diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client12.out b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client12.out
index 59c38dccd856485165cb36684b4098884610ad45..f468d1b4d7e65db557c6be7b516132138e365ada 100644
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client12.out
+++ b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client12.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sending Message to 2, Jim: Hello, 2
-Message from 4, Rick Received: Hello, 1
-Sending Message to 2, Jim: Hello, 2
-Message from 4, Rick Received: Hello, 1
+Sending Message to 2: Hello, 2
+Message from 4 Received: Hello, 1
+Sending Message to 2: Hello, 2
+Message from 4 Received: Hello, 1
diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client23.out b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client23.out
index f978dc80eb084c2bd1e13615b6ec08783c28639d..05ffbe67823b4a779ad970d6c03cb67a13051304 100644
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client23.out
+++ b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client23.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sending Message to 3, Ben: Hello, 3
-Message from 1, David Received: Hello, 2
-Sending Message to 3, Ben: Hello, 3
-Message from 1, David Received: Hello, 2
+Sending Message to 3: Hello, 3
+Message from 1 Received: Hello, 2
+Sending Message to 3: Hello, 3
+Message from 1 Received: Hello, 2
diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client34.out b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client34.out
index 535a51fe4ef03ed501f55987dcf6ed99f7d0362e..00965b60420344fa3d69875a8896bc8d328070db 100644
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client34.out
+++ b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client34.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sending Message to 4, Rick: Hello, 4
-Message from 2, Jim Received: Hello, 3
-Sending Message to 4, Rick: Hello, 4
-Message from 2, Jim Received: Hello, 3
+Sending Message to 4: Hello, 4
+Message from 2 Received: Hello, 3
+Sending Message to 4: Hello, 4
+Message from 2 Received: Hello, 3
diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client41.out b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client41.out
index df9a4f6bb47388814270f1889e198ecaec6c75fc..a2493454d7641c3fe1aa68a20ef099ff22086729 100644
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client41.out
+++ b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client41.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Sending Message to 1, David: Hello, 1
-Message from 3, Ben Received: Hello, 4
-Sending Message to 1, David: Hello, 1
-Message from 3, Ben Received: Hello, 4
+Sending Message to 1: Hello, 1
+Message from 3 Received: Hello, 4
+Sending Message to 1: Hello, 1
+Message from 3 Received: Hello, 4
diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index 10d5efb1c3c864a68ba5488d4189b69a8579492e..ba1250247ff1357034c55c0368444476a5350311 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ sleep 20 # FIXME: We should not need this, but the servers don't respond quickly
          #        enough on boot right now.
 
 LASTNODE="localhost:50004"
-NICK1="David"
-NICK2="Jim"
-NICK3="Ben"
-NICK4="Rick"
+
 
 echo "STARTING CLIENTS..."
 CTR=0
@@ -63,8 +60,7 @@ do
     for nid in 1
     do
         nid=$((($cid % 4) + 1))
-        NICK=NICK${cid}
-        CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\" --nick ${!NICK}"
+        CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\""
         eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client$cid$nid.out 2>&1 &
         RETVAL=$!
         eval CLIENTS${CTR}=$RETVAL
@@ -90,8 +86,7 @@ do
     for nid in 1
     do
         nid=$((($cid % 4) + 1))
-        NICK=NICK${cid}
-        CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\" --nick ${!NICK}"
+        CLIENTCMD="../bin/client -f blob$cid$nid --numnodes 5 -s $LASTNODE -i $cid -d $nid -m \"Hello, $nid\""
         eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client$cid$nid.out 2>&1 &
         RETVAL=$!
         eval CLIENTS${CTR}=$RETVAL