I've created separate thread for nickel, if anyone will have any success running it, please let me know:
https://forum.ournem.com/index.php?topic=2627.0
[quote author=wo24-7 link=topic=2595.msg8380#msg8380 date=1414960633]
Hello, is anyone else having this issue when opening their wallet: NIS is synchronizing. At block 12961, est. 4 days behind. I ask because I created my wallet yesterday and it was synced and complete in 10 minutes max. Today I opened my wallet to create my real account info and it has been like this for roughly an hour now. Not sure if I am able to create my real account info before it is synced or if I should just wait it out.
Creating real account info doesn't have to do anything with the blockchain(afaik). The real address generator generates address, public key and private keys. It is not anyhow connected to the blockchain. So you can go ahead and create a real NEM address and claim your stake 
[quote author=wo24-7 link=topic=2595.msg8380#msg8380 date=1414960633]
Hello, is anyone else having this issue when opening their wallet: NIS is synchronizing. At block 12961, est. 4 days behind. I ask because I created my wallet yesterday and it was synced and complete in 10 minutes max. Today I opened my wallet to create my real account info and it has been like this for roughly an hour now. Not sure if I am able to create my real account info before it is synced or if I should just wait it out.
Creating real account info doesn't have to do anything with the blockchain(afaik). The real address generator generates address, public key and private keys. It is not anyhow connected to the blockchain. So you can go ahead and create a real NEM address and claim your stake :)
Correct. But do it safely: https://forum.ournem.com/index.php?topic=2583.0