This is the only mandatory field in your "Personal Information" -- your user name and country will be shown in all news you write. Once you've logged in for the first time, you can add a lot of details, e.g. listing your favourite games. You do so by clicking on "My account", then on "Edit" and then on "Personal Information".

Optional. Feel free to provide the area your hometown is in, in parentheses. e.g. Santa Monica (Los Angeles area)

Entirely optional: Like all "Personal Information" you enter, this will be shown to other users!

Optional. Leave blank if not sure.

Your preferred username; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, and underscores.

A valid e-mail address. All e-mails from the system will be sent to this address. The e-mail address is not made public and will only be used if you wish to receive a new password or wish to receive certain news or notifications by e-mail.

Provide a password for the new account in both fields.

Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.