If you would have taken the time to actually examine my code you would have seen the following line:

aline @scores $gettok($v1,2,95) $($v1,2)

Which actually should have had range 2-, but I didn't think of it at the time.

However, using $gettok or $remove has important shortcomings.

For remove: if you have a nickname that contains the string "test_" in it, it will remove that as well, corrupting the nickname.

For $gettok: will remove the first and trailing delimiters, $gettok(____test____,1-,95) = test

Your best bet could be to use a simple $mid like:

//echo -a $mid(% $+ test__tester_nick__,7)