Why can't Opt Out of Candy Royale!

Very true, that's been what I've been doing.

But do be careful, King does seem to respond to comments in this forum. They replaced my daily Candy Royale with a 3 day wait, when I was rather vocal here expressing my love for Candy Royale. After having kept quiet for a while, the daily thrill is back, but it's the 14-level version.

Hi all, Candy Royale still shows seven games for me, and now that I am forced to play I won the 7games for the first time in a year got 25gold bars also won an episode race for another 25gold bars for the first time in ages. I think I was given a lot of lucky boards, maybe they were trying to make me feel better about playing CR, and don't say I won because I was playing I have played the game intermittently in the past when I was not stuck on levels, I just like to be able to opt out when I want to.

Yes, @AlanP2342 I am positive that players posting here are very different from players as a whole and I really do believe King make money from this competition.

The reason I write this is because I remember the All Stars competition, when I read almost every single post in the forum. It was a real eye opener as to the kind of people being manipulated into spending money and how easy it is for King. You need to remember that there are millions of players all over the world and sadly a lot of them are quite frankly naive and unintelligent and very easily manipulated. These players do not post here in the forum. Some of them eventually posted here near the end of the All Stars tournament and I was horrified by how naive and foolish some of them were. For example I could not believe how people could not understand why they would need a passport to travel to the UK. These were players from the US, as most countries were (luckily for them) excluded from that competition. Some players spent hundreds of dollars thinking they had a chance to win one of the ten places to go to London and win real money. They did not understand that their chances of winning were practically zero, less than if this had been a lottery. They had been driven to think they were one of only a few specially good Candy Crush players left in the competition when there were several million still playing. My point is that a lot of players out there do not understand these competitions and Candy Royale is confusing many, too. Lots of people have posted here asking why they don't get their share when they drop out after two or three levels. Candy Crush is very heavily manipulated, from level 1 onwards, and taking away the opt out button for Candy Royale is part of that. It annoys the few who post in the forum, it makes money from the masses who don't even know the forum exists.

Personally Alan I think the complaints about Candy Royale are misunderstood. I don't think anyone is complaining about the Event itself and most people are complaining about the animation that slows the game. People were happy when they could close the Royale as this meant they didn't have to deal with the animation. I don't mind Candy Royale because there is a slim chance I might win some gold, but I wouldn't go as far as to say I like it.

As to the forced nature of Candy Royale, well name me one feature that you can opt out of other than the Booster Wheel and Chocolate Box? Season Pass, Daily Treat Machine, Sam's Streak the list goes on. You can not opt out of any of these, so why don't people complain about them? For me Sam's Streak animation is slower than the Royale's so why isn't this generating as many complaints as the Royale?

My opinion is that a lot of the complaints are driven by the 'unfairness' of the Event. Candy Crush has become increasingly difficult over the last two years and winning 7-18 levels on the first attempt is too difficult a task for most people.

The reason you only see a handful of people saying that they like the Candy Royale is just human nature. It is rare that people will post just to say they like something, whilst every man and his dog is quick to complain about something.

This is a bit of a head scratcher I agree. I dearly wish I understood King's motive for removing the X. On the face of it I can't see why it matters so much to King if a player plays the Royale or not. I suppose it was unusual that you could opt out as like I said above it is very rare that you can opt out of any feature that King provides. Maybe the X was a mistake that they have now fixed. I have seen nothing to suggest that you receive game features based on whether or not you spend money. Conversely it is widely understood that if you do spend money on the game King will remove all of your features that provide you with free boosters.

They have never promised to look into it. All that was said was that all the feedback would be given to the Game Team. We have all learnt here that once feedback is given to the Game Team then there is no more communication given on the problem. Either the complaint is addressed or it isn't. No further explanation is ever provided.

Again can you name me one feature other than the Booster Wheel and Chocolate Box that gives you the option of opting out?

I've stopped playing and uninstalled, which might even be a big part of why they are doing this. I see a few people posting speculation that "they make money" from Candy Royale. Has anyone here paid to win this event? Are the players here so different from the player base as a whole?

This is were the 'paid' aspect comes into Royale. Like every feature of Candy Crush the ultimate aim by King is the hope that a few players will start to purchase success. So whilst some people, like you, will give up others will start paying to make sure they collect as much gold as they can. If you have never paid whilst playing the game then King will not notice you have left.

No. the players here are no different to the player base as a whole.

I'm really bothered by having to go through this huge fake contest! You took away the ability to "X" the screen. I never win this and I get tossed every time. It's just plain rude and offensive. Even the verbage is rude. It is useless to the game and it really is just another annoying attempt by King to get us to pay in to be competitive. It's not fun at all. Please make it eXitable again. Or take it down!!!!