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Sweet Cinema - how does it really work
Doondie
Posts: 1,255 
in Discussions
Salutations, boys! 😃
In case someone doesn't have this feature working, then please don't read further, as I wouldn't want you to feel disadvantaged or left out, since not every player has it, nor every device supports it, nor everyone's ads work properly.
If someone's curious about it, here it is:
5 out of 9 chance to get a guaranteed freebie - bomb, special candies, donut (pre-level boosters), lollipop and hand (in-level boosters). The remaining bonbons give nuttin'. So, you watch an advert, then smash a candy and hopefully get a pressie. Until you get all 5. Then it reloads. Obviously, you need to have available ads in order to carry on smashing.
Here's an example of a typical board:
So, I'd like to know how this feature actually works. In particular:
1. Why is Lollipop Hammer always the last booster to be won?
2. Are there patterns for the "X" positions or are layouts totally randomly generated (1 out of, say, 10,000 possibilities)?
3. Is it possible to ever open all prizes before any "X"s appear or is the amount of "X"s predetermined and it doesn't matter what you choose? The best I've had so far was 1x "X". Once. Usually, it's 3 or 4 and it feels like the system is against me, so I waste my ads.
It's not a huge deal but ads are valuable, and I simply hate getting 4 "X"s too often.
Now, what are the odds for this? 😒
I'd also appreciate it if a game dev shed some light and reassured players they weren't played with.
Cheers and happy crushing! ☺
Comments
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My Sweet Cinema hasn't worked for a long time now @Doondie
It is still in my events, but I can't remember the last it showed me an advert. Definitely not this month.
Is it possible to ever open all prizes before any "X"s appear
Yes, it is possible but in two years of playing it has only ever happened twice for me.
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OMG, it happened to me too just now! 😮🎉😃
Totally wasn't expect to ever see this. 😃
Too bad I couldn't take a clear screenshot but there's like a 1-sec window for that, and my phone isn't that new. 😬
Anyways, still don't know if there are patterns or it's completely random. Having the Hammer always last tells me it's not completely random. 🤔
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Nice one @Doondie it is a strangely good feeling when you manage to pick out the five boosters from the nine choices.
Because it is a pick five from nine feature there is a pattern of sorts similar to lotteries that run pick 6 from 50. That is, being a pick five from nine means there is a set number of combinations. So whilst there is obviously a random nature to the feature the feature is also limited by the constraints of picking five from nine. As you say it is also obvious that King has 'meddled' with the RNG that is behind this feature as the Lollipop Hammer shouldn't always be the fifth item to be picked.
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I'm sure this is deliberate, they always keep the best rewards to last, in other events as well. You are lucky you have sweet cinema, most of us don't get this event. Make sure to never spend real money on this game as this is likely to make you lose your free events like Sweet cinema.
