-p
 * raspberry *
;-p
 * winking raspberry *
:-o
 * surprise *
B-)
 * cool smile *
B-D
 * cool grin *
:-D
 * grin *
*roll*
 * rolls eyes *
:-|
 * poker face *
x-p
 * dead face *
>:-(
 * angry *
>:-)
 * evil smile *
:-/
 * wry smile *
*envy*
 * envy *
*wince*
 * wince *
*yawn*
 * yawn *
*shock*
 * shock *
<3
 * love *
 * broken heart *
*lol*
 * laughing out loud *
*huh*
 * huh? *
*bstar*
Bronze Star
*sstar*
Silver Star
*star*
Gold Star
*2gstar*
Double Gold Star
*3gstar*
Triple Gold Star
*4gstar*
Quadruple Gold Star
*5gstar*
Quintuple Gold Star
*Q*
Blue Q
*gQ*
Gold Q
*check*
 * check *
*uncheck*
 * uncheck *
*match*
 * match *
*has*
 * match *
*want*
 * match *
*chatting*
* chatting *
*shake*
 * shake *
*globe*
 * globe *
*gglobe*
 * golden globe *
*reviewer*
 * Reviewer *
*greviewer*
 * Gold Reviewer *
*mod*
 * Moderator *
*minimod*
 * Moderator *
*new*
 * new *
*idea*
 * idea *
*+*
 * positive *
*-*
 * negative *
*.*
 * dot *
*no*
 * no *
*yes*
 * yes *
*!*
 * ! *
*?*
 * ? *
*warning*
 * warning *
*rss*
 * rss *
*tw*
 * Twitter *
*fb*
 * facebook *
*mail*
 * mail *
*idcard*
 * ID Card *
*gidcard*
 * Gold ID Card *
*pp*
PayPal
*cake*
* Birthday Cake *
*up*
 * up *
*down*
 * down *
*note*
 * note *
*freebie*
 * freebie *
*gba*
Game Boy Advance
*wii*
Nintendo Wii
*ps1*
PlayStation
*ps2*
PlayStation 2
*ps3*
PlayStation 3
*psp*
PlayStation Portable
*n64*
Nintendo 64
*ds*
Nintendo DS
*dc*
Sega Dreamcast
*gc*
Nintendo GameCube
*snes*
Super Nintendo
*nes*
Nintendo Entertainment System
*xbox*
Microsoft Xbox
*360*
Microsoft Xbox 360
*pc*
PC / Windows
*genesis*
Sega Genesis
*saturn*
Sega Saturn
*steam*
Steam
*dvd*
DVD
*bluray*
Blu-Ray
*hddvd*
HD-DVD

Text Mark Up

You can also do some simple text formatting using special punctuation symbols on either side of a word or phrase. Here's a list of what is available:

**bold** becomes bold __underlined__ becomes underlined
%%italics%% becomes italics ##strikeout## becomes strikeout
~~small~~ becomes small ==big== becomes big
{pre}p r e - f o r m a t t e d{pre} becomes
p r e - f o r m a t t e d
SPA *space* *space* *space* CE becomes SPA       CE
++centered++ becomes
centered
||subscript|| becomes subscript
^^superscript^^ becomes superscript {red} red {red} becomes red
{black} black {black} becomes black {orange} orange {orange} becomes orange
{yellow} yellow {yellow} becomes yellow {green} green {green} becomes green
{blue} blue {blue} becomes blue {purple} purple {purple} becomes purple
{gray} gray {gray} becomes gray {inverse} inverse {inverse} becomes inverse
{iblack} iblack {iblack} becomes iblack {ired} ired {ired} becomes ired
{iorange} iorange {iorange} becomes iorange {iyellow} iyellow {iyellow} becomes iyellow
{igreen} igreen {igreen} becomes igreen {iblue} iblue {iblue} becomes iblue
{ipurple} ipurple {ipurple} becomes ipurple {igray} igray {igray} becomes igray

Advanced Codes
Put your text in a box
Syntax is: {box}text{box} thus
{box}my text{box}
becomes:
my text
Hide your text to prevent spoiling something
Syntax is: {spoiler}hidden text{spoiler} thus
{spoiler}Soylent Green is People{spoiler}
becomes:

Soylent Green is People
Hide your text to hide potentially offensive (not safe for work) content.
Syntax is: {nsfw}hidden text{nsfw} thus
{nsfw}camel toe{nsfw}
becomes:

camel toe
Hide content from not-signed-on people (including search engines).
Syntax is: {private}hidden text{private} thus
{private}Here's my home phone number: 867-5309{private}
becomes:
(Sign-off to see this text not shown)
Use any color via its hex code
Syntax is: {#6-digit-hex-value}text{#6-digit-hex-value} thus
{#CDBF7F}This is beige.{#}
becomes: This is beige.
Use any inverse color via its hex code
Syntax is: {i#6-digit-hex-value}text{i#6-digit-hex-value} thus
{i#CDBF7F}This is inverse beige.{i#}
becomes: This is inverse beige.
Use a different font face
Syntax is: {face font-face}text{face} thus
{face Arial}This is Arial{face} or {face Comic Sans MS}This is Comic Sans MS.{face} or even {face Wingdings}1567abd{face}
becomes: This is Arial or This is Comic Sans MS. or even 1567abd
Make a hyperlink
Syntax is: {href}LINK Text for Link{href} thus
{href}http://mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId=590 System Shock 2{href}
becomes: System Shock 2
In-line an image
Syntax is: {img}LINK-TO-IMAGE WIDTH HEIGHT{img} thus
{img}http://images.kenyonhill.com/tz/biopics/blank.gif 150 150{img}
becomes: image
Link an image
Combining these, you can link an image like so:
Syntax is: {href}LINK {img}LINK-TO-IMAGE WIDTH HEIGHT{img}{href} thus
{href}http://images.kenyonhill.com {img}http://images.kenyonhill.com/tz/biopics/blank.gif 150 150{img}{href}
becomes: image