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thanks for the support 🤗…

All of this compromises a world championship!

It’s a shame there is no proper oversight and that they don’t create another fair way of running the eliminations. There are so many things that could help, and King simply ignores them.

It really is sad they added them. It must benefit them because 1 billion annually isn’t enough. Definitely has turned me off from the game and many others I’m sure

@lisa369 The way the multipliers are set up this year really changes everything. It stops feeling like a competition based on consistency or performance, and starts feeling like timing and luck play a much bigger role than they should.

When some players are able to stack tokens later while others had to use theirs earlier just to keep up, it creates an uneven playing field — even if technically everyone received the same number.

But beyond that, what a lot of players are seeing goes even further. When scores jump in ways that don’t match the gameplay, when patterns look unrealistic, it stops feeling like a fair competition altogether. To many of us, it starts to look like something is off — whether that’s the system itself or how some accounts are performing.

At that point, it’s no longer about who is the “best player,” and it doesn’t even feel like simple luck either. It feels inconsistent, unclear, and for many players, it’s starting to feel like the whole setup isn’t what it’s supposed to be.

That’s why people are speaking up. Not just out of frustration, but because they want transparency and a system that actually makes sense.

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.

This looks pretty standard, I am seeing several leaderboards with players at just over 200,000. I am one of them myself. So you think this kind of score is unfair? It's too high? Too high for what? Let me tell you to achieve a similar score I spent 12 hours crushing non-stop on Thursday night/day, then crushed a bit more leisurely on Good Friday and last night I crushed for another 12 hours until the finish line. What exactly is unfair about that? The fact that we put more time and effort into this than you? The fact some of us are better and faster at crushing candies? Isn't that what this competition is supposed to be all about? Let the best player win? Players are scoring this high because this is the penultimate round: Some very serious crushers remain determined to win. It's to be expected. We started off with 15 million players and now perhaps 500 or 1000 remain.

Christine, let’s stop pretending for a second.You keep talking like this is all just “hard work” and “the best player wins,” but the way you’re defending this game, it honestly sounds like you’re speaking for King, not for actual players.You said you spent 12 hours straight playing, then more hours after that. That’s your choice. But don’t come here and act like that proves fairness  all it proves is how much time someone is willing to burn. That’s not skill, that’s endurance.And let’s be real: if you’re not working for kING or benefiting from it somehow, then what exactly are you gaining from defending it this hard? Because right now, you sound like someone who has no sympathy for the players who are actually questioning what’s going on.The issue is not “who played longer.”The issue is:The game feels manipulatedThe scoring doesn’t add upThe competition is not transparentAnd yes, it feels unfairYou keep saying “let the best player win”  but there is no clear “best” when the system itself is questionable. Scores jumping over 200,000 don’t automatically prove skill, especially when many of us have been tracking and recording inconsistencies from day one.So instead of dismissing people, maybe tell yourself the truth:Not everyone believes this competition is clean.If you want to spend 12+ hours playing, that’s your business. But stop acting like that automatically makes everything fair, and stop speaking like you represent players’ interests, because right now, you don’t.And before anyone else jumps in like they always do, because let’s be honest, every time I say something, the same group comes out to defend it.  go ahead,  say it clearly and back it up.

Correct. It's endurance. Candy Crush is not a game of skill. I've been saying that for years. It's based on simple algorithms and a primary school child could play it now.

I'm off now to take a rest.

I may not be back. It's the same every year here. I can't be doing with it this year, thanks. I'm not even bothering to read all that. I'm tired. I have a life. Find somewhere else for your vengeance.

Last year it was known there were 1000 remaining, do we know how many exactly remain this time?

I also thought multiple players but who would care that much to play together? Plus each person would want a spot on the winners round. So that doesn’t make sense. I firmly believe software is being used to play multiple straight days. This is an example of the the others players that are real humans I was competing against & their levels played. It’s consistent to the scores Jay however was a totally different type of player & I don’t this it was human endurance

i agree with you @christinewupp. I eneded with ~ 280 k. It’s normal score for a top player.

Last year I got to the final knock out and placed no 8. I have no problem playing for +24 h. However i do find it hard to play for several days non stop without sleep.
Unfortunately I only got second in this round. The one at the top have played non stop since wednesday, at a steady state. I been checking continously even during short wake up at sleep. Don’t think it’s a bot but I’m suspicous that it’s two players alternating. One a bit faster than the other what I can see. I hope King is making improvement in detecting cheating as well as detecting multiple players.