Reaching 16,000 level and now quitting.

There are those of us who are at the top of the map and have not spent a cent, if you have to pay to pass that tells me you never quite figured out how to really solve the puzzles without boosters so yeah this game probably isn't for you!500-700 dollars per 1000 levels? Haha wow so you spent 8-9k to get to 16k?🤣🙃king is really going to miss you!

Hello @Anthony7 as hinted at by @Boybinary to get to level 16,000 playing "as intended by the game' without taking advantage of any glitches in the game (that King probably know about but can't be bothered to remove) is hugely impressive and congratulations on this! I don't think there are any other choices for any players who have run out of gold, especially if you lost your ads.

Your maths are spot on and thanks for pointing out the calculations, which are pretty well similar to what I have experienced: King do not give enough boosters for free to pass these levels without spending gold on boosters, leading us to making a net loss of gold even if we win all the champions races. King know this and this may be a deliberate ploy to root out and eliminate the cheaters in events like All Stars: King have such tight control over what boosters we get from events and what boosters are needed to pass a level, it should at least in theory not be hard for them to create an algorithm that spots any player who somehow passes these impossible levels without spending gold or money (both of which is linked to our player ID)

Have you ever thought of starting a new game? The one I started this Monday I just qualified in first place for the Candy Cup by playing levels 0 to 86. I got a party popper as a prize when I hadn't even unlocked that booster yet. Wild!

Spending gold bars does not equal spending dollars of course. In fact I am currently trying myself out at hoarding gold bars to have a go at the next All Stars the "honest" way @Boybinary (and not spending real money, which goes without saying of course). I saw from this year's events that actually the winning scores were (just…) within my capabilities playing as intended by the game, had I crushed for 24 hours flat in the final round. I did abandon my game with the 10,000 gold as that one was a cheater, but this one isn't:

I wonder how much gold I can gather with this one by level 5000.

Did you get into the Candy Cup this time round?

well that is good, you said 500-700 with the dollar sign and not gold bars! I don't consider gold money to me they are just another form of booster with zero monetary value and yes ever since the 10K mark they have tried to make it a pay to play game, you have come so far in the game I am sure you will figure it out!