While 100% Orange Juice is not free anymore, feel free to check the Steam group chat for other ongoing freebies and events.

$ (Free game available! Also, group plans.)



Howdy folks! First I'd like to apologize for not getting back to the game server hosting plans in the last few months.
(Feel free to skip to the good stuff at the bottom if you don't need an update. )

I've had some very serious real life issues that I've been dealing with. Any of you who are dealing with quarantines probably have an idea what that's like, except, in addition to the pandemic, I've been dealing with other family health problems (including 1 death - don't worry, he was just... old), an earthquake (which has had aftershocks for the entire last week), and a legal dispute which I'm not going to get into the details of publicly until its resolved. For those of you who don't understand... all I can say is this:

Please understand.



Alright. Now you may have also noticed some change in staffing recently. Some people left & I moved up. (Doesn't really mean much of anything.) I'm in no position to handle a Discord server right now so that just won't be happening but once I'm able to actually pay attention to that, I'll discuss it with Moe. This is part of why I'm prepared to take lead in this position, because I don't bite off more than I can chew, if I can help it. (Feel free to comment on this about that if a Discord server is a thing you'd be interested to see come back.) Ultimately, this means that I just have less red-tape to get through in order to make leadership decisions.



We're also still planning on hosting some gaming events here, it's just going to take a little longer for us to get them going than we had hoped.
Because I'm most experienced with and interested in Terraria, we'll most likely be hosting a Terraria event & server in the future - however, we will still be taking into consideration other games that you guys might want a server or tournament for as well.

The survey announcement is still open, and will remain open for new feedback for the forseeable future - you can still participate here:
https://steamproxy.net/groups/Cats#announcements/detail/3182276879972125609

I'm also still planning on holding the poll, sometime later, that will show the complete list of multiplayer games that we will be considering. (As well as giving you a checklist of which ones are always free and which ones are not.)

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Now, about the OJ... as you can probably guess from the fruity emojis that I included, this announcement is not about a killer. It is also not about receiving free Sunny D relief packages, pumped full of vitamin C, to help you during these trying times so... sorry about that. No... it's about Fruitbat's game, which they are generously giving away for free right now!

(Free to keep if you obtain it before the morning after this weekend ends.)

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/

(Check the Cats² Steam Chat for a full list of games currently available for free.)

If you're interested in it, please pick up your free copy while it is available for free - if lots of people in the group have the game (and like it) we might be able to hold a tournament at a later date.

Admittedly, I bought it on sale, with a bunch of DLC about 4 years ago and haven't actually gotten around to playing it so I can't make an experienced vouch for it but I have over 25 friends that have a copy and I hear it's like "anime Mario Party".

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Thank you for your patience & please understand, events will take time and coordinated resources.

Thank you all so much, those of you who responded to the Multiplayer survey announcement!
I never realized that there were SO MANY multiplayer games on Steam - and such a diverse selection too!

The survey announcement is still open, and will remain open for new feedback for the forseeable future - you can still participate here: https://steamproxy.net/groups/Cats#announcements/detail/3182276879972125609


What we are going to do with this information:

There's a few things we have in mind.

- I'm going to be compiling the raw data from the initial survey into a chart for our staff, so that I can get a basic idea of where compatibility between active members for multiplayer games lies. (In truth, I have actually already done this with most of the feedback (not all yet; all but the last 7) that has been provided. I got to it as soon as the responses started coming in.)

- Our staff will consider and discuss which games are actually feasible for us to host and administrate servers and competitive events for.

- Our staff will occasionally pick a game from that list to host a server or an event for. (Not just the popular ones.)

- I will also post a poll with the full-list of games where members, viewers, readers - basically anyone who is actually invested in this group in some way, will be able to input feedback that will provide a more definitive answer as to what our members would be willing or even capable of playing.
We can probably expect this announcement in a week or two and before we're actually ready to start a serious group event. If you don't see it pop up on screen, check back later to see the updates!


Sorry for the late response. I've had some stuff I've been dealing with.

Thank you for your patience & please understand, events will take time and coordinated resources.

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Hi folks!
The staff of Cats² would like to know what kind of online multiplayer games you like to play (whether you're currently playing them or not)...

• ...so that we can get an idea of what games we should be checking the popularity of in the group and then...
• ...so that we can coordinate & schedule gaming events in the group.

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Personally, I like Terraria, Cubemen, and Ultimate Tic Tac Toe.
I also have some other multiplayer games that I haven't actually played yet, like 100% Orange Juice, Castle Crashers, and Don't starve Together.

So, what sort of online multiplayer games would you like to play?

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