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Richard said to go for it David! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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A shovel? Why only for Rollo? I'd think anyone could use a shovel in a discussion where too much bull... was being dispensed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

What would be really cute is some SE specific icons. Can you make smiley faces in the style of some SE IV races, like the Phong?

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SpaceEmpires.net has the race portraits as smileys in it's forums. Surely that could be done here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I dont THINK the graemlin and post icon choices can be setup specific to a particular forum. But I would be thrilled if I was wrong. Richard would definetly be the one to ask. Or if you want to be mean then get Mindi excited about the idea (Im half kidding on that Last part, it was the married devil in me)

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Why would they need to be set up for a specific forum? So what if there are a couple of extra emoticons for a different forum? Not going to kill anyone.

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No it wouldnt but I pictured it as being able to go from a few or having many SEIV specific ones. A few can easily be added to the general selection, in fact I believe David has already done a few. But then of course we will end up with some dragons and wizards, some tanks and ocean ships, some horse cavalry and ... well you get the idea.

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There could be an extra page set up with the images for the non-standard emoticons. That way, you only see them listed if you click that link. phpBB does this if there are more than X emoticons available. The forum software automatically creates a pop up window that is accessed by clicking the "view more" link. That way, the list for the generic post page doesn't become overly cluttered, but the emoticons are still readily accessible and useable.

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fyi, I didn't make a shovel 'yet' but I did create the following.. all rank insignias, Ank, Happy/Sad mask, Beer, Mushrooms, Bread, Heart, Brain, Skull, Trophy, Eyeball, se4 population icon, Planet, Computer, Home.

Voila!..

http://69.56.133.54:81/threads/uploa...rumIcons01.gif

I'll do more as time permits. It should be fun to have these unique icons in this forum.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Then the married devil in you should know that you only get away with saying this because my arm isn't long enough to reach to california! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Ok, I almost fell out the chair laughing there http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif That was just too funny.

And Nice Images David, Definitely look forward to using them soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif