Hey guys, Im not a fan of mIRC adon's so when i want to do things i usually script them myself, but i've ran into an obsticle

Currently I have this in my nicklist, and it works:

Talk Direct: /msg #  $$1: $$?="Enter message:"

but what i want to do, is instead of using $$1 I want it to spit back customize nicks based on the users name. So i tried this:

alias msgs {
If ($$1 == [FC]Bender) /msg # Chris[FC]: $$?="Enter message:"
else if ($$1 == Chris554) /msg # Chris[554] $$?="Enter message:"
else /msg #  $$1: $$?="Enter message:"
}

and i tried using $nick instead of $$1 and neither seem to work.. nor did me using:

alias msgs {
/msg #  $$1: $$?="Enter message:"
}

Any suggestions?