🤔 What’s your strategy to win the All Stars?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3289266#Comment_3289266

It looks like the system is working sporadically, and unfortunately, it may also impact players with high inventory 😓 I totally understand your feelings — players who have worked hard to save boosters should not be affected.

Right now, we’re gathering feedback from affected players to ensure the Studio is fully aware of the situation.

I might also mention that @Colleen Companion Welsh has accumulated even more gold bars than I have (somewhere around 44,000), again through perfectly normal play with no exploits of any kind. So mine is not even the most extreme example. Her account has apparently also been excluded unfairly.

Here are my screenshots of my inventory @Snow_Rider:

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All of it legitimately obtained through careful good play and LOTS of ad watching. I started playing on December 28, 2023. I can assure you that these results can be easily attained without any sort of exploits, not even using weird or unusual strategies. If people like me are being excluded for having an inventory like this, your criteria are unreasonable and unfair. I have played normally; there is no justifiable reason for me to be excluded.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3289202#Comment_3289202

Point 2 is new to All Stars 2025 then. "Account Inventory" . So it's exactly what we have been suspecting: good players are being cut out.

So with other words all of those here who have worked our hearts out to collect boosters and gold bars in the last twelve months have been excluded. Thank you for clarifying this @Snow_Rider . I suspect that for the remainder of 2025 this community will lose all its members who are in any way interested in the game. This is outrageous.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288688#Comment_3288688

Hey there! Players from eligible countries who are at the end of the map should still be able to access All Stars. But there are a few reasons why you might not be seeing it:

1️⃣ Test Groups – Even if you're in an eligible country, some players may not be included due to testing limitations.
2️⃣ Account Inventory – To prevent unfair play, the system may block accounts flagged as potentially suspicious based on inventory activity.
3️⃣ Using a VPN – If you're connected to a VPN, it might interfere with event eligibility.
4️⃣ Device Time Settings – Changing your device's time settings to a date outside of the tournament period can also cause issues.

Can you please share a screenshot of your inventory? That might help us figure out what’s going on!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288920#Comment_3288920

Hey! @Nobody1 shared the correct list of countries, which are:

United Kingdom, United States of America, Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Romania, Czechia, Greece, Portugal, Argentina, and Chile.

We’ll be publishing the Terms & Conditions soon so you’ll have all the details you need. Stay tuned! 😉

lalilala007

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288700#Comment_3288700

Hallo

Peaches12

My strategy is to fail in the leaderboards, fail in all the second chances, root for the community members that are serious about All Stars, and get back to enjoying the game when it is all over.

https://candy-all-star-live--king-ccs-campaign-cms-prod.us-central1.hosted.app/pages/all_stars_terms

Looks like Australia is not included?

3.1. Eligibility: To be able to compete as a Participant in the Tournament you must:

3.1.1. be normally resident in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Romania, Czechia, Greece, Portugal, Argentina, and Chile

I know the old link was dead, but I did an online search and found this, which is where I pulled the above from, and which says it's for March 2025:

Peter_Tornaros

Haven't seen anything on it, although I am not the least bit interested.

I like @Nobody1 am at the end of the map, so am probably excluded.

Or is the event only open to players in the United Kingdom and USA @QueenB ?

GiggzZz

@QueenB

My first strategy is also to try to compete in it. Despite living in an eligible country I don't have the event on my phone.

Pyrospring

My work philosophy as well.

BossKing

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288672#Comment_3288672

@kiara_wael as I am not qualified for this event, could you please remove my name from tag list for this event? Thanks

Very helpful strategies, @christinewupp , and very accurate. One comment is that stage 4 can be actually not all that bad if you are semi-lucky with your opponents, and it is possible that behaving similar to the early stages is a real possibility. Of course, the difference here is that in stage 4 you must be first place, so you really need to make sure you keep a buffer between you and second place so you can hold on at the end. And unless you have demoralized your opponents with your lead, you will need to keep checking right up until the stage ends, or you might have someone come back on you and win it - good players can score very fast.

Once you get to stage 5, it's going to require all you have to keep up, and then you still need to get lucky. Stage 5 seems crazy hard to me because it lasts so long and yet you need to be performing at top level throughout all that time. At least stage 6 is short. Then again, in stage 6 every single person there with you is amazingly fast at scoring, so it will be 24 hours of absolute insanity.

