"[x]" ⇏ "◾"

[Dinya]

There are two ways to prevent the conversion of
"[x]" into "", or rather:

• [x]

The first way:

Consider the string "[b][/b]".
The BBCode interpreter will convert it into the string "".
But the text you post is interpreted only once. This provides the obvious hack:

e.g. "[[b][/b]x]", or "[x[i][/i]]" will be printed as "[x]".


The second way:

Simply select "Don't use smileys." under "Attachments and other options" underneath the text-editing field.

This will however (rather obviously) also prevent you from using smileys in the common way in that post. So instead of "8)", you will get "8)".

 

[R.A.G.]

You can also simply use a capital X rather than x.

 

[Dinya]

You can also simply use a capital X rather than x.

Click to shrink...

Indeed.
But for some reason, half the people don't.

And GMs have been complaining.

So I just wanted to have it posted somewhere, so that you can just give people a link, or copy the instruction, instead of describing it thousandfold.

 

[Biigoh]

Then... it's not the GM's fault if the votes get missed on a quick skimthru, no?

 

[Larekko12]

I don't really get what's all the fuss about.

 

[Jiven]

Me too.

 

[Dinya]

Well... Feel free to disregard the thread.