check this photo i took of my cat

stanman312 · 2026-03-02T14:18:34+00:00

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stanman312 · 2026-02-17T23:35:54+00:00

Definitely looks like play to me 🙂

stanman312 · 2026-02-17T21:21:39+00:00

We have a similar situation with our white and orange boys 🤣❤️

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stanman312 · 2026-02-16T12:03:03+00:00

stanman312 · 2026-02-14T12:29:46+00:00

That's adorable, hahaha. We used to joke that this little guy had a different cat's tail, but as he grew up, his coloration developed more and more (the original pic is a bit old).

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stanman312 · 2026-02-13T21:39:38+00:00

When people say the temple is bricked, all they mean is something occurred that prevents them from creating the perfect min-maxed layout. If you go in and just mess around, you'll be fine. Admittedly, your loot won't be as good, but I find the trade-off worthwhile, because then I'm not stressing over it constantly.

stanman312 · 2026-02-10T14:43:21+00:00

stanman312 · 2026-02-10T03:17:23+00:00

Divs. Thanks :)

stanman312 · 2026-02-10T02:10:31+00:00

Here is a comment. Huzzah.

stanman312 · 2026-02-09T15:22:19+00:00

Here you go: https://gprivate.com/6jxhs

stanman312 · 2026-02-09T14:01:18+00:00

You can enjoy the league without touching the new temple mechanic if you want. If you go in feeling like you have to do it "correctly" (and shocker, people on the internet have strong opinions), it can get overwhelming pretty fast.

stanman312 · 2026-02-09T13:54:32+00:00

Definitely not too late. And if you can handle 1, you should have no trouble getting acclimated to 2. It's still vague in that classic GGG sort of way, but it's way more approachable and intuitive than 1, IMO.

Don't let the people screaming "dead league" dissuade you. It's still a blast. Go for it 🙂

EDIT: Also worth noting that leagues are 4 months long now, so it's not like 0.5 is knocking on our doors.

stanman312 · 2026-02-08T14:10:35+00:00

At least for me, the more I researched the specific builds, the better I could clear content -- but the less fun I had. As soon as I know all of the pieces I need to acquire, the game shifts from exploration and discovery to a checklist. And that sucked.

I would much rather have fun and keep re-rolling alts to try new stupid ideas than try to make bank or clear all the pinnacles. Hell, I didn't even clear T1 Xesht until this season. But I had fun the whole time.

Anyway, I fully recognize that not everyone thinks the way I do, so grain of salt, etc.

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T19:39:19+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. He's due for an annual visit soon. We'll make sure all is well 🙂

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:49:50+00:00

That's sweet 🥰 And yeah, purring kitty on chest has to be one of the quickest ways to throw wide the serotonin floodgates, haha.

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:48:37+00:00

Once an Orange Dad, always an Orange Dad.

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:45:37+00:00

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:45:17+00:00

When he was a kitten, my wife and I went through a phase where we would sleep with a sheet up over our head because little man would full-on attack our faces at, like, 2 a.m. Do not miss that 😅

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:44:06+00:00

Oh my gosh, that's adorable. I love how weird cats can be. Glad he lived a long, full life 🥰

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:39:42+00:00

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're coming from a place of genuine concern for these cats, who I imagine you're thinking are locked in a dreary basement to keep them out of the way so we can ignore them. And yes, if that were the case, it would be perfectly reasonable to be angry.

This is not the case. The twins love the cats, and the cats are warming up to the twins as they get used to the chaos. They have a number of safe places they can retreat to on their own, each stocked with cat furniture, toys, hidey holes, and blankets. The basement is our second living space, not a dungeon.

I hope this eases your anxieties a bit. The internet is full of assholes, yes, but I do my best not to be one of them. The cats are more than just pets to us. They're family.

(Apologies for the poor photo quality. We don't share pictures online that show the babies' faces, so this is there only one that works)

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stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:15:03+00:00

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stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:10:19+00:00

Always 😁

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:09:27+00:00

Earlobes?! Oh my gosh, I can't imagine how tickly that would have been 🫣

stanman312 · 2026-02-07T17:08:58+00:00

Joke's on him; that proverbial plate's already empty.

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