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What counts as "cheating" in All Stars 2025?

christinewupp

The list of complaints gets longer and longer this year and is moving from the ridiculous to the sublime this year.

Here is a list of suggested "cheating" mechanisms beyond those mentioned in the Terms and Conditions:

Having saved up gold bars/too much gold in the account
Spending money on booster packages/gold/offers in game
Strategic play of sitting back and watching your opponents and then overtaking them
Being in good standing within the Community and asking the CM for help
Being over 30 years of age (the argument being you can't crush this fast unless you are young)

Any more?

Welcome! 👋

Comments

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314897#Comment_3314897

Thank you my clever friend! 😀

MannyFae

I'm trying to link Christine's thread from 2023 mentioned above: CLICK HERE

christinewupp

I can't edit my latest post. Try again here to link some of my older threads:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/476400/my-latest-test-on-the-best-strategy-to-play-candy-crush

It won't let me link the sunflower game thread as it's too old (from 2023) but that can be accessed by clicking on my profile and looking for the thread entitled: "bored but addicted:experimenting with Candy Crush"

Also this one is the first post I can find for my present Cornflower account:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/466917/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-10-000-gold-bars-in-ccs

christinewupp

To illustrate my post above @arbuz and anyone else feel free to check out some of my older posts. The forum won't allow me to link posts from 2023 any more, but there is one here:

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314846#Comment_3314846

I am neither spending money nor cheating, @arbuz .That is exactly what I've been trying to prove here for the past 12 months> My quest has been to show how far I can get in All Stars 2025 playing a game completely honestly using no cheats whatsoever and spending no money whatsoever (except for the 99pence I spent to try to get rid of the ads). I never even changed the time on my phone to get some extra lives I was that strict about the rules. I understand that your comment was misinterpreted though. It sounded really ageist, discriminating against older people and I did find that offensive. Beware that being over 50 or 60 means nothing in today's world. You will know what I mean when you get there yourself. Ageism is all around in society, so you are not alone in believing that age matters. It does NOT.

arbuz

I think I was the one that mention the age but I think my point was misunderstood.

It is a fact that in general young people are better at videogames (I am talking at a professional level). You see people playing for teams on eSports and they are on their 20s. And its normal are they have lower time reaction and better reflexes.

That does not mean that someone with 50, 60 or any other age cannot play or cannot be good and beat people on their 20s on candy crush.

Secondly, I mention that some people either cheat or spend a lot of money. So you can decide on which one you are. If you spend money it is normal that you are able to reach higher scores that people like me that did not spent a single cent. It is not cheating, is using the resources provided by the game (and this is what obviously King prefers).

So, yes you can use your money in order to have more points, that does not mean that you are better at the game its just that this is a pay to win game.

zeus77

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

Hi. I'm late to reply in this post. If being over 30 is old, then i feel ANCIENT 🤣😁. Do still people age shame🤯? that comment is really appalling.

KiwiBird97

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314647#Comment_3314647

But beware of Ben, Suzanne, and Verissa. With their prize money, they're giving their all to try to defend their title! Consider them your "boss level" players.

lmhutter

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313886#Comment_3313886

I think the only equitable solution to the age thing is separate competitions.

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314587#Comment_3314587

No, it's not true at all. King want players to buy boosters. The more you buy the better for King.

The opposite is true: King might eliminate players who have a lot of boosters in their inventories but who have NOT bought them, neither with gold bars nor with money, because then King assume you gained them by unfair means. King want us to spend our gold bars or to spend our money on boosters! They won't penalise anyone for doing that!

matt33

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314064#Comment_3314064

Bonjour christinewupp, j ai lu que l on peut etre éliminer si on achète trop de booster, or... est ce vrai?

I_smell_Brownies

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314040#Comment_3314040

It’s funny when people use the word elite.

How was it winning the tournament last year? You must have felt so validated!

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313981#Comment_3313981

That's a good one, @Peaches12 . I'd forgotten about that one!

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313954#Comment_3313954

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314040#Comment_3314040

Okay, I guess you're right. I'll stop.

morganleeoregon

@christinewupp

We should not encourage or enable the people wining about cheating.

I've played in several of these all star tournament before and I found this tournament to be quite fair. I actually have no complaints :)

I love the 90 hour rounds, it is a great way to separate the elite and causal players. I wish this last round 6th was 90 hours again.

