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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.

stevridie

This nickname came from me not being able to use my full name in certain Amiga games. So I shortened it best I could and came up with Stev Ridie. For the net it worked brilliantly, because I could guarantee that on yahoo or hotmail e-mail no one would have already chosen this and I wouldn’t be left with steve857349 or something hard to remember like that.