Game is cheating

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3372157#Comment_3372157

I am not sure why you see Candy Crush as a "battle" @KiwiBird97 . Most of us here see Candy Crush for what it is: A fun game of us against the computers at King's. The majority of events are fake and the other players are just an illusion or planted into our games by King. Showing us player cards for these others just adds to the illusions King are trying to create and confuses many players.

Live leaderboard competitions like All Stars are best won using a very similar method to us playing our regular solitary games and do not include any battle either. I played the entire All Stars and almost got to the finals by simply concentrating on crushing the most purple candies I could and ignoring the other players. While you were studying pointless player cards to try and analyse your opponents I concentrated on my own game and crushed 4,5 million purple in the final 24 hour round. How much did you score in that round?

There is no battle except our battle against the AI that runs Candy Crush.

KiwiBird97

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371888#Comment_3371888

Not a good idea. The win streaks and number of levels and color bombs cleared are crucial for strategic planning of battles. By removing this key information, along with the last active times, people will be unable to control their spending.

yes it matters when that can be one of the few places now to get any rewards. All other contests they throw at you are for spending and cash grabs.

cookiemae

I think they should just remove the players card period. Why the even have them is beyond me. They are incorrect at least mine is. I kinda ignore them anyway since I don't play in any events. Couldn't people do as I do and just play the events and don't care about the cards? Does it really matter how many levels are played in events? I was just wondering why so many people talk about this.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371610#Comment_3371610

Agree with your point. They'd better remove the player cards from this event to avoid annoying everyone.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3370533#Comment_3370533

I am still seeing only new players in all three games.

King need to sort this event out, once and for all. It needs to be revamped to make it clear this is not a true leaderboard and they should remove the player cards from this, like we don't see player cards in Factory Frenzy and the episode race. Nobody ever complains about their opponents in Factory Frenzy or the Episode Race because they don't have information about them. King need to stop making this fake event look like a live leaderboard!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371597#Comment_3371597

This is also interesting. The contest awards double points for each level played at weekends and for some players there is the added offer of double points for each level won on their first attempt. I assume this is why you see the count of "levels" shown on the leaderboard higher than the actual level this player is at. The system does cheat because it does not really count levels passed at all. With the 2x multiplier it counts points, not levels as such. And points depend on what version of the multiplier King award players. Let's face it: This event is manufactured, unfair to players and controlled by King. We need to use events to their full advantage if we want to fight back and regain control over our games.

new round of cheating. This time ‘em with only new players in the weekly. Played 209 in the last 7 days and 251 in this weekly contest. 🤷‍♂️

I wonder if this has changed now because of all the complaints. Are the other players on your board new players?

In my main game, all my opponents are not beginners this week too, @christinewupp, so maybe yes.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3370498#Comment_3370498

I forgot to mention that those two multipliers stack, so if you play a lot over the weekend and maintain your win streak, you'll gain a lot of points.

Below are my own Player Card and Weekly Contest table.

I passed all those levels yesterday and today, all on the first try, so 165 x 2 x 2 = 660.

Yes, the Golden Crown multiplier is a huge boost if you are playing early levels, and I think they went way overboard by introducing it.

All opponents in the weekly has higher levels as their scores so there are “legit” players.

yes, they do cheat. Do your math. Played 69 levels in last 7 days and has 175 in the weekly contest???

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/504393/game-is-cheating

Please note that there are two multipliers in this contest. First, each level you win on your first attempt is counted as two. Second, each level you win over the weekend is counted as two. Your opponents also receive those multipliers, so no, this doesn't mean they cheat.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/504393/game-is-cheating

Oh the complaints about the weekly contest have been coming in for weeks and months even!

The event is indeed fixed by King in a manner that to win it most of us have to play more levels than usual. So generally I find that the more we play the harder our opponents get. I am not sure how King do it. I think probably they pick players at a one or two week delay, so we are playing against recently recorded players, not simultaneously the same week (but this is speculation).

Your screenshot is however very interesting compared to other complaints I have read about: Fatima is NOT a new player. Usually we all now get only new starting players in our weekly races. I wonder if this has changed now because of all the complaints. Are the other players on your board new players? Perhaps Fatima has merged a new account with their previous account, which would also merge the count of levels played. (A lot of players do this now to gain some boosters for their accounts)

Here is a thread about all the events I could think of and how to beat them. They are all manipulative and "fixed" as they say. Nothing is what is seems in Candy Crush Saga

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/502410/the-new-candy-crush-2025-how-to-use-events-to-beat-the-game

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https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3372157#Comment_3372157

There is no battle except our battle against the AI that runs Candy Crush.

KiwiBird97

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371888#Comment_3371888

yes it matters when that can be one of the few places now to get any rewards. All other contests they throw at you are for spending and cash grabs.

cookiemae

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371610#Comment_3371610

Agree with your point. They'd better remove the player cards from this event to avoid annoying everyone.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3370533#Comment_3370533

I am still seeing only new players in all three games.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3371597#Comment_3371597

new round of cheating. This time ‘em with only new players in the weekly. Played 209 in the last 7 days and 251 in this weekly contest. 🤷‍♂️

I wonder if this has changed now because of all the complaints. Are the other players on your board new players?

In my main game, all my opponents are not beginners this week too, @christinewupp, so maybe yes.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3370498#Comment_3370498

I forgot to mention that those two multipliers stack, so if you play a lot over the weekend and maintain your win streak, you'll gain a lot of points.

Below are my own Player Card and Weekly Contest table.

I passed all those levels yesterday and today, all on the first try, so 165 x 2 x 2 = 660.

Yes, the Golden Crown multiplier is a huge boost if you are playing early levels, and I think they went way overboard by introducing it.

All opponents in the weekly has higher levels as their scores so there are “legit” players.

yes, they do cheat. Do your math. Played 69 levels in last 7 days and has 175 in the weekly contest???

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/504393/game-is-cheating