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Last things first, can I just say that this -- "The expensive hobby you want is already here." -- is kind of a hilarious typo. I can't...

Mrs. Fezziwig has my sympathy. “Expensive” might actually be the more honest word some days. You're right about the reality on the...

Your analysis focuses on degrees of sandbox, but this kind of quantification, “more kinds of agency = more sandbox”, is a fallacy. It...

What you wrote before and after that is appreciated. But the quote above illustrates why there’s strong pushback from myself and others...

I appreciate the clarification, and I get your Wynton Marsalis example. In the 21st century, that kind of fandom pressure just doesn’t...

What you are both engaging in is not neutral analysis but rhetorical sleight of hand. When you frame sandbox campaigns, particularly...

Yes. You are a making a general claim

That is correct I use a system of rules to adjudicate specific actions the players do as their characters in my living world sandbox...

I’ve seen this too. While we may disagree on how often it occurs, I agree it does happen. Having been involved in organized gaming and...

Note: I'm approaching this from a historian's PoV, not a lawyers's, since IANAL. It's not a certain thing that the weasel words of KS's...

Yeah, I am pretty resistant to people telling me what to do. In life it makes sense to be skeptical of authority sometimes. But I think...

The older so get, the more I think it is a complainer problem. I haven’t had issues in years since I learned to avoid people who spend...

Speaking as someone who has successfully defied authority on multiple occasions, I can say: not every situation where someone is in...

The way I account for this is something I’ve observed in how people go about their day: there’s always a lot going on around them, but...