[Vicious Love]

On the one hand, I'm ALL sandbox, with a pail and little pLastic stars and lego blocks, awwwww yeah.
On the other hand, my IC pretender USUALLY plays to win. Consequently, I'm functionally identical to a gamer, but instead of seeing myself constantly selecting Groups of blood hunters and pressing Shift-Z, I envision the sci-fi/fantasy cliche of a bunch of haggard, world-weary, melodramatic politicians and generals sitting around a table, arguing about precisely how and why they are doomed, why they will not condone a course of action that will lead our people to war, and why the hobbit can't bloody well take the ring until he gains a few levels. Ah, good times.
On a related note, my favorite bit of the Last LARP I was at was near the endgame, when everyone was going to war, the Apocalypse was at hand, history was being made, and myself and the ruling class of my quasi-Italian mercantile faction convened and had A COMMITTEE, which Lasted well into the Final Battle and ended a few minutes before the world did.
I'm bringing this up because I have the sudden urge to let three or four idle turns pass each time something monumental happens and distracts the senate in my Pythium games. So, basically, I've just persuaded myself to disregard everything I said at the start of this post, about my IC Pretender playing to win. Solid.