Peaches12

Getting points for playing old levels. That seems to be a hot topic right now and it makes about as much sense to me as number 5.

cookiemae

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313930#Comment_3313930

@christinewupp Please stop talking to this person. Let them think what they want. Obviously they are very upset and you canmot please them no matter what they say. Most people here know you as a kind and helpful person. Not as someone who works for king so just stop.

FullmetalAlex

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313930#Comment_3313930

I think you're very helpful and reading your posts and responses to me has helped me understand where I went wrong this years tournament, no matter how devastated I was with it!

I hope I can contribute and be as supportive :)

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313926#Comment_3313926

I've been helpful and been helping others in this community over the past two years, I don't deny that. But working for a company would imply a salary or financial reward of some sort. I did get 200 gold bars for my Candy Crush account once as a reward as part of a special feature offering gold bar rewards for being kind and welcoming newbies to this community. If you wish to call that "working for King", then by all means. I have a pretty thick skin. If I said such allegations were hurtful to some, I didn't mean myself so you can give up on that. It didn't work for pikachu and all his aliases in 2023 and it didn't work for ViolettaP in 2024: I'm just having fun winding people up who think they can bully me.

MC_USA

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

if you don’t work for the company how come you have Posts: 11,897!You clearly work for this company, that aside your continued presence in every post advocating for the company, stop your BS. There’s league precedent about King being sued and reported.

Comments

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314897#Comment_3314897

Thank you my clever friend! 😀

MannyFae

I'm trying to link Christine's thread from 2023 mentioned above: CLICK HERE

christinewupp

I can't edit my latest post. Try again here to link some of my older threads:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/476400/my-latest-test-on-the-best-strategy-to-play-candy-crush

Also this one is the first post I can find for my present Cornflower account:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/466917/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-10-000-gold-bars-in-ccs

christinewupp

To illustrate my post above @arbuz and anyone else feel free to check out some of my older posts. The forum won't allow me to link posts from 2023 any more, but there is one here:

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314846#Comment_3314846

arbuz

I think I was the one that mention the age but I think my point was misunderstood.

That does not mean that someone with 50, 60 or any other age cannot play or cannot be good and beat people on their 20s on candy crush.

So, yes you can use your money in order to have more points, that does not mean that you are better at the game its just that this is a pay to win game.

zeus77

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

Hi. I'm late to reply in this post. If being over 30 is old, then i feel ANCIENT 🤣😁. Do still people age shame🤯? that comment is really appalling.

KiwiBird97

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314647#Comment_3314647

But beware of Ben, Suzanne, and Verissa. With their prize money, they're giving their all to try to defend their title! Consider them your "boss level" players.

lmhutter

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313886#Comment_3313886

I think the only equitable solution to the age thing is separate competitions.

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314587#Comment_3314587

No, it's not true at all. King want players to buy boosters. The more you buy the better for King.

matt33

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314064#Comment_3314064

Bonjour christinewupp, j ai lu que l on peut etre éliminer si on achète trop de booster, or... est ce vrai?

I_smell_Brownies

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314040#Comment_3314040

It’s funny when people use the word elite.

How was it winning the tournament last year? You must have felt so validated!

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313981#Comment_3313981

That's a good one, @Peaches12 . I'd forgotten about that one!

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313954#Comment_3313954

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3314040#Comment_3314040

Okay, I guess you're right. I'll stop.

morganleeoregon

@christinewupp

We should not encourage or enable the people wining about cheating.

I've played in several of these all star tournament before and I found this tournament to be quite fair. I actually have no complaints :)

I love the 90 hour rounds, it is a great way to separate the elite and causal players. I wish this last round 6th was 90 hours again.

Peaches12

Getting points for playing old levels. That seems to be a hot topic right now and it makes about as much sense to me as number 5.

cookiemae

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313930#Comment_3313930

FullmetalAlex

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313930#Comment_3313930

I think you're very helpful and reading your posts and responses to me has helped me understand where I went wrong this years tournament, no matter how devastated I was with it!

I hope I can contribute and be as supportive :)

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3313926#Comment_3313926

MC_USA

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/495410/what-counts-as-cheating-in-all-stars-2025

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