14. A system for allowing interactive real time communication between plural users in a client/server environment, comprising: plural user devices client the user devices each coupled to a server and operative to communicate input received from a user; means, coupled to the server and plural user devices client for executing an email chat routine operative to allow users to communicate interactively and in real time, the interactive chat routine configured to provide emoticons for use by a user to include in an interactive communication; means for detecting and translating emoticons communicated over the system into a score reflective of a topic of the interactive communication; and means for displaying an indication of the score on the plural user devices, where in the score comprises of a numerical value.
20. The system defined in claim 14 , wherein the emoticons are assigned a point score that is added in real time as they are provided by a user in an interactive communication to yield an on-going point score associated with the topic of the communication.