Best Of

So I won my 5 of 6 rounds but it ended in an absolute blood bath. I mean I had to use a ton of saved party boosters combined with x10 boosters. I would have definately lost had I not used them. A friend was in a group where they had completed over 2500 levels in 7 days. There were lots if early level players doing well and it took everything I had to beat them. I feel totally wounded and emotionally scared how hardcore the ending was. I am NiceTryBye. The person that almost beat me was pretending to be amateurish good and at the end opened up a can of whoop—- that only a very seasoned player could defeat. There seemed to a final showdown between 2 final players in many of the events. How much the final 2 players left kicking and scratching was how many boosters you needed to pull it out.. definitely hardcore play at the end.

I will probably receive haters/ annoyed people by posting my leaderboard. 

First and foremost last year I entered stage 5 (90 hours) a few minutes after it started and played the 24hours non stop. Created a sizeable lead, but became complacent and didn’t qualify.

This year I used a later strategy joining a leaderboard with only 5 people, which eventually went up to 10 people. Yes I was also surprised and expecting it to raise to 50. 

I took 1st place and sat back, eventually Vanessa went ahead. I couldn’t resist playing cat and mouse with her. I would go ahead a couple hundred points and then log out, and then she would go back ahead by 1 thousand points. This happened multiple times. 

Then it was time for me to test my speed with different strategies. 

I took a random screenshot (above) and must have finished 1 or 2 more levels and oops I fell asleep…

Back in 2nd but at least I woke up (without alarm) with 1 hour 52 minutes remaining. So it was time to continue playing and see stage 5 out. Vanessa reappeared with maybe 14 minutes remaining. At 11/12minutes I become suspicious and knew something wasn’t right.

8 minutes 25 seconds remaining ….

7 minutes 11 seconds remaining….

So within the space of 74 seconds;
I gain 21 points 
Vanessa gets 1,630 points

Yes I had to use a token. Let’s call it Karma for me playing cat and mouse and falling asleep for 3 hours 25 minutes

As for my best strategy going into stage 6?
I have no idea maybe try not to make the game freeze at the end of the level. It happened maybe 4/5 times within the space of 2 hours. Today I have seen others experience the same problem. At least I have learned from others to refresh the app. I didn’t use my head and rebooted my iPhone on each occasion. 
That aside it  also seems slower than last year in regard to going from 1 level to another. 

This is exactly the kind of response that keeps missing the point.Nobody here is arguing about “life not being fair” or comparing a mobile game to the Olympics or Harvard. That’s not even relevant to what people are actually experiencing in this tournament.The issue being raised is very clear:Players are seeing score jumps that do not match the number of levels played  even when multipliers are considered.If someone plays 30–60 levels and somehow jumps thousands of points ahead of players grinding hundreds of levels, that’s not about “strategy” or “saving tokens.” That’s a mismatch in how the scoring is working, and people have every right to question it.Also, saying “everyone got the same multipliers” doesn’t automatically make the system fair. Fairness isn’t just about giving the same tools  it’s about how those tools function in practice and whether the results make sense.And dismissing people’s concerns by telling them to “get a grip” or blaming “Google or ChatGPT” doesn’t change the fact that multiple players are reporting the same inconsistencies.At the end of the day, this isn’t about complaining  it’s about asking for transparency and a system that actually reflects what players are putting into the game.If everything is truly fair, then there should be no issue explaining how these scoring gaps are happening.

You’re not alone in this, a lot of us are seeing the same thing, and it’s honestly frustrating.

What you described doesn’t add up. When someone plays significantly fewer levels but somehow jumps thousands of points ahead, even while others are grinding consistently, it raises valid questions. That’s not about being a “better player” it’s about whether the system is actually working the way it should.

At the end of the day, people are putting in real time, effort, and even money into this tournament. The least that should be expected is a system that is transparent and makes sense.

No one is asking for special treatment, just fairness and clarity

Thank You!

That doesn’t seem fun to me. But nothing can be done.

I am on level 19071 right now.

The cheating is obvious in this game. This person has played for over

48hrs straight. The amount of levels won is to high. The win streak is fire & then drops off to zero mins before the round ends. I beat him but there will be other players in the next round that will use software or AI to continuously play I’m sure of it.

sorry you had to go through that and honestly, you’re not alone.

A lot of players are reporting the same kind of experience: extremely long play times, unreal win streaks, and numbers that just don’t seem to match normal gameplay. When someone is playing for days straight and clearing thousands of levels without losing, it’s fair for people to question it.

The most frustrating part is exactly what you said people report it, and nothing meaningful seems to happen. That’s what makes it feel discouraging, especially when you know you put in real effort and played honestly.

You should still be proud of what you did. Like you said, in most groups your score would have taken you through.

At the end of the day, this isn’t just about one match it’s about players wanting a system that is transparent, consistent, and actually fair.

i played against

an AI assisted account or a BOT for all of this round. Made several complaints now after the round against the chester and took more than 120 screenshots of all of the progress. I hope kings does something. This was too mathematically perfect of an AI mirroring my moves to look like a human and escape banning