User:Courtemanche437



Hello, I am Courtemanche437. I've been playing Candy Crush Saga for over five years (since May 11th, 2012). In addition to contributing here, I help out wikis for my other interests and other games I enjoy playing.

Oh, and I'm on YouTube too. Here is my channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/courtemanche437

My most popular video of all time of me playing Level 252:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8fVRybVnI4

I also write custom songs for the rhythm game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and have written a few general pieces of music out of pure enjoyment. You can find my SoundCloud account here: https://soundcloud.com/courtemanche437

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Wiki
10/19/2014: Promoted to chat mod for the first time

11/4/2014: Promoted to rollback

11/27/2014: 1,000 edits!

7/20/2015: 2,000 edits!

6/4/2016: Repromoted to chat mod

10/10/2016: 3,000 edits!

5/11/2017: Promoted to content and discussion mod

5/20/2017: 4,000 edits!

5/27/2017: 5,000 edits!!

5/30/2017: Promoted to admin

7/15/2017: 6,000 edits!!!

9/19/2017: 7,000 edits!!!

Progress and Miscellaneous Information
Reality: Level 1096

Final Dreamworld level: Level 198

My Scores: http://candycrush.wikia.com/wiki/User:Courtemanche437/Omake

Favorite Level: Level 336

Least Favorite Level: Level 461

Noteworthy Levels
Level 14: The first level that gave me a bit of a rough time.

Level 33: Really tight move limit and no color bombs, yikes.

Level 35: The hardest part of this level was not actually beating it. It was the bloody three-star target score...

Level 50: Same goes for this one.

Level 65: I actually sort of lucked out in that I didn't spend too terribly long here, but I do remember writing a post about this level saying I was glad to get off it. Hmm...

Level 70: Same with this one. I actually found the next entry on this list to be much harder.

Level 79: The icing and chocolate annoyed the hell out of me, and I was relieved to get off of it. But then I was stopped dead in my tracks by...

Level 86! 35 moves was just barely enough for this fricking ridiculously insane level!!! So many swirls!!! And infuriating licorice locks didn't help!!! I spent four months here and I had to bail myself out with a +3 moves booster!!! UGH!!!

Level 97: The target score was ridiculously hard to achieve before color bombs were buffed beyond belief, and so this was a very difficult Moves level at the time. Level 98 was the same way!

Level 125: Lucked out here as it only took about nine tries or so. Might have been less but I can't remember for sure.

Level 133: I'm honestly not sure if this or Level 135 was the hardest level in Wafer Wharf for me, but it definitely belongs in at least my top three because this level's shape is so difficult to work with, and I hated it!

Level 147: Spent about a week here. Was honestly expecting worse to be honest.

Level 153: I hate the double color bomb order.

Level 161: Stupid licorice locks and chocolate spawners! Not the hardest level in Pastille Pyramid but definitely a close second, only behind...

Level 165: THIS LEVEL GAVE ME THE BLUES! I may have only spent two weeks here, but they were a nightmarish two weeks, as I would always not even get close to collecting the orders, get really close and fail by a few candies, or the candy bombs would give me a hard time! Certainly one of my least favorite order levels.

Level 181: Those side icings... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cONmzaT4x10

Level 191: Fairly challenging but also somewhat kinda fun.

Level 199: Sadly, the same can't be said for this one. This one was just plain hard and boring to play.

Level 200: Fortunately, this was rewarding and a nice way to celebrate the game's first really major milestone :)

Level 201: Unfortunately, this was a rude awakening going into the episode, but at least I didn't really get stuck too long here.

Level 202: Probably the only fun order level in Sweet Surprise, seeing as the next one was my wake-up call for the entry on this list after it.

Level 208: Two color bomb combinations in a six colored board. Need I say more? However, that was the least of my worries, seeing as I was about to hit...

Level 213! It was in its second version by the time I got here, but it didn't make much of a difference. I still spent a dreadfully long month trying to beat this infamous son of a biscuit. Those chocolate spawners were the least of worries, it was the insanely hard icing in the center that was such a pain in the rear end. But the sad part is? This wasn't even the hardest level from the 200s in my opinion. More on that in a few entries. Oh, also, they eventually nerfed this level after the fact and ironically it became a load of fun. You can see for yourself on my YouTube channel.

Level 215: Not quite as frustrating as the previous two levels but certainly a worthy episode finale. Not really much else to say here.

Level 236: This level is so much fun because of the possibilities for huge chain reactions. This is my favorite level with eggs in them, and I'm pretty sure I'm definitely not alone on this opinion. However, this is probably the only really memorable level from Chocolate Barn... in a good way at least, because of...

