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I can't believe they are offering this:

Wow guys, this is one offer that has swiped me off my feet:

Timed party poppers for gold bars…… it's a dream come true isn't it? I hope it stacks. That would be a nice one to have during the finals of a live leaderboard event. If this works they've gone completely mad now. It may be a great offer for some of us (I LOVE it!) but……

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I think the AI is programmed to make the game accessible to the greatest number of people possible. So it keeps the strategy simple so anyone can play and enjoy the game to its fullest. Well, anyone except for me and MannyFae that is.

Well, never mind. It is what it is. There are plenty of other good strategy games out there.

I remember your chimpanzee theory. If the AI gives us every level with a similar nature, then we use identical strategies on every level. Does the AI want to train us to become chimpanzee?😂🤣🤣

I wouldn't count too much into this score. The orange count is quite high in this particular range since all the three colour boards are orange, green and blue. Therefore we can't really compare it to All Stars. We'd need a purple candy competition for that @GiggzZz . I don't think I'm fast enough for that at the moment.

Hi christine

235,000 was approximately the average score of the finalists in the last All-Stars, with the exception of 2 players who scored well above that average. I fear that with this new timed booster, the average score in tournaments could rise to 260,000-270,000/hour.

Speed crushing in a test run this morning.

I had 25 minutes timed UFO from daily stamp plus from watching ads six days. 5 mins Party Poppers plus 20 minutes bought for 258 gold bars. Timed starting boosters from events. No super charger.

My strategy:

1st move: any good colour bomb move

2nd move: party popper

3rd move: UFO

4th: Finish off (if necessary)

Level: 2721 onwards

Result: Time taken 10 minutes and 41 seconds for the episode

Orange candies collected: 1411

Rounded up to 11 minutes taken this would equate to 7696 orange per hour (with 30x multiplier 231,000/h)

Gold earned: 47 for the episode race and delicious dash. (I also earned 6 gold for watching ads, though time taken was not counted)

Result: This new offer of purchasing timed boosters is just great for anyone who understands the game well.

Question: Has anyone managed to play any episode in under ten minutes? I just can't do it but wonder if this is possible.

Edit: I played the same strategy for a second episode. The result was almost identical: eleven minutes crushing time and a score of 235,000/h. In theory if we play at this speed we should be able to fit in two episodes for 25minutes of timed boosters.

I agree with you, I think this change will stay for long time and we will have to adapt to it. As you referred, using a party popper in the first move isnt always the best play and knowing which boosters are the better to use, separates the difference between new and experienced players.

So far my tests have resulted in the following observation, based on three episodes in levels in the 2000s.

I call this the "Party Popper Chimpanzee" method as it requires no skill whatsoever and you could probably train a chimpanzee to use this method (on a big enough interface, of course). :

1st move: Party popper (ignoring all super chargers)

2nd to last moves: as hinted by the game

There were a few levels dotted about which deliberately broke the rules, perhaps to catch out bots, but generally this method will produce 44,000 - 47,000 per episode and each episode I can play in 14-15 minutes. This produces a score of 188,000-201,000 orange. So this is the kind of score we need to beat.

This method would require purchase of just timed party poppers. In theory in a 24 hour live final a player would need to invest 18,576 gold. Some of us have this much saved up. Those who don't would be able to purchase the gold for real money in the deluded belief that they could buy their way to a million dollar prize.

Evening update: It turns out that "party popper first" is not the best move to make. "UFO first" has proven to be higher scoring, as is super charger + stripe as a first move, and then you definitely need to use some intuition and experience. One size does not fit all, so what you play in which order makes a difference. I could get to 250,000/h, so I think the rule still stands and will always stand that experienced players will get to the finals. We will always outplay anyone relying on money and boosters alone. You have to know which booster to play at what time, and that comes with experience.

Agreed. But I fear that is the way it's going. If they keep the timed boosters then skill will be pretty much out of the window and the event will be very much like a lottery.

That may be deliberate though. You might remember the ridiculous complaints this year from players calling for more "fairness" in 2026 because they were outplayed by better players. There was a genuine request by many to make the event into a kind of lottery so everyone would have a chance to win, regardless of skill. A single party popper as a first move will probably achieve the highest possible score the fastest and would allow millions to compete with the best. This makes the event into a lottery and probably makes the most profit for the company as players will genuinely believe they can buy their way into the finals, which of course in a lottery cannot happen, no matter how many tickets you buy. I fear that may be where the game is heading.

It's for us to keep practising and research if there is a way to score even higher than the masses. I'm still looking into that. Ultimately the most experienced players will still win it.

I dont like the idea of timed boosters on tournaments, but I can understand the profit point of view. People will even more, try to buy their tickets for live finals (Allstars). Spamming party poppers all the way doesnt require any skill and Tournaments should favour skill instead of money.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435172#Comment_3435172

My version is still the same, and all the boosters options are for timed and five boosters costing the same.

My initial hunch would be that a half hour of striped, lollipop and party popper would be the best option for me to safely play, enjoy the game and win most leaderboard competitions. That would cost 550 gold bars, which I think I would get back after playing 10 episodes. I splashed out too much in my enthusiasm yesterday and bought timed UFO as well, but I have found that those aren't needed. With the super charger enabled I think a striped candy is of more use. There are still a few levels dotted about that require gold bars no matter what timed boosters we play. But the Concert Chaos levels were all practically over after the initial party popper.

Interesting. I have michimune's version. Christine, has yours changed to match? Nice to have both the timed and x10 options.

219 for 10 party poppers, no change.

Every booster has a timed-booster offer:

I can't see them keeping this offer going all the way to All Stars but what I like about the timed party poppers and all the other timed boosters is that having them helps me run my tests to figure out the best strategy to use. It's a great way to work out what method scores highest and fastest, so for practice purposes it's just great.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435043#Comment_3435043

I never get tournaments either, but even if I did I'd give them a wide berth, they're not for me. I don't like timed boosters, wouldn't be so bad if like some of us have asked we could store them somewhere until we need them, but I also understand what Christine is saying. We know how quick things get changed, so it's possible this could revert back to how it was. Might even be better if they decide to give 4 options, putting the 10 for 219 gold back and keeping what's there now. Something else to wait and see what happens I suppose 🤨

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434981#Comment_3434981

Right. So now, King no longer wants us to use party boosters judiciously in special situations. Now party boosters are more for zooming through levels to rack up high scores in tournaments.

Since I no longer get to play in tournaments, clearly I see this as a negative. But I can understand why Christine sees this as a potential benefit, especially considering her style of play. Expect to see her scoring really fast in next year's All Stars if this pricing doesn't change!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435015#Comment_3435015

Well I am sooooo glad you have found the two eye reply @christinewupp I find it very strange that it isn't made more obvious. All that's really obvious is the big Reply at the bottom of a post creating a jumbled thread, makes me wonder why the two eyes aren't also labelled as reply, strange 🙃

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434981#Comment_3434981

Yes, I noticed that too and of course this is a pretty rotten offer now for most players. I knew you wouldn't like it! It does make purchasing party poppers more expensive.

By the way I've just figured out what you meant by the two "eyes" and it does make replying more like it used to be. I thought those were quotations marks…. silly me! Thanks for pointing it out.

I don't have this offer currently. But for some months, the x5 Lollipop/Free Switch/UFO/Party were replaced with bundles of multiple boosters for more Gold (With 75 or 99 Gold bars)

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434927#Comment_3434927

I won't comment on that @christinewupp you know what I'd say anyway. But my reason for commenting is I saw this yesterday and noticed they've removed the option for 10 Party Boosters at 219 gold. So now it's 258 gold for 10, meany meany old King 😒

This offer works. It stacks. It's device specific. It opens up all manner of possibilities I can see. For those who can't see them I won't be sharing why I love this offer so much. I am seeing it in two accounts. Well I WAS seeing it in two accounts, since one of them no longer exists after that discovery. Cornflower has better use for those timed boosters and is saying "thank you very much". At last a chance to enjoy playing that account again and Prize Palooza with it.

Comments

I think the AI is programmed to make the game accessible to the greatest number of people possible. So it keeps the strategy simple so anyone can play and enjoy the game to its fullest. Well, anyone except for me and MannyFae that is.

Well, never mind. It is what it is. There are plenty of other good strategy games out there.

I remember your chimpanzee theory. If the AI gives us every level with a similar nature, then we use identical strategies on every level. Does the AI want to train us to become chimpanzee?😂🤣🤣

I wouldn't count too much into this score. The orange count is quite high in this particular range since all the three colour boards are orange, green and blue. Therefore we can't really compare it to All Stars. We'd need a purple candy competition for that @GiggzZz . I don't think I'm fast enough for that at the moment.

Hi christine

235,000 was approximately the average score of the finalists in the last All-Stars, with the exception of 2 players who scored well above that average. I fear that with this new timed booster, the average score in tournaments could rise to 260,000-270,000/hour.

Speed crushing in a test run this morning.

I had 25 minutes timed UFO from daily stamp plus from watching ads six days. 5 mins Party Poppers plus 20 minutes bought for 258 gold bars. Timed starting boosters from events. No super charger.

My strategy:

1st move: any good colour bomb move

2nd move: party popper

3rd move: UFO

4th: Finish off (if necessary)

Level: 2721 onwards

Result: Time taken 10 minutes and 41 seconds for the episode

Orange candies collected: 1411

Rounded up to 11 minutes taken this would equate to 7696 orange per hour (with 30x multiplier 231,000/h)

Gold earned: 47 for the episode race and delicious dash. (I also earned 6 gold for watching ads, though time taken was not counted)

Result: This new offer of purchasing timed boosters is just great for anyone who understands the game well.

Question: Has anyone managed to play any episode in under ten minutes? I just can't do it but wonder if this is possible.

Edit: I played the same strategy for a second episode. The result was almost identical: eleven minutes crushing time and a score of 235,000/h. In theory if we play at this speed we should be able to fit in two episodes for 25minutes of timed boosters.

I agree with you, I think this change will stay for long time and we will have to adapt to it. As you referred, using a party popper in the first move isnt always the best play and knowing which boosters are the better to use, separates the difference between new and experienced players.

So far my tests have resulted in the following observation, based on three episodes in levels in the 2000s.

I call this the "Party Popper Chimpanzee" method as it requires no skill whatsoever and you could probably train a chimpanzee to use this method (on a big enough interface, of course). :

1st move: Party popper (ignoring all super chargers)

2nd to last moves: as hinted by the game

There were a few levels dotted about which deliberately broke the rules, perhaps to catch out bots, but generally this method will produce 44,000 - 47,000 per episode and each episode I can play in 14-15 minutes. This produces a score of 188,000-201,000 orange. So this is the kind of score we need to beat.

This method would require purchase of just timed party poppers. In theory in a 24 hour live final a player would need to invest 18,576 gold. Some of us have this much saved up. Those who don't would be able to purchase the gold for real money in the deluded belief that they could buy their way to a million dollar prize.

Evening update: It turns out that "party popper first" is not the best move to make. "UFO first" has proven to be higher scoring, as is super charger + stripe as a first move, and then you definitely need to use some intuition and experience. One size does not fit all, so what you play in which order makes a difference. I could get to 250,000/h, so I think the rule still stands and will always stand that experienced players will get to the finals. We will always outplay anyone relying on money and boosters alone. You have to know which booster to play at what time, and that comes with experience.

Agreed. But I fear that is the way it's going. If they keep the timed boosters then skill will be pretty much out of the window and the event will be very much like a lottery.

That may be deliberate though. You might remember the ridiculous complaints this year from players calling for more "fairness" in 2026 because they were outplayed by better players. There was a genuine request by many to make the event into a kind of lottery so everyone would have a chance to win, regardless of skill. A single party popper as a first move will probably achieve the highest possible score the fastest and would allow millions to compete with the best. This makes the event into a lottery and probably makes the most profit for the company as players will genuinely believe they can buy their way into the finals, which of course in a lottery cannot happen, no matter how many tickets you buy. I fear that may be where the game is heading.

It's for us to keep practising and research if there is a way to score even higher than the masses. I'm still looking into that. Ultimately the most experienced players will still win it.

I dont like the idea of timed boosters on tournaments, but I can understand the profit point of view. People will even more, try to buy their tickets for live finals (Allstars). Spamming party poppers all the way doesnt require any skill and Tournaments should favour skill instead of money.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435172#Comment_3435172

My version is still the same, and all the boosters options are for timed and five boosters costing the same.

My initial hunch would be that a half hour of striped, lollipop and party popper would be the best option for me to safely play, enjoy the game and win most leaderboard competitions. That would cost 550 gold bars, which I think I would get back after playing 10 episodes. I splashed out too much in my enthusiasm yesterday and bought timed UFO as well, but I have found that those aren't needed. With the super charger enabled I think a striped candy is of more use. There are still a few levels dotted about that require gold bars no matter what timed boosters we play. But the Concert Chaos levels were all practically over after the initial party popper.

Interesting. I have michimune's version. Christine, has yours changed to match? Nice to have both the timed and x10 options.

219 for 10 party poppers, no change.

Every booster has a timed-booster offer:

I can't see them keeping this offer going all the way to All Stars but what I like about the timed party poppers and all the other timed boosters is that having them helps me run my tests to figure out the best strategy to use. It's a great way to work out what method scores highest and fastest, so for practice purposes it's just great.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435043#Comment_3435043

I never get tournaments either, but even if I did I'd give them a wide berth, they're not for me. I don't like timed boosters, wouldn't be so bad if like some of us have asked we could store them somewhere until we need them, but I also understand what Christine is saying. We know how quick things get changed, so it's possible this could revert back to how it was. Might even be better if they decide to give 4 options, putting the 10 for 219 gold back and keeping what's there now. Something else to wait and see what happens I suppose 🤨

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434981#Comment_3434981

Right. So now, King no longer wants us to use party boosters judiciously in special situations. Now party boosters are more for zooming through levels to rack up high scores in tournaments.

Since I no longer get to play in tournaments, clearly I see this as a negative. But I can understand why Christine sees this as a potential benefit, especially considering her style of play. Expect to see her scoring really fast in next year's All Stars if this pricing doesn't change!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3435015#Comment_3435015

Well I am sooooo glad you have found the two eye reply @christinewupp I find it very strange that it isn't made more obvious. All that's really obvious is the big Reply at the bottom of a post creating a jumbled thread, makes me wonder why the two eyes aren't also labelled as reply, strange 🙃

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434981#Comment_3434981

Yes, I noticed that too and of course this is a pretty rotten offer now for most players. I knew you wouldn't like it! It does make purchasing party poppers more expensive.

By the way I've just figured out what you meant by the two "eyes" and it does make replying more like it used to be. I thought those were quotations marks…. silly me! Thanks for pointing it out.

I don't have this offer currently. But for some months, the x5 Lollipop/Free Switch/UFO/Party were replaced with bundles of multiple boosters for more Gold (With 75 or 99 Gold bars)

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3434927#Comment_3434927

I won't comment on that @christinewupp you know what I'd say anyway. But my reason for commenting is I saw this yesterday and noticed they've removed the option for 10 Party Boosters at 219 gold. So now it's 258 gold for 10, meany meany old King 😒

This offer works. It stacks. It's device specific. It opens up all manner of possibilities I can see. For those who can't see them I won't be sharing why I love this offer so much. I am seeing it in two accounts. Well I WAS seeing it in two accounts, since one of them no longer exists after that discovery. Cornflower has better use for those timed boosters and is saying "thank you very much". At last a chance to enjoy playing that account again and Prize Palooza with it.

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