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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

My name comes from Robert Jordon's 'Wheel of Time' series. One of the villians was named Be'lal, or the Weaver of Nets. He supposedly was this strategic genius, though, unfortunately, at the showdown goes down like Anakin in Episode 2. Be'lal is also short for Belial, which means despair in some language. It makes for a rather fun in game and out handle.