Level 241! AAHHH!!! TOO MUCH LICORICE!!! MAKE IT STOP!!! The icing, especially the ones in the bottom and the corners, make this level even worse, more so than even 213!!! '''HOW IS THIS ONLY VERY HARD?!?!?! I spent SIX WEEKS''' trying to pass this hell!!! What makes it any better than...

Level 245: I beat the rest of this episode pretty quickly after that ludicrosity. '''BUT SERIOUSLY HOW IS V1 HARDER THAN 241?!?!?! SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!!! '''At least I can certainly say something positive about this next entry. A few things, actually.

Level 252! Ah yes, I was so excited to get through the first half of Delicious Drifts and finally get to play this famous Timed level! I actually played a fairly short attempt just to pass it at first, but afterwards I then went back to truly reap the potential of the infinite extra timed candies you can get once the board has been opened up, and produced a 28-minute video of me scoring just over two million points, which ended up netting me a large majority of my subscribers on YouTube to this date, and has since reached nearly as many views, making it the most popular one I've ever uploaded. I then uploaded another video of this level to celebrate my 2,500 subscribers special which was over an hour long, wherein I reached my highest ever score of 26,260,960 points. So yeah, needless to say, I have quite the history with this level. I hope it never gets buffed, whether the fact that you can play forever was intentional or not, especially regarding its incredible popularity. Anyways, moving on.

Level 261: I didn't really like this opener. The licorice locks make it hard and the candy bombs only add to the difficulty.

Level 269: Actually, never mind. I hated this level even more. The licorice swirls, the quadrant board, and the candy bombs make this level so frustrating!!!

Level 275: Speaking of candy bombs, oh my goodness gracious these ones were absolutely a nightmare to deal with. Not only did they have the lowest fuses in the game at that time with a piddling THREE moves, but they were also in by far the hardest places to reach in the level. If you removed the candies next to the chocolate holding back these lethal things, it was pretty much game over unless by some miracle you had a way to reach them or the chocolate covered those spaces up again. This level was legitimately terrifying, and certainly one I'm glad I managed to get away from relatively quickly. Fortunately, it meant I was one step closer to...

Level 281! Far and away my favorite candy order level. Similar to 252, it takes a while to break through the blockers, but once this level gets going, man does it get going. 300 green candies may seem like a lot in just 50 moves, but the cascades will make short work of the order. Wish there were more fun and easy levels like this one.

Level 297: I actually did manage to get 221K here one time but the only proof I have of it is on my leaderboard. Oh well :/

Level 305: I actually didn't have as bad of a time here as I thought I would. But then again, I paid the price for it when I got to...

Level 307: Wow, I never imagined when I got to this level I'd be in for a rough ride. Around three weeks spent here. The rainbow candies and icing make this level extremely hard. Honestly the worst in Savory Shores in my opinion. Though the next entry is a close second.

Level 311:  And again with the icing! That seems to be a common theme here in the 300s. I think I had it a bit easier than the previous entry but they're very close in difficulty, especially considering this used to be one of the biggest bad boys out there.

Level 323: When I first played this level it was a lot of fun, with the teleporters causing massive cascades and allowing for huge scores. Now it's been buffed and is one of the most notorious quadrant levels.

Level 325: This was a level from Munchy Monolith that I had been dreading, but actually managed to luck out on and beat it in just a few tries.

Level 335: Pick your poison: Try and dig through to the two color bombs available, or try to make your own. Honestly my least favorite level from the episode, though not the worst finale. Oh no, not by a long shot...

Level 336! This is my favorite level in the whole game because like with 252 and 281, once you get some momentum going, it snowballs into an epic avalanche of striped/wrapped candies and color bombs! And there's jelly involved too, meaning you can get massive scores on this level.

Level 340: The candy bombs make this level quite tricky. Not much else to say here. But the next one...

Level 341! This is the hardest four-colored level I've played so far! It doesn't make any difference! It's extremely hard to reveal the color bombs to the right, and making three more still isn't really that easy because you have so little room to work with! I hate it!

Level 347: I can't remember this one to be honest, I really can't. Probably because it got overshadowed by...

Level 350!!! At the time, I thought this was the hardest level I had ever played, even beating out 86 and 213. Yet again, surprise of all surprises, there is a load of icing you need to get rid of, but this time they're accompanied by candy bombs!!! This keeps the pressure on you not to unleash all of your powerful combos as you might accidentally release them and then you'll never be able to prevent their explosions!!! For this reason, I spent just as long as I did on 241 trying to beat this utter hell. I will never forget that momentous day, July 27th, 2013, on which I finally completed this level. When I cleared that last single jelly, I danced around my living room and shouted in pure excitement that I had finished it all off at long last. Many celebrations were had. Oh, and yeah this one got nerfed too a la 213, but to be honest, I don't find it as fun.

