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20 Smilies Limit

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Oct 30, 2005.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Some of you most versed in the Art of Spam have already discovered the recent raising of the smiley cap from 8 to 20, and have started (ab)using it.

    I've raised the limit for only one purpose, and a legitimate one at that - so that official forum news highlights could contain all the smilies needed, without having to bump into the cap continually. In short, to make it easier for our news posters. Other legitimate uses where people would need to have more than 8 smilies in a post are very, very few.

    So, in short, the fact that you're able to spam up to 20 smilies at a time now does not mean that you automatically should. It's annoying and distracting when you do, even in RBP. So please exercise some control over how many smilies you throw into your post. Thank you.

    (And just in case anyone needs a set limit to respect - let's say 10 smilies per post max, unless you have a legitimate reason to need to use more.)

    [ October 30, 2005, 01:44: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    Taluntain, Oct 30, 2005
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  2. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Oops. :o I first noticed the increased limit in the RB thread with all the tie fighters...so I took advantage of it too.

    I'll try to stick with the old limit of 8...but I'll try to never post 8+ smilies in a row ever again. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Oct 30, 2005
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  3. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    Taking into account the length of posts spome people go to, I do believe this mighjt be beneficial... :D
     
    Arabwel, Oct 30, 2005
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  4. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Ah, Tal, I am sorry, I did not mean to abuse this new limit. I will keep my Spamfighters to a minimum...
     
    Saber, Oct 30, 2005
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  5. Shell

    Shell Awww, come and give me a big hug!

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    I didn't even notice lol. So I won't post more than 8 :)
     
    Shell, Oct 30, 2005
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  6. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    It's no big deal, it's just that seeing those long chains of smilies in RBP got me thinking that I'd better put in a word before it got out of hand. So, no worries.
     
    Taluntain, Oct 30, 2005
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  7. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    That won't happen again, Tal.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Oct 30, 2005
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  8. jaded empath Gems: 20/31
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    Okay, why are my ears burning?

    Ah, graphic smilies. PSHAW! :rolleyes:

    Why, in MY day, we didn't have any fancy 'UBB Code' for italics, bold or emoticons, we had to use ASCII to denote this stuff: /this/ or *this* is how you'd emphasize a specific word, and if you made a joke you'd better stick in a 'colon-right parenthesis' or a <grin> for that missing body language else you might spark off a flame war! :eek:

    Yep, those were the days... :geezer:

    {mrs.emp cajoles him into truncating his 'wistful reminiscence' annecdote for the benefit of BoM}

    ...and that's when I told him "Well, those were your crackers!" :lol:

    Oh, good times, good times! *sigh*

    Anyway, I've wasted enough of everyone's time with this, so I'll get to the point and thank our gracious host Tal for clarifying the situation and providing a guideline to keep to! And if the length of my posts require more than 10 'graemlins', I'll resort to the old standbys of <grin> or ;J or suchlike

    <BEG> (or :evil: for you young 'uns & johnny-come-latelys ;) )
     
    jaded empath, Oct 30, 2005
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  9. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Hallelujah, Tal. Let's keep SP nice and clean!
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 30, 2005
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  10. Meatdog Gems: 15/31
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    *hands HB a broom*

    I think the length of the post should be also taken into consideration concerning the smileys. In a very long post, they spam the screen less than in a very short post.

    Although the long posters rarely use smileys in their posts.
     
    Meatdog, Nov 3, 2005
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