cool really cool

And as if we dun have enough smiles already

Okay, maybe I'm a moron, but how do you use these? What's the syntax, exactly?

To use the smilies it's fairly simple.
Highlight the code for the smilie that you want to use.
To highlight text, hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the text or code in this case.

Say you want this one the code or text for that is, img=/images/animated_emoticons/tongue.gif

Then right click on the highlighted code and select copy or use ctrl c (on the keyboard) that will copy the code to the clipboard.
And then put your cursor (the blinking line) where you want it to appear, then right click and select paste or use ctrl v (on the keyboard) and that will put the code in where you want it to appear.

You have to put brackets [ at the start and end of the code.

Here's an example but with the greater than signs <> instead of brackets because the forums see a set of brackets as a command.
<img=/images/animated_emoticons/tongue.gif> will show up as
You can also click on edit in anyone's post to see how it's done.
You can only edit your own posts but at least you can see how it's done.

i doubt that many ppl will use this... its too complicated

Well, its better than using your own smilies on another server. This way, everything is stored on one physical device, rather than two that are continents apart.

However, i do agree that it is a bit more tedious than the current method of using smileys.
If it isnt really possible to add dynamic image linking in the posts (like with the old smileys), would it not be a good idea to add another link on the 'post reply' page to 'Advanced smileys' or something? might make it a bit easier than contantly having to refer back to this thread...

Just my $0.02

a real bbcode module would be better
not hard to create but alot of new code

Got to adimit, these are some seriously good ones. Now just need one with a beard.