No RC now no lives !

It was NEVER available to all as per email from player support. Hence why we now no longer have access

My goodness you are a wealth of information - I wish I was an expert in Candy Crush Jelly my life would then be complete I could give up work become a Moderator and dedicate my time to telling other players they are wrong - Thank you so much for that information but just to clarify again you are 100% wrong, As I stated previously I that is me not you, I have received an email that contradicts all your expertise and very clearly states that we who no longer have access have been moved to a test group to allow others the opportunity to play as they have not previously had this feature. You may well be the Moderator and will probably block all my posts as I have spoken against you but you are not the font of all knowledge you claim to be. You are advising all players on here who are repeatedly asking what is happening to be "patient and optimistic" when the harsh reality is you know as much as we all do and nobody not even the Studio know if or when this game will be back. Please feel free to pull rank and stop me posting but I will not agree with you as my email clearly states that the feature is no longer available for the time being and may well even be replaced with a new feature. I am not posting to be difficult I am posting to be informative as every few minutes people are asking for updates and the people who run this forum can offer nothing but patience and optimism when all players want is hard facts. These are the hard facts it has gone for now with no date as to when its back. The End.

Wonderful! Just a little tip for you, but as you state you know a lot so probably already know this but.... if you log out then log in after level 5 Arena opens up, now here is the best part as someone like me who has played from day one we are very familiar with a number of the players we play against during each round the same names come up during each tournament and many players use the additional boosters, now here is the interesting part since playing as a new player without logging in I have not come across one single player I know, no players have any boosters other than the free ones (so obviously have not built up their collection), none of them are particularly good, the top score on the leader board when I joined as the tournament was approaching its end was only 75!!!!! you wait ages to find a sugar match and when you do its often the same person you have just played therefore the proof really is in the pudding that these are all new players who are not familiar with the game and the boards. I will also post here my email when I have chance as it does confirm everything I have stated. To finish off the Arena Icon was not always present it used to be a hot air balloon or certainly was for me and it only displayed when opening the game rose to the top and then disappeared. Try my tip if you have not already these are all new players.

I understand that new players have to be given a chance but not at the expense of current loyal players. It is not our position to do what another person's job. The initiation is the job of the moderator