Emoticons

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
:-)
:-(
;-)
:-|
:-p
;-p
:-o
8-)
8-D
*grin*
*envy*
*wince*
*yawn*
*shock*
:-\
>:-(
>:-)
X-P
*roll*
*lol*
*check*
*uncheck*
*idea*
*yes*
*no*
*!*
*?*
*warning*
<3
</3
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: Here's my home phone number: 867-5309
(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:
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: