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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9672909">I think the line is sandbox versus living world sandbox. In the latter, there is I think a striving away from artifice. But how dedicated that is can vary. I wouldn’t say having a hook makes it less of a sandbox, it just is a sandbox with more arrows. I tend to lean into loving world but in a way that isn’t as naturalistic as is standard. I like having flashes of drama, I like genre, etc.Also sometimes in sandbox discussion it is easy to slip into idealism. One reason I grow wary in these conversations is people start painting their own approach into more and more narrow corners, eliminating edge cases that are perfectly useful, in reaction to criticism and points made in debate. It is where I started drifting away myself from a more extreme approach to sandbox to what I do now, which doesn’t cleave as rigidly to ideas but focuses more on what the needs of my present table are. Sandbox is a very useful structure and it is one of my primary modes of play but you can fall in love with the idea and forgot to have fun if you aren’t careful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 9672909"] I think the line is sandbox versus living world sandbox. In the latter, there is I think a striving away from artifice. But how dedicated that is can vary. I wouldn’t say having a hook makes it less of a sandbox, it just is a sandbox with more arrows. I tend to lean into loving world but in a way that isn’t as naturalistic as is standard. I like having flashes of drama, I like genre, etc. Also sometimes in sandbox discussion it is easy to slip into idealism. One reason I grow wary in these conversations is people start painting their own approach into more and more narrow corners, eliminating edge cases that are perfectly useful, in reaction to criticism and points made in debate. It is where I started drifting away myself from a more extreme approach to sandbox to what I do now, which doesn’t cleave as rigidly to ideas but focuses more on what the needs of my present table are. Sandbox is a very useful structure and it is one of my primary modes of play but you can fall in love with the idea and forgot to have fun if you aren’t careful. [/QUOTE]

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