Emoticon

( i'm emoticon! )> :D
( i'm emoticon! )> :D
First appearance	Challenge 1: Competitors
Last appearance	Challenge 7: Discussions
In-universe information
Gender	girl (she/her)
Team	Host Wanted Contestants
Total points	3636.25; (2874.6 teamless)
Placement	TBA
Positive relationships	The Computer [C1]; [THE ZEITGEIST]'s editor [C2]; Playlist [C2]; Nurse Cap [C2]; Smobo [C2]; Sock Hater [C4]; Daisy [C4]; Icicle Carrot [C4]; Normal Person [C4]; Shadow Coffin [C4]; Toy Blocks [C5]; Open Sesame [C7]; Copper Pepper [C7]; The Computer [C7];
Mixed relationships	Beatrice [[C3]]; Terra [C7];
Negative relationships	[THE ZEITGEIST] [C2]; 9150625 (one-sided) [C2]; JenG [[C3]]; Vriska [[C3]]; Tahmahtoh [C4]; Silver Flower [C4]; Big Boy's driver [C7];

>:O <( this is MY page! get out!! )

Emoticon is a contestant in season 2 of The Wiki Camp, played by QWillow (QWillow#5884^{[not really]}).

Appearance

\:L <( if you can read this, you can see what i look like )

Emoticon appears to be a living emoticon, an image (usually a face) represented through text. Her exact appearance changes frequently but is limited to the format of the text she inhabits, including inconsistent formats like handwriting.

:/ <( hey can you remove the old photo of me it looks kinda dumb )

[Sure]

Personality

( i'm perfect and everyone loves me )> uvu

Emoticon is an energetic and generally happy girl. She can be fairly silly and doesn't like to take most things seriously, partially because she can't affect much in the physical world. Emoticon tends to be narcissistic, frequently describing herself in high praise, but it seems to be done lightheartedly, rather than a genuine belief that she matters more than other people. The clearest example of this is on this page, being one of the only works of text that she appears in to this frequency.

( i'm perfect and everyone loves me )> :D

Emoticon is often quick to anger, but it's unclear when she's actually upset and when she's just joking. Her anger is never expressed as anything other than talking due in part to her physical limitations. She gets very annoyed when people don't listen to her or when things happen that she doesn't understand.

Abilities

Existence - Emoticon only lives within bodies of already existing text of any format, and can only appear within text if it is nearby. What counts as "nearby" is unclear as of right now, but it is apparently a hard limitation that she understands and works around. Her previous appearances stay within text unless they are removed. Her opinion page seems to indicate that she can view text without necessarily being a part of it.
- As of eee.io/npc, it is shown that what counts as a "format" can be stretched fairly heavily, with her copying the formatting of a flamethrower attack simply by having someone write "O" using it.
Editing - In order to communicate, Emoticon can "talk" through basic speech bubbles that are placed into the text. Unlike certain other characters, her edits are always out of the way of the main body of text itself, making them fairly unobtrusive. It's unclear whether this is by choice or by limitation, and whether this is the only type of edit she can make.

QmQ <( they didn't even mention my sick miner cycle deck in clash royale )

Coverage

Pre-Wiki

It is unclear how Emoticon came to be and how long she has existed, but she has appeared in several works of text throughout history (notable examples include the American Constitution, the Bible, and Sun Tzu's Art of War.) There have also been several recorded hoaxes attempting to make it seem like Emoticon has appeared in a work, such hoaxes being easy to create because real examples of her appearance copy formatting perfectly. So far, the only discovered way to distinguish between a real instance and a fake (besides watching Emoticon appear in the work itself) is watching Emoticon appear in a separate work where she confirms that the work in question is legitimate.

( just so ya know, all my writing on this page is me! )> :P

Challenge 1: Competitors

Emoticon was created in order to sign up for this camp, and this page was made as well. Subsequently, Emoticon made several lighthearted edits on this page.

She placed 11th out of 101 contestants, with 259 points.

