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 ...
sorry to hear that! I don't think this office makes it to 81 when the heaters are on - and for the summer they shut them off. (so on a day when it's 50 out, imagine how "warm" it is inside!) Hot offices suck, though.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, I was able to reset the breaker at about 5 pm and it didn't trip again through the evening, so it got more normal later on. Flaky AC unit that's been around for probably 30+ years. Sometimes it just won't stay on. Which, I guess, is at least better than the 2-3-year-old unit that's completely dead. o.o;
ReplyDeleteUm, shouldn't they invest in fixing those? From what I understand, heat isn't good for computers (or employees, really) ... sometimes it'd be better for a company to invest in fixing something... Ah, well. I realize that when times are tight, things don't get taken care of so well sometimes. Glad to hear it got better!
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