Personally, I don't like bound text, even when it's used as a complement. It feels so impersonal. If I hit somebody, and he says, "ns", it's more personal, even though it's just 2 letters. I know he took the time to type it. If he says something like "***NiCe SHoT!!!***" then it's just a generic message that everybody gets when they kill him. He just presses a key and that's it. Sometimes it's even annoying.
Just something to think about.