Yo!
Hiya, and welcome aboard! There's some wonderful people in here, stick around and you'll figure that much out. There's also a few pyschos, but they can be avoided given the correct incentive.
I'm the progenitor of the infamous nickname speech, so here it is...
/begin{nickname speech}
Ok, here's the deal. I'm your friendly neighborhood nickname guy.
See those neat-o little orange nicknames people have under their names? If you Private Message me (see the button at the bottom of this post with 'PM' on it?) with a request for a specific one, I'll give it to ya'.
/end{nickname speech}