Word on the Street: FSF Myles

By FSF BK

FSF BK: Greetings! Welcome to “Word on the Street” where we talk to FSF hosts and members and give our readers a unique perspective into their experiences. My guest this month is FSF Myles, who is the GM1 of two sims, the USS Phoenix & Starbase Adelphi, and also the GM2 of the USS Endevour. Welcome Myles!

FSF Myles: Nice to be here BK, thanks for having me.

FSF BK: Tell us a little about your first simming experience. When and where did you start simming?

FSF Myles: I started simming here in the FSF in 2003. I heard about simming, and not knowing a lot about it, thought I’d start in a established group. My first sim, if I remember correctly was the USS Titan, later named the Dark Frontier.

FSF BK: So your first simming experience was with the FSF, well that takes care of my second question, so, how did you decide to become a host here?

FSF Myles: While I was with the Titan/Dark Frontier, FSF Tommy suggested I try out for hosting, and I thought I’d give it a try. To be honest, I was terrified, not knowing if I had the ‘stuff’ to be a host.

FSF BK: What would you say is your favorite thing about the FSF?

FSF Myles: That’s a hard one (chuckles) I would say the openness about allowing players and hosts to be creative, and also the comfortable feeling I have with my fellow hosts and players. Especially in terms of there not being a lot of ‘politics’ and formality that I’ve seen in other groups.
FSF BK: Many of our readers don’t know that you are from Nova Scotia. To your knowelege what if any SciFi connection does Nova Scotia have?

FSF Myles: ((Laughs)) I’m not sure. I think I heard a rumour that Levar Burton has a home somewhere here, but it could be a rumor.

FSF BK: Now, I understand your story since you came to FSF in 03’ is very unique, can you tell our readers a little about that?

FSF Myles: Yeah sure. I guess its unique in that I came in not knowing a thing about simming, and only being a very casual viewer of Star Trek and a fan of the novels. I came into the group hoping to maybe try my hand at simming, and see if I enjoyed it. 6 months to a year later I’m hosting. And over the years I’ve had the pleasure of hosting some great sims, including relaunching the USS Magistrate, taking over Starbase Adelphi, and relaunching the USS Phoenix. As I said, I think my experience has been unique too because I’m, in my opinion at least, not your classic Star Trek fan. I’m openly gay, and tend to lean towards having my characters be as well, which is unusual in classic Trek simming as far as I know.

FSF BK: OK, just one final question, something I am sure our readers are eager to hear If you were stranded on a barren planet with Shuni, what would you do?

FSF Myles: ((Laughs out loud)) Lord, hard question. I’m not able to claim the fifth am I?

FSF BK: OK…how about if you were stranded with Truce?

FSF Myles: I think with both of them, it would be a rather interesting experience. I would probably first, scream like a teenage girl about being stranded on some weird planet, then I think we’d get along ok.

FSF BK: I’m sure our readers will love that! Well I want to thank you Myles for taking the time to talk with me.

FSF Myles: It was fun. Thanks for having me.

FSF BK: Check out “Word on the Street” every month for more interviews with fascinating FSF members!