>:> <( not bad!! )

Challenge 2: Teams

For personal reasons, Emoticon decided to create a team of one named Host (standing for Hog rider fan cOnteStanTs.) She worked with an editor of the wiki to polish the page and also added several comments throughout.

However, soon after its creation, a band joined the team, and due to the challenge rules, it was impossible to remove them unless they left voluntarily. Emoticon begrudgingly worked with them until the page was once again taken over, this time archived and merged by [THE ZEITGEIST] with three other teams that shared the same acronym. The combined team was also known as Host. Emoticon was initially quite upset at this, similarly to almost every other member of the merged teams, but after it was made clear that the teams would not be unmerged, she switched to generally talking, adding silly text, and trying to make sure the team didn't go over the member cap of 12.

( it was really stressful... )> TmT

The team placed 1st out of 18 teams, with a raw score of 2974 points and a final score of 297.4 points. Because of the iterative manner her fifth of the team was set up, it was responsible for quite a lot of points in the extra categories.

( easy game easy life )> B)

Challenge 3: Edit War

Emoticon's text editing properties were well-suited for this challenge, so she (and the editor that helped her during Host's development) went onto the page and started adding commentary to various sections. While this happened, Beatrice, a witch whose dialogue boxes were added in a previous edit, revealed herself to be able to respond to Emoticon's speech. This frightened Emoticon and the editor, both because a part of a previous edit was apparently actually a sentient witch and because her stated goal was to blow up the Edit War page. However, several other characters present in previous edits also began talking, such as Statler and Waldorf, Vriska Serket, and Emoticon^{[citation needed]}, causing Beatrice to decide to further study the page and annoying Emoticon. After getting to the bottom of the page, Emoticon decided to finish her edit. Subsequent edits would then delete the entirety of the page multiple times, causing her contributions to be erased.

Her edit can be found here.

>BD <( emoticon placed 1st out of 81!!!!! )

Emoticon actually placed 11th out of 82 competitors with 557.9 points, making this the second time she received one spot lower than the top ten.

( cucked again.... )> <SOb

Challenge 4: Things

At some point, Emoticon heard about the popular online game Eee.io and the associated mystery of the NPC, an item which had never been found within the game despite its existence being implied. Because the characters previously thought fictional were frequently appearing in the wiki and its environment, she wanted to try finding the NPC outside of the game itself. This quest was documented on the page Eee.io/npc.

Emoticon recruited Diary to help because she had played the game in the past. Since they were going to be moving around, Emoticon arranged for a whiteboard sign to be carried around that she could write on. She then sought help from Paper Niko because he was "good at exploring," despite the fact that neither of them were sure if he was sentient. Daisy, Sock Hater, and Tahmahtoh also joined, forming the unofficial team Team Umm... (without Tahmahtoh), though the latter was kicked out for going against the team's name.

( this took really long so, uh, only click there if you wanna read it )> :U

The NPC's in-game hint suggested that it specifically avoided being around people, so TU(wT) decided to head to a secluded area, and continued forwards past different types of logic puzzles (ignoring correct solutions, despite apparent danger otherwise.) They came across an ancient Frog Temple which had two teletransporters inside, which the team used. Unbeknownst to them, those teletransporters went back in time from the Medium to the real world before the apocalypse, as well as the other way around, thereby taking the group to a Sburb session an unknown amount of time in the future. The specific teletransporter they used was connected to Derse. At some point, TU(wT) stole a Dersite ship and flew away from the planet for unknown reasons, which the Black Queen of Derse noticed. She attempted to attack the ship, but Daisy blocked it and stayed behind in order to convince the Queen to stop.

( how do you know all this stuff )> ?.?

( also it wasn't for "unknown reasons" it's cause spaceships are cool )> B)

The remaining four crash landed on LOCAT, one of four main planets in the session, where Icicle Carrot met up with them and introduced them to the environment. Unfortunately, Silver Flower arrived shortly after, revealing that she was the one who set up the previous puzzles. She explained that her goal was to add difficulty to the group's simple goal of finding the NPC and used her powers as a Lord of Mirth to send Emoticon, Sock Hater, and Paper Niko to three separate planets.

