Talk:Level 815/@comment-108.36.72.230-20150119173157

I've commented many times that Candy Crush is rigged. But now I have someone else who told me that my feeling is true. He is a computer programmer friend of mine who has programmed several Match-3 games that are out there. I asked him a few weeks ago to check out this Wiki and the comments that people make here bragging about how good they are. He finally got back to me last night (while I was watching the Pats crush the Colts, possibly with the help of deflated footballs)! We deferred our phone conversaion until this morning. Anyway my friend (who I will call "Carl," though it is not his real name) told me some secrets about how Match-3 games are programmed. He said I can share them here as long as I don't mention his real name.

Carl toild me that with every board and with every move, the application knows exactly what pieces are needed to succeed. The application also knows how to make you win or lose at will. He said that it is absolutely not random. He has played several Candy Crush and Dreamworld levels. He told me that the rigging of Dreamworld is probably more flagrant that reality because it's easy for the application to load the board with colors that will tilt the owl whenever it pleases.

He says that most people who brag about completing levels in one or two attempts (when others are struggling) are totally missing the point. The levels are rigged, the pieces you are dealt are not random. He also said that trying to learn how to do really difficult levels by watching YouTube videos showing completion is rather pointless. The bottom line is if the application gives you what you need (which it can do at its whim no matter how difficult the level may be (even "insanly hard" levels) then you can win easily if you don't throw away your opportuity.

I told Carl about Level 788 which keeps freezing. He could not play it because he is not "up there" so to speak. But reading the comments about it he says it's disgraceful that King has done nothing to correct it. But he added that it really doesn't matter to them because almost all of their paying customers are nowhere near that level.

One of the last things he told me is that people who brag about being good are good: they are simply good and lucky and are no better at the game than those who are struggling. He also agrees with me that those on this Wiki who brag without giving any help to others who can use hope are simply not very helpful.

And he added that too many people spend way too much time on these games when they could devote their time better to other things. I plead guilty.