The phpBB2.0 smilies are classics, and an absolutely beautifully done set of smilies all crammed into the small 15x15 canvas. And to think they are done without an alpha channel makes them even more beautiful (either transparent or opaque pixels in gif format).
As for 3.0 smilies, I suppose we will all have to wait and see. The ones in the developing prosilver featurette are sure interesting.
As for animated, I sure hope not, it only makes sense to animate a few, such as crying, laughing, and eye rolling, ohh wait, those are the animated ones from the 2.0 set
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If you don't like them I'm sure we will see lots of smiley packs being realsed soon after we get the style DB back online.