Princess_Jessica

If I win or even get close it's luck 😁

This vote is silly and pointless since the strategy for getting to the last round (Stage 6) is clear:

Stages 1 to 3 I recommend to start off using the "careful planner" strategy. Make sure you keep in touch with the leaders but don't waste boosters or gold or crush more than necessary. Do NOT spend any money to pass the first three stages. If you can't qualify for the final knockouts without spending money you just will not get to the final round. Don't worry about not coming first as long as you get one of the qualifying places.
Stages 4 - 6 can only be won with the "speed crushing" strategy. Whether you choose to speed crush all through the round or just in a sprint in the final few hours, to get to the last round you will have to crush 3 or 4 episodes per hour. So if you can't do that don't waste money on the tournament as your chances are hopeless.
"risk taker" ….. if you want to spend lots of money and ruin your joints, by all means take a risk
"Lucky one": Absolutely definitely this tournament can not be won by luck. If you want to win a lottery spend the money on lottery tickets instead. Candy Crush All Stars cannot be won by being lucky. Anyone fast and determined enough can probably win it, but not through luck nor help from any gods: It will be grindingly hard work. The last round you will have to speed crush non-stop for 24 hours. That is not luck, it is hard labour!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288688#Comment_3288688

@FluffyDinosaur Is there any way you could look into this case please before it is too late? A lot of players in this community appear to be excluded, not for using cheats but just because they are GOOD at the game. @Nobody1 and others have got this far by watching lots of advertisements, and never broken any rules!

teeweiping

Based on the case, if I get a chance to play.

maf34100

Voted

@QueenB My first strategy is to try to compete in it. It seems like I and others who are at the end of the map have not been receiving the indicators that we will be allowed to compete in All Stars. Are people at the end of the map not allowed to compete? I am located in the US, not using VPN, on the latest version of the software, and still not seeing the warm-up event, the All Stars title screen, or the purple stars. Will I be allowed to compete?

Comments

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3289266#Comment_3289266

Right now, we’re gathering feedback from affected players to ensure the Studio is fully aware of the situation.

Here are my screenshots of my inventory @Snow_Rider:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3289202#Comment_3289202

Point 2 is new to All Stars 2025 then. "Account Inventory" . So it's exactly what we have been suspecting: good players are being cut out.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288688#Comment_3288688

Hey there! Players from eligible countries who are at the end of the map should still be able to access All Stars. But there are a few reasons why you might not be seeing it:

Can you please share a screenshot of your inventory? That might help us figure out what’s going on!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288920#Comment_3288920

Hey! @Nobody1 shared the correct list of countries, which are:

We’ll be publishing the Terms & Conditions soon so you’ll have all the details you need. Stay tuned! 😉

lalilala007

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288700#Comment_3288700

Hallo

Peaches12

My strategy is to fail in the leaderboards, fail in all the second chances, root for the community members that are serious about All Stars, and get back to enjoying the game when it is all over.

https://candy-all-star-live--king-ccs-campaign-cms-prod.us-central1.hosted.app/pages/all_stars_terms

Looks like Australia is not included?

3.1. Eligibility: To be able to compete as a Participant in the Tournament you must:

I know the old link was dead, but I did an online search and found this, which is where I pulled the above from, and which says it's for March 2025:

Peter_Tornaros

Haven't seen anything on it, although I am not the least bit interested.

I like @Nobody1 am at the end of the map, so am probably excluded.

Or is the event only open to players in the United Kingdom and USA @QueenB ?

GiggzZz

@QueenB

My first strategy is also to try to compete in it. Despite living in an eligible country I don't have the event on my phone.

Pyrospring

My work philosophy as well.

BossKing

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288672#Comment_3288672

@kiara_wael as I am not qualified for this event, could you please remove my name from tag list for this event? Thanks

Princess_Jessica

If I win or even get close it's luck 😁

This vote is silly and pointless since the strategy for getting to the last round (Stage 6) is clear:

Stages 1 to 3 I recommend to start off using the "careful planner" strategy. Make sure you keep in touch with the leaders but don't waste boosters or gold or crush more than necessary. Do NOT spend any money to pass the first three stages. If you can't qualify for the final knockouts without spending money you just will not get to the final round. Don't worry about not coming first as long as you get one of the qualifying places.
Stages 4 - 6 can only be won with the "speed crushing" strategy. Whether you choose to speed crush all through the round or just in a sprint in the final few hours, to get to the last round you will have to crush 3 or 4 episodes per hour. So if you can't do that don't waste money on the tournament as your chances are hopeless.
"risk taker" ….. if you want to spend lots of money and ruin your joints, by all means take a risk
"Lucky one": Absolutely definitely this tournament can not be won by luck. If you want to win a lottery spend the money on lottery tickets instead. Candy Crush All Stars cannot be won by being lucky. Anyone fast and determined enough can probably win it, but not through luck nor help from any gods: It will be grindingly hard work. The last round you will have to speed crush non-stop for 24 hours. That is not luck, it is hard labour!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3288688#Comment_3288688

teeweiping

Based on the case, if I get a chance to play.

maf34100

Voted