Salutations, fellow simmers. No matter what your rank is, I feel that you deserve it. Recently, I have been searching for a Star Trek simming organization, or fleet, (whichever you prefer) to escape into. I've been simming on and off since about September of 2000, but I've not had the pleasure of simming in the last 6 months or so. I've felt like I've lost my roleplaying skill, and especially, my creativity with treknobabble. That being said, I really want to work on these skills again, and become better than I used to be, and definitely better than I am now. I've attended 2 academy sims so far, and honestly, its been frustrating to me. I really wish that there was time for interaction with the hosts to talk about what they think you did wrong, or why you made the choices you did. So far I've been so nervous that someone will see me in the wrong light and hold me back in academy sims because of a misunderstanding, or because I'm not sure of how to deal with a player who just seems to make me his target practice. I feel the need to justify my actions, but I'm not sure where to go for that. I have plenty of experience.. I want to move on to better things, but something's telling me I'm going to be here awhile.