IIRC, the random part happens only because the game keeps the bind in memory as uncompleted.
With the bind: /bind <key> "em drat$$em frustrated$$em bowdown" the game will execute the last command. Chaining together powers/binds/macros is against the game's design to prevent numerous things, namely afk XP farming. However, the unexecuted part of the bind still remains in the game's memory, so that the second time the key is pressed, the 2nd emote will be executed because the bind starts with the last command.
Clear as mud?
Or try this:
"em drat$$em frustrated$$em bowdown"
1st key press: em bowdown (becomes the first command in the series)
2nd key press: em frustrated (becomes the first command in the series)
3rd key press: em drat (becomes........you get the pickture)
4th key press: em bowdown (the series as restarted)
For a true random macro/emote, try this link: Guide to Random Phrases
Update to known weak emotes:
;cheer
;cower
;crossarms (NOOOOOOO! ; ; )
;curseyou
;dance
;drink
;flashlight
;holdtorch
;newspaper
;paper
;rock (can't play RPS with a minion...)
;sit
;slash
Much thanks to Mr. Tarot for help with finding weak emotes.
Also, it seems that certain 'weak' emotes are stronger than other ones - holdtorch is stonger than flashlight, and cheer is stronger than holdtorch, and slash is stronger than most... but it's all too confusing o.o
What shall claim a Sky Kings' Ransom?
PPD & Resistance Epic Archetypes
Ever got bored of your character always doing the same old animation when you activate a macro? Well I didn't - what I'm gonan write abotu I discovered purely by chance, while lookign for something entirely different. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we?
1. How to make a random emote?
This is actually frighteningly simple. Type them all in one line, like so.
"em drat$$em frustrated$$em bowdown"
Now what happens? The character performs one of those three emotes - what's more, when you do it again, he'll do a different one. In fact, its seems as if the emotes follow some random but constant order. This still needs research.
2. Does this work for Masterminds?
Yup. My Mercenaries/ uses a list of emotes to have his pets respond to an "agressive" command.
3. What are 'weak' and 'strong' emotes?
Something else I've discovered. In some chains, only some emotes showed up. I started researching, and made this theory:
An emote can be either 'weak' or 'strong'. If a weak emote is put into a chain with some strong ones, it will never show up, only the strong ones will cycle. The only way to cycle weak emotes is to chain them with other weak emotes.
Current known 'weak' emotes:
;curseyou
;slash
This wraps it up for version 0.1...
What shall claim a Sky Kings' Ransom?
PPD & Resistance Epic Archetypes