Why did Steve Wozniak use the alias Evets Kainzow?

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Why did Steve Wozniak use the alias Evets Kainzow?

Question #144744. Asked by serpa.
Last updated Oct 27 2017.
Originally posted Oct 26 2017 1:56 AM.

seekernym

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seekernym

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It's his name - anagrammed. Video game addict Wozniak submitted so many high scores for Tetris that Nintendo Power Magazine stopped publishing them, so he began submitting them with his scrambled name:

Woz has been a fan of video games and played a lot of them in the 90s with his friends. While playing games in the 90s, he submitted so many high Tetris scores that Nintendo Power Magazine refused to print them, after which he started submitting his scores under the name of "Evets Kainzow" which basically is his name jumbled up. Sneaky!

http://techpp.com/2017/08/11/steve-wozniak-case-in-point/

Oct 26 2017, 2:12 AM

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Upstart3

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You could call it scrambled, but you could also call it reversed.

Oct 27 2017, 7:42 AM