Emoting in different languages

[Evelyn]

Some people manage their lives under the Law of Minimum Effort.

[Caesar]

I agree with Ceasar on this. As an avid book reader I prefer to use my imagination as well. And smileys and or pictures infect my self image of it most of the time. (One of the reasons why I abhor those crummy harry potter movies )

Thank you for agreeing, although I still can't help myself but correct you.
My name is spelled 'CAEsar'.
(No offense taken.)

But the thing is, if a person just writes *smiles* instead of *he smiles cheerfully/cheekily/wryly/slightly/timidly/victoriously/sheepishly/whateverly* it carries no more information value than ":)" Sure if people want to put more into their smile, good for them, but foreigners are just going to get confused by the amount of words. I have a character in a foreign location and mostly I just ignore everything unless my character's name is mentioned. I understand sonrie and such even though I've never studied Spanish, maybe due to similarities to French (- they're both based on Latin aren't they?) but I don't have the energy to translate everything and Google translate produces very clumsy language.

Even then, with just 'smiles', I can use my imagination. I know what it looks like when someone smiles. I imagine a person standing there, smiling, in front of my char, for example. If they'd instead put a ':)' there, their head would be replaced by that in my imagination as well.

Some people manage their lives under the Law of Minimum Effort.

Silly people.

[Evelyn]

Caesar, I really enjoyed your post.

How many of us has the opportunity to write a book? Not most of us, maybe. How many had experienced the excitement of reading a book that can lead us to a whole new and different world? Many of us, maybe.

In Cantr, we are able to write a story, to live a life that could be ideal in some way, you can choose what you want to do. You can be the most powerful person in your island, a happy and conformist worker, or an explorer living in the solitude of open sea.

Then, when you know a character in Cantr, you can deduce how he or she emotes according to its behavior. A doesn't let your mind work and imagine a shy smile or an open and happy smile.