Okay, okay, here is a list of occurences where this whole thing wouldn’t work:
Scenario 1.
Konrad and Svetlana. Discussing something sad.
Konrad: …Yeah, that was outrageous, he took their money, and then he was like, “lol (Konrad’s avatar starts laughing) you idiot, never come here again”… I thought it was horrible.
Svetlana: lolz, Kon, your avatar is laughing, you look like a fool.
Scenario 2.
Faustian: …Yup, and then I jumped over a robot spaceship, flew up five feet in the sky, mid-air kicked the warlock in the head, knocked over a turret, reloaded my gun, shot seven atroxes, FAPed up, and PKed all noobs around me. (Faustian’s avatar goes “nervous”, ruining his story)
Scenario 3.
Mindbuster and Raeky discussing important financial scammer schemes:
Raeky:
…So yes, that’s exactly what I am saying, MB, and all those scammers can kiss my ass! (Raeky’s avatar blows a kiss)
Scenario 4.
Konrad: I’m sorry, Gem, I am probably not even worthy of talking to you, since I’m such a noob, but would you care for a quiet dinner in Ithaca?
(Konrad’s avatar does an insult emote)
So, manual customization (linking emotions to lines of text) would be nicer.