That would be Not My Sandbox Syndrome, a label I'll ascribe here to a psychological reluctance to mess with things not of one's own creation. It came up recently in some conversations that I don't "run" much on FurryFaire. A couple scenes in sequence with very little plotline and involving only a PC or two? Sure, I do that maybe a couple times a week. Any longer continuity, any wider influence on the setting, and I pretty much skip it. Why? A lot of reasons, actually, some of which I may discuss in most depth later. Inspiration is fleeting and fickle - I can't just conjure up applicable ideas at will, but its easier to manage in this area if there are other things going on to play off of. Time can be tricky - I have had numerous scenes fall by the wayside because when I was interested in pursuing them people weren't around or something else required my attention. My GMing skills, especially online, have waned - I have enough trouble wrangling two or ...
Yeah, I'm about to hit my 17'th anniversary at work. I know exactly how you feel. Within reasonable variation caused due to differing body styles and location.
ReplyDeleteWoW! Congrats on such a long tenure! Longest I've been at a job before is 3 years... Thanks to Layoffs and such, most positions have been even shorter than that. I'm glad to simply be coming up on 2 years with the company I'm with, now. o.o;;
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