Level 357: Previous maximum number of ingredients.

Level 361: About 50 tries on this one I'd say. Obviously, there's been worse on this list, but you can't deny that this is a pretty hard ingredients level. Again with the icing!

Level 370: Loads of candy bombs. Loads of points.

Level 374: ^

Level 375: I hate this one with a burning passion. The licorice is annoying as all hell, and six colors doesn't make it any easier. Brian overtook my progress at this level while I was stuck on it, and has since put a nearly-800-level gap between us.

Level 376: More fun with 18 ingredients. Except it's pretty tough because of the chocolate and what else, icing?

Level 377: I actually don't really remember this being that difficult, though I think I sort of lucked out on this one. And to be honest, the rest of the levels in this episode weren't that bad either except for maybe 380.

Level 381: This one was pretty fun. Beat it on like, my first or second try.

Level 382: So much stuff getting in the way of the jellies! Though to be honest, I found it similar to some of the other recent really hard levels at that point in which I don't remember it giving me too much of a hassle.

Level 385: In fact, I actually found this one to be just as hard, maybe even a little harder.

Level 389: Dat three-star target score.

Level 391: 389 II. Sort of. Maybe.

Level 395: Nice easy level to bookend this episode :)

Level 400: 202 II. Though to be honest, this one wasn't as memorable or fun. Still a nice way to celebrate this milestone, though.

Error 404: Level Not Found. In all seriousness though, it was actually somewhat challenging, I'll give it that.

Level 409: This was far and away my least favorite level in Polkapalooza, and it's a great example of why switching ingredients is so frustrating.

Level 410: It took me a mere 15 minutes to beat this supposed former bad boy. O_O

Level 411: RIP Toffee Tornadoes.

Level 417: The hardest level in Soda Swamp for me. The icing was ruthlessly difficult to remove, the bombs had to be defused quickly, and the tornadoes didn't help at all. One time, I had merely a single hazelnut to drop, and by my last move it was just one space from the exit. This made me as emotional as some of my closest failures in the previous notoriously hard levels.

Level 425: This only took me a dozen attempts to beat, probably because I was prepared to deal with this brutality. Oh well.

Level 437:  Meanwhile, this level took more than a dozen dozen attempts... Still probably less than what it took me to finish 86 and 350 though...

Level 445: My least favorite level from Butterscotch Boulders for sure. I hate those stuck zones...

Level 446: A nice, easy, and fun six-colored level :)

Level 452: 80 striped candies!

Level 455: One of my favorite order levels.

Level 460: I was a bit concerned about this one, seeing as Brian found this level really tough, but it only took me four attempts, but that was a curse in disguise seeing as I was about to go up against...

'''LEVEL 461!!! OH MY FRICKING LORD, THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY LEAST FAVORITE LEVEL IN REALITY!!! WHERE DO I EVEN START WITH THIS ONE?!?!?! THERE WERE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH MOVES TO CLEAR ALL THAT BLOODY CHOCOLATE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD LET ALONE CONTROL IT!!! AND EVEN WHEN IT ISN'T THERE THE JELLY IS STILL RIDICULOUSLY HARD TO REACH!!! COLOR BOMB + STRIPED CANDY COMBOS ARE ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY TO PASS THIS ONE!!! THERE IS NO OTHER SOLUTION BUT TO BLAST EVERYTHING OPEN IN AS FEW MOVES AS POSSIBLE!!! THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS LEVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!! I SPENT 296 ATTEMPTS ON IT BEFORE I HAD TO USE BOOSTERS ON IT AND THAT IS SAYING A LOT BECAUSE I HARDLY EVER USED THEM UNTIL THAT POINT IN THE GAME!!! THERE IS A REASON I AM SCREAMING THIS ALL IN BOLD CAPS BECAUSE THIS LEVEL IS ENTIRELY WORTHY OF THE MOST VIGOROUS RAGE I CAN MUSTER BECAUSE IT IS JUST THAT MUCH OF A HORRIBLE LEVEL!!! IT TOOK ME OVER AN ENTIRE YEAR TO FINALLY COMPLETE IT LEGITIMATELY AND I NEVER WANT TO PLAY IT AGAIN!!! AAAHHH!!!'''

...Ahem, sorry about that ._.

