Yea, that variable doesn't do anything it this short section. I just chopped this out of my script and I use most of these raws for lots of other things. At least I think that's why I did it that way. Could be I just overlooked it. I really need to revisit some of my older scripting and see what improvements I can make on it now that I have a little more knowledge. 2 years now since I first downloaded mIRC. I think I started hacking at the scripts editor the first week, So I've still only been at it for 2 years :)
You're right, having the original nick in the clone list is rather redundant. I've never really thought about it. Perhaps I'll change it later :)
Thanks for the comments Kirby :)