How I was able to log into Apple Support Forums (Finally)

To make a long story short I ended up having to make a new Apple ID for several reasons. Fortunately this was fine for me considering I did not have any purchased items or funds still left on my old account.
One thing I haven noticed which is a huge factor when creating an account for Apple with the capabilties of using the forums is that some "registering for Apple ID" web pages differ than others.
The most prominent difference is that one of the register forms offers a "Nickname" text field that is not available of some of the other forms. I feel this is the main culprit as to why users run into several problems when trying to log onto ASC. If you don't have a nickname, how can you possibly post or login?
I am posting this in hope that others can find a solution to why the log in method is not working. I've tried all the other solutions out there that I could find and my own research is what worked for me.
Best of luck!
Please see attachments!

As I said: you don't need that name anywhere else - hence it is not offered anywhere else. But you do need it here.
Here is a link to creating an Apple ID for the forums:
https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/account.html
here is a screenshot of info re. creating an account (not for forums):
taken from this page:
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/wa/createAppleIdForIK B?localang=en_US&path=%2F%2Findex.jspa
You can have a separate one for these forums. The "regular" one is for "variety of Apple services" - forums not mentioned.

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