Level 463:  Anyways, at the time I claimed this to be a wannabe of Level 236 as it featured lots of eggs, thus involving a lot of randomness. However, this level is much harder because of the five-layered icing and the fact that you only have 15 moves to complete it, though I found it more of a fun hard level because of said eggs. It took me 30 attempts to beat this level but it honestly wasn't anything to get angry over.

Level 470: 50-move candy bombs! Level 479: Pretty fun, though there have been other levels on this list that have been more so. Level 490: I was fearful of this level when I saw the 461-esque chocolate, but this level turned out to be much easier after all :)

Level 492: Honestly my least favorite level in Meringue Moor. That icing is a nightmare to deal with...

Level 500: 38 goes on this famous milestone. To be honest, I thought it would be a lot harder for me but I celebrated anyways for beating what was, at the time, such a prestigious level.

Level 505: This is regarded as the hardest level in Ice Cream Caves, but I sort of lucked out here.

Level 523: The level number that corresponds to my birthday! :D Level 530: 13 tries on this, when it was rated Extremely Hard with only 33 moves. I was expecting to square that number, honestly. But instead, I got off the hook! Woohoo! However, believe it or not, this was not my luckiest victory ever...

Level 531: First new element in eight episodes, at the time at least.

Level 539: And this was the hardest level in Sticky Savannah for me. I got stuck here for a bit, which was probably payback for getting off of 530 so easily.

Level 546: Honestly my least favorite episode opener ever. Though then again, this was nothing compared to...

Level 549!!!: I spent a month on this devilish checkerboard, and I hated all of it, from the thick icing to the irritating candy bombs and conveyor belts always ruining my plans! AHH!

Level 555: To be honest, this level isn't as fun as everyone makes it out to be :/

'''Level 562: 42 tries. Just 42 tries needed. '''I thought it was going to take hundreds of attempts like it's older brother 549, but instead I got off easy with this one too! :D

Level 567: This one, however, completely caught me off guard and took me almost double that, with 74 attempts. Ugh, those bombs and the out-of-control chocolate...

Level 577: I. HATE. LICORICE!!!

Level 585: Candies not spawning in the row where the jelly is is annoying :/

Level 586: Three tries, and I thought this one was going to be a lot worse!!!

Level 587: Only the second three-colored level after a gap of '''556 levels! '''

Level 588: Ugh, I really didn't like this one when I was there. It's been significantly nerfed since, though.

Level 590: Fun six-colored level :)

Level 597: Candies don't spawn in the whole left side of the board?!?!

Level 600: Triple element dispenser! And also pretty fun

Level 606: Ribbit!

Level 607: Ha I put more effort into this sort of thing than you did S256 ;D

'''Level 609: MOVES LEVELS!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! 465 LEVELS SINCE THE LAST ONE! '''

Level 613: Blast off! And another Moves level <3

Level 616: One of the harder four-colored levels :/

Level 617: Only 15 attempts! And... well, I think you get the point.

Level 620: Pretty tricky finale.

Level 621: Woo, another three-colored level so soon! :D

Level 637: Stuck zone city.

Level 645: I still remember when this level first came out and there was a debate on the level's difficulty that led to Variable being created... ah, good times. I miss Summer 2014 honestly.

Level 652: Yin-yang of doom!

Level 656: FOUR wrapped candy + wrapped candy combinations!?!

Level 660: More stuck zones, conveyor belts, and icing, ugh...

Level 664: Honestly not as hard for me as the last few entries on this list were, but I can still see this was one of everyone's least favorite ingredient levels at the time.

Level 666: I still remember all the anticipations that this level would be ridiculously hard, when it actually ended up being a load of fun, although they slightly ruined that with the buff. Oh well...

Level 667: The skull is a perfect metaphor for how hard this level is :/ Level 677: Used to be the first level to require 10 striped candy + striped candy combos. I don't really remember my time here though.

     

My Fanon
http://candy-crush-saga-fanon.wikia.com/wiki/Courtemanche437%27s_Candy_Crush_Saga

I currently have 700 levels made, with 302 of them having pages.

I use Game Maker to make my level plans. The software can be downloaded here: http://www.clubic.com/lancer-le-telechargement-336428-0-game-maker.html

Link to the editor:



Some Acknowledgements

 * Storm2  - For enticing me to join the wiki and being one of my best internet friends :)
 * Primetime - For being an awesome bureaucrat.
 * Roseturnip - For helping me with my fanon and being an active contributor.
 * Flockky - For most of the awesome contest templates.
 * Lefty - For founding this great wiki. I know our history has been rough, but that doesn't change this fact.
 * Mullig: For encouraging me to be more active in my later years on the wiki.
 * HM100: For nominating me for chat/discussion mod and then admin.