Emoticon and her sign landed on LOSAH, but since she's Emoticon she just hopped onto a nearby computer. There, a future version of herself told her that she had to head to a specific person's phone to make him send her back through time, thereby completing the time loop. She did so, sending her to Shadow Coffin's Pesterchum dms on the planet of LOFAL, where Shadow had already begun to fight Paper Niko. She explained the situation to Shadow, who sent the three of them back in time.

Emoticon then spent several days in the session, learning about the four members and their abilities in preparation for the upcoming fight, as well as information on the Sburb session. At some point one of the four alchemized a set of holograms that were placed on each planet, allowing her to show up visually anywhere she pleased. She then talked to her past self on LOSAH, completing the time loop.

>:O <( i wasn't just gathering information, they were cool!! )

L: <( or, they were cool except silver lol )

( but icicle's actually cool so that compensates )> ^^

Emoticon headed to LOLAF to help Sock Hater deal with Normal Person, but she was too late to prevent a confrontation. She aided him in battle both by giving advice and by "writing" in flaming text, which only served to goad Normal into their final attack. Emoticon realized that the only likely chance of victory was using a plan where Sock Hater would equip the Zenith Stockings, a powerful weapon which he had thrown away earlier due to their sockiness. She was unable to convince him to simply wear the socks and kick Normal, but he was willing to alter them into a set of wristbands and punched Normal instead, much to her chagrin.

Once this was finished, Emoticon gathered Sock Hater, Paper Niko, and Daisy together (the latter two had also won their respective fights) using the various portals on each Land, and headed to LOCAT, where the situation had turned very bad. Icicle had been accidentally murdered by Silver and Diary was about to follow the same fate after being overpowered. The four of them rescued Diary but TU(wT) was not able to damage Silver. Despite this, their attacks stalled her enough for the recently god-tiered Icicle to arrive. Icicle further stalled Silver and used her newfound powers as the Sylph of Wheels to put a great distance between their group and Silver, and to summon a train which they could ride anywhere in the Medium.

Despite the groups' desire to head back home, Emoticon revealed that in the Medium was a device which could track down the location of anyone at any time, allowing them to cheat their way past the NPC. She directed the train towards a meteor which held it. Unfortunately, the door to this building was locked under a sudoku left by Silver Flower. Since there was no way around it, the group simply solved most of the sudoku in order to get in.

( hey the stuff after this is a spoiler so can we not add it to this page )> <<"

[Oh yeah fair]

Sometime afterwards, Silver Flower compiled most of the fights that took place and added them to the wiki page about the NPC. This turned out to be the bulk of the entry.

Emoticon placed 1st out of 72 competitors with 2057.7 points, making this the second time she received first place.

( emoticon low diffs the entire cast ngl )> B3c

Challenge 5: To Be Confused...

Emoticon did not write much on the wiki during this judging period, incorrectly assuming that the group-based challenge meant her teams' entries would count for her. The only entry page she added anything to was a short two lines on Katamari Damacy, which led to her being judged as part of the group for that entry. The group also included her teammate Dora, her previous ally Paper Niko, and Toy Blocks.

( wtf )> >:#

><" <( they changed what i said!!! )

The group Emoticon was part of placed 5th out of 43 groups, with a raw score of 1713 and a final score of 464.25.

( yeah, alright )> :P

A character with a striking similarity to Emoticon (including name) appeared in the visual novel Girl Host, but this resemblance was entirely coincidental.

Challenge 6: Unwanted Pages

When asked what page she didn't want to make, Emoticon submitted the "Page that kills you if you make it."

Since this challenge was implied to be a rest challenge with no eliminations, Emoticon only edited one page to avoid DNPing. It is worth noting that her singular edit was fictitious.

