Cheating.

mcewan46

How can someone suddenly appear 1st on the weekly challenge leaderboard? I was in 2nd place chasing 178 levels and bang player frog leaps to the top with 476 points. I was led to believe people couldn t cheat.

Bumper2019

It's possible to play offline and come back online to smash into the race. It is possible to reach those sort numbers by Sunday without cheating...

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/284346/bet-you-cant

...but to reach them by Thursday is suspicious. Find Frog Player in your leaderboard and there will be clues in the level scores whether they are cheating. Look for extremely high or duplicate scores on consecutive levels, or scores that don't end in 0. If you see any evidence, take screenshots and report it.

It is a sad fact that cheats exist in every walk of life, but it puzzles me what satisfaction or enjoyment anyone can get by cheating in a free game.

julzeemarti

That happened to me today. This is the 1st day of the new week and BAM in between a game some "player" showed up in first with 174 wins. Come on! Funny thing is I haven't seen that "player" listed in any of the games high score. Not once.

MajorMinimalBrowning

What constitutes "cheating" exactly?

hechicerilla

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/1907430#Comment_1907430

Hello 👋

There are several ways to cheat. The best known is that players hack the game to get unlimited lives and infinite boosters, so it is easier to beat levels quickly. That's not forever, as these hacking programs corrupt the game and make it impossible to restore it, so all progress is lost. In addition, we can always notify player support when we see a cheater or suspect and they take action.

Thank you and keep enjoying

Lindark

My high score for most levels cleared in one week is around 350 if you can believe it! And I did not cheat. That was obviously a few years ago when I had nothing better to do with my life LOL