I’ve mentioned before about my wife’s slight addiction to Candy Crush and how much it is costing me. However I can’t claim complete innocence here. While I don’t spend money on the game’s add-ins I am still addicted and recently reached level 405 in the candy-matching game.
However over the months I’ve often been subjected to claims that the game is simply cheating and making it virtually impossible to win without paying for bonuses. I’ve always defended the game and stated that there simply is no way that the developers would go to any effort to make the game cheat. I’ve told her before that if she ever sees anything like that she needs to take screenshots. I said this simply to stop her complaining about it always cheating, to be honest.
But I could have been wrong. Over the weekend my wife was crushing candies on the phone and after a mild little rant about the stupid game she forwarded me these two screenshots.
First up we have the starting screen for level 433
So easy enough, this is a timed game where you need to reach 65 000 points. I like the timed stages because they are so simplistic.
However she then sent me this image
Same level, she got a score of 135 740 and yet still failed.
Now I’m no maths genius but I do know that 135 740 is greater than 65 000.. .it’s actually over double that score. So fellow Candy Crush addicts, have you experienced cheating in the game or should we just put this down to a weird bug?
Last Updated: December 9, 2013
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 15:05
There’s something very wrong about you having a level 405 on candy crush but you’re still at a level 2 on Steam.
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:15
Agreed…
Admiral Chief of Souls
December 9, 2013 at 15:15
I wholeheartedly agree
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 9, 2013 at 15:20
lol
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:26
oi. Sat? You in?
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 15:30
Sorry man. Karent makes it. Have a totally legitimate excuse.
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:32
🙁 Who are we going to laugh at then?!
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 9, 2013 at 15:34
Me! Me! Pick me! No… wait…
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:38
I pick YOU! http://gifatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_lp94rnFP461qdezf9o1_400.gif
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:50
*cough* think that Image is saying GET OUT!
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 15:35
I see your problem. I can always tell you jokes the next day over e-mail, seeing as how I’m usually a bit behind with them anyway.
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:38
Damn man. We are going to play golf at the River Club, prime material right there!
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:43
They got a golf course? I hate you guys!
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 15:44
Ah, it’s alright Tim. I hate you too.
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:49
Such love we share among friends.
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 16:08
😉
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:47
Lol. Funny enough Trevor, who can never join us in GTAV for golf as he is Master Race will finally be playing with us! LOL
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:48
KICK HIS ASS FOR ME!
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 9, 2013 at 15:51
If by “playing” you mean “hacking away wildly” sure 😉
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:56
Golf isnt that hard…. Or so I hear. o_0
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 16:05
Haha! You are kidding right? I’ve been playing on and off for 15 years and still suck. Bloody frustrating game!
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:58
I’m not saying anything… http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/1502272/golf-fail-o.gif
Shift-Tab John (JJ)
December 9, 2013 at 15:43
Play golf? Uhm. Yes. I JUST received a letter from my doctor saying that I’m not allowed to play any kind of sport that involves balls ever again.
It’s really a terrible tragedy and all but I have to listen to him. It has something to do with keeping my pride and character integrity.
You’re right though. Take a video camera.
Gavin Mannion
December 9, 2013 at 15:29
lol
Scruff304
December 9, 2013 at 16:44
I recommend you pick up Top Eleven. That has replaced my Candy Crush addiction, and as a fellow footie fan, I am sure you will enjoy it.
Lardus-Resident Perve
December 9, 2013 at 15:10
I do believe that these games are geared toward making it “impossible” to compete with money-spenders. I help my mom out on BubblesIQ (she needs the team score to get free bonuses), and when you get a bit further, let us just say I once shot 20 bubbles without getting a single “pop”. Luckily my mother does not pay for these wastes of time, else I would have cut off her internet.
Weanerdog
December 9, 2013 at 15:51
Sure your mom was playing Bubbles IQ
Lardus-Resident Perve
December 9, 2013 at 15:58
She actually is. I am as well, but only once a week after the “reset” and she needs me to boost her “team score”. So I play one, maybe two games a week for her. Hell, it gets me breakfast and cappuccino in the morning, as well as a packed lunch. I say it is worth “playing” crap like that 😛
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
December 9, 2013 at 15:10
Probably just a bug
FoxOneZA
December 9, 2013 at 15:14
And I still don’t know and don’t give a hoot about this game :/
Admiral Chief of Souls
December 9, 2013 at 15:15
They are in your wallets, taking all your monies
RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba
December 9, 2013 at 15:17
Moving on. Nothing to see…
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:42
what kak is this! A game like this and it still cheats and makes more addicts! I guess they doing well then lol
Purple_Dragon
December 9, 2013 at 15:45
There’s a sucker born every minute.
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:49
So when enough suckers come together they fuse to become a lolly pop?
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 9, 2013 at 15:50
And a sucker is a type of candy.
CANDYCEPTION!
TiMsTeR1033
December 9, 2013 at 15:50
You take little boys candies…
HvR
December 9, 2013 at 15:48
Dropped Candy Crush for Deer Hunter as my WC game of choice.
My wife is still trying to figure out why I’m yelling “It is coming right at us” followed by gun shots while I’m sitting on the throne.
Tortoise
December 9, 2013 at 16:00
Weird bug, I’ve completed all available levels (485) on iOS/Android without spending a penny – although I need help, it’s like a cocaine addiction without the perks.
Melissa
December 10, 2013 at 07:12
yes but I’m sure u got your friends to give u lives on Facebook cuz I couldn’t get past level 70 some where around there for months. Finally deleted it. The thought of me waisting precious time with my daughter to make a multi billionaire richer just sickens me
cr1t
December 10, 2013 at 08:47
Argh this game is fun, but so designed to make you pay to win, it’s actually a joke. I lost interest around level 35, I refused to pay or hit fb friends up for lives.
Pay Back
December 10, 2013 at 09:59
Gavin,
Tired of spending more money on simple game than a real game? Frustrated when all your lives expire in 10 minutes. Now they not even letting you pass the stage you clearly won!
PAYBACK time!
So today is the 10 December. your lives have expired. Simply change your phone date to 11 December… Vooola, fresh lives! rinse and repeat….. don’t forget to change date back after you finished crushing those Candy’s.
On a more serious note. If they just made this game purchasable I would buy it. This micro transaction rubbish really annoys me.
mestrerothdsq
December 10, 2013 at 22:51
She failed the level. Easy as that. Simply failed it. How? Letting a bomb explode. smh
DarthDiggler
December 11, 2013 at 02:15
Did she run out of time? Sorry I have no idea how Candy Crush works. LOL I liked Candy Crush the first time I played it, when it was called Bejeweled.
ambfhdbks
December 28, 2013 at 00:42
I am nowhere near that far in the game, but I’ve lost some timed levels because bombs to off even though I passed the goal. Maybe it was something like that.
Becky
May 21, 2014 at 03:02
I agree it cheats. Here’s my most recent screenshot. Those spaces aren’t supposed to be empty.
anemos
June 2, 2014 at 01:59
Candy crash cheats all the time. “transparent” striped candies not triggered by another inline striped candy despite being obviously hit, even if the round does not include black blocks.
Umoth
September 14, 2014 at 02:30
I guess a bomb went off.
Michelle Lamm
November 12, 2017 at 06:22
It absolutely cheats! Doesn’t always give you you striped candies. It makes the fish always go to a candy that won’t help you, and other numerous cheating.