about 4 years ago - Silmaril - Direct link
We do have emojis in the Forum, however the reason we do not permit these in the game is there are too many versions to programme in as each manufacturer uses a different interface, the programming would be quite vast.  
about 4 years ago - Rilian - Direct link
You always have the opportunity to use the emojis we used before the pretty graphic ones were made available:
:+) for :)
:+( for :(
:+D for :D
:+p for :p
o_+O for o_O
and you can add a wink by using a semicolon instead of a colon ;)