Thread:Ged Ladd/@comment-26235098-20150710075858

Hello there, Ged, and welcome to the CCS Wiki! :)

I've been noticing your edits... impossible to miss them. I was like, Ok, Who Is This Person writing all of these Beeeeauuuutiful Strategies? You have a really wonderful, expressive style. :)

A couple of things I wanted to mention to you though, as I've been sort of following your tracks and editing behind you. And please don't take this badly, I realize you can't possibly be aware of these things.

First, please don't insert comments about the difficulty. Even the difficulty section only discusses aspects of the level which objectively contribute to its difficulty, but it never explicitly states the difficulty. The difficulty rating is established via consensus and stored outside of the level page. Whether established or not, it should be neither reported nor opined anywhere in level article.

The use of boosters is a very tricky area, but the article needs to be written with the mind that the player is not using boosters. Overall, we cannot give a recommendation to use or not to use "boosters". We cannot recommend doing so as we could be liable for encouraging players to spend money. (Realize that those who use them regularly will not have a stash, as an avid player will consume more than s/he wins.) Conversely, we cannot(!) tell people not to "throw money away", or in any way dissuade from using boosters, as the only reason Candy Crush exists is because King successfully monetizes it through the sale of boosters, lives, etc, and the last thing we need is to have King hold us liable for loss of income based on recommendations in our articles. Now, there are times (levels) when one specific type of booster works very well. In that case, it's ok to make a statement to the effect that X booster might be helpful -- just bear in mind the above two constraints. ;)

Overall, think of the strategy as a "tips and tricks" section on how to beat the level. This generally corresponds to the midsection of the bits you've been writing. (I've basically been stripping the lead in, where you indicate difficulty, and trimming the trailing conclusions.) You've got some really vibrant verbage in that midsection, though. It's almost more fun reading your strategies than playing! ;)

Remember that you are welcome to add your personal appraisals of the level, editorial style comments, etc, in the comments section of the page. You'll find that aside from discussing difficulty, many of us dialog there about our individual experiences, and give each other suggestions. Please join in! :)

There I've practically written an article on your wall about what not to write. :| I really only mean to be informative, and I hope you won't be discouraged. Please do keep contributing. The wiki can really use a writer of your caliber. :)

Best wishes

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