So, I like using spiffy emoticons (like the Look of Disapproval or table flip, google it if you don't know) and also a bit of odd Japanese text here and there (my nickname is in kanji), but this forum software doesn't seem to like it. I get a nice SQL error if I try to submit anything with unicode. None of the other forums I frequent have a problem with unicode, but none of them use phpBB, either. :\ I'd imagine this forum software sees use across the world, so I don't suppose there's a way to enable unicode on it? I feel naked without my evil wizard laugh emoticon in my sig.
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