The set of Orc Smilies has been The Hive's standard for quite some time. I always think that more is better (if it's high quality.) On the vBuelletin editor panel there's a list of the available smiles including a
More option.
Notice that some of the optional smilies are missing? I think that this would probably be a good place to start.
The Pirate "thumbsup" seems to exist: :thunbsup:
Ahoy, Cannon, Pirate and Crazy Pirate are all absent: :ahoy:
I suppose that smilies for other WCIII races might be developed, like Night Elves, Undead, or even Pandarens!
There is no guarantee that anything we come up with would be accepted, but it never hurts to give it a try!
*edit*
The animated smilies are just .gif files. Once you have the proper tools, it's easy to manipulate them.
GifSplitter is a free program that allows one to seperate animated gifs into individual frames for editing.
Gif files can then be reassembled using
UnFREEz (also freeware).
*edit04*
I especially like the animated Paladin. FOR THE LIGHT! er... FOR THE HIVE!
Way, way better than I did, so far I only managed to pirate and then edit:
To be most useful, each smiley should posess its own unique code so that one can use them while typing, see the "More" list for existing examples.
As the administrators who maintain and oversee The Hive's images and graphics begin to weigh in on this topic you should have a better idea of if, how, and when the new smilies might be implemented.
Due to the past import of forums and threads, many posts, and comments in the resource section, contain keyboard shortcuts referring to emoticons that do not presently exist. As far as I can determine, those shortcuts and their referenced files are:
:shock:
:?
8)
:lol:
:x
:evil:
:twisted:
:roll:
://wink:
:!:
:?:
:idea:
:arrow: