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Cheating by Manipulating King Software
I like to play Candy Crush Saga. There is a contest over the weekend about Dexter the Whale that starts Thursday evening. The goal is to create as many striped candys as possible before the Monday deadline.
For every striped candy created according to the requirements, the contestant will receive 10 points. Here is the problem: Normally players will advance 50 to 200 points a game. As a competitor, I like to keep track of my competition while I am Playing It has been my experience to see some players advance as much as 1500 over the SPAN OF AN HOUR.
However, while I was watching, the leading player had about 2,000 points at midnight, but jumped to 28,000 points at 1 AM ... JUST 1 HOUR. He is now at 30,000 points, and the next player is only around 2,000 points. This means in one hour ... between 12 midnight and 1 AM today ... he created 2,600 striped candies. That is IMPOSSIBLE. It is also demoralizing to the other players, and they will be discouraged to participate in the future.
I am reporting this because that person is not only obviously cheating, but he is manipulating King's software, which may be illegal.
Answers
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Hi Petunia,
And thanks for reporting!
Although it's not supported by us at all, unfortunately some players may resort to cheating. If players are using cheat engines of any sorts they might have further issues with their game which we won't provide any support for.
If this player is your Facebook friend, by unfriending them you will drop them from your contest. Otherwise at this moment we unfortunately cannot remove these players manually from your contest.
If you reinstall the game on your Facebook account, you might get a new set of contestants but that's for the next time you have the contest running. If you have the competition running right now, we don't recommend reinstalling as you might lose your position.
Apologies for this! Hopefully we'll be able to look into this closer in the future.
Jenny
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Hi Jenny,
Thank you for following up with my concern.
Frequently, when someone cheats, they make blunders in common sense and logic, so it was easy to spot this. Unfortunately, as you point out, it cannot be easily prevented.
If it is possible, perhaps King might send him a message that they are aware of his cheating and it is having negative effects on the other players, along with a request to please stop. From his photo, he seems to be someone who would have the decency to cooperate. You could even include this comment, if it would help.
Thanks again for your follow-up.
Best wishes,
Petunia
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I forgot to say I posted this in the wrong "department." It should be Dexter Contest in the games of CC Saga, not Soda. After I realized my mistake, I posted a comparable complaint in the Saga's In-Game Contest section. You are the first moderator to respond. I hope this did not create any confusion.
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