( nooo no it's nottt it's nottttt!!!! )> XO

Her unwanted page, as well as the page she edited, as well as every other page, placed 1st out of 65 pages, with a final score of -10201.81.

Intermission: Killing LiSt

Due to Challenge 6's tie, everyone was put up for elimination. This elimination was the first time Emoticon (or anyone on Host) had to vote. Because of her inexperience, Emoticon mistakenly told LiSt to vote publicly rather than privately, causing them to be autoeliminated for not following voting instructions.

( ACCIDENTTTT IT WAS BY ACCIDENT )> TTOTT

This made many people get angry at her. They said she was a murderer and called for her elimination and/or death as punishment.

The Divine Goddess allowed for some leniency, adding a board decision which asked if people autoeliminated for voting publicly should be uneliminated. Emoticon voted yes, and relatedly, the vote passed, allowing LiSt (and Strawberry) to be brought back, albeit not on a team. People still called her a murderer, though.

Challenge 7: Discussions

Emoticon was unsure how to compete in the teamswap challenge. She had never properly joined a team, given that she wanted to be on a small team before joining host, and Host formed by accident. Emoticon liked being on Host, but wasn't sure if she wanted to stay.

Before making a decision, she discussed various declarations with their declarers. Emoticon talked to Open Sesame about their choice to leave Host on a rescue mission for Damn seal, and they said goodbye. She noticed Sock Hater used his declaration to move himself to the same spot, and made fun of him for wasting it since nobody was targeting him, but Sock Hater explained the strategy behind it. Additionally, after noticing Copper Pepper's decision to move In a Nutshell, she got mad on his behalf, arguing that it wasn't good to move someone against their will, even if it was away from Damn seal. (This conversation was also what made Copper Pepper realize xe wanted to move to Damn seal for warmth, a desire which would only be appeased a challenge later.)

At one point, she noticed Big Boy's attempt to move The Computer away from her team for a(n arguably) pointless reason. While Emoticon and The Computer had never interacted much, they were still acquaintances who had briefly considered forming a team together, and The Computer's situation as a nonphysical entity who could only communicate through specific means made Emoticon empathize with her. As such, she spent several hours trying to communicate with a nonsentient train before realizing Big Boy's driver was the actual mind behind Big Boy the competitor. Emoticon got angry at him, but couldn't really do anything, and didn't want to hastily waste her own declaration on reversing his.

Instead, she talked to The Computer herself, who was now trying to reverse Big Boy's decision herself. They chatted for a while, eventually coming to the fact that Emoticon didn't feel like she entirely belonged on Host. The Computer offered for her to come onto The Mario Party. Emoticon said she wouldn't be opposed, which The Computer took as agreement to move Emoticon onto the team. The Computer asked her fellow Mario Partier^[1] Terra to make the move. Knowing it would be best to get people to agree with her declaration, Terra brought up Emoticon's murder of LiSt, stating that it would be best for her to move onto The Mario Party in order to rehabilitate her. Emoticon got angry at Terra about the accusations and her declaration but Terra revealed that the accusations were simply a political strategy to garner support for Emoticon to move, which made her slightly more at ease. Unfortunately, the declaration was already made, meaning if she didn't want to move somebody would have to counter Terra. Emoticon was still unsure about joining The Mario Party, and this did not help her decide.

Finally, Emoticon noticed that Playlist and Head of Lettuce were moving each other to Wanted contestants, a team which was nearly empty even before all its members were eliminated. She talked with the band and realized that joining a blank page along with Playlist would actually be a really nice team - a new team without having to join a group of strangers (or a group which had slandered her.) It would also be an opportunity to positively create a team with Playlist, something she didn't really get to do since Hog rider fan cOnteStanTs. In addition, Nurse Cap, Dora, and Alucard acting as Smobo (three former members of Host) had all decided to move each other to the same team in a stunning coincidence.

Because of these reasons, Emoticon decided to declare herself onto Wanted contestants, figuring that she would be happy with either this or The Mario Party.

Her declaration and arguments placed 3rd out of 49 competitors, with a score of 510. This meant her declaration overrode Terra's, letting her move to Wanted contestants.

|:T <( not a bad placement... but it would've been better three spots up..... )

Challenge 8: Who is this?

After Challenge 7, The Divine Goddess was so angry at one competitor's dogshit declaration that She deleted all their pages and wiped all trace of them off of the wiki. She then realized they were So cutes! and wanted to maybe keep them as a mascot. Wanted contestants, Emoticon included, were tasked with providing instructions for how to rebuild the competitor's pages. Because she got first place in Challenge 4, Emoticon explained how to create a Thing, despite the fact that she barely actually edited her page that challenge.

Eventually, User:Satomi recreated every entry page, naming the competitor Gehenna. Gehenna was not made the mascot but the entry pages still exist now.

Gehenna's page placed 16th out of 19 teams (or 7 out of the 10 teams that actually competed), with a score of 111.5. This marked Emoticon's worst performing challenge yet, as well as the first time her team specifically was up for elimination.

ToT ToT ToT ToT TTnTT

The rules for this challenge were such that a minimum of one person on each ufe team would be eliminated, which was the first time this happened. Wanted contestants came to the agreement that LiSt would sacrifice themself and the rest of the team would try to bring him back somehow. The plan worked completely, with LiSt getting zero votes to save, except for the fact that Smobo was asleep and didn't vote at all and was autoeliminated as well. So sad!

( wanted contestants still going strong!!! losing two people won't bring us down! )> >:)

Relationships

( hey can you make me a relationships page my infobox is getting kind of big )> :P

[Yeah, I'll do that later]

Gameplay

( dude how would i even be in a game LOL. imagine a text-based fighting game thatd be sick )> <YoY>

[something something support?]

Trivia

Competition

Emoticon WAS one of the only contestants to have a unique first letter, but EVIL Cake Pop¡¡¡¡¡ changed that. How evil!
- She is still the only e-girl, however.
- Gamer, Head of Lettuce, Jurta, Open Sesame, Rotob, U.U.F.O., Vandalism on The Wiki Camp 2, Wrecking Ball, and the ZEITGEIST used to have unique letters when this trivia was originally written. This may or may not remain true.
Emoticon was the ~~second~~ fourth contestant to have a page created for the camp.
She is currently tied for first place, as the camp has not ended.

*Emoticon is one of three competitors to have the same placement in two challenges, at 11th in Challenge 1 and 3.

~~Emoticon places first every even-numbered challenge.~~
- ~~The other competitors are Briny at 71st and Teenage Trouble Claws at 63rd, in those same challenges.~~
  - ~~[Seems like someone edited in a keysmash?? I'll check it out and delete later]~~
As of Challenge 6, the above facts are no longer true. Emoticon is still the person with the most same placements, however.
~~Emoticon has placed either 1st or 11th in every challenge so far.~~
- ~~This also means every digit of Emoticon's placements is a 1.~~
~~Emoticon is the only contestant with an integer combined point value.~~
As of Challenge 5, the above two facts are no longer true.
Emoticon was responsible for LiSt's elimination two times.

General

Emoticon is currently limited to using the 195 ASCII characters, which means she is unable to create some common expressions (¯\_(ツ)_/¯, for example.)
Her favourite game is go.
Her favourite song is the Clash Royale overtime theme.
She thinks The Computer is 'cool'.
This page has been edited 32 times. This bit of trivia was added on the 32nd edit! Unfortunately, the number stopped being updated after the 32nd edit.
:V <( check it out i got a ball on top of my head )
Despite creating a Hog Rider fan club, Emoticon did not include any theming based around the card (or Clash Royale in general), and has even gone on record saying that she prefers other cards and deck archetypes in the game.
- However, the logo she created being a cartoon hammer does seem to be a reference to the